PixLab. So, I looked at what you told me and I cataloged them to have a basis ... with other notes that I made by reading and watching videos. Maybe I could narrow down the field of the problem starting from a base that seems simple enough to me but I don't know if from this the further modification that can lead to what I want can be developed.
I found this below somewhere, it's in Italian but I hope the translation is decent.
• Open the photo in GIMP and duplicate the original layer.
• On the duplicate layer, apply an artistic filter such as Watercolor, which you can find in the Filters -> Artistic -> Watercolor menu. Adjust the filter parameters to your liking and click OK.
• Add a layer mask to the duplicated layer, choosing White (full opacity) as the initial option. This makes the duplicated layer fully visible above the original layer.
• Select a drawing tool such as brush or airbrush and choose black as the foreground color. Paint with black on the layer mask in the areas where you want to hide the watercolor effect and show the original layer underneath. You can vary the opacity and size of the tool to create softer or more defined edges.
• If you want, you can also use the gray color to create areas of partial parity, in order to mix the two levels more gradually.
• When you're satisfied with the result, you can save your edited image.
Is it possible to vary this as follows? instead of applying a watercolor effect with Fx-foundry or G'mic, blend a watercolor texture with the photo so that you get 2 out of 3 needed, i.e. 1- the photo is watercolored and 2- the old edges of the photo disappeared to be replaced by the jagged edges inherent in the watercolor texture, after which the third and last point to obtain, i.e. the original sharpness of the central part of the photo (which, for example, can be that of the people portrayed) recover it with a more or less similar procedure to the one described above?
Rich2005, windows 10
p.s. layer masks I said I've seen them mentioned but actually I realize now that I've also used them...
I found this below somewhere, it's in Italian but I hope the translation is decent.
• Open the photo in GIMP and duplicate the original layer.
• On the duplicate layer, apply an artistic filter such as Watercolor, which you can find in the Filters -> Artistic -> Watercolor menu. Adjust the filter parameters to your liking and click OK.
• Add a layer mask to the duplicated layer, choosing White (full opacity) as the initial option. This makes the duplicated layer fully visible above the original layer.
• Select a drawing tool such as brush or airbrush and choose black as the foreground color. Paint with black on the layer mask in the areas where you want to hide the watercolor effect and show the original layer underneath. You can vary the opacity and size of the tool to create softer or more defined edges.
• If you want, you can also use the gray color to create areas of partial parity, in order to mix the two levels more gradually.
• When you're satisfied with the result, you can save your edited image.
Is it possible to vary this as follows? instead of applying a watercolor effect with Fx-foundry or G'mic, blend a watercolor texture with the photo so that you get 2 out of 3 needed, i.e. 1- the photo is watercolored and 2- the old edges of the photo disappeared to be replaced by the jagged edges inherent in the watercolor texture, after which the third and last point to obtain, i.e. the original sharpness of the central part of the photo (which, for example, can be that of the people portrayed) recover it with a more or less similar procedure to the one described above?
Rich2005, windows 10
p.s. layer masks I said I've seen them mentioned but actually I realize now that I've also used them...