broken mirror

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:14:36 -0500, "Erik M. Epskamp" found these unused words floating about:

I would like to make a portrait look like broken shards of a mirror (to simulate a broken marriage), any suggestions?

Layer onto black oversize canvas.
Lasso areas and shift.

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:14:36 -0500, "Erik M. Epskamp" wrote:

I would like to make a portrait look like broken shards of a mirror (to simulate a broken marriage), any suggestions?

Alien Skin Xenofex2 shatter filter will do exactly what you want.

Look here

http://www.alienskin.com/xx2/xx2_filters.html

"Erik M. Epskamp" wrote in message

I would like to make a portrait look like broken shards of a mirror (to simulate a broken marriage), any suggestions?

1) Create an image of roughly the same dimensions as your original
2) add noise
3) Use the stained glass filter to create a pattern of the desired size
4) Save the stained glass pattern as a psd file
5) Click on the image you want to break into pieces
6) Select Filter>Distort>Displace…
7) Set the Horizontal and Vertical scale to 100 – this controls how far the pieces of glass move
8) Click OK, and see if you like the look – if not, do an undo, and repeat with a different scale setting

If you prefer not to have the edges of the pieces show so clearly, use Filter>Other>Maximum to remove the outlines of the stained glass sections created in step 3.
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Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com