thanks! I used a part of the original picture as texture, and then blended a layer of the final picture after applying the square effect in PS (don't remember the name right now). Tweaked the saturation some for more glow in the brown colours...and voilá.
sometimes the answer is right in front of you all the time. Like here... scratched aluminum from the original picture...
(did you use a texture?)
I used a part of the original picture as texture, and then blended a layer of the final picture after applying the square effect in PS (don't remember the name right now). Tweaked the saturation some for more glow in the brown colours...and voilá.
Love the new technique as well. Now I shall proceed to steal it somehow.