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Deconscratchted Portraits

Just came up with this workflow to potentially create a new style of glitched portrait. I’m recording the process in order to perfect and avoid forgetting it. I need to do this more often to track the necessary steps. I had a technique I used where a certain app would introduce frames around a subject but now I can’t remember how I did it.

Here’s the steps I used for Deconscratchted:

Using Diana, blend the original photo with its Pixel Is Data version. Then import to Image Blender using Difference/Exclusion to create vibrant artifacts and bring out the subject. Finish in Camera+ with the Clarity filter to enhance the constellations of scratches introduced by Pixel Is Data.

For this example I’m using the Pixel Is Data from another image.