{"id":10584,"date":"2026-01-20T18:10:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10584"},"modified":"2026-01-20T18:10:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:10:04","slug":"art-effects-a-klimt-like-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10584","title":{"rendered":"Art Effects: A Klimt-like Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have been browsing some tutorials on YouTube for using the Affinity Photo Editor: I found the InAffinity <\/a>channel very good. One of the tutorials was for producing a ‘Klimt-like’ effect which I have been trying out. The results have been a mixed bag in that the success depends much on the original photograph, the crop and the settings used. Here are some examples using the ‘before-after; comparison tool – drag the slider to see more or less of the effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first pair of photos is of a couple of plants in the garden; this is a crop from the full scene:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Garden plants as shot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The same garden plants with the Klimt-like effect<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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This next photo shows the whole scene in the garden – the bright areas didn’t turn out so well:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The full scene of the garden plants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The next pair are of a couple of orangey-red tulips in a garden:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Orange-red tulips as shot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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orange-red tulips with ‘Klimt’ effect<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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This is a deep purple tulip and is a crop from a larger scene:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Deep purple tulip as shot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Deep purple tulip with the ‘Klimt’ effect<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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These next ones didn’t work so well – I have found that the very bright areas do not respond so well to the technique. First are some bluebells in a wood:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bluebells in a wood as shot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bluebells with the ‘Klimt’ effect – not very good<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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And this is a magnolia flower:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Magnolia flower as shot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Magnolia flower with the ‘Klimt’ effect<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Sometimes the effect is not what you expect. The next photo pair is from a member of the RPS Processing e-Circle discussion group I belong to (we have a go processing each others photos). Thanks to Kevin Payne for permission to show these photos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Subway Station by Kevin Payne. With permission. Not processed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Subway Station by Kevin Payne. With permission. Using the ‘Klimt’ effect<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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I shall continue with experimenting with this effect…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been browsing some tutorials on YouTube for using the Affinity Photo Editor: I found the InAffinity channel very good. One of the tutorials was for producing a ‘Klimt-like’ effect which I have been trying out. The results have been a mixed bag in that the success depends much on the original photograph, the … Continue reading “Art Effects: A Klimt-like Effect”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,9,100,3,65,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-before-after","category-flowers","category-photo-effects","category-photography","category-technical","category-tests-and-trials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10584"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10636,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10584\/revisions\/10636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}