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QPZIL posted:So, I normally just scan film, do an overall level-tweak and curve-tweak, and I'm done. I'm a big fan of straight out of the camera. I actually prefer the original. I don't see why you decided to lighten the shadows: it seems like you've decreased the total dynamic range of your image, and to me it looks flat and lacking in contrast. Technically, the biggest problem is the blown out sky, which you can't easily fix in post. One solution would have been to expose for the sky and then bump the exposure of the shadows in post, but I don't know how well that would have worked, given the big difference in illumination between the shadows and the strong afternoon sun. The best thing to have done would have been to shoot as the sun is lower in the sky, or the sky is overcast.
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dexter6 posted:So I've got the free trials of Lightroom and Photoshop installed. What would help me get started is: http://tv.adobe.com/m/!/product/lightroom/
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InternetJunky posted:What's the easiest way to drop the glare in this shot a bit? I think you'd get a similar effect to pushing the recovery slider if you used a curves adjustment to darken the highlights. However, in both cases, you'd probably just end up with grayish glare. Glare is hard to deal with in post-processing.
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Somebody school me on cloning/masking. Here is the issue: That frame impaling my friend's head needs to go. I tried creating a rough lasso-selection and then using refine Cockwhore fucked around with this message at 22:58 on Jan 25, 2012 |
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Thanks, ThisQuietReverie. So far I've always used something like a pure white background to judge the quality of the mask, but a b&w layer would be much better, as it'd allow me to see parts that are masked out. That said, my problem with zooming in and using a brush is mostly the fact that there are often single strands of hair which end up being only a few px wide; when I mask them, the brush ends up bring too hard, and it looks awkward. Part of the problem seems to be that strands of hair are often thin enough to be transparent and show parts of the background through. Do you adjust the transparency of the brush, along with its size/softness (and is there a convenient shortcut)? Also, I'll echo RangerScum's question re: gradients and cloning. My original idea was to knock out the whole background and replace it with a single color. edit: I actually meant refine edge, when I said refine mask earlier. It (understandably) struggled with the low contrast areas. VVV Cockwhore fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Jan 25, 2012 |
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