The two below were both done using PP Tip 5. Not new images but new edits today
Showing posts with label post process. Show all posts
Showing posts with label post process. Show all posts
Sunday, 24 December 2017
Glad I Blogged My PP Tips
I've barely touched a camera in the past four years but this week charged the batteries on a couple and took some images. Having done little photography I had forgotten many of the PP tricks.
The two below were both done using PP Tip 5. Not new images but new edits today
The two below were both done using PP Tip 5. Not new images but new edits today
Monday, 28 March 2011
PP Tips 21 - Using A Provia Curve And Sharpening Action
This is part of a 'How To' series on post process work.
I came across a set of film simulation curves for Photoshop a while ago. One of the curves was to simulate Provia film and I have since used this quite extensively with some of my images.
One of the things I then did, was to add my sharpening routine to it and created an action called 'Provia + DLSharp 2'.
I have made a very quick overview of an image edit using this action. As it will be difficult to see the process steps here, I have created a PDF file which can be downloaded - Click here
Please download and, above all, enjoy.
For reference, here is the original 'as-shot' image followed by the image edited using the action.
Other posts in this series - Click here for the index page.
Cheers
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I came across a set of film simulation curves for Photoshop a while ago. One of the curves was to simulate Provia film and I have since used this quite extensively with some of my images.
One of the things I then did, was to add my sharpening routine to it and created an action called 'Provia + DLSharp 2'.
I have made a very quick overview of an image edit using this action. As it will be difficult to see the process steps here, I have created a PDF file which can be downloaded - Click here
Please download and, above all, enjoy.
For reference, here is the original 'as-shot' image followed by the image edited using the action.
Other posts in this series - Click here for the index page.
Cheers
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Sunday, 13 March 2011
PP Tips 19 - Editing With FastStone
This is part of a 'How To' series on post process work.
One product which I use on almost a daily basis, is FastStone Viewer. Not only is it an image viewer but it also has some image editing functionality.
FastStone is not what I call a 'full featured' image editor, but it can certainly be useful for basic editing functions for either Jpeg or Raw files.
Anyway, I have made a very quick overview of an image edit. As it will be difficult to see the images here, I have created a PDF file which can be downloaded here
Please download and, above all, enjoy.
For reference, here is the original 'as-shot' image followed by the image as edited in Fast Stone.
Other posts in this series - Click here for the index page.
Cheers
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One product which I use on almost a daily basis, is FastStone Viewer. Not only is it an image viewer but it also has some image editing functionality.
FastStone is not what I call a 'full featured' image editor, but it can certainly be useful for basic editing functions for either Jpeg or Raw files.
Anyway, I have made a very quick overview of an image edit. As it will be difficult to see the images here, I have created a PDF file which can be downloaded here
Please download and, above all, enjoy.
For reference, here is the original 'as-shot' image followed by the image as edited in Fast Stone.
Other posts in this series - Click here for the index page.
Cheers
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Saturday, 25 December 2010
PP Tips 17 - Paint It Black
This is part of a 'How To' series on post process work.
This tip is about using the Vivid Light brush in Photoshop. Similar technique would probably work in any editor which has a paint brush palette where a 'lightening' effect can be applied.
The Vivid Light brush is is one of my favourite tools and is invaluable for adding some extra light, or even darkening parts of an image selectively. In other words, doing localised contrast adjustment.
Image one
This is the original image which I wish to adjust. It is straight from camera.
Image Two
Selecting the paint brush tool from the tools palette, I next select a brush type (soft), and then set the size I wish to use, use the drop down to select Vivid Light, the colour I wish to use and the level of Opacity.
So, my settings are soft brush, Vivid Light, white colour, 380 pixels, Opacity = 5%.
Note : Opacity of 5% is a good all round setting. You can always paint over an area more than once
I have a preset for these values (AA Vivid Light 380) and this is easy to add to the brush menu.
Image Three
Here, I have simply used my 'white' brush to paint over parts of the harvester and also any grass areas. I have avoided the sky and also the bags in the foreground.
Image Four
Having lightened parts of the image, I have now switched my brush colour to black, and painted over the tops of the bags and the grass at the right foreground.
Image Five
Switching back to the white brush, I have now painted over the tops of the bags and some of the grass next to the bags.
What this has done is to create some more localised contrast around the top of the bags.
Well, that's it. Finished.
Image Six
The original, again.
Image Seven
The adjusted image.
Image Eight
The original left, and adjusted image at right.
Hope you found it helpful.
Note : You can use any colour, not just white or black. For example, you may wish to use orange to add lightness, or glow, in areas in a sunset scene. Always good to experiment
Update 26th December - Here are a couple more examples, using the same technique.
Image One
Original image from camera.
Image Two
What I have done here is to do one brush sweep of black over the sky, mountain, tree areas, and then one pass of white.
For the foreground, I have used a couple of passes of white, and then one pass of black, and one more of white. Nothing else was done.
Image Three
The original left, and adjusted at right.
Image Four
The original image, as shot.
Image Five
What I have done here is to do several passes over different areas, simply using white or black. As a final step, I did a pass over the sky area with blue, and a pass over the mountain area with a red/orange shade.
Image Six
The original left, and adjusted at right.
Cheers
Other posts in this series - Click here for the index page.
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This tip is about using the Vivid Light brush in Photoshop. Similar technique would probably work in any editor which has a paint brush palette where a 'lightening' effect can be applied.
The Vivid Light brush is is one of my favourite tools and is invaluable for adding some extra light, or even darkening parts of an image selectively. In other words, doing localised contrast adjustment.
Image one
This is the original image which I wish to adjust. It is straight from camera.
Image Two
Selecting the paint brush tool from the tools palette, I next select a brush type (soft), and then set the size I wish to use, use the drop down to select Vivid Light, the colour I wish to use and the level of Opacity.
So, my settings are soft brush, Vivid Light, white colour, 380 pixels, Opacity = 5%.
Note : Opacity of 5% is a good all round setting. You can always paint over an area more than once
I have a preset for these values (AA Vivid Light 380) and this is easy to add to the brush menu.
Image Three
Here, I have simply used my 'white' brush to paint over parts of the harvester and also any grass areas. I have avoided the sky and also the bags in the foreground.
Image Four
Having lightened parts of the image, I have now switched my brush colour to black, and painted over the tops of the bags and the grass at the right foreground.
Image Five
Switching back to the white brush, I have now painted over the tops of the bags and some of the grass next to the bags.
What this has done is to create some more localised contrast around the top of the bags.
Well, that's it. Finished.
Image Six
The original, again.
Image Seven
The adjusted image.
Image Eight
The original left, and adjusted image at right.
Hope you found it helpful.
Note : You can use any colour, not just white or black. For example, you may wish to use orange to add lightness, or glow, in areas in a sunset scene. Always good to experiment
Update 26th December - Here are a couple more examples, using the same technique.
Image One
Original image from camera.
Image Two
What I have done here is to do one brush sweep of black over the sky, mountain, tree areas, and then one pass of white.
For the foreground, I have used a couple of passes of white, and then one pass of black, and one more of white. Nothing else was done.
Image Three
The original left, and adjusted at right.
Image Four
The original image, as shot.
Image Five
What I have done here is to do several passes over different areas, simply using white or black. As a final step, I did a pass over the sky area with blue, and a pass over the mountain area with a red/orange shade.
Image Six
The original left, and adjusted at right.
Cheers
Other posts in this series - Click here for the index page.
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Thursday, 9 December 2010
PP Tips 16 - Virtual Photographer
This is part of a 'How To' series on post process work.
This one is about a free effects plug-in called Virtual Photographer, which can be used in Photoshop, or used in it's own stand alone editor, Virtual Studio which is also free.
I have used Virtual Photographer (VP) for many years within Photoshop. A few months back, my PC crashed badly and I ended up rebuilding it from scratch. One thing I did not reinstall, at the time, was VP.
A few days back, I decided to reinstall it and went to the VP web site. I was surprised to see there was a new version, and also to see a 'sister' program called Virtual Studio (VS). VS was being advertised as a photo editor and also a front end for VP, or other Photoshop plug ins.
These are both free programs. The web site is OptikVerve Labs - Click here
Whilst I normally use VP within Photoshop, below is a quick example of using it within VS. Incidentally, I tried a few other plug-ins within VS and some worked OK, some didn't.
The original image.
The image as opened in Virtual Studio.
There are some 'quick fix' buttons in the top row, and there are other adjustments available under the Adjust heading in the top drop down menus.
Here, I have simply clicked the 'Enhance' quick fix button.
Note : On this image it worked very well. On some other images it was a little harsh
Clicking the 'VP' button opens Virtual Photographer and then different effects can be selected from the drop down menus. There are dozens of effects available both colour and black and white.
There are also a myriad of different adjustment options under the Film and Style menus. Once you have created an effect you like, you can then also save that effect.
Here, I have selected the 'Transparency' film effect from the Default options drop down menu.
With the effect applied, the next step is to click the Process button in the bottom right hand corner.
Tip : Once the effect has been applied, you can still view the original simply by clicking and holding on the image
After clicking the Process button, the image will re-open in Virtual Studio.
At the bottom of the screen is a Blend bar. Here, I have adjusted it so that I am applying about 75% of the effect. Once done, simply click Apply.
Whilst I have not applied any other adjustments to this particular image, there are many other adjustment options within Virtual Studio.
Clicking on the Adjust menu reveals many different adjustment options.
Now I have applied my Virtual Photographer effect, I simply click File/Save As and a save window opens.
Here I have used the original file name and simply added VSVP after so that I know
it has been adjusted within the program.
Note : Never save over the original file
The image as edited in Virtual Photographer.
That's it. It's simple and easy to use.
A few more examples done in the same manner as above. Some have been sharpened though.
Originals followed by the VS/VP edit.
Cheers
Other posts in this series - Click here for the index page.
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This one is about a free effects plug-in called Virtual Photographer, which can be used in Photoshop, or used in it's own stand alone editor, Virtual Studio which is also free.
I have used Virtual Photographer (VP) for many years within Photoshop. A few months back, my PC crashed badly and I ended up rebuilding it from scratch. One thing I did not reinstall, at the time, was VP.
A few days back, I decided to reinstall it and went to the VP web site. I was surprised to see there was a new version, and also to see a 'sister' program called Virtual Studio (VS). VS was being advertised as a photo editor and also a front end for VP, or other Photoshop plug ins.
These are both free programs. The web site is OptikVerve Labs - Click here
Whilst I normally use VP within Photoshop, below is a quick example of using it within VS. Incidentally, I tried a few other plug-ins within VS and some worked OK, some didn't.
The original image.
The image as opened in Virtual Studio.
There are some 'quick fix' buttons in the top row, and there are other adjustments available under the Adjust heading in the top drop down menus.
Here, I have simply clicked the 'Enhance' quick fix button.
Note : On this image it worked very well. On some other images it was a little harsh
Clicking the 'VP' button opens Virtual Photographer and then different effects can be selected from the drop down menus. There are dozens of effects available both colour and black and white.
There are also a myriad of different adjustment options under the Film and Style menus. Once you have created an effect you like, you can then also save that effect.
Here, I have selected the 'Transparency' film effect from the Default options drop down menu.
With the effect applied, the next step is to click the Process button in the bottom right hand corner.
Tip : Once the effect has been applied, you can still view the original simply by clicking and holding on the image
After clicking the Process button, the image will re-open in Virtual Studio.
At the bottom of the screen is a Blend bar. Here, I have adjusted it so that I am applying about 75% of the effect. Once done, simply click Apply.
Whilst I have not applied any other adjustments to this particular image, there are many other adjustment options within Virtual Studio.
Clicking on the Adjust menu reveals many different adjustment options.
Now I have applied my Virtual Photographer effect, I simply click File/Save As and a save window opens.
Here I have used the original file name and simply added VSVP after so that I know
it has been adjusted within the program.
Note : Never save over the original file
The image as edited in Virtual Photographer.
That's it. It's simple and easy to use.
A few more examples done in the same manner as above. Some have been sharpened though.
Originals followed by the VS/VP edit.
Cheers
Other posts in this series - Click here for the index page.
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