Been a while since I updated last. Been working behind the scenes on my business, wedding photos, websites, etc. I apologize for the quiet period.
Right now I am actually exporting some photos out of Lightroom tonight, in prep for burning photos to a CD so that I can get them shipped out tomorrow. The export can take a while, so while I was waiting I decided to try a tutorial on the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) website www.photoshopuser.com.
Being those tutorials are provided to the members as a benefit of membership, I don’t feel it is exactly ethical to lay it out step by step. But, I’ll give you the lowdown on what settings I manipulated. If you enjoy Photoshop, I’d recommend checking out NAPP – it is SO worth the price.
This process is all done in Adobe Camera Raw, which makes it kind of neat going forward as I can save these settings as a preset and apply it to any other RAW image in the future.
Essentially, opening the photo in ACR, I set Recovery, Fill Light, Contrast, Clarity, Vibrance all to +100. Then to tone it down, I slide the Saturation down until it looks good. Finally, I tweak the “Lens Correction” to add quite a bit of vignetting to darken the sides of the image.
The photo I played with was of an old truck I photographed at Itasca State Park in Minnesota (at the old Itasca Sawmill). First up is the original with no tweaking.
ISO 1000, 1/500 second, f/4.5, 28mm – Nikon D300
Next is the “After”
You can really see the changes in the windshield and the tires. It is a fun effect that I’ll probably play with more in the future.
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big difference there and not much to the quality huh ill have to look a raw more I have cs3 still but it works good thanks for that and good to see your around yet broIll be posting some cool stufff soon after the alaska trip so stay tuned
ReplyDeleteWorkinprogress - Hey, thanks for stopping by and looking! I\'m very jealous of your trip to Alaska. It is one of the last three states I have to visit and I really want to go. I look forward to seeing your images! PJ
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