GarethC Posted May 23, 2008 Share #1 Posted May 23, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Of late there have been a few threads concerning post processing of images in Photoshop. All were tremendously educational. There were a couple of thoughts that came out that have tempted me to go away and find more about batch processing because that's what I'll need to do in order to re-process all the images that I did before reading these threads Educate me please, I've already picked up a couple of great tips and I thought I had the workflow worked out. Here's two that I have garnered from threads in the forum. 1. Local contrast enhancement. I tried 20/50/0 in USM but found that 10/50/10 worked better if there were people in the shot. 2. In RAW use the vibrance slider not saturation to increase the saturation but leave the already saturated colours alone. Just when you thought you were competent with Photoshop.............. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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morffin Posted May 23, 2008 Share #2 Posted May 23, 2008 Great idea for a thread: Dr Browns 1-2-3 proc. Gives you three different size files...also allows your current actions to be run as part of the script. Stores your pre sets so one click does all the proc. Free download. Neat Image ...noise reduction plug in. esp. helpful w/ the crappy high asa output from the M8....again it can be worked right into your actions. Other PS tips ...strong Cuban coffee and a comfy chair.... some Springsteen on the I Tunes...and youre good to go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted May 23, 2008 Share #3 Posted May 23, 2008 Maybe a mod could move it to the general digital section as it's not M8 specific. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venkman Posted May 23, 2008 Share #4 Posted May 23, 2008 Lynda.com - excellent online video tutorials @ $25 a month which you can cancel at any time. I recommend the courses "CS3 for photogs", "CS3 Portrait Retouching Techniques" and the sharpening and color correction workshops.So much to learn, so few time. Learned about them when I got a goodie of choice for buying photoshop - went for the one free month and stayed with them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted May 23, 2008 Share #5 Posted May 23, 2008 Neat image the strong Cuban coffee ............ result!! = ahhhr gets rid of the details Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perspectics Posted May 23, 2008 Share #6 Posted May 23, 2008 I'm a total Photoshop whore and learned most of the useful tricks here: Worth1000.com | Photoshop Contests | Are you Worthy™ | hidden Its free and browsing the galleries is serious fun, as well. Enjoy (I'm definitely not related to worth1000 in any way except for being an underrated user hehehe ) Oh - you were asking for tricks... hm, there are many, but one useful knowledge nugget would be that brightness and contrast are nothing else but preconfigured "gradation curves". Guess thats a beginners tip... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stnami Posted May 23, 2008 Share #7 Posted May 23, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) When it comes to photographs keep it simple as one can......... play with light ............. for graphics go over the top and wander as you please ps thanks for the site the teens (even adults) I teach will love it, right down their alley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesphoto99 Posted May 23, 2008 Share #8 Posted May 23, 2008 Learn to dodge and burn!!! (and not with the dodge and burn tools). I'm sick of seeing images straight out of the camera. Most of us would never have thought of making a print from a negative without doing some of that - why people think digital is different is beyond me. I use a 50% soft light fill layer and adjust the brush opacity but there are a lot of different ways. Lassoing and using the refine edge control with levels/curves is a great way to do local adjustments. Real simple stuff - just takes some time but can make a huge difference as not all light is created equal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted May 23, 2008 Share #9 Posted May 23, 2008 Learn to use feathered selections and then locally adjust curves (in the colour channels, not just RGB, and in luminance) Ditto, saturation and using the colour mixer. Always work using layers, and not on the background. All simple stuff really Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted May 23, 2008 Share #10 Posted May 23, 2008 Gareth The best advice I can give you concerning Photoshop, is to pass on the advice I was given by William Palank who is a member of the forum and has just had a portfolio published in LFI: a book called "Scott Kelby's 7-Point System for Photoshop". Kelby identifies the top 7 functions to enhance your photos using photoshop. Just look on Amazon and you can find it easily. LouisB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wda Posted May 25, 2008 Share #11 Posted May 25, 2008 Of late there have been a few threads concerning post processing of images in Photoshop. All were tremendously educational. There were a couple of thoughts that came out that have tempted me to go away and find more about batch processing because that's what I'll need to do in order to re-process all the images that I did before reading these threads Educate me please, I've already picked up a couple of great tips and I thought I had the workflow worked out. Here's two that I have garnered from threads in the forum. 1. Local contrast enhancement. I tried 20/50/0 in USM but found that 10/50/10 worked better if there were people in the shot. 2. In RAW use the vibrance slider not saturation to increase the saturation but leave the already saturated colours alone. Just when you thought you were competent with Photoshop.............. Gareth, Learn the shortcut keys for your most used menu operations. Such a time-saver. This thread has infinite possibilities. Could it become the theoretical equivalent of the long-running Little Shadow thread? David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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