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03/25/2005 03:20:39 PM · #1 |
Hi,
I'm not very experienced with burning and dodging landscapes, but did one today. It was meant to be "overdone", as in you can see that it's done but it's not supposed to look ugly.
Didn't give it too much time, so there might be a few visible brush strokes especially if your monitor is calibrated bright (which mine is not, doesn't show differences between black and deep gray).
 
PS: Original image isn't mine. :) |
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03/25/2005 03:33:15 PM · #2 |
the brush strokes are much more then a few barely visible.. it´s like you painted the sky with a pencil, and Im looking at the picture on my 12" laptopscreen that is not calibrated :)
if you use dodge/burn you have to use a big brush, keep it very soft and opacity below 50%, it takes a lot longer time to burn but you loose most of the pencil strokes ;) |
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03/25/2005 03:39:36 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by DanSig:
if you use dodge/burn you have to use a big brush, keep it very soft and opacity below 50%, it takes a lot longer time to burn but you loose most of the pencil strokes ;) |
Yeah, I guess you're right, went a little fast today. Attempted to turn up the gamma after I uploaded it, and many things looked awful. Oh well, you live and learn. Turning down the opacity didn't come to mind, but that sounds like a good idea.
I'd be happy for a few comments on the general look of it though, now that you know my intention, as in "how would this look if I got myself together and did it properly" ;) |
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03/25/2005 03:58:56 PM · #4 |
| this picture has great potential but I think if you spend some time working on it and use adjustment layers and masks instead of dodge/burn the result will be much more appealing, the dodge/burn tool is really intended for som minor adjustments to small areas of the photograph, not as a workover tool for the whole image ;) |
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03/25/2005 04:02:42 PM · #5 |
| Thanks, I will try to make a better thing later. I think we're moving into an area that sees the limitations of The GIMP compared to Photoshop, though. There is a method to do it more properly, but I haven't worked out the exact procedures. |
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