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06/12/2006 08:04:42 PM · #26 |
Tab gets rid of all the palettes leaving you a nice big screen to work in-but, if you then press enter, you then just get back the menu bar at the top where you can change brush opacity and size and fonts and stuff (i'm not sure what the bar is called).
Anyway, I find it handy so you change sizes and the such without tabbing the palettes back.
edit to make it more concise:
after tabbing your palettes away, you can bring back just the values bar at the top by simply pressing "enter"
Message edited by author 2006-06-12 20:54:57.
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06/12/2006 08:38:53 PM · #27 |
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06/12/2006 09:46:17 PM · #28 |
| Does anyone have a tip for a non destuctive blur method - a layer that sits on top and blurs selected parts of the image only? |
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06/12/2006 10:04:50 PM · #29 |
I had this in a different post but I thought I would add it here also, so I just copy and pasted it here. It really helps fix colors that are off from white balance.
I have read How to remove a colorcast by moodville and i noticed his way of finding a grey point was to hunt and search for it. I never seem to find people who have a systematic system to finding the grey point, so I thought I would share my way to find it using the actual pixel data so that you would spend less time hunting around in the photo for it, or if on a poor monitor, have some confidence it is correct. This is done for photoshop CS2.
It is simply an addition to moodville's method using the threshold and curves for Color Cast. I do this step just before finding white and black points.
1) Layer->New Fill Layer->Solid Color.
Click Ok and when asked to select a color go to your swatches menu and select 50% grey(top right corner of swatches), then click ok. If you don't have a swatches menu use Windows->Swatches.
2) Your screen should be all grey. Go to the to the Color Fill layer and switch the layer mode from normal to difference. Your photo will appear to be on drugs.
(From here you can follow moodville's example of finding the black point of an image but i will try to explain it anyway.)
3) Create a threshold adjustment layer and you will see a histogram come up. Pull the slider all the way to the left, then slowly move it to the right until you see the first black spot and press ok. This spot is middle grey of your photo.
4) Select the Color Sampler tool and zoom in on that spot. Then I double click on the threshold layer again and slide the slider back one number at a time until i get the first black box to appear and click ok. Use the Color Sampler to select this spot.
5) Discard the Color Fill Layer and follow moodville's steps to finding the white and black points. You can use the same threshold layer to do this.
6) When you bring up your Curves dialog box select the middle eyedropper to set the grey point and use the color sample you had selected in step 4.
I hope this helps some people, even more i hope it makes sense to some people! This was shown to me by a friend of mine and i don't know if he read it from a book or not, but i am not trying to steal anyone's idea or hard work. I just thought it might be helpful.
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06/12/2006 10:22:36 PM · #30 |
You can use the Custom Tool for sharpening (i.e. Filter>Other>Custom). I believe the default settings are -1, -1, -1, -1 and 5 in the middle. I rarely use it but occassionally it gets good results especially in photos with a lot of little details. Combined with the Fade command and the Blur tools it can be used with very good results.
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06/12/2006 10:58:19 PM · #31 |
For Leok
Selective blur layer
J creates new layer.
Set quick mask to "selected area" - On tool bar below black and white swatches are 2 rectangle icons with circles in them right hand icon is quick mask.
Double click & set to "color indicates selected area". hit ok.
Q to enter quick mask. Paint area you want to blur with a large soft brush. (Ues eraser and smaller brushes to adjust).
Q to exit quick mask. Area to blur selected.
Activate duplicate layer.
Hit mask icon (rectangle with circle) on layer palet.
White rectangle in layer palet now is black where Layer is masked(filter will not show).
Apply filter
You can adjust blend mode and opacity to modify effects.
Message edited by author 2006-06-12 22:59:46. |
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06/13/2006 01:49:01 AM · #32 |
Originally posted by bluezamia:
For Leok
Selective blur layer
J creates new layer.
Set quick mask to "selected area" - On tool bar below black and white swatches are 2 rectangle icons with circles in them right hand icon is quick mask.
Double click & set to "color indicates selected area". hit ok.
Q to enter quick mask. Paint area you want to blur with a large soft brush. (Ues eraser and smaller brushes to adjust).
Q to exit quick mask. Area to blur selected.
Activate duplicate layer.
Hit mask icon (rectangle with circle) on layer palet.
White rectangle in layer palet now is black where Layer is masked(filter will not show).
Apply filter
You can adjust blend mode and opacity to modify effects. |
Thanks for that, it is similar to what I'm doing at the moment. What I would like is a way to have the blur work in the same way as an adjustment layer - so that it softens the layer underneath it "live". I'm guessing this is not possible but thought I'd ask, should have made it clearer. |
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06/17/2006 12:48:01 AM · #33 |
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06/17/2006 12:57:24 AM · #34 |
Double click on the zoom tool icon to view actual pixels. Double click on the hand tool to fit on screen.
I have tons more, but to write it all would take a century. :P
Message edited by author 2006-06-17 00:57:48. |
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