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09/03/2006 07:29:03 PM · #1 |
So many pictures of mine has come out flat looking, dull. Not crisp or bright colors.
I would have looked through the forums, but damn, there's way too many, and 90% of them has to do with DSLR...as you can see, I don't have one.
I am using Canon Powershot A620.
For challenges I tweak it in PS. (mind you, I use Elements) But, for my everyday normal pictures, it's a pain to always tweak it before I send it out thru emails and stuff.
Any suggestions of what I can do? Should I put it on vivid every time? I've tried White Balancing, but it doesn't seem to help.
For those who may have Powershot, any issues with Macro? I would use the camera macro, and it's SUCH a pain because it could never get in focus. I was attempting to get a praying mantis, but I have to be like 4 cm away from the bug in order to utilize it. I recently got Macro attachment, but with the adapter, it is not great when using flash because the adapter shows up. But...today I didn't have my macro lens with me, and it was hard to get it in focus.
Thank for any tips and stuff. I'm going to Aruba soon, so I want to be able to get vivid colors and camera issues down before I look at 200+ pictures and find them all flat.
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09/03/2006 07:36:58 PM · #2 |
Most digital photos benefit from a Curves or Levels adjustment to extend the contrast range and bring out detail in the mid-tones.
You can also try enhancing the contrast or "pop" using the Unsharp Mask filter at a low amount but high radius setting, for example:
Amt: 15%/Dia: 50 pixels/Threshold: 0
Sometimes it works to apply the filter twice. It is less likely than the usual USM settings to produce halos, but can sometimes blow out or block up patches of color at the far ends of the tone range; vary the settings until you get the effect you want.
Message edited by author 2006-09-03 19:39:45. |
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09/03/2006 07:40:49 PM · #3 |
| by applying hue/saturation for a given color can boost your photograph along with USM. Apply some filter and also if you add border to your image, it might have different look. |
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09/03/2006 07:45:19 PM · #4 |
"Vivid" is certainly a valid option to use if you'd like to have higher contrast, saturation, and sharpness out of camera; but there's a caveat here. You have less control over the final product, and your photo may come out of camera as oversharpened and there's not much you can do about that - you may get jaggies, etc.
I have my camera set to "Low Sharpening" so that I don't risk having my camera overprocess my photos. I can then take full control over the final photo in PP, in which I'll adjust the levels for contrast, boost saturation if needed, and apply USM to get the desired sharpness.
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09/05/2006 03:35:03 PM · #5 |
| I usually apply a S-curve. The increased contrast helps the image "pop" a bit more. Use curves and not the brightness/contrast adjustment, as it give you more control. |
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09/05/2006 03:42:39 PM · #6 |
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09/05/2006 03:49:54 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by AilurophileDJ:
For challenges I tweak it in PS. (mind you, I use Elements) But, for my everyday normal pictures, it's a pain to always tweak it before I send it out thru emails and stuff. |
Okay, I really have NO idea how to do this or if it would work for you, but I am pretty sure that in Photoshop you can create a way to perform the same edit on a bunch of shots. Maybe someone else can say more? |
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