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02/17/2007 10:31:51 AM · #1 |
I cleaned this one up a bit, I don't know how to make it look any nicer. This was taken on a cruise ship going under a bridge during my friends wedding. Constructive criticism is MUCH appreciated.
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02/17/2007 10:54:21 AM · #2 |
| Well the first you need to do i straighten the image, its looks like it is slightly leaning to the left. |
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02/17/2007 11:14:59 AM · #3 |
Overall, the image is too heavy on the blue/cyan, as you can see by looking at the very cool color of the clouds. You have a horizon problem too. I used Photoshop's "skew" tool to set the horizon and the implied vertical of the bridge tower. Then I used a selective color adjustment layer to slightly tweak the color of the whites, midtones, and blacks. Finally, I ran a alight sky gradient down from the top:
Robt.
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02/17/2007 11:48:36 AM · #4 |
OK...beginners mistake I suppose. I wasn't looking at the horizon. I'll have to watch that for the next time.
I liked what you did with the photo though. |
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02/17/2007 12:50:35 PM · #5 |
Hey Robert, the skew tool works great to tweak without distorting huh.
Have you tried the Match Color adjustment yet?
Image, Adjustments, Match Color, then click the Neutralize button, fade if needed.
After that, you can tweak the color intensity & luminance. I've found in so many cases, it does wonders to bring realism back to a shot in color levels and white balance. I've almost made that a first-stop in editing anything anymore, just to check the results, that and levels, options, 0.5 in the shadow & highlights.
Doing much of the same/similar steps you did in regards to skew and gradient, here's a different edit, with probably more realistic colors, particularly in the water anyway:
 
----------- Original ----------------- Your edit ------------------- My edit ---------
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02/17/2007 01:06:29 PM · #6 |
That advice of Brads is great advice and something i have been using for years.
Its quick, its simple and it works in most cases where there is an unbalance in colour. |
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02/17/2007 01:14:18 PM · #7 |
Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question but can that be done in PS 5.0 or is the match color just a CS2 feature?
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02/17/2007 01:34:48 PM · #8 |
Not one I can help with, as I've never used anything under v.6
Perhaps someone else will happen upon this thread and be able to answer that. From what Paul said above, "been using it for years", I imagine it's been available for some time.
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02/17/2007 03:07:27 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by Brad:
Not one I can help with, as I've never used anything under v.6
Perhaps someone else will happen upon this thread and be able to answer that. From what Paul said above, "been using it for years", I imagine it's been available for some time. |
Hah, I never heard of it :-) Learn something new every day...
R.
Just used it quick-and-dirty, amazing tool. This one isn't optimized, I got stuff to do right now, but I can see it's gonna be way cool. Thanks!
I'm sure it would work better off a version I had NOT altered in selective color first... I have been using selective co,lor for this purpose, basically. Although in the first example I allowed it to stay cool simply because the original I had been working from was WAY on the cool side to begin with, and selective color was tending to muddy up things if I pushed it too far.
R.
Message edited by author 2007-02-17 15:15:35.
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02/17/2007 06:26:23 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by JenniferDavidGA:
Sorry if this sounds like a stupid question but can that be done in PS 5.0 or is the match color just a CS2 feature? |
I cant remember bck to version 5 to be fair, but i have been using levels and curves for a long time as it is the core tools for any image work. I suggest you take the time to understand how these work and practice. The time speat learning now, will save you time in the future.
You may find this curves link helpful: Curves |
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02/19/2007 08:25:03 PM · #11 |
Thank you for the responce. I saved that link and I am going to make sure that is the nest thing I work on.
When I bought PS, I thought I was buying the newer version of it (beside CS2 which is way out of my price range). I guess I will have to research some and see what the newer version is and its differences.
Thanks again!!!
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