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01/26/2010 05:18:20 PM · #1 |
Ok - to start i have searched the forums for an answer to this with no avail so i am asking directly.
In the advanced editing rule:
- use ANY editing technique to create new image area, objects or features (such as lens flare or motion) that didn’t already exist in your original capture(s).
While i'm aware that a vignette is fine in Advanced - firstly what about a linear "ND" grad filter applied in postwork? secondly what about a colourised linear grad filter?
I'm thinking it is fine for images where say you wanted to warm the sunset but cool the sea, but not to create a colour gradient/distinction in an otherwise (non graduated) grey background in a studio style photo? Would this be a correct assumption?
Message edited by author 2010-01-26 17:18:41. |
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01/26/2010 05:49:08 PM · #2 |
You can use masks for adjustment layers in Advanced to selectively control color shifts as long as they don't create new shapes or features. Using them in the manner of a traditional graduated filter, to even out or enhance large areas of different exposure/tonality, should be OK.
If you are doing this before the deadline, the most secure path would be to send a ticket to SC with before and after versions for comparison and a desription of your editing. You can usually get a pretty reliable (but not guaranteed) opinion in a day or two ... |
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01/26/2010 09:25:59 PM · #3 |
Why can't SC just approve or disapprove on the matter straight away? Instead of offering an un-guaranteed opinion? Is it because of the Jury Style Method you guys use to validate? It seems somewhat pointless to ask if all you can say is maybe... I would sure hate to ask one of you guys for advice and then get a DQ later down the line after having someone on SC tell me an editing step was legal before I submitted my picture. I am not trying to start a rumble or huge debate here. Just trying to figure out why no guarantee can be offered along with the opinion.
Originally posted by GeneralE:
If you are doing this before the deadline, the most secure path would be to send a ticket to SC with before and after versions for comparison and a desription of your editing. You can usually get a pretty reliable (but not guaranteed) opinion in a day or two ... |
Message edited by author 2010-01-27 04:21:54. |
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02/22/2010 03:32:48 PM · #4 |
Thought i had replied with a thanks to this post. Seems i didnt - so thanks GeneralE =)
It is as i had thought. The photo was probably an instant DQ in that case - i didnt submit it in the end ;) |
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02/22/2010 04:39:41 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Bugzeye:
Why can't SC just approve or disapprove on the matter straight away? Instead of offering an un-guaranteed opinion? ... I would sure hate to ask one of you guys for advice and then get a DQ later down the line after having someone on SC tell me an editing step was legal before I submitted my picture. |
We sure would hate to tell you a photo is legal and then find that the entry you submitted was edited differently than the one you sent us earlier ...
There is no official "pre-validation" available because (revised) entries can be submitted right up to the deadline, and because we don't have time for everyone to look at your photo beforehand, but we do have a "quorum" of votes required to validate or DQ an entry once submitted.
Some decisions are based on a subjective interpretation -- for example, was the thing you removed a "minor distraction" or a "significant compositional element" -- and we can't always predict how the final voting would go. However, we should always tell you (in response to a ticket) whether we think it will be a "split decision" or not, so you can decide whether the editing you want to do is "worth the risk." |
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