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 05/16/2010 09:45:13 PM · #1
It\\\\\\\'s almost as if her images look aged... They are creamy, cool, and unique to me... I\\\\\\\'m just wondering, how she gets this appearance.. Is it a filter, all done in post ??? What do you guys think???

so sorry, because I'm new again, it won't let me post a link... Her name is DanetteKay and all you need to do is add the www and com.

tography.comThere\\\'s just something about them.. Almost like some colors are muted a touch, but not all of them... I just can\\\\\\\'t place it..
 05/16/2010 09:48:48 PM · #2
here's the link:

danettekay

I'm not sure I care too much for the look -- they do look aged, but kind of like faded Polaroids. It works on a few, but I guess it's not my style. My guess is desat a little, a warming filter, some blur and a tad over exposed?

Message edited by author 2010-05-16 21:50:06.
 05/16/2010 09:48:55 PM · #3
Never mind vawendy beat me

Message edited by author 2010-05-16 21:51:33.
 05/16/2010 10:41:38 PM · #4
I don't know much but am learning. IMO the shots I saw on her website are all about the lighting during the photoshoot.
 05/16/2010 10:58:33 PM · #5
looks slightly desaturated and slightly overexposed to me (pleasantly).
 05/16/2010 11:04:15 PM · #6
Curves and levels
 05/16/2010 11:07:44 PM · #7
Originally posted by Dseale:
Curves and levels


"Curves and levels" is redundant. Levels is nothing but a simplified interface for curves. Anyway, there's more too it than that. There's a fundamental smoothness that comes from lighting, there's tone-specific desaturation, there's more to this than it looks like, though I don't do this kind of work so I don't know offhand how to replicate it.

R.
 05/16/2010 11:16:20 PM · #8
Surely some tone work going on but check the lighting on those...sweet !
 05/17/2010 12:32:28 AM · #9
It's pretty easy once you learn it.

I rarely do it but on some images it looks okay.

Here is one I edited before I even saw this thread.


However it looks like she uses a little more blue in hers but the concept is the same. Add a blue tint to the shadows and a brown tint to the highlights.

Message edited by author 2010-05-17 00:40:13.
 05/17/2010 12:55:39 AM · #10
It might be something like bleach bypass processing. (I haven't looked at the link as I'm not at home.) In the old print making days, the silver wasn't bleached out, giving a different look to the print. The image would then have reduced saturation and exposure latitude, along with increased contrast and graininess.

In Photoshop, you duplicate the image layer　and bland mode to Overlay. Add a hue/sat layer on the Overlay and desat to around -50 to -70 percent. Adeda levels layer on top, far left slider to right, middle slider to left. (A curves layer is optional.)
 05/17/2010 02:19:46 AM · #11
I think the term you're looking for is cross processing. Cross processing has its origins in film. Different types of film required different chemicals to develop it. Cross processing refers to the effect produced by developing one type of film with chemicals meant for a different type of film (e.g. developing slide film with colour film chemicals). If you Google "cross processing tutorial" you'll get a bunch of hits.
 05/17/2010 04:13:02 AM · #12
Hi Kristin,

If you're looking for a one-button fix, there is a handy feature of Paint Shop Pro (XI, I think) that's called Time Machine, but you would need the program for that, it is exclusive.

There are in fact ways of doing that with photoshop, but it involves selective desaturation, hue changes and a couple more, it's too advanced for me :-P


05/17/2010 04:19:06 AM · #13
that can be done on piknik.com use either the cinema scope with cross process sort of thing or try somthing different.
 05/17/2010 06:17:52 AM · #14
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Message edited by author 2010-05-17 13:04:04.
 05/17/2010 09:06:47 AM · #15
Originally posted by Dirt_Diver:
It's pretty easy once you learn it.

I rarely do it but on some images it looks okay.

Here is one I edited before I even saw this thread.


However it looks like she uses a little more blue in hers but the concept is the same. Add a blue tint to the shadows and a brown tint to the highlights.


This is pretty much hitting the nail on the head.. I like the look and think it's appropriate for some shots.. I've even had some people request it and I keep playing around with curves and saturation levels, but just can't get it right...

OK, so, how about a quick breakdown of your edit steps.. :-)

Thanks everyone for your input..

Message edited by author 2010-05-17 09:13:21.
 05/17/2010 10:38:45 AM · #16
Originally posted by MrsBillyJack:

OK, so, how about a quick breakdown of your edit steps.. :-)

Thanks everyone for your input..


//layersmagazine.com/curvy-cross-processing.html

//www.grafnet.com.pl/photoshop-filters-description.php?kolekcja=filtry/Exposure&filtr=Special_Lomo_Cross_Process1.jpg

Check those out. The second one is an extensive library of specific filters to emulate film, it's shareware. The first is a photoshop tutorial.

R.
 05/17/2010 10:43:14 AM · #17
Originally posted by MrsBillyJack:
Originally posted by Dirt_Diver:
It's pretty easy once you learn it.

I rarely do it but on some images it looks okay.

Here is one I edited before I even saw this thread.


However it looks like she uses a little more blue in hers but the concept is the same. Add a blue tint to the shadows and a brown tint to the highlights.


This is pretty much hitting the nail on the head.. I like the look and think it's appropriate for some shots.. I've even had some people request it and I keep playing around with curves and saturation levels, but just can't get it right...

OK, so, how about a quick breakdown of your edit steps.. :-)

Thanks everyone for your input..


Bear posted some good links that help you achieve that look but it does take some practice. I use lightroom to do it because it was the ability to create it very easily. Once I got the look I was after I just saved it as a preset and now I just click that preset every time I want that look. Some if not most of the time I do have to fine tune it but if you want the preset for LR I would more than happy to send it to you. Just let me know.
 05/17/2010 11:41:28 AM · #18
get the Nik Software Collection, they add filters to photoshop that do exactly that in a variety of ways and much more...

Or you could get a more basic free version from DeviantArt made by a user.

Both links can be plugged into photoshop and produce that effect. One is a filter, one is an action, one is free, one is not. One can produce the effect in a variety of ways, one will do it the same every time. But for the effect your looking for. Just use the DeviantArt action I posted above.

Hope that gives you some options on how to easily produce the effect.
 05/17/2010 03:40:05 PM · #19
you guys are awesome.. I can't wait to get home from work today & figure it out... I've been driving myself nuts doing everything I can think of to get it, but nothing's even coming close.. I have lightroom and I'm terrible at it.. It's like a monster that freaks me out so I never open it anymore.. I've never tried NikSoftware but hear so much about it, so I may have to try it out..

Thanks again and especially for the links Bear !!!
 05/17/2010 03:46:55 PM · #20
Alienskin Exposure 2 has lots of presets for this kind of effect.
 05/17/2010 04:04:20 PM · #21
Red Paw Media makes a free plugin for bleach bypass effect. If you hover your mouse over the sample pictures, it shows you the effects possible. Check out the one for "Defocus Control" - 2nd from the bottom. This seems similar to what you are looking for, and there are quite a few sliders to tweak on this plugin.
 05/18/2010 01:30:58 PM · #22
MattO posted up a Link to a creative engagement shoot that uses this technique very well.
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