Question about Pedro's dodge & burn tutorial

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

05/26/2005 12:36:31 PM · #1

I've been playing with dodge & burn trying to get a feel for it.
I do ok for the most part, but I have a real hard time getting rid
of the digital artifacts(little freakin square spots).

sabphoto

Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+

05/26/2005 12:39:47 PM · #2

Originally posted by superdave_909:

I've been playing with dodge & burn trying to get a feel for it.
I do ok for the most part, but I have a real hard time getting rid
of the digital artifacts(little freakin square spots).

is the image being compressed really high? Try saving it as a Tiff so no compression happens, then work on it. do a jpg as your final step, that will help retain quality.

---on a side note: anyone know how I can get rid of my little icon dude, don't care about star wars (a hush falls over the crowd) and it looks too much like something else that although I've been called one I don't necessarily want it as my icon. Thanks

Message edited by author 2005-05-26 12:41:09.

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

05/26/2005 12:42:36 PM · #3

Originally posted by sabphoto:

Originally posted by superdave_909:
I've been playing with dodge & burn trying to get a feel for it.
I do ok for the most part, but I have a real hard time getting rid
of the digital artifacts(little freakin square spots).

is the image being compressed really high? Try saving it as a Tiff so no compression happens, then work on it. do a jpg as your final step, that will help retain quality.

---on a side note: anyone know how I can get rid of my little icon dude, don't care about star wars (a hush falls over the crowd) and it looks too much like something else that although I've been called one I don't necessarily want it as my icon. Thanks

Sounds like you need to clear your cache. The star wars icons have been gone for a few days now.

05/26/2005 12:45:45 PM · #4

Originally posted by sabphoto:

is the image being compressed really high? Try saving it as a Tiff so no compression happens, then work on it. do a jpg as your final step, that will help retain quality.

following this trend of thought, I imagine that it would also then be
benificial to work in 16 bit vs 8 bit?

edit typo

Message edited by author 2005-05-26 12:46:43.

sabphoto

Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+

05/26/2005 01:08:36 PM · #5

what program are you useing to edit and what is your image type (jpg raw tiff ???

(thanks for the heads up on the icon thingy)

Lensbaby 1.0 (The Original)

05/26/2005 01:36:51 PM · #6

Originally posted by sabphoto:

what program are you useing to edit and what is your image type (jpg raw tiff ???

(thanks for the heads up on the icon thingy)

RAW
C1 to convert to jpg
photoshop cs to edit

sabphoto

Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+

05/26/2005 01:51:18 PM · #7

Originally posted by superdave_909:

Originally posted by sabphoto:
what program are you useing to edit and what is your image type (jpg raw tiff ???

(thanks for the heads up on the icon thingy)

RAW
C1 to convert to jpg
photoshop cs to edit

ok that helps, when you convert keep it as a 16 bit tiff until done editing then convert to 8bit jpg. I used to edit and save edit save and didn't realize I was hurting the image everytime I saved. Hope this helps.

Message edited by author 2005-05-26 16:18:32.

alanbataar

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

05/26/2005 02:13:09 PM · #8

Also, you should always do your editing before resizing for DPC. Everything will look better and you'll have finer control.

SDW

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

05/26/2005 02:58:52 PM · #9

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Message edited by author 2005-05-26 15:00:44.