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10/03/2005 09:34:38 PM · #1 |
Comments welcome and appreciated
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10/03/2005 09:45:01 PM · #2 |
very nice! i like the tones, really, this photo looks great, i'm going to leave a bit more discription on the photo!
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10/03/2005 11:10:37 PM · #3 |
left comment....
please check my portfolio and comment on one of my pics!
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10/05/2005 12:35:53 PM · #4 |
Thanks, everyone, for your comments
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10/05/2005 12:48:12 PM · #5 |
Very nice image, Bob. I took the liberty of making a couple small changes; I sharpened it up some and I applied a neutral-to-transparent gradient on the sky. The color was lifted from a mid-tone area of the foreground rocks.
Robt.
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10/05/2005 01:09:44 PM · #6 |
Robert, I love the changes. Would it be possible to detail the processing steps in an email? I'd like to try those changes on the original.
thanks,
Bob
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10/05/2005 01:21:51 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by phinbob:
Robert, I love the changes. Would it be possible to detail the processing steps in an email? I'd like to try those changes on the original.
thanks,
Bob |
Keep an eye on the "Photoshop Basics" mentorship thread, we'll be getting into use of USM for sharpening next, in a few days. As for the gradient I'll outline it here so others can follow.
1. go to layers/duplicate layer and duplicate the background layer. You'll do you gradient ont he duplicate layer 'cuz it may take several tries and anyway you'll want to fade it probably.
2. select the sky area with the magic wand and leave the selection up.
3. in the toolbar select the gradient tool. in the bar on top of the photoshop window double click to get access to the gradients presets. Select "foreground to transparent" and click it. You can mouse over the thubnails to read their titles, incidentally.
4. now in the toolbar double click on the foreground color picker; when the color dialogue box comes up, move the mouse over your image and it becomes an eyedropper. Select a tonality you want for the top of your sky and click it; foreground color will change when you hit OK.
5. Back to the image, dupe layer active, sky selections till oaded, gradient tool selected; just draw a striaght line down from the top of the sky about 2/3 of the way down to the horizon. Your gradient fill will flow right in.
6. If necessary, adjust the opacity of the layer with the gradient on it so it all looks natural. You can also (with the selection still active) use hue/sat, selective color, and/or levels to adjust this gradient. In this case that's not called for, but it often is if we're doing gradient fill to a full-color image.
7. Merge the faded layer into the BG layer when you're sure it's how youw ant it to be. Or, better yet, create a new layer from BG and merge the faded layer into THAT, so the original BG layer is still intact. Reason: any new layers you try to make from the faded layer will be harder to work with cuz theya ren't at 100% opacity.
Hope this helps.
Robt.
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