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01/17/2006 08:23:33 PM · #1 |
Actually GIMP help. I'm new to photoshopping my shots. I'm trying to darken the blue in the sky in this shot. What tools do I need to use to do this? Thanks.
Message edited by author 2006-01-17 20:24:34. |
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01/17/2006 08:36:20 PM · #2 |
in PS i would use selective color and slide the cyan and blues to darker..but perhaps you could darken it using a saturation tool?
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01/17/2006 09:30:38 PM · #3 |
I played around with your image just a bit and came up with a real quick/easy way to darken the blue part of the sky. I used PhotoShop and, while I've never used GIMP, I would imagine the simple steps here will work with it:
1) Select | Color Range - then click on the bluest part of the sky
2) Select | Feather - feather the selection by 50 pixels
3) Copy the selection (CTRL-C worked for me)
4) Paste the selection into a new layer (I simply pressed CTRL-V and PS created a new layer for me with just the selection in it)
5) Set the layer to Multiply
The blue part of the sky will immediately darken. Not too much though. In fact, I duplicated that layer so that I had two multiply layers. You can keep these as layers, or you can flatten now.
Notes:
In the Select by Color Range tool I had the fuzziness set to 41 - this controls how much is selected based on how similar it is to the color you clicked on. If Gimp doesn't have a Color Range tool, then use the magic wand and adjust the tolerance level. The main thing is, you want to pick up the blue in the sky but not much else.
The feathering then spreads out your selection so that you don't have a hard line where the blue sky meets the clouds. So it will actually be a combination of the tolerance/fuzziness you used to select the blue combined with the amount of feathering you do that determines the overall selection.
Anyway, the description seems long, but it's really only a couple of very simple steps and I think you'll like the results. Give it a try and see what you think. |
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01/19/2006 03:33:29 PM · #4 |
| I couldn't find Color Range or Feather on Gimp so I'm still at a loss. |
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01/19/2006 04:48:16 PM · #5 |
Both of these were done with Gimp from your low res file. Tell me which one you like best and I can tell you how to use Gimp to do it. Or both.
Neither is hard. Neither is DPC basic editing legal, and one is DPC advanced illegal, most of the time, anyway. Neither of these is a GREAT edit, just a rough visualization.
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01/19/2006 05:09:03 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by A4wheelin:
I couldn't find Color Range or Feather on Gimp so I'm still at a loss. |
Color range is the infamous "magic wand" tool. And Feathering is what is applied to a selection to soften it. With the "magic wand" selected in the tool box, you can choose the amount of feathering. A good starting poing is 20. NOTE: Using this method, you just set the feathering before you make your selection. There are other ways to feather after you've made your selection, but I won't get into that.
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01/20/2006 04:06:09 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by nards656:
Both of these were done with Gimp from your low res file. Tell me which one you like best and I can tell you how to use Gimp to do it. Or both.
Neither is hard. Neither is DPC basic editing legal, and one is DPC advanced illegal, most of the time, anyway. Neither of these is a GREAT edit, just a rough visualization.
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Excellent, that's what I'm looking for! The first one I like. Thanks. Now how did you do it? |
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