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01/31/2007 05:20:50 PM · #1 |
Often times I'm not given any control over the lighting for my pictures and I have to shoot wide open (1.4 or 2.8 sometimes). This causes some blooming on the bright parts of my pictures. anyone have a quick and easy way to correct that in post? |
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01/31/2007 05:25:36 PM · #2 |
You can mask off the hands (minus the glow) and set the levels for the background to go to black. You'll lose that noise int he background too.
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01/31/2007 05:27:20 PM · #3 |
i'm guessing you are shooting that with your 50mm ..
are you using a uv or clear lens protector ? possibly shoot without it on to see if it reduces ..
don't have an answer for post processing .. sorry ..
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01/31/2007 05:29:39 PM · #4 |
1. Duplicate BG layer, apply high pass sharpening, set to overlay mode, merge down
2. new adjustment layer, selective color, white channel, fix the blown highlights.
R.
Message edited by author 2007-01-31 17:30:28.
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01/31/2007 05:30:39 PM · #5 |
I have about 2500 pictures I'd like to fix up if possible so I'd rater not resort to masking if I don't have to.
I used my Nikon 50 f/1.4 for some and my Sigma 28-70 f/2.8 for others. The example is with the Sigma. I haven't processed it all yet. |
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01/31/2007 05:32:16 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Megatherian:
I have about 2500 pictures I'd like to fix up if possible so I'd rater not resort to masking if I don't have to.
I used my Nikon 50 f/1.4 for some and my Sigma 28-70 f/2.8 for others. The example is with the Sigma. I haven't processed it all yet. |
You can adjust one of them, recording it as an action, then you can apply the action as batch processing to the rest of them.
R.
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01/31/2007 05:44:22 PM · #7 |
| you are shooting jpeg I take it |
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01/31/2007 05:46:30 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by nomad469:
you are shooting jpeg I take it |
NEVER! ;)
I only shoot RAW. |
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01/31/2007 05:47:45 PM · #9 |
still waiting fro the waves of adulation for my incredible "fix".... :-)
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01/31/2007 05:51:35 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
1. Duplicate BG layer, apply high pass sharpening, set to overlay mode, merge down
2. new adjustment layer, selective color, white channel, fix the blown highlights.
R. |
I'm sure it is an incredible fix but I think I'm too much of a hack to make it work. I haven't used High Pass sharpening before so...
I copied the background layer.
Went to Filter -> Other -> high pass
slid it around but didn't see any different in the glow around her hand.
picked a few arbitrary levels of the high pass filter, set the layer to overlay but it's just not doing it for me. It makes it nice and sharp but doesn't get rid of the glow. |
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01/31/2007 05:56:17 PM · #11 |
Ok...
Is there a way to level that out when you do the raw conversion... |
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01/31/2007 06:12:57 PM · #12 |
I took your first pic up there ^ and in PS CS2 did this, and you could easily record and run the action on a few to see if it would work on areas with reds & blacks:
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* Ran Neat image plug-in, let it auto-calibrate and accepted. (CS2 Noise reduction would be fine too)
* Image, Adjustments, Selective Color, Red, go to the bottom slider (black) & slide all the way to the right. Hit OK.
* Image, Adjustments, Hue/Saturation, Drop-down to the Red, reduce Saturation about 20%, hit OK
* Filter, Sharpen, Smart Sharpen, Amount 100, radius 1.0, Remove: Gaussian Blur selected. Hit OK.
That's it.
Message edited by author 2007-01-31 18:13:56.
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02/05/2007 03:43:50 AM · #13 |
That's a very effective method Brad - with one exception. The "glow" is derived from whatever color it is near, in this cas it's a hand so it's red. Unfortunately on other shots or in other areas it's yellow or blue though.
If I did this for red, yellow and blue on all my photos and the background wasn't always black I'm not sure this method would still work. |
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