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06/14/2004 12:11:30 PM · #51 |
Originally posted by Olyuzi:
Does selective desaturation have to be done in an editing programing or can it be done in camera as well? In other words, I'm asking if we can set up a shot that has predominantly grayscale tones as say background and add one or two elements that have color in them and then take the photograph? |
I kinda feel that this image
Is almost a selective desaturation shot, purely by the compositional choices. I picked something that was a bright colourful focal point, with a carefully framed low colour background.
I'm sure it wouldn't do well though...
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06/14/2004 12:50:40 PM · #52 |
Originally posted by dsidwell:
It is also good to remember that selective desat may be fairly easy to DO, but when does an image NEED it? Just desaturating because you can doesn't mean it is good use of an interesting tool. The ribbon winners will probably show us good examples of shots that REQUIRE selective desaturation for their communication. |
Agreed. This technique can be powerful in the right circumstances, but rarely is needed where it has been used so far at DPC.
It is not a challenging technique. Most people use it simply to try it out and not because it adds anything significant to the composition. Please don't be one of those people. Come up with something unique that works to learn the technique.
A request...
To those of you tempted to setup horror slaying images desaturated to show just the red blood... Please, please... Resist the temptation! :)
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06/14/2004 01:44:03 PM · #53 |
Originally posted by TooCool:
Originally posted by doctornick:
There is another really easy way to do that, in Photoshop go to Image>adjustment>hue/saturation
You can then adjust the saturation of Reds, Greens, Blues, Cyans, Magentas, Yellows individually. Less than 30 seconds... |
But you leave traces of color all through the shot:
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I agree. I didn't like this method. It actually took a bit longer than 30 seconds for me and it left reddish tones in the skin. As for getting better grey tones ,couldn't you adjust those with hue/saturation or color balance in the masked layer without effecting the masked section?
Here's the example I did using the hue/saturation levels...
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06/14/2004 02:37:03 PM · #54 |
Here is my attemptat desaturation I used the selection tool -
new adjustment layer- Garident til I found the right color |
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06/14/2004 04:31:39 PM · #55 |
Sue,
I can see all the green around the dog, one thing my daughter taught me is to enlarge the area you are working on when using any of the brush tools so you have better control over the edges.
Deannda
Not bad |
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06/14/2004 04:39:16 PM · #56 |
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06/14/2004 04:49:17 PM · #57 |
Originally posted by stdavidson:
A request...
To those of you tempted to setup horror slaying images desaturated to show just the red blood... Please, please... Resist the temptation! :) |
I agree, mainly because red images don't always come out a good looking red with a digital camera. |
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06/14/2004 10:23:39 PM · #58 |
Yeah I did an alright picture like that about a year ago when I was first teaching myself photoshop
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06/14/2004 10:59:11 PM · #59 |
Message edited by author 2004-06-14 22:59:32. |
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06/14/2004 11:30:06 PM · #60 |
And how about this photo
A they fit challenge?????????? |
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06/14/2004 11:46:14 PM · #61 |
Originally posted by oksamit:
And how about this photo
A they fit challenge?????????? |
There is some greyscale so probably, but I'm sure some people will consider it has too much color.
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06/15/2004 12:07:37 AM · #62 |
This is one I liked a lot. Probably just because it was my first time trying it.
It was also before I knew you could desature certain colors using the saturate in photoshop. I used the magic wand and lasso for this one. |
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06/15/2004 01:32:21 AM · #63 |
Isn't it funny how TIMING can affect these entries? Last week I shot several images HOPING I could experiment with selective desat. Now I'm 900 miles from that subject and can only say... How are THESE for my first two desats revealed to the public?  
(BTW, apparently I have no idea how to post a thumbnail that will open. Help me, please!)
Message edited by author 2004-06-15 01:54:45.
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06/15/2004 03:21:43 AM · #64 |
Originally posted by f-32:
Isn't it funny how TIMING can affect these entries? Last week I shot several images HOPING I could experiment with selective desat. Now I'm 900 miles from that subject and can only say... How are THESE for my first two desats revealed to the public?
(BTW, apparently I have no idea how to post a thumbnail that will open. Help me, please!) |
There is an excellent tutorial here that shows how to post clickable thumbnails for images posted anywhere. But, since they are hosted on DPC, there is a special button just above the edit box you typed the post in. It is the last one, the one that looks like two boxes; one small, one large. Just click on that, and type or copy the image number (and just the nubmer, not the whole URL) into the dialog box that pops up and click OK.
You end up with with clickable thumbs like the thumbs in your quote are now. ;)
David
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