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Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC

03/23/2009 10:39:19 PM · #1

I entered the Laguage contest and the photo i entered i changed the colors in. Does this comply with the basic editing?

fldave

Pentax K5II

03/23/2009 10:43:52 PM · #2

You may: "saturate, desaturate or change the colors of your entry, but no selections are allowed."
And no new elements may be added that were not in the original. So you were likely fine.

03/23/2009 10:44:21 PM · #3

If your changes were universal you're fine. If you used a selection tool to isolate an area for your changes, nope.

eta; I'm too slow!

Message edited by author 2009-03-23 22:44:42.

03/23/2009 10:45:07 PM · #4

yeah i just put on a settoing called psychadelic or something like that.
i hope its ok thank you!

03/23/2009 10:48:06 PM · #5

If it was a filter there could be problems, I think. Using the regular tools, such as colour-balance are okay but many of the filters are no-nos because they automatically select certain areas. The best idea would be to send a ticket to SC via Help>Contact us, tell/show them what you did and let them figure it out :)

03/23/2009 10:51:49 PM · #6

I did as suggested thank you for the help!

03/23/2009 11:03:24 PM · #7

Let us know what they say, kay? :)

03/23/2009 11:12:40 PM · #8

Will do, i have another problem how do i check messages!

03/23/2009 11:18:18 PM · #9

They'll come to the email addy you signed up with.

03/23/2009 11:42:50 PM · #10

lmao thanks a million!

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

03/24/2009 09:17:41 PM · #11

they said they would have to see the picture and thought it was fishy and wanted me to explain exactly what i did, which i already did to them so i just uploaded the orginal photo!

Message edited by author 2009-03-24 21:18:21.

PBJ

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

03/24/2009 09:52:53 PM · #12

Hope this helps because I had the same kinda question-

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Under Basic Editing rules it states: "use only Adjustment Layers (or their equivalent). An Adjustment Layer is a special type of layer containing no image data that lets you experiment with color and tonal adjustments without permanently modifying the pixels. Adjustment Layers must be applied in Normal mode."
I am using Photoshop 6 Elements and my question is this: Under the Layer option, I have- New Adjustment Layer. Under that I have these drop-down choices: levels, bright/contrast, hue/sat, gradient map, photo filter, invert, threshold, and posterize. May I use these options?

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Hi John,

You're in the clear with that processing workflow choices.

Regards,

Frisca

03/24/2009 10:02:23 PM · #13

Thank you!

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

04/05/2009 02:18:26 AM · #14

yeah I am abit worried about Basic editing myself.
I dont edit my photos in challenge's ive entered i get a lot of comments saying...more contrast would have been nice etc but I'm scared ill get disqualifed as being rather new to photography i dont really know what i can and cant do...even thought it say's you can fine tune your photos with colour,contrast etc...ok whats etc...can i sharpen them if i want?
and it says No selection tools... i have photoshop but havent got into it much and im fingered if i know what they class Selection Tools..lol.
So my question is...in this next challenge i have sharpened and added a little contrast to my photo for basic editing...is this ok?

Message edited by author 2009-04-05 02:22:12.

jettyimages

Nikon D700

04/05/2009 02:23:03 AM · #15

You can use adjustment layers such as levels, curves, contrast, saturation, etc, but not the tools on the left hand side panel of your photoshop screen, they're the ones that alter only parts of the image. As far as I know, you can't mask the adjustment layers though....is that right? So you can definitely adjust contrast with an adjustment layer, you can also use the sharpen, dust scratches, and noise removal filters.

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

04/05/2009 02:58:58 AM · #16

what about cropping your photo?

aliqui

Nikon D300s

04/05/2009 03:12:18 AM · #17

Originally posted by subject22:

what about cropping your photo?

Cropping is allowed in all rule sets except for Minimal Editing.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

04/05/2009 03:18:44 AM · #18

Masking an adjustment layer is the same as making a selection for that adjustment -- not allowed in Basic Editing, but OK to use (with some limitations) in Advanced Editing. Also note that in Basic Editing, Adjustment Layers must be kept in Normal Mode.

Covert_Oddity

Nikon D700

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

04/05/2009 03:52:12 AM · #19

In Photoshop CS4, when you create a new adjustment layer, it automatically creates a mask with it. I'm not sure how to go about stopping it doing that, would I be disqualified because the layer had a mask, even if I didn't actually alter the mask?

BrennanOB

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

04/05/2009 03:55:56 AM · #20

No, if you leave the mask white, you are not picking which pixels to change, so it remains a global change, keep the layer on normal and you are fine for Basic.

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

04/05/2009 04:22:14 AM · #21

ok i just saved my photo for a up and coming challenge and when i looked on the EXIF and all my custom setting weren't on there like this.
Tone Curve : -
Sharpness level : -
Pattern Sharpness : -
Contrast : -
Sharpness : -
Color saturation : -
Color tone : -
but all the other setting are there like,date,shutter speed,Av,camera, lens etc
is that ok?

aliqui

Nikon D300s

04/05/2009 04:29:25 AM · #22

Originally posted by subject22:

EXIF only matters if the SC requests an original photo for a validation. The copy you enter into the challenge can be completely void of EXIF. The original for validation would need to be straight out of the camera and completely unaltered.

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

04/05/2009 04:35:17 AM · #23

fhewwww, thanks aliqui i understand...lol...thanks guys for all the help...best if i find out all these's things before i make a real mistake.

jettyimages

Nikon D700

04/05/2009 06:08:08 AM · #24

lol, and don't even think about adding a vignette in lightroom or any other program! I got stung on that one on my second challenge entry - ouch- thought it was just a global change as it was a simple push of a slider to emphasise the existing lens vignette, but no, I got a right royal smack on the hand and promise never to do it again ;-)

PaulE