Very nice, so you were shooting in jpg?

 

^^^ looks really oversharpened to me

 

not sure if im doing this right, but i shot recently in raw and cant figure out how to save them as jpeg after editing it.

so i open up the .cr2 file in photoshop and it opens up into camera raw 4.3.1

so i make some adjustments there and then click "open image"

make some more edits in CS3

when i goto save as, there is no option for jpg

am i missing something or losing my mind?

obviously i could convert the raws to jpeg and edit the jpg, but whats the point on that?

this is both with the 40D and 1DmkIIn.

 

^^ You have to save the image as 8bit, go to image, then mode, change to 8bit. Then you can save as jpeg.

 

thanks

 

Here are a couple examples of some post processing that I usually use. It's nothing too extreme or complicated, I just mess with the curves/levels, and use the "selective color" tool a lot.




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why workflow is usually:

levels
curves
crop
resize
USM
save.

 

shot I liked from a boat party 2 wks ago.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/delobbo/3765162743/

 

Awesome Rubin

 

amazing!

 

so took some pics of models at a car show recently in raw, and decided to edit in raw rather than converting to jpg and editing that

anyways here are 2 i took
exposurewise these were mostly SOOC, maybe a slight exposure adjustment (no more than 1/3 stop) and some levels and curves. ohh and added some USM.


Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark II N
Image Date: 2009:07:25 18:40:53
Flash Used: Yes (Manual)
Focal Length: 90.0mm
CCD Width: 5.60mm
Exposure Time: 0.0031 s (1/320)
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO equiv: 100
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual



Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark II N
Image Date: 2009:07:25 18:37:11
Flash Used: Yes (Manual)
Focal Length: 70.0mm
CCD Width: 5.60mm
Exposure Time: 0.0031 s (1/320)
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO equiv: 100
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual

 

I created this for people who need a little help from other members with a certain photo. Do not ask to photoshop your car for rims or anything. Just for people who need help with cropping, exposure and etc.

 

Can you post the original, unedited for comparison?

 

This is the original









This is the edit I posted previously but decided to crop in a bit, found the white fence more of a distraction

 

Cropping was one of the things I was going to recommend, but which is why I also wanted to see the original as I wanted to see how the picture was originally framed.

 

I hope you don't mind, but I took a stab at editing the original you posted in LR5 ...



I wanted to use the healing Spot Removal tool to remove the red staircase as I find that to be distracting as well, but couldn't achieve it without it looking pixelated and mismatching, but with the RAW file I'm sure you could achieve it much better than I could.

 

Yea the edit you did turned the hair more brown/dirty and a tad under exposed., slys IMO is better.

But yes I was gonna recommend cropping

 

Thanks J.

 

 

can anyone help photoshoping some rims onto my car?

 

Sure, here you go....

 

BTW, what was wrong with this thread?

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=362979

 

Good call, will merge with that thread.

 

Threads merged.

 

Is just me, but work for your best image in the camera, no post cropping...

 

No doubt. That should always be the goal, but sometimes with quick shots, getting the shot can be important than not getting it at all.

 

Man looking back at this thread... Ahh the good ol days, tons more activity in this subsection

 

damn, I used to be pretty 'vocal'. maybe I need to get back into that.

thanks for the bump.

 

Need some suggestions or (even better) a good write up on using layer masks in Photoshop.

Tools available: Lightroom 1.4 (), Photoshop CS3, Photomatix

I have a photo and there are several distinct areas that I would like to treat differently.

In the picture, there is an area I wanted to be more vibrant, so I created a single exposure HDR of the image. The HDR is toned so that the distinct area appears as desired, but the remainder of the HDR image is too "hot" for my taste.

I opened both the original image and the HDR image in CS3 and placed each one on its own layer.

Then, I added a layer mask to the HDR layer and revealed only the distinct area I wanted to show as more saturated.

Problem is, I have another area that I need to treat differently (hue, saturation, levels) and I don't know if I need to create a separate layer with a mask for EACH different manipulation (hue, saturation, levels), or if I can do them all in one, or if I can do them all in the same layer as the HDR mask.

Ideas?

 

i might have an extra LR5 (not upgrade) for sale soon.

 

Since the upgrade is $77, would you be selling the full version for less than that?

 

possibly

 

Cool.

ITMT, anyone have suggestions about the processing question?

 

Me personally i do most of my enhancements if any in LR. Its kinda complicated imo in PS. At least in LR, you can paint specifically what part you want more saturation,exposure,etc.

 

Better to do it as separate layers so it's easier to make changes to each individual spot you want to make a change.

And if you make a mistake it only affects that location .

 

Now you are just showing off...

I said I only have LR1.4 so no localized adjustment...

 

Moi. Never.

 

It sounds like what you want is an Adjustment Layer. Here's a video on how to use them on CS3 that hopefully helps:


Learn how to use them - they'll give you a lot of flexibility.

 

if I'm reading this right, an easy way to take care of this specific area would be with Photoshop CS3 - make a feathered selection of it and then do whatever edits you want - for hue and saturation you can use Image->Adjustments->Hue/Saturation and do some pretty fine-tuned adjusting in there. For Levels you can use curves or dodge/burn.

 

Amazing what you can do with PhotoShop.....