Kubota Image Tools

[eslaydog]

Who uses these? Do you recommend p1 or p2, the productions tools, or all of the above?

Thanks,
Eric

[Kakahuates]

I use P2, and cant wait to get my hands on the first one....I also need to upgrade my PS i have PS7. (a few actions on P2 are solely for CS2).

[geester]

we have both.....and use both extensively also, but you migrate toward using only certain actions youre comfortable with most of the time. you do have an advantage on some of the actions with cs2 and it is a huge time saver during processing.

[Tiffany]

I use PS2 ... but only use a few of them. I love Daily Multi Vitamin and the black/white and hot fudge effects. Lord of the Rings Everyday is another one I will use in very select purposes. But I'm not a huge fan of the artsy overprocessed look ... prefer the cleanness of good images, photojournalistic style.

[eslaydog]

Would someone mind posting some of their favorite conversions?

Thanks!!!

[tonycortes]

ditto.. i'd like to see what kind of effects KUBOTA image tools output

[Kakahuates]

Here is one using Kubotta Actions

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Unfortunately I cant remember exactly what actions i used, but they were all from P2

[cmM]

this is one
(hot fudgier):
http://www.cmmvisions.com/images/06aug18wedd299.jpg

[tonycortes]

beautiful

[cmM]

these have the lord of the rings action applies
(keep in mind though, that the treatment is more or less intense, and there is a bunch of other processing done prior or after the action itself, so just an action won't necessarely lend you superb results, they just help enhance images)

http://www.cmmvisions.com/images/oct29mc/album/spread12.jpg
^that's actually an album spread from one of my albums

[tonycortes]

what does the lord of the rings action do exactly? or what effect is it trying to achieve, looks to me like a warm glow, am right?

[cmM]

what does the lord of the rings action do exactly? or what effect is it trying to achieve, looks to me like a warm glow, am right?
Have you watched Lord of The Rings? Some of the scenes have an oversaturated, overexposed, warm, glowy look? That's what these actions are trying to imitate. They do a pretty good job too.

cmM

[Tiffany]

Kakahuates - that looks like probably Lord of the Rings and probably the Vintage one, what's it called? Modern Antique.

You can check out a bunch of before and after effects here:

http://www.kubotaworkshops.com/pages/actions/

I also like Makeup artist - it smooths skin tones very subtly, so it doesn't look overprocessed, and have used Digital Fill Flash very effectively.

[Yella Fella]

how much is this plugin?