Midnight Sepia

[song4themoon]

WOW, I finally have CS2 and uploaded the midnight sepia action. I went back to some wedding shots I did and converted the black and whites to midnight sepia. Just that action ads soooo much to the picture, it is AMAZING!!

[Su-Hannie]

You should check out the midnight B&W too, did one for my last wedding and the bride took it. (and the midnight sepia)

[tlc]

yup. discovered it a few weeks ago as well. usually i only use aperture software for my pp, but decided to try something different. wow.

[jessiper]

Thanks for the tip!

[newgenphoto]

Be careful with MS though... it is very addicting and can be used way too much. I use it probably too much myself but it does do wonders to portraits for sure.

[coreypolis]

I had great luck with it the first time I used it, but haven't had that great of results since.

[Permagrin]

I love all the "midnight" filters (though blue and violet are a bit bold unless it's on a picture perfect for those...). Have you ever used the "monday morning" ones? Those too can have some fantastic results.

[tlc]

Be careful with MS though... it is very addicting and can be used way too much. I use it probably too much myself but it does do wonders to portraits for sure.


yah, you can get a little crazy with it.... there are definitely situations where it enhances the art:p , then there are situations where it is clearly the wrong process......:o

[jenne]

Can somebody post a picture pre- & post-conversion please? Thanks!

[tlc]

WOW, I finally have CS2 (thanks to a nice member on here) and uploaded the midnight sepia action. I went back to some wedding shots I did and converted the black and whites to midnight sepia. Just that action ads soooo much to the picture, it is AMAZING!!


i forgot to say: so where is a sample???????????????????????

;)

[coreypolis]

Can somebody post a picture pre- & post-conversion please? Thanks!


original
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v721/viperx27/IG3Q7457.jpg


midnight sepia
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v721/viperx27/MidnightSepia.jpg

[jenne]

I had great luck with it the first time I used it, but haven't had that great of results since.

Thanks for the example. Is that one of when you had success with it? Or when you didn't.

I'm kind of up in the air as to whether I like the effect. I realize what it's trying to do but I didn't like it much when there was a whole craze of "glamour" shots in the Asian (Korean/Chinese/Taiwanese) photography industry here in N. America some 10 years back.

I guess it has its appropriate uses, maybe I'll give it a try and see what happens!

[islandphoto]

Where do you upload those actions from?

[tonycortes]

atncentral.com

[PIXI_666]

i use it on a lot of my wedding photo's, i recently used it for a commercial shoot too, hummer for hire, i took photo's in this guys front yard because he couldn't take it out to get some with the wineries in the background, so i emphasised on the hummer and used midnight sepia without converting to B&W first, and the black hummer came out awesomely!

Del

[tim]

I use it sometimes, sparingly. I often blend it at about 50% opacity with the original.

You should check out the midnight B&W too, did one for my last wedding and the bride took it. (and the midnight sepia)

Do you mean midnight black, or is there a midnight B&W that I can't find?

[tlc]

i bet she is referring to the midnight black.

[song4themoon]

The action I uploaded was definitely called Midnight Sepia.. I think Dave's Midnight Sepia. I also prefer the look in wedding photos

[tlc]

The action I uploaded was definitely called Midnight Sepia.. I think Dave's Midnight Sepia. I also prefer the look in wedding photos

yes, i use midnight but you should try the black sepia as well

[Radtech1]

I have been using the Midnight Sepia action for a couple of years now. Rather than people, I find it most effective on cityscapes. Here is one shot from the Space Needle in Seattle, looking south.

Rad

And, while I was at it, I also used a Dragan filter and Urban Acid (Which is pretty close to a E6/C41 cross process.)

And lastly (since it is still on the image server) is the Midnight Sepia version that I layered, straightened and boosted the color in. This I eventually printed.

Normal (Out of Camera)

http://h1.ripway.com/Radtech1/Canon/SeattleCityNorm.jpg
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Midnight Sepia

http://h1.ripway.com/Radtech1/Canon/SeattleCityMidnightSepia.jpg
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Dragan

http://h1.ripway.com/Radtech1/Canon/SeattleCityDraganized.jpg
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Urban Acid

http://h1.ripway.com/Radtech1/Canon/SeattleCityAcidic.jpg
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Midnight Sepia (Modified)

http://h1.ripway.com/Radtech1/Canon/SeattleDark3.jpg

[coreypolis]

space needle shot hugh, nice work

[song4themoon]

wow, very nice radtech!

[jessiper]

space needle shot hugh, nice work

Is something wrong w/my eyes? I don't see the space needle.

I like them all. The urban one is a cool effect.

[jessiper]

Is something wrong w/my eyes? I don't see the space needle.

Oh, sorry, it's FROM the space needle...nevermind! Haven't been there in years.

[Toogy]

I agree with Tim, whenever I use an action like this (and also the Kubota actions) I always turn done the opacity on the effected layer.

[Lord_Malone]

Jenni, clean out your PM box! I'm trying to send you a PM, but your box is full. ;)

[sadx]

May i know what is the exact way to turn that effect? i did try after the Gaussian blur i dun how to turn the curve to that specific color. Any idea who know how to edit?

[notapro]

I've never used midnight sepia (or my version of it anyway) on a b&w, only on colour. I'll have to try converting one to b&w and see what it does.

[Phil V]

May i know what is the exact way to turn that effect? i did try after the Gaussian blur i dun how to turn the curve to that specific color. Any idea who know how to edit?
You'll find it here. (http://www.atncentral.com/download.htm)

[forkball]

I agree with Tim, whenever I use an action like this (and also the Kubota actions) I always turn done the opacity on the effected layer.


+1

Hey Jeff, no lie... I saw a guy at work who looked as though he could be your twin brother. Freaked me right out.