Scottes
14th of April 2004 (Wed), 19:27
I had an idea from JZaun's post about curves.
Do you have an image causing concern because you just can't get right? I'm sure there are several of us here who would be willing to take a stab at "correcting" it. I think it would be pretty interesting to see how several people would "correct" a single image. It would be best to work on a large image, and I'm willing to put it up on my server to make it accessible. Interested parties could then download it, correct it, and post it back to the forum at a reasonable size.
Any takers for both image and correction?
If so, I have a few suggestions. Let's hash this out here and then start a new thread for any image(s). These are suggestions, so fire away with ideas and suggestions until we make a decision.
1) The "problem" image should be of some interesting content (maybe) but should be neither too close to perfect nor too far out of whack. It should be an image that needs some help but not a miracle. Anyone can post an image they'd like to have "corrected."
2) People with said "problem" images should post untouched ("straight from the camera") web-sized examples to the forum when the "pick an image" thread is created. Interested "correcters" should pick 1 or 2 images to be corrected. Hopefully we'll get at least 3 or 4 people who will volunteer to correct each image. If we get 10 correcters to volunteer then we'll have several images to correct. If we get only a few volunteer correcters we'll pick 2 images from the posts.
3) I'll PM the photographers of the "problem" images so they can email me the picture. I definitely suggest that the picture should be full-sized straight from the camera. If RAW the correcters will hopefully be able to handle the format. (Or should they be straight-processed to TIFF to make it portable?) If JPG then anyone will be able to work on it.
4) I'll make the image available on my server and start a new thread for each image with a link so they can be downloaded by the correcters.
5) The correcters should make notes on what they did, in the order done. This can then be a learning experience for everyone.
6) The final images should be posted to that picture's thread, and all should be at the same size. I suggest that final images should be resized to 700 pixels wide if landscape, or 700 pixels tall if portrait. Notes should be included of course.
7) I don't think that the image should be "manipulated" so much as "corrected." That is the content shouldn't be changed, like erasing a tree or a branch. Rather we should concentrate on image correction - color, saturation, hue, sharpness, etc, etc. No cropping by the correcters - leave the composition as the photographer took it. This is the "Post Processing" forum anyway, and IMHO shouldn't be about taking a better picture.
7a) Maybe this can be left to the poster of the image. Perhaps the problem is that a particular feature, like a branch, spoils the picture. Perhaps the photographer doesn't like the composition
7b) Perhaps it's just a free-for-all.
8) This suggestion intentionally left blank because "8 )" turns into a smiley.
9) This *isn't* just a Photoshop exercise! I'd love to see what people can do with Paint Shop Pro or Elements or Picture Window Pro or whatever!
Any ideas?
Any volunteers for "problem" photos or "correcters" ?
Do you have an image causing concern because you just can't get right? I'm sure there are several of us here who would be willing to take a stab at "correcting" it. I think it would be pretty interesting to see how several people would "correct" a single image. It would be best to work on a large image, and I'm willing to put it up on my server to make it accessible. Interested parties could then download it, correct it, and post it back to the forum at a reasonable size.
Any takers for both image and correction?
If so, I have a few suggestions. Let's hash this out here and then start a new thread for any image(s). These are suggestions, so fire away with ideas and suggestions until we make a decision.
1) The "problem" image should be of some interesting content (maybe) but should be neither too close to perfect nor too far out of whack. It should be an image that needs some help but not a miracle. Anyone can post an image they'd like to have "corrected."
2) People with said "problem" images should post untouched ("straight from the camera") web-sized examples to the forum when the "pick an image" thread is created. Interested "correcters" should pick 1 or 2 images to be corrected. Hopefully we'll get at least 3 or 4 people who will volunteer to correct each image. If we get 10 correcters to volunteer then we'll have several images to correct. If we get only a few volunteer correcters we'll pick 2 images from the posts.
3) I'll PM the photographers of the "problem" images so they can email me the picture. I definitely suggest that the picture should be full-sized straight from the camera. If RAW the correcters will hopefully be able to handle the format. (Or should they be straight-processed to TIFF to make it portable?) If JPG then anyone will be able to work on it.
4) I'll make the image available on my server and start a new thread for each image with a link so they can be downloaded by the correcters.
5) The correcters should make notes on what they did, in the order done. This can then be a learning experience for everyone.
6) The final images should be posted to that picture's thread, and all should be at the same size. I suggest that final images should be resized to 700 pixels wide if landscape, or 700 pixels tall if portrait. Notes should be included of course.
7) I don't think that the image should be "manipulated" so much as "corrected." That is the content shouldn't be changed, like erasing a tree or a branch. Rather we should concentrate on image correction - color, saturation, hue, sharpness, etc, etc. No cropping by the correcters - leave the composition as the photographer took it. This is the "Post Processing" forum anyway, and IMHO shouldn't be about taking a better picture.
7a) Maybe this can be left to the poster of the image. Perhaps the problem is that a particular feature, like a branch, spoils the picture. Perhaps the photographer doesn't like the composition
7b) Perhaps it's just a free-for-all.
8) This suggestion intentionally left blank because "8 )" turns into a smiley.
9) This *isn't* just a Photoshop exercise! I'd love to see what people can do with Paint Shop Pro or Elements or Picture Window Pro or whatever!
Any ideas?
Any volunteers for "problem" photos or "correcters" ?