Deliberate Vigneting

[John Mac]

What is the best way to deliberately vignette on wedding pics. Just getting into this area would like to hear some comments on it. Thanks in advance!

5d & 40d
17-40L
24-105L
Tamron 28-75
70-200L 2.8
2 x 580 EX
Bowens 500 Kit

[tim]

Use the Tamron on the 5D, that'll do it :p

I do my vignettes in Photoshop or ACR, depending on exactly what i'm trying to do.

[John Mac]

Tim, thanks for your reply, I meant how to do it in photoshop..should have said..

[Jim G]

Filter -> Distort -> Lens correction -> Vignette works for me...

[kevin_c]

Tim, thanks for your reply, I meant how to do it in photoshop..should have said..

I think he was being sarcastic ;) It has been known... :-)

I also use the Filter : Distort : Lens Correction : Vignette in PS but I have some Lightroom Presets that do a pretty good job, although you don't have the same amount of control as the PS filter.

[PacAce]

What is the best way to deliberately vignette on wedding pics. Just getting into this area would like to hear some comments on it. Thanks in advance!

5d & 40d
17-40L
24-105L
Tamron 28-75
70-200L 2.8
2 x 580 EX
Bowens 500 Kit

-Make a selection of the are you do NOT want vignetted and then invert the selection.
-Feather the selection so that the vignetting gradually gets darker towards the sides and corners.
-Create a Curves Adjustment layer and drag down the upper righthand corner of the curve line down towards the center. This will darken the selected area. Adjust the slope of the line to get the degree of darkness you want in the corners.

[John Mac]

Thanks guys...

[snedigity]

I just tried what Jim G said and it work surprisingly well. I have always done it like Pac Ace has said.

[Radtech1]

What is the best way to deliberately vignette on wedding pics. Just getting into this area would like to hear some comments on it. Thanks in advance!



Do you mean a white vingette, or a dark one?

[PacAce]

Do you mean a white vingette, or a dark one?

That's a good point. If it's white vignetting that's desired, note the change (in bold) in the procedure below.

-Make a selection of the are you do NOT want vignetted and then invert the selection.
-Feather the selection so that the vignetting gradually gets darker towards the sides and corners.
-Create a Curves Adjustment layer and drag up the lower leftthand corner of the curve line up towards the center. This will brighten the selected area. Adjust the slope of the line to get the degree of brightness you want in the corners.