Post your before and after using CS3

[lbecerra]

I though this could be fun but I dont know if someone already did this.

Post your before and after pictures using CS3 here and tell what you did and equipement picture was taking with.

I will post mine later, at work at the moment and dont have any.

:lol::lol::lol:

[Canon Soldier]

i just have a quick question: do people ACTUALLY pay 750 bucks for CS3, or do you borrow from a friend. I would personally never spend 700 on a program when i could get a lens for that much.

[number six]

i just have a quick question: do people ACTUALLY pay 750 bucks for CS3, or do you borrow from a friend. I would personally never spend 700 on a program when i could get a lens for that much.

That's why I use Paint Shop Pro.

-js

[qtaran111]

i just have a quick question: do people ACTUALLY pay 750 bucks for CS3, or do you borrow from a friend. I would personally never spend 700 on a program when i could get a lens for that much.

You kind of answered your own question (assuming the friend had to buy it) :)

[Tyger]

i just have a quick question: do people ACTUALLY pay 750 bucks for CS3, or do you borrow from a friend. I would personally never spend 700 on a program when i could get a lens for that much.


Sure, why not? A few years ago I started doing freelance graphic design and In order for me to do my job effectively I had to buy the design package which consisted of Photshop 7, Indesign, Illustrator. All three were used for most of my jobs. One big project paid for the whole suite and then some:)

I know many people do photography for hobby and they would be ok using Elements or a program without all the bells and whistles.

Now back to the thread :)

This was done in PS7, I've moved on to CS and will upgrade to CS3 very soon.


Taken at the Metro Toronto Zoo
Rebel XT Canon 100-400

I pretty much took out all the BG using the background eraser tool except for the rock it was standing on. Used another image I took with a better BG. Adjusted curves to match the lighting as bes I could.
Before
http://www.monzoncreative.com/bigcats/cheetah-original.jpg

After
http://www.monzoncreative.com/bigcats/cheetah3-fin.jpg

[Tyger]

by the way I think this thread will get more responses and examples in the appropriate forum....RAW, Post Processing and Printing.

[chauncey]

There seems to be no end to those that criticize others on how they choose to spend their money
and/or the direction they want to take their work.

Why is that?

Anyway, here's my example.
.

[Lani Kai]

Not a particularly good photo, but a good example, I think. This is why I shoot RAW.
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/5383/rawcopybf6.jpg
Above: edited photo
Below: As shot, on a 1D Mark II in RAW (obviously user error, as my camera is not broken)

[HankScorpio]

i just have a quick question: do people ACTUALLY pay 750 bucks for CS3
I bought Photoshop 3 when it was new and have been paying upgrade prices every couple of versions.

[Tyger]

cool stuff so far guys...I thought there would be more examples.

Here's a few more using PS7,



1/200 @ f5.6 ISO 200, 400mm
http://www.monzoncreative.com/birds/waxwing-or2.jpg

http://www.monzoncreative.com/birds/waxwing-pp.jpg




http://www.monzoncreative.com/birds/waxwing-or.jpg

http://www.monzoncreative.com/birds/waxwing-pp2.jpg

[lbecerra]

WOW great transformations I would love to know how to do stuff like that.

[ironron]

cool stuff so far guys...I thought there would be more examples.

Here's a few more using PS7,

I have ps7. but i have never sussed out, how to remove the background. like your tree"
without useing the cloneing tool.



1/200 @ f5.6 ISO 200, 400mm
http://www.monzoncreative.com/birds/waxwing-or2.jpg

http://www.monzoncreative.com/birds/waxwing-pp.jpg




http://www.monzoncreative.com/birds/waxwing-or.jpg

http://www.monzoncreative.com/birds/waxwing-pp2.jpgI have PS7, But i have never sussed out how to remove the background, like your tree. Without useing the cloneing tool..

[freebird]

Have a student buy it at school for half price. Or sign up for a class, purchase your product, usually colleges have image editing programs on site, then you could always , drop the class:rolleyes: Make sure you get the right edition, mac/windows.

Chuck

[PixelMagic]

Nothing particularly special about this photos; I did this extraction for a friend on another forum recently.

BEFORE:
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/731/8727925441twQQpvrtc-1_v2b.jpg


AFTER:
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/9343/8727925441twQQpvrtc-1_v2a.jpg

[CanadianKitKat]

I just started learning Photoshop a few months ago and have been taking night classes. I have CS3 Suite. Man, what a learning curve - I don't think it will ever end! Here are a couple of my recent ones:

1. Not sure on camera, it was done for a client of mine who took the picture. Cropped, blued the sky up, reconstructed the bottom left hand side of the picture to get rid of the toys and dirt pile.

http://KitKat987.smugmug.com/photos/292762844_WGpCx-L-4.jpg

2. One of my horses. Removed the fence, did a black and white conversion. Fixed a spot on his neck. I think this one was taken with my XTi, but could have been the 40D, can't remember and too lazy to open bridge and find out ;)

http://KitKat987.smugmug.com/photos/271118694_U8xEE-L-5.jpg

[Stocky]

i just have a quick question: do people ACTUALLY pay 750 bucks for CS3, or do you borrow from a friend. I would personally never spend 700 on a program when i could get a lens for that much.

uhhh... NO I DON'T STEAL SOFTWARE, and I don't recommend it either. Its hard to resist going into another rant about people crying when some kid uses their $5 image on myspace, but thinks that stealing $700 in software is ok. Maybe I will save it for next time.

I am just starting out and building a little camera collection right now, so I am sticking with iPhoto and Gimp for editing, thus no images to post in the CS3 editing thread. At some point spending some money on Aperture and another editing program may make a lot more sense though since I get to use that to improve EVERY picture I take while my next lens will probably only help a small percentage of them.

[badfish]

i just have a quick question: do people ACTUALLY pay 750 bucks for CS3, or do you borrow from a friend. I would personally never spend 700 on a program when i could get a lens for that much.



I work hard and make good money because of it. Therefore I can afford expensive software when I want to. No STEALING involved.

[Lani Kai]

Befriend someone that works for Adobe and it's about $40.

[carpenter]

http://cryo-laboratory.com/uploader/files/6/Carl.jpg


http://cryo-laboratory.com/uploader/files/6/mathew%20small.jpg

[la canon amateur]

Carpenter very well done! Great looking kid.

[Nursedad]

I have to concur. This is some fine work Carpenter. Well done!

[ty wonon]

My Kids

[S.Horton]

Before.......
http://midnightblue.smugmug.com/photos/188057399_99xUz-L-1.jpg

1
http://midnightblue.smugmug.com/photos/188056201_vmBMe-L-1.jpg

2
http://midnightblue.smugmug.com/photos/188056768_erJ33-L.jpg

[gary88]

Original straight from the camera:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/gheb88/IMG_6313original.jpg

After PP in CS3. While converting from RAW I increased the exposure, then in CS3 I did minor perspective/distortion correction, saturation, smart sharpen, and local contrast enhancement using the unsharp mask.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/gheb88/IMG_63132.jpg

[number six]

Before.......
http://midnightblue.smugmug.com/photos/188057399_99xUz-L-1.jpg



WOW! Never mind the PP, that was a great shot! I like the original best...

-js

[ironron]

Cracking shots!

[S.Horton]

WOW! Never mind the PP, that was a great shot! I like the original best...

-js

This is one of those odd pictures where I like the PP version, about 1/2 of the people who see it want the original.

Go figure!

:rolleyes:

[kab8715]

Carpenter,

Wow! I can't believe that is the same picture!! I love it!!

[PhotosGuy]

This is why I shoot RAW. Me, too!
Why I love RAW - '53 Ford Sunliner (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=43761)

Mustang & B-17 + PS (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=91393)

[carpenter]

Carpenter,

Wow! I can't believe that is the same picture!! I love it!!


thanks, I didn't take the first one. I was asked by a good friend to fix her "mistake" lol and that is what I came up with.

[Schipperke]

Not a lot of changes, but enough.

[S.Horton]

http://midnightblue.smugmug.com/photos/248891896_DxEeQ-L.jpg

http://midnightblue.smugmug.com/photos/248915218_XVMZf-L.jpg

[S.Horton]

http://midnightblue.smugmug.com/photos/176485562_ukVae-L-1.jpg

http://midnightblue.smugmug.com/photos/176486393_4xJdm-L.jpg

[Titus213]

i just have a quick question: do people ACTUALLY pay 750 bucks for CS3, or do you borrow from a friend. I would personally never spend 700 on a program when i could get a lens for that much.

If everyone who used CS3 paid for it they could probably get by on $350...:rolleyes:

[ironron]

That first one, is one hell of a take.

[chauncey]

If your not a pro, the academic version costs about $280.

[S.Horton]

I paid full price, because the academic license differs.

As for pirating any Adobe software, I would not recommend it, because it will only be a matter of time before you get caught.

[PamR]

Post your before and after pictures using CS3 here and tell what you did and equipement picture was taking with.

I have a before/after gallery here:
http://www.pbase.com/pam_r/transformations

Here's a recent one I did for someone else:
http://www.pbase.com/pam_r/image/97503506.jpg
Before:
http://www.pbase.com/pam_r/image/97501268.jpg

And a few more...

http://www.pbase.com/pam_r/image/97740507.jpg
Before:
http://www.pbase.com/pam_r/image/97740206.jpg

Toy warrior:
http://www.pbase.com/pam_r/image/96492760/original.jpg
Before:
http://www.pbase.com/pam_r/image/96492337/original.jpg

Lioness:
http://www.pbase.com/pam_r/image/91637856.jpg
Before:
http://www.pbase.com/pam_r/image/91637675.jpg

[chauncey]

PamR

I've seen others that can do your quality, but rarely on these pages. Your work is quite nice and you make me envious.

Thanks for showing!

[FlyingPhotog]

A little B&W Conversion:

[dolfinack]

Not a particularly good photo, but a good example, I think. This is why I shoot RAW.
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/5383/rawcopybf6.jpg
Above: edited photo
Below: As shot, on a 1D Mark II in RAW (obviously user error, as my camera is not broken)

wow... thats some serious recovery.

Great thread!

[ironron]

Nice one!:)

[neumanns]

I used to think I only used $10 worth of photoshop but after clicking on PamR link I realized it's more like $2...

[carpenter]

One more before and after.

http://cryo-laboratory.com/uploader/files/6/before.jpg

http://cryo-laboratory.com/uploader/files/6/DSC_1274.jpg

[Nemesismachine]

This picture looks good, but you can see the speech bubble the bird's head is in, makes it kinda distracting. The blues are just bit off. I thought it was dust on my monitor.

http://www.monzoncreative.com/birds/waxwing-pp2.jpg

[ironron]

This picture looks good, but you can see the speech bubble the bird's head is in, makes it kinda distracting. The blues are just bit off. I thought it was dust on my monitor.

http://www.monzoncreative.com/birds/waxwing-pp2.jpg I would be well happy with that":confused:

[recrisp]

The trick to the "speech bubble" syndrome is to make a Levels Adjustment Layer and move the Middle Slider to the left, you will be able to ALL of the places that you thought were gone after cloning.
Afterwards, just throw the Layer Adjustment away.
(That is, if "speech bubble" is the cloned areas behind his head) :)
I just thought I'd mention that if anyone's wondering.

Nice shot, and good all around job too!

Randy

[rdchamb]

I like to "photoshop" pictures of my twin sons. Here's one I did a few months ago using CS3:


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5088/5272731459_cb8d4d5308_b.jpg

[ALaS]

^^^ hahahaha! That's awesome!~!!

[joe445]

I'm totally humbled by some of these PP in photoshop- Nice job!

[S.Horton]

@Pam - You do that for a living, no?

@Rich excellent idea!

[carpenter]

LMAO.. Awesome work Rick. Both kids fit that setting very well.

[lbecerra]

If he is not doing this for a living he should, exellent, great job.

[CanadianKitKat]

Agreed. Love the jailbirds!

[Titus213]

The jailbirds are classic. I actually laughed out loud.

[brantfordbandit]

oh yah very humbled

[Nursedad]

In a word...

Wow!

[Zonieart]

I purchased and registered Elements 5.0 when it came out. I signed up for Adobe's mailing list. later, I received an e-mail from Adobe offering me CS3 for $199.00 which I immediately jumped on.

[Permagrin]

I'm currently working on a civil war reenactment so...the before and afters come from that:

before
http://lcimages.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p214922407-4.jpg

after
http://lcimages.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p19591267-4.jpg

before
http://lcimages.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p408292859-4.jpg

after
http://lcimages.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p1007353907-4.jpg

before
http://lcimages.zenfolio.com/img/v0/p218021428-5.jpg

after
http://lcimages.zenfolio.com/img/v1/p13133659-5.jpg

[lbecerra]

WOW great technic, love the old looking on them.......nice job.

[rdchamb]

Thanks for the feedback and compliments! There are a lot of really nice looking photos in this thread.

I guess this is still a before/after. I blended all these pictures in CS3 to make our family Christmas card this year:

http://thechambers4.com/jb/collage.jpg

http://thechambers4.com/jb/snowglobe.jpg

[Simoli]

rdchamb
impressive, looks like alot of work

[Nursedad]

Lots of good things about this picture...but really like the hands pressing up against the glass.

Great attention to detail!

[ironron]

I need a good teacher for my PS7.

[Titus213]

I need a good teacher for my PS7.

Check www.lynda.com. They have lots of free Photoshp tutorials and even more for a nominal fee.

[ArcticShooter]

I just started learning Photoshop a few months ago and have been taking night classes.

I was new to PS, 2 years ago. Then I came over a british magazine called DigitalPhoto.
They really have the best video tutorials.
Here is the link: http://www.photoanswers.co.uk/

They just recently started the website. But you can find some video lessons here on the webpage

/H

[Optic]

Some great photos here, love the jail birds, Need to spend some time with cs3, i can do layers now and grads but thats about it,

[Atheist]

I have a before/after gallery here:
http://www.pbase.com/pam_r/transformations

Here's a recent one I did for someone else:
http://www.pbase.com/pam_r/image/97503506.jpg
Before:
http://www.pbase.com/pam_r/image/97501268.jpg

And a few more...

http://www.pbase.com/pam_r/image/97740507.jpg
Before:
http://www.pbase.com/pam_r/image/97740206.jpg

Toy warrior:
http://www.pbase.com/pam_r/image/96492760/original.jpg
Before:
http://www.pbase.com/pam_r/image/96492337/original.jpg

Lioness:
http://www.pbase.com/pam_r/image/91637856.jpg
Before:
http://www.pbase.com/pam_r/image/91637675.jpg
You know, somehow I had stumbled onto your website a few weeks ago and really enjoyed the technique you use. The one of the lion is the most impressive to me, I would love to be able to do that!

[rdchamb]

Check www.lynda.com (http://www.lynda.com). They have lots of free Photoshp tutorials and even more for a nominal fee.

I second the lynda.com recommendation. I also learned a lot from books by Scott Kelby and from a book called How to Cheat in Photoshop: http://www.amazon.com/How-Cheat-Photoshop-CS3-photorealistic/dp/0240520629

[iamaelephant]

I already posted this in the comment & critique forum, but oh well.

Before:
http://iamaelephant.net/images/IMG_017.jpg

After:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2409/2474846315_8c586f9612.jpg?v=0

rdchamb, I absolutely love the christmas card. The concept and the execution are just incredible. I only wish I had photoshop skills and the creativity to pull something like that off.

[Simoli]

Looking at all these before and after shots leads me to one conclusion - my pp skills suck.

[darkjediii]

One more before and after.

http://cryo-laboratory.com/uploader/files/6/before.jpg

http://cryo-laboratory.com/uploader/files/6/DSC_1274.jpg

great work!

[darkjediii]

didn't take this pic:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2202/2521344077_5b6bca038e_b.jpg

EDIT: If you want to show something that you haven't personally shot, you can just post a link to it. © issues?
IMAGE POSTING RULES (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=74718)

[S.Horton]

Direct from Camera:
http://midnightblue.smugmug.com/photos/305821317_4GRk3-L.jpg

Color:
http://midnightblue.smugmug.com/photos/305815462_Nc3oX-L.jpg

BW:
http://midnightblue.smugmug.com/photos/305815297_5WoWo-L.jpg

[ironron]

Direct from Camera:
http://midnightblue.smugmug.com/photos/305821317_4GRk3-L.jpg

Color:
http://midnightblue.smugmug.com/photos/305815462_Nc3oX-L.jpg

BW:
http://midnightblue.smugmug.com/photos/305815297_5WoWo-L.jpgThats one vicous looking critter.;)

[S.Horton]

Nah, just a wolf.

LOL

[rdchamb]

Direct from Camera:


Color:
http://midnightblue.smugmug.com/photos/305815462_Nc3oX-L.jpg




Lot's of depth and really rich colors here. I like it. How did you get that picture?

[vroom]

These were done in CS2, but hopefully they count.

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll231/docdocgoose/Before%20and%20After/IMG_0938.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll231/docdocgoose/Before%20and%20After/IMG_0952.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll231/docdocgoose/Before%20and%20After/IMG_1364.jpg

[S.Horton]

Lot's of depth and really rich colors here. I like it. How did you get that picture?

Paid for the opportunity to photograph them.

http://www.lakotawolf.com/Wolf_Watch.htm