Before and After #77

[Lee123]

This game is to help those of us who are trying to learn new tricks when it comes to editing.

Here's the breakdown of the game. I will post a picture that I choose, resized to exactly 1024 pixels maximum on the long side. Outside of being resized it has to be unedited...meaning no adjustments to any levels, it has to look like it did as it came out of the camera.

The game will last 48hrs and whoever can produce the best edited image (as judged by me) will be picked and it'll be their turn to post their unedited picture for all of us to take a crack at.

The participants must have their "Image Editing OK" turned on and they must provide at least a simple breakdown of how they edited the image, some entrants are a little vague on this point, please give us all details so we can learn and share tips. For instance if you use the unsharp mask tool or Smart Sharpen, provide us with the adjustments you used so others can try them out.

You can post multiple images, but the first image you post will be the one that is judged - all other images will be considered for knowledge and tip use only.

Also, please keep all comments, be they positive or negative, to yourself until after the game has ended.

If you happen to be the winner of the game please start the next one with the title of the game and the following number. For example…the next game should read (Before and After #78.)

This is all about having fun so have at it!!!

This will end Friday 4th July at 8pm MST.

This was one I captured last week while out in the Jeep...lets see you all work your magic :)



http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3006/2632812030_eb8a14d872_o.jpg

[SilverHCIC]

Decided to convert this to an old Polaroid:
1. Copy layer & converted to sepia duotone
2. Copy original layer & desaturate color down to 12%
3. Merge layers
4. Recrop
5. Resize canvas to create Polaroid border using muted color to simulate aged photo
6. Added damaged texture via brush @ 45% opacity
7. Sharpened building via USM 80%;0.5;1
8. Softened remainder of image slightly via GB @ 2 pixels w/ 25% opacity
9. Added drop shadow



http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2249/2633165188_44e0b3fbf0.jpg

[thekid24]

Duplicate
Lasso tool to create shadow on ground
Feathered
Used levels to darken shadow
Used hue on saturation to adjust colors
then desaturated all
gaussian blurred the backgrounf
added vignett
cropped
added noise at level 3

[theflyingkiwi]

cropped the unwanted parts of the image out
applied a B&W filter by using the adjustment layer, to the photo using the following settings: red140%, yellows218%, greens55%, cyans-109%, blues-128%, Magentas-10%
added a curves adjustment layer between the background copy and the B&W layer to stop the hightlight of the whites.
create a copy of the background and applied noise to it at 30.68%
applied a gaussian blur of 2.8 on the same layer
decreased the opacity to 56%
and then added a plan white boarder.

[shannyD]

i corrected colors, contrast, and added blue to the sky. then i ran is in PS and converted it to B&W, and cropped, cloned out the bed of the truck, sharpened it some. burned the sky just a hair, and dodged the clouds a touch to make them stand out just a little bit more.. ohh, and framed it.

i didnt want to go the route of making it look old. so i just did something that i thought might look nice.


http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c239/daisydeadpeddles/1-3.jpg

[Ocron]

Had to go with the aged look for this one...

- first opened two copies from ACR with different exposure levels and blended to even it out.
- created a layer w/CEP Old Photo filter at 75% opacity
- ran another an aged photo action on the original and blended with the CEP layer @75%.
- Added a texture layer, used select color range, then cut out most of it (but the scratches) Used two layers of the result at 60% opacity. One Overlay, one Difference blend modes and added layer masks to further refine what is revealed.
- Still needed something so I added the horse and buggy. Needed a copy of layers and masks to get this to look right since the aged work was already done.
- Used part of the frame from the old photo action.

http://ocron.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p1042337332.jpg

[ZeroOne86]

Had this one done since this morning just got around to posting it. Here it goes...

-Crop
-Bi-color filter
-Colorize filter
-Curves
-Low key filter on mask for the side of the building to burn it down a bit
-Hue/Saturation layer
-Photo filter w/ sepia set up high
-Vignette, layer filled with black with 50% gray in the middle on a setting of soft light
-Texture (http://darkrose42-stock.deviantart.com/art/Grunge-texture-III-52480418) layer w/ a setting of overlay

[Lee123]

Man, this was tougher than I thought. Great edits guys.
theKid24, I loved the whole "Good, Bad and the ugly" thing you have going on there...very cool. theflyingkiwi, I do like the effect you ended up with...the more I look at it the more I like it. shannyD, such a clean and pleasing edit, I could quite happily put this on my wall. ZeroOne86, damn, that is a really sweet results...you have so much going on, the contrasting colors, the detail you managed to bring back to the hotel and I love the effect you used, very nice. Ocron, I said to my wife, I wonder if someone will put in a horse drawn cart...OH YEAH...you've done a great job of blending that in there...looks so real. SilverHCIC, your edit is just fantastic. You managed to make the shading, the color, the effect look so realistic.
I wanted to mention everyones edits as they are all soooo good.
Ok, so i have been staring at these edits for a few hours now and the one I keep coming back to is ZeroOne86. Congrats :)

[ZeroOne86]

Man, this was tougher than I thought. Great edits guys.
theKid24, I loved the whole "Good, Bad and the ugly" thing you have going on there...very cool. theflyingkiwi, I do like the effect you ended up with...the more I look at it the more I like it. shannyD, such a clean and pleasing edit, I could quite happily put this on my wall. ZeroOne86, damn, that is a really sweet results...you have so much going on, the contrasting colors, the detail you managed to bring back to the hotel and I love the effect you used, very nice. Ocron, I said to my wife, I wonder if someone will put in a horse drawn cart...OH YEAH...you've done a great job of blending that in there...looks so real. SilverHCIC, your edit is just fantastic. You managed to make the shading, the color, the effect look so realistic.
I wanted to mention everyones edits as they are all soooo good.
Ok, so i have been staring at these edits for a few hours now and the one I keep coming back to is ZeroOne86. Congrats :)

Thank you for the comments definitely wasn't expecting to win. Yeah I tried to bring back some of the detail in the building. Congrats everyone else and great job. I'll have a picture posted here soon once I find one.

[theflyingkiwi]

congrats ZeroOne. I think everyone did some great edits. it's a good photo to work on :)

[SilverHCIC]

Congrats ZeroOne. ... Not only was your aged photo wonderfully done, I like the way you burned in the detail on the side of the building. ... I didn't even think of that until I saw your edit, and it definitely improved the image.

Congrats to all the others as well. Some REALLY nice jobs in this set. Shanny, when I saw yours I was truly amazed. The detail was superb. You burned in the sky just right, without going overboard.

OK Kyle, give us a good one to work with!!

[Shutterbug Doug]

Nicely done by all involved!
I saw something similar to this a year or so ago with a photo of a gull at the ocean walking on the beach. It was amazing to see how many different interpretations of the shot everyone came up with! I can't find the link, I know I bookmarked it, but where!! LOL
Can't wait to see the next round!

[ZeroOne86]

Thanks and thank you silverHCIC yep I have a tendency to do that too I post an edit and then see someones and think I could have improved upon that. Not sure how good a one one it is, but I do have the new one up. I'll have to resort to my P & S photos after this one.

[Ocron]

Congrats ZeroOne86, I really liked your edit. Can you give a little more detail or steps/instructions on "-Low key filter on mask for the side of the building to burn it down a bit"? I've seen you (I think) mention this technique before, but I've never used it so I'm curious. Thanks.

[ZeroOne86]

Sure. What I do is I use the Low Key filter with Nik Software on the picture layer. Then I added a mask to the layer filled with black and revealed the bright portion of the building with white. I had to be careful though, because when it hit the shade of the tree it was a bit too dark. Then after I do that I just play around with the opacity to get it where I need it so it compliments the picture.

I often use this method whenever I'm trying to bring down a blown out area to see if it's recoverable sometimes I have to go through other avenues, but most often this way works out for me. :D

[Ocron]

Sure. What I do is I use the Low Key filter with Nik Software on the picture layer. Then I added a mask to the layer filled with black and revealed the bright portion of the building with white. I had to be careful though, because when it hit the shade of the tree it was a bit too dark. Then after I do that I just play around with the opacity to get it where I need it so it compliments the picture.

I often use this method whenever I'm trying to bring down a blown out area to see if it's recoverable sometimes I have to go through other avenues, but most often this way works out for me. :D

Thanks, that makes sense. Wish I had the Low Key filter so I could try that.