Koala

Can anyone help you brighten up this little koala please.

I have CS6. I do have the RAW file too.

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Hi Josh,

I'm still learning how to post process, all I did in PS elements 9 was opened a new layer, then went enhance, adjust lighting, shadows/highlights & here is the result.

this is another quick edit with a bit of a crop, i am no expert either

There's a lot of detail still there, even more to be had in the RAW!

Here's a quick 10 minute fix - still some ghosting issues that could be fixed with another half hour to spare.

Thanks all. They all look heaps better.

JDPhotoGuy Is there any tutorials on how to do that.

like the 3rd one by les_au best, great composition/detail in it

jtsmith90 wrote in post #14682865
Thanks all. They all look heaps better.

JDPhotoGuy Is there any tutorials on how to do that.

Josh, I wish I could say there was! In truth though, what I know/do with Photoshop is the culmination of a lot of tutorials. Bits and pieces I've picked up from here and there. Sometimes I don't even know why they work, just that they do.

I will walk you through what I did here though!

I copied the background, turned off the original background copy

Copied again, desaturated the new layer - I always start with a desaturated layer when I want details to pop. Set the blending mode to screen 100%, added a layer mask (if you don't use layer masks I suggest you start on tutorials there. It should be an essential part of your PP workflow. Without layer masks you will never use 1% of the potential of Photoshop.) On the layer mask, I masked out everything that was background. I figured for this picture the foreground would include the shrubbery and two stumps sticking up. When I got close to the foreground when masking out, I dropped the brush's flow down to 40-60% and feathered the ghosting out.

Copied the background again, desaturated again, set blending mode to color dodge 100%. Created a layer mask again, masked out the background again and masked out a bit more dodging selective areas to give the foreground the appearance of being well lit. Best I can describe this layer as is it's your mock fill flash.

Select the topmost layer then hold down shift-cntrl-alt-E... (That copies all layers from the one you're on now and below into a new layer. It's like a merge all without destroying what you have.), unsharp mask, play with the sliders, layer mask, mask out everything but the koala. Normal blending mode 100%

shift-cntrl-alt-E again, image->adjustments->shadows/highlight. Play with the sliders again. Layer mask out everything but koala and the trunk he's on. Blending mode luminosity at 45%. Again, I just got here by trial and error. Nothing is set in stone.

shift-cntrl-alt-E, and I adjusted the white balance. Turned the temperature down on the image by image->adjustments->color balance.. Red toward cyan a click or two, yellow toward blue 10 or 15 or so. blending mode normal 100%

Copy original background layer, bring that layer all the way to the front, set blending mode to color and 100% just to finish it off.

Hope that helps a bit

Thanks i will give this a try and see what it comes out like.

JDPhotoGuy wrote in post #14682945
Josh, I wish I could say there was! In truth though, what I know/do with Photoshop is the culmination of a lot of tutorials. Bits and pieces I've picked up from here and there. Sometimes I don't even know why they work, just that they do.

I will walk you through what I did here though!

I copied the background, turned off the original background copy

Copied again, desaturated the new layer - I always start with a desaturated layer when I want details to pop. Set the blending mode to screen 100%, added a layer mask (if you don't use layer masks I suggest you start on tutorials there. It should be an essential part of your PP workflow. Without layer masks you will never use 1% of the potential of Photoshop.) On the layer mask, I masked out everything that was background. I figured for this picture the foreground would include the shrubbery and two stumps sticking up. When I got close to the foreground when masking out, I dropped the brush's flow down to 40-60% and feathered the ghosting out.

Copied the background again, desaturated again, set blending mode to color dodge 100%. Created a layer mask again, masked out the background again and masked out a bit more dodging selective areas to give the foreground the appearance of being well lit. Best I can describe this layer as is it's your mock fill flash.

Select the topmost layer then hold down shift-cntrl-alt-E... (That copies all layers from the one you're on now and below into a new layer. It's like a merge all without destroying what you have.), unsharp mask, play with the sliders, layer mask, mask out everything but the koala. Normal blending mode 100%

shift-cntrl-alt-E again, image->adjustments->shadows/highlight. Play with the sliders again. Layer mask out everything but koala and the trunk he's on. Blending mode luminosity at 45%. Again, I just got here by trial and error. Nothing is set in stone.

shift-cntrl-alt-E, and I adjusted the white balance. Turned the temperature down on the image by image->adjustments->color balance.. Red toward cyan a click or two, yellow toward blue 10 or 15 or so. blending mode normal 100%

Copy original background layer, bring that layer all the way to the front, set blending mode to color and 100% just to finish it off.

Hope that helps a bit

My go with pse9

what a cutie!

JDPhotoGuy wrote in post #14682862
There's a lot of detail still there, even more to be had in the RAW!

Here's a quick 10 minute fix - still some ghosting issues that could be fixed with another half hour to spare.

Wow, this one looks nice. The other ones make the koala look like he has jaundice or something! Way too yellow.