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Before & After #236

 
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Nov 23, 2009 08:59 |  #1

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 72hrs 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 & After #237".
This is all about having fun so have at it!!
This round ends Thursday. November 26th at 10am eastern time.

I took the pic while hiking in Appalachian Trail, High Point State Park, NJ on May 16, 2009. Please do whatever to improve it.

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Nov 24, 2009 10:31 |  #2

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opened in ACR

exposure upped, temp upped, vibrance, clarity, USM, crop, borders

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Nov 24, 2009 12:08 |  #3

CS2 :
- Adjust level + RGB, +Red and -Blue
- Adjust Hue and saturation
- Adjust Smart Sharpen
- Crop image

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Nov 25, 2009 01:40 |  #4

Here's mine:

PSE6:

Contrast/Highlights/Sh​adows adjustment
Duplicate layer, convert layer 2 to BW and use overlay blending mode. 50% opacity


Photoscape:

Crop, Frame added and slight brightness adjustment.


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Nov 25, 2009 06:32 |  #5


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Adjust colour value with histogram
Automatic colour adjustment
Mask around woman, two layers one dark/one bright with layermask, adjust brightnes with curves,
Adjusted contrast on everything (+4)
Unsharp masks on everything at the end

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Nov 25, 2009 14:47 |  #6

Opened in ACR and adjusted the WB +18 temperature and +16 Tint, adjusted exposure +.75.
Opened in PS and cropped then upsized to 800px tall.
Brightened subjects face a small amount using a levels adj layer and mask
I created a duplicate of what I had so far and ran BHP's 'soft focus' action then blended it at ~20% opacity after partially masking off parts of her face.

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Nov 25, 2009 18:37 |  #7

1) Liquify tool set on 'pucker' to reduce size of bulge in trousers.
2) Small adjustments to levels, curves.
3) Small change to colour balance.
4) Lighting effects.
5) Some dodge/burn, particularly to lighted face.
6) USM.
7) Crop.


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bdbox
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Nov 26, 2009 19:25 |  #8

The photo is underexposure, and need some color corrections.

MarineManiac: I really like your tight crop.
reisset: I like your edit very much, except the face is a little dark.
tkbslc: a kung fu poster, I like it.
kent andersen: face is brighten, and skin and clothes color are correct.
Ocron: soft focus and crop are great.
sparkin: skin smoothing is very nice.

Great job everyone! Winner is reisset.

Here is my edit.

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Nov 26, 2009 19:55 |  #9

Nice job Reisset.

Cool entries all ;)


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Nov 26, 2009 20:30 |  #10

Thanks a lot, #237 is up now !

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Nov 26, 2009 20:46 |  #11

Good for you Reisset.




  
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Nov 26, 2009 22:43 |  #12

Congrats Reisset!

All the entries were very well done!




  
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