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Before & After #239

 
Ocron
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Dec 04, 2009 07:41 |  #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 #240".
This is all about having fun so have at it!!
This round ends Monday, December 7rd at 12:00pm EST.

We'll stay with the bird theme for one more round.

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Dec 04, 2009 16:42 |  #2

Hi Everyone,

Here's my effort.......

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Opened in PS and duplicated the layer
Cleaned few specks on the water and Cloned away rocks on the sand
Added 3 Curves Adjustment layers for Exposure,Contrast & Colour
Darken Sand and brighten shadows on the Gulls body and head with Layer Blends and layer masks
Applied Unsharp Mask in Lab Mode - 100% 2 and ! and faded to 60%
Added vignette and frame with OnOne plugs


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Dec 04, 2009 21:28 |  #3

very nice !!!




  
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Dec 05, 2009 20:27 as a reply to  @ KLKLK's post |  #4

CS2 - Levels, Brightness/Contrast, Shadow/Highlight, Unsharp Mask, Burn, Saturate Tool, Dodge, Clone out dead thing on the sand, Vingette

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Dec 06, 2009 16:50 |  #5

- Adjuts Level, RGB, RED and blue.
- Smart Sharpen


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Dec 06, 2009 20:01 |  #6

CS3... Color Balance, Exposure, Saturation, etc.

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Dec 06, 2009 20:13 |  #7

Ocron wrote in post #9133335 (external link)
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 #240".
This is all about having fun so have at it!!
This round ends Monday, December 7rd at 12:00pm EST.

We'll stay with the bird theme for one more round.

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Levels,color adjustment dodging.


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Dec 06, 2009 20:21 |  #8

levels (faded), cloned out blemishes, rotated image a few degrees, motion blur to parts of sand, colour balance, saturation, a little dodge/burn, USM, crop.


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Dec 06, 2009 21:16 |  #9

Ocron wrote in post #9133335 (external link)
Before

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Lightroom/CS classic: exposure, levels, cloning, dodging/buring, saturation sponge, noise reduction.

After:

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Dec 07, 2009 01:36 |  #10

Reduced noise with NeatImage
CameraRaw: white balance, temperature, tint, exposure, brightness, contrast.
PS: Healing on background, sharpen and lighten of eye
Straighten and reframed

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Dec 07, 2009 02:36 |  #11

All done in freebie photoscape:

Cinema film filter
backlight +/- 100
bloom high
fade style with golden tint
16x9 crop + black cinema bars
sharpen +2


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Dec 07, 2009 11:38 |  #12

Nice job everyone. As always it's tough to pick a winner and it took forever for me to decide. In the end I thought sparkin's was the most realistic and was pretty close to the edit I did at the time. The gull is backlit so the body and eye will not be too bright, though it did need to come up some. Nice job sparkin, you are the grand prize winner. I'm looking forward to the next round.


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Dec 07, 2009 12:50 |  #13

Congrats Sparkin, nice jobs !




  
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Dec 07, 2009 13:34 |  #14

Thanks Sean. Images of birds in flight are always fun to play with.

I'll have another one up soon.




  
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Dec 07, 2009 14:55 as a reply to  @ sparkin's post |  #15

Congrats Sparkin! Well Done :cool:

Great Shot Ocron :D


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