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BEFORE AND AFTER #300!!!

 
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Jul 21, 2010 18:10 |  #1

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

Here's the breakdown of the game. I will post a picture, re-sized to exactly 1024 pixels maximum on the long side. Outside of being re-sized 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 #301".

This game will end at 6 PM EST on Saturday, July 24th. Have fun and enjoy a lot.
Time now 1900 GMT -5( Bogota Time)

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Jul 22, 2010 15:39 |  #2

added some contrast then used the Dry Brush, Paint Daub & Poster Edges filters from the artistic filters in PS

cloned out the legs on the slide

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Jul 22, 2010 18:54 |  #3

Although the faces aren't visible, I thought the body language of the children were enough to tell a story so I aimed for my edit to portray that.

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In ACR:
  • Used a tight 3:4 ratio crop to cut out anything that distracted from the children
  • Adjustment Brush on the children: decreased exposure
  • Adjustment Brush on the shadow area in the top of the frame: increased exposure
  • Converted to Grayscale with small adjustments to the color mix
  • Added a golden duotone



  
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Jul 23, 2010 10:15 as a reply to  @ TCOMC's post |  #4

crop, desaturate, shadow/highlight, curves, burn, USM, burn, gamma/exposure

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Jul 23, 2010 12:23 |  #5

Opened in ACR and adjusted recovery to 100 and increased blacks to 5.
Added medium contrast and sharpened 55.
Opened in CS4. Duplicated background. Cropped square then cloned out slide.
LAB colour boost.
Selected children (saved selection)and inverted selection. Applied motion blur.
Re-selected children and put on own layer. feathered selection then high pass sharpen and double stroke.


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Jul 24, 2010 18:47 |  #6

Well its 20 to 7 pm here, and here it is. What a great work by everybody i love them all

PALLADIUM: Great idea, i love the way it turned to be almost like a real paint.

IMMike: I love the gold color and the crop. It stands out the kids.

Lore: I love the way you made the kids stand out in this picture

NIGELD: Great idea, they look so alive, like they are runing.

This picture was taken the very first day i got my new camera, and the kids are my daughter and my sisters son, and i liked the picture because even if you cannt see their faces, you sure can say they are having a great time.

And IMO the winner is:::::::
PALLADIUM.

Congratulations and waiting for your picture to keep playing.


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Jul 24, 2010 20:59 |  #7

surgeonhawkeye wrote in post #10596777 (external link)
Well its 20 to 7 pm here, and here it is. What a great work by everybody i love them all

PALLADIUM: Great idea, i love the way it turned to be almost like a real paint.

IMMike: I love the gold color and the crop. It stands out the kids.

Lore: I love the way you made the kids stand out in this picture

NIGELD: Great idea, they look so alive, like they are runing.

This picture was taken the very first day i got my new camera, and the kids are my daughter and my sisters son, and i liked the picture because even if you cannt see their faces, you sure can say they are having a great time.

And IMO the winner is:::::::
PALLADIUM.

Congratulations and waiting for your picture to keep playing.

Thanks and now the hardest part finding and image for the next before and after...

Look here for #301 https://photography-on-the.net …p?p=10597282#po​st10597282




  
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