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Oct 30, 2010 17:39 |  #1

Sorry guys, I dropped the ball on this....but here we go!

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 1000 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 5 Days (120hrs) 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 #324".

This game will end at 700 PM EST on Thursday, November 4th. Have fun and enjoy.


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Oct 30, 2010 17:41 |  #2

This was taken years ago before I ever owned a DSLR. Have fun!


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Oct 30, 2010 23:13 |  #3

*Straightened
*Sharpened
*Enhanced colors

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Oct 31, 2010 05:20 |  #4

Highlight recovery in ACR plus vibrance and clarity
Duplicated BG in CS4. Cropped and straightened. New layer 50% grey in overlay and painted in black and white - also blue to replace sea colour. High pass sharpening and stroke.


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Oct 31, 2010 08:18 |  #5

Straightened horizon, cropped, levels (faded to 33%), neutralize (faded 66%), shadows & highlights (5 & 10), lens flare, saturation (8%), USM (6%, 66pix, then 50%, 0.3pix), warming filter, gaussian blur on sky above GG bridge.


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Nov 01, 2010 14:19 |  #6

Straightened horizon, added clouds, more contrast. Adjusted curves. Then went to color balance and used some cyan and yellow and changed the bledning mode to overlay reduced the opacity and added a white border and unsharp mask

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Nov 02, 2010 11:36 |  #7

Rotate ir, curves, contrast, colors because i dont like green water, and new crop

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Nov 03, 2010 10:40 |  #8

Not sure if anyone can answer this, and I'm not even sure if this is the right place to ask, buy how come this game keeps getting longer & longer. I remember when it was 48 hours. Now it's 5 days until the winner is picked?


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Nov 03, 2010 11:19 |  #9

I just did what the last guy did. I guess it is to give people time to play, I don't know. I've only played once.


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Nov 03, 2010 11:33 |  #10

I think it went to 5 days owing to lack of support over three days guys.


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Nov 03, 2010 12:15 |  #11

Maybe the game is approaching the speed of light, and we're simply outside observers. :)




  
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Nov 03, 2010 12:19 |  #12

Wow - that's deep Sean!


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Nov 03, 2010 12:27 |  #13

Cut, paste, clone, paint, etc.


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Nov 03, 2010 12:32 |  #14

hawkeye60 wrote in post #11217922 (external link)
Cut, paste, clone, paint, etc.

:lol:

What, no time to straighten the horizon?


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Nov 03, 2010 13:31 |  #15

Adjust levels
Adjust contrast
Sharpen
Straighten
Adjust Brightness


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