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Dec 14, 2010 15:10 |  #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 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 4 Days (96 hrs) 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 #332".

This game will end at 3:00pm Saturday December, 18 Have fun and enjoy.

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Dec 15, 2010 02:05 |  #2

LR2 - rotate/crop, temp, exposure + by 1, recovery, fill light, blacks, clarity, brightness/contrast, NR, sharpen

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Dec 15, 2010 04:06 as a reply to  @ Lore's post |  #3

Crop and Adjusted exposure, WB, blacks, clarity, vibrance, sharpen and local adjustments using graduated filter and adjustment brush in ACR.
Created a new background layer and used the Apply Image command to replace all channels with blue channel to make the gauge stand out, changed the blending mode to luminosity and opacity to 50%.
Sharpened in Lab mode using USM


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Dec 15, 2010 12:45 |  #4

Increased exposure in ACR, highlight and clarity adjustment. Open in CS4. Duplicate background. patch tool to get rid of lines and web. New layer 50% grey in overlay and paint in white and black twice to bring back dial face. Clone tool to get rid of debris. LAB colour boost. Flatten and stroke white and black


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Dec 15, 2010 21:27 as a reply to  @ NigelD's post |  #5

Below are 2 workups with the 1st being my official entry and the 2nd being displayed just because.

I used the Lucas Arts plugin to get the 2nd image - then working with the 2nd image as a base I added a filter from NIK to get to a kinda rusted / old scene for my entry (1st image).

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Dec 15, 2010 21:30 as a reply to  @ NigelD's post |  #6

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Dec 16, 2010 15:28 |  #7

Selected the manometer , played with backgrong in levels, curves and color balance, then inverted to the manometer again did some levels, color balance, and enhance.

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Dec 16, 2010 15:40 as a reply to  @ Palladium's post |  #8

desated
curves adjustment
light and soft action

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Dec 17, 2010 15:12 |  #9

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Dec 18, 2010 22:27 |  #10

sllo nice edit take it away. great job everyone else too!


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Dec 19, 2010 05:20 |  #11

Well done sllo!


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Dec 19, 2010 11:12 |  #12

Congrats sllo


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Dec 20, 2010 01:55 |  #13

thanks guys :)




  
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