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dcstep · 06-02-2009, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Saigon

iono make them look brighter and more crisp? I have photoshop but i suck with it

The white balance is off on the first one. I've got PS4 which has several ways to adjust color temperature. The simplist is to just move the color temperature slider until you like the balance. I find that easier, most of the time, than messing with white balance.

Most of these could stand some cropping, us the cropping tool.

Most have washed out details. There's a Curves tool PS4 where you grab hold of a diagonal line and move it up and down at various points to change the color balance and brightness. It's an easy to use tool tht you should get familiar with.

Contrast might stand reduction on a couple of those, just play with the Contrast slider until you improve it.

There's way, way more that can be done, but you need to work with some of these basic tools before moving deeper into PS.

Dave

c0nstant · 06-09-2009, 09:11 PM

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dcstep · 06-09-2009, 10:34 PM

jh, nice use of cloning and toning.

I probably crop out that nearest pedestrian on the left and make those buildings vertical in the frame.

Dave

Year's_End · 06-10-2009, 01:37 AM

john have you tried using selective color, unsharp mask and smart sharpen?

c0nstant · 06-10-2009, 02:22 AM

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john have you tried using selective color, unsharp mask and smart sharpen?

shiiiiz i didnt. im a n00b, but i do know of it now. heres the photo revisited:

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Year's_End · 06-10-2009, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by jh valley

shiiiiz i didnt. im a n00b, but i do know of it now. heres the photo revisited:

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Haha nice. The second looks like a movie screen cap.

I'm a huge fan of selective color when it comes to bringing out colors and shades that tend to hide. In terms of automotive photography I almost always use the red slider for taillights. Decreasing the red values makes taillights pop out a lot...giving it that low saturation typical british car mag look haha.

c0nstant · 06-10-2009, 03:38 AM

thanks for the tips man, really. all the advice and tips i get are extremely helpful. now that im done with the semester, ive been fucking around in photoshop all day. heres a little project i gave myself. its very amateur, bear with me

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this is honestly so much fun

BillLee · 06-10-2009, 11:36 AM

wow thats pretty cool

TWiTCHY · 06-20-2009, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by jh valley

thanks for the tips man, really. all the advice and tips i get are extremely helpful. now that im done with the semester, ive been fucking around in photoshop all day. heres a little project i gave myself. its very amateur, bear with me

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this is honestly so much fun

Looks like you had fun with it.

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Jiroj · 06-28-2009, 10:57 AM

Here is mine:

bayrama · 07-11-2009, 11:08 PM

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The headlights and grill were also Photoshopped

ALUFELGEN · 07-22-2009, 08:36 PM

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Those look amazing. I would love to know what tools were used on this editing.

frankzlin79 · 07-25-2009, 09:34 PM

In Photoshop, how do you take an original photo of a car that is stationary, and create motion in all the background and the wheels to make it appear like the car is moving?

frankzlin79 · 07-26-2009, 12:43 AM

Never mind. I figured it out. It ain't perfect, but it was my first time doing this, and I have zero Photoshop experience.

BillLee · 08-07-2009, 10:58 PM

^^^that looks pretty good

radiantm3 · 08-08-2009, 02:43 AM

It's fun to see what original photos straight from the camera looked like in contrast to the final edit.

Here are 2 of mine:

c0nstant · 08-26-2009, 08:33 PM

i didnt take this; my friend (EOE90) did. i thought it was a good shot so i messed around with it a bit

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c0nstant · 08-26-2009, 08:34 PM

some of the sharpness in the edited picture is lost. idk why :[

jon@karbonwerke · 08-26-2009, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by jh valley

some of the sharpness in the edited picture is lost. idk why :[

try using a graduated filter to bring out the sky without washing out the ground area. hope you don't mind, here's a quick one minute edit i did in lightroom with the before pic:

BES335xi · 08-28-2009, 11:43 AM

When you guys post EDITED PICTURES? can you also post the effects/filters etc...used?

Thankk's....

TWiTCHY · 08-28-2009, 03:07 PM

I love this one, spent a good amount of time with it, and learned some cool tricks!

Editing included:
1. DxO: Distortion correction; exposure compensation; DxO lighting; WB; Lens sharpness, Unsharp mask
2. Photoshop: Crop; Shadows/Highlights, Levels; Exposure curve; Color balance; Clone stamp; Layer mask: Reveal all; Gradient; Photo filter: Warm; Filter: Gaussian blur; Lens blur; Noise Ninja (on car); Lucis Art 3 ED (on background)
3. Lightroom: Vignette; WB; Vibrancy; Sharpen for screen (standard); Apply watermark

c0nstant · 08-28-2009, 09:05 PM

damn! thats a really nice image

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