Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]FWIW, D/B is one are where the well designed masking feature of PictureWindow Pro really, really shines. PWP costs less than many PS plugins, so it might be worth a looksee. Scott Don Dory wrote: >Greg, >As to dodging and burning, PS has a relatively awful tool. I find it a lot >easier to go to a new layer and paint whatever I want to be darker black, >you then adjust the opacity of the layer to get the effect you want. For a >general darkening of the edges you can fill a new layer with black then >erase the center to whatever looks good. Again, adjust the opacity to make >it look the way you want it to look. > >Another way is to create a new adjustment layer, use a levels layer and >adjust the sliders to darken(lighten) the whole image. You can then use >white (black)paint(air brush tool, soft light, 10% flow, large diffuse >brush) to lighten up those areas that are too dark. > >Don >don.dory@gmail.com > > >On 2/22/06, GREG LORENZO <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> wrote: > > >>Don Dory writes: >> >> >> >>>Suggestions? First you chose an odd number which is good. The >>>scan is pretty good as you whites are just starting to blow out >>>which is pretty good for a white flower. Composition wise, the >>>focus is on the nearer flower which is also good, but the location >>>of the closest flower seems a little off to me, probably due to >>> >>> >>weighting, >> >> >>>it would be better on the bottom than on the side. I might have cropped >>>a little tighter to exclude what is going on around the edges, or >>> >>> >>possibly >> >> >>>burn it down so less is more. >>> >>> >>> >>Thanks Don. >> >>You have a great eye. I brought the jpeg back into Photoshop and rotated >>the image so that the larger daisy is on the bottom right. I then cropped >>the image, which helps to minimise the background and emphasize the >>foreground. >> >>I haven't read the chapter on Dodging and Burning in my PSCS book but I >>hope to get there sometime tomorrow. >> >>Regards, >> >>Greg >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act)