Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Aram, Thanks for the info! I didn't know CS5 could do that? Probably because most of the things that I work on don't need that kind of treatment. This technique would also need a still subject. Maybe I'll pull out the Visoflex and do some "macro-for-fun" :) All the best from Paris! Tarek ------------------------------------------------- Tarek Charara <http://www.tarekcharara.com> NO ARCHIVE Le 21 janv. 2012 ? 19:08, Aram Langhans a ?crit : > Thanks Tarek. > > I took 4 (well, more, but only used 4) shots at slightly different focus > points and then CS5 was used to blend them together into one image. CS5 > looks at each frame and decides which sections are sharper than the same > sections on the other frames, and masks to show the greatest sharpness. > It usually works very well, but sometimes you have to go and fudge with > the mask layers a bit. The main advantages of this is that you can use > the lens moderately stopped down, say 5.6, where performance is at its > peak, and get more effective Depth of Field. And it also retains the > shallow DOF effect that you would not get if you stopped down to say f22. > The background is nicely blurred with an extended DOF where you want it. > > There was one drawback in using LR4 Beta with CS5. I first worked on the > images in LR4 to adjust exposure, then when I went to transfer them to CS5 > I was told I could not do that because Adobe Raw 7 was needed. Well, that > is not available as a public beta (or at least I could not find it), so > they reverted to their RAW parameters and I merged them, then processed > the combined TIFF file in LR4 Beta after the merge. Not my usual > workflow, but it turned out pretty good. > > Aram > > -----Original Message----- From: Tarek Charara > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:26 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Friday Flowers, Aram > > Magnificent! > > but what do you mean with "composite of 4 frames"? > > All the best from Paris! > > Tarek > > ------------------------------------------------- > Tarek Charara > <http://www.tarekcharara.com> > > NO ARCHIVE > > > > > Le 20 janv. 2012 ? 19:12, Aram Langhans a ?crit : > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/W2011/fl/orchid-9598-Edit.jpg.html >> A composite of 4 frames, then softened up a bit in Lightroom 4. >> Sometimes that 2.8 APO is just too sharp. View Large, plesae > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information