Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Philippe, It's either not there in Elements 3.0 or I haven't found it yet. At present I'm not considering the, for me, quite substantial, investment in PS-CS, this may however be on the cards towards the end of next year. I just spent more than enough on a 20D and some bits and pieces recently.And as an amateur photographer with a family, a cat and other interests too finances are usually spread over a whole load of other things. I'm filing your mail for future reference though, in fact there's already quite a little archive growing steadily on the information proferred here (thanks to everyone else too). Have a good Christmas and New Year Douglas Philippe Orlent wrote: > Douglas, > Have you ever tried working with "select/color range"? It's a powerfull > tool > that, when combined with "select/feather", lets you pick preferred zones, > such as your blue sky. > If you combine this with select/inverse", "lasso shift" or "lasso alt" (for > Mac), you can add or detract other parts of the image if you wish. > For this image "image/adjust/selective color" might work, too. > To change colors or to make your images darker/lighter, you can use either > "image/adjustments/curves" (on all channels or channel per channel), > "image/adjustments/hue-saturation", or "image/adjustments/color balance" > (on > highlights, midtones or shadows). In editing color images, > "image/adjustments/brightness-contrast" is hardly ever used. > Never overdo this, because you could lose image information which turn out > in burned zones f.i. > I don't know how well you master PS CS, but working in layers (thus keeping > your basic image in the background layer) and with masks helps you to > control the editing steps more, as do using fill or adjustment layers (see > layer window at the bottom: a little circle in BW that is diagonally > divided). This way, you can always return to former editing stages, with > more control than via the history window. > Don't know if this is of any help... > Philippe > > > >>From: "Douglas M. Sharp" <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> >>Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:21:48 +0100 >>To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>Subject: Re: [Leica] Christmas Tree Adjustments >> >>I've been in touch with Richard about livening up two of his Christmas and >>First >>Snow shots. >>I'm still not sure about the first one, I just can't get round the sky, >>it's >>much too light, I think I managed to get a little more "true" colour into >>it >>but >>somehow the shot just doesn't work for me. >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/TESTS/L1000064_adj_web original >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/TESTS/L1000064_adj_DMS adjusted >>The second shot ,IMO, is slightly more successful (for me), it is, like the >>first shot, an absolute Bu--er to correct, but I think I might just have >>managed >>to get some more life into it. >>I'm going to have to run through it again to write down the actual >>workflow in >>PS Elements 3.0, but here it is anyway. >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/TESTS/L1000065_adj_web original >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/TESTS/L1000065_adj_DMS >> >>Anyone else got any ideas, processing is still a book with seven seals for >>a >>lot >>of us. After 2 years of working with PS I still keep getting surprised >>about >>what it can, and frustrated about what it can't (or I didn't find it yet) >>do. >> >>Your criticism, suggestions and comments are more than welcome. >>Douglas >> >> >>Peter Dzwig wrote: >> >>>Richard S. Taylor wrote: >>> >>> >>>>back to it. The balls unfortunately all looked lost in the tangle of >>>>branches in the pictures I did take (here's an example: >>>><http://gallery.leica-users.org/Christmas-and-First-Snow/PC140011>) so >>>>I didn't post any of them. >>>> >>> >>>Richard, >>> >>>I for one was struck by the contrast between the colours and the >>>black-and-white of the trees in the first shots. So much so that I >>>commented to the wife about them; and she rarely gets interested by >>>photography unless you are Lartigue, HCB or Capa. >>> >>>No-one does dressing trees like Americans - we overhere can't hold a >>>candle to you (pardon the pun!) may you all have much fun dressing and >>>admiring your trees this Christmas. >>> >>>Peter Dzwig >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >