Hi, I'm a relative newbie and I'm trying to bump up the impact of my images. I've come across a few post-processing techniques I'd like to try, but I can't find any information on how they are done. I apologize in advance if this question has already been asked and answered.
I've tried playing around with curves and opacity levels but don't seem to be able to come anywhere close.
Any pointers to online tutorials or books are appreciated.
Cheers
This is done with a levels adjustment. Looks to me like output levels was tweaked, then with a another levels adjustment only the red channel was modified. Try it.
Good for you for gettin' out there and enhancing your skills!
OP, make an action of that tutorial , but do not have the action flatten image. You can then play around with the color overlay and curves adjustment. Using those together can give you great results. That tutorial is great, some of the good things in life are still free.
A slice of oblivion wrote: Jaime's a nice guy. Why not email him and ask directly?
And yes he is, he will take the time to answer pms. I once asked him what kind of lights he used to get those amazing photos. His answer.....if I remember correctly I don't think he even owns a flash! Ya gotta love those skills!
Thanks all for the suggestions. I had considered emailing Jaime, but over on dA his images get 20000 views a days. I didn't think he'd have time for one more email
It looks like I have a few options to try. I'll give 'em a whirl and report back.
Don Garrett
Posts: 3,775
Escondido, California, US
I do everything I can to drive out all the "haze" from an image. But, if this is the effect you want, I would just add a layer on top of the image, edit>fill that layer at 100% opacity with a white, or off white, (whatever color cast you want to give it), and take the opacity of that layer down to whatever amount you want, to get the look you desire. I would think about 5-10%, (or less). Then merge that layer down.
-Don
EDIT: Just messing around, I tried it, filling in the top layer with a pale grayish green. With the layer at 15% opacity, it looked almost exactly like the effect you linked to. You would need different colors and opacities of the top layer, depending on the contrast, and color cast of the image below it to get the look you want.
Duncan Hall
Posts: 2,980
San Francisco, California, US
Also, don't forget to lower the contrast. You'll notice that there's no true black or white in most of those shots. Don't use the contrast slider, though. Use curves and apply a similar adjustment to the RGB curve that they show you for the Blue/Yellow curve.
In Photoshop:
Make a new layer,
fill it with a beige/yellow color (low saturation)
set the layer style to "pin light"
Play with the opacity of the layer.
That should create something similar to the example you posted.
He offers personal tutorials... but.it.aint. free.
I did not know that but I would have to say it's probably worth the money. Michael Rosen in Chicago does as well and I plan on attending one of his workshops one of these days.
Duncan Hall wrote: Also, don't forget to lower the contrast. You'll notice that there's no true black or white in most of those shots. Don't use the contrast slider, though. Use curves and apply a similar adjustment to the RGB curve that they show you for the Blue/Yellow curve.
Or you can do this with jacked up black settings on a cmyk conversion.
I did not know that but I would have to say it's probably worth the money. Michael Rosen in Chicago does as well and I plan on attending one of his workshops one of these days.
Yea, I think I could learn a lot from Mr Iberra... and I do plan on attending one of his workshops as soon as I have the money as well. Should be fun.
I know exactly how Jaime does his post work! I thought the fee was very reasonable based on what I learned. If you want to advance your skills, you need to pay. Whether it's by experimentation or paying to learn what you want.
Carl Evans again wrote: I know exactly how Jaime does his post work! I thought the fee was very reasonable based on what I learned. If you want to advance your skills, you need to pay.
That's right. Gotta pay the tuition, Don't get the idea that everything found on MM is free.
Allen Studios
Posts: 28
WINSTON SALEM, North Carolina, US
I'm an avid follower of the threads here on MM because of the generosity of many of the retouchers and photographers. While nothing is "free," I have certainly enjoyed a wealth of information just in the retoucher's forum.
With that said, every image will interact differently. I tried this with a "high-key" image of mine. Simply a baby blue solid color adjustment layer set to linear or vivid light and lowered opacity to taste. Gave me the tint and lower contrast all in one step!
Hope this helps.
Just finished my lesson with Jaime and all I can say is wow. Jaime has been a graphic artist for years and truly understands post processing. I now can do away with Topaz and Phototools which usually muddies my images when I attempted to "cross process" to get Jaime's look.
I love the way his images retain details, light/ shadow without being blurred or homogeneous.
His techniques require several steps but they're genius in their economy and most importantly precision. Well worth the money.
Also priceless was Jaime's approach to eliciting emotions from his subjects. Hearing him speak about how he does this was an eye opener. My cold approach of just telling the model to relax or smile will not suffice from now on.
Peter N Photography wrote: Just finished my lesson with Jaime and all I can say is wow. Jaime has been a graphic artist for years and truly understands post processing. I now can do away with Topaz and Phototools which usually muddies my images when I attempted to "cross process" to get Jaime's look.
I love the way his images retain details, light/ shadow without being blurred or homogeneous.
His techniques require several steps but they're genius in their economy and most importantly precision. Well worth the money.
Also priceless was Jaime's approach to eliciting emotions from his subjects. Hearing him speak about how he does this was an eye opener. My cold approach of just telling the model to relax or smile will not suffice from now on.
My point is:
we cant have the same models and sets. We cant motive a model like he does. We dont have his camera and lights. We dont have his vision.
We are not him.
but after all is done, comes post processing and thats what this forum is all about.
I'm trying to say that his ways of post processing can be figured out by one or more of us.
And yet after 4 posts, you have shared nothing other than your ego. Nice. Maybe the world owes you a $1 everytime someone else makes money from retouch...since you are the king of it right.
And yet after 4 posts, you have shared nothing other than your ego. Nice. Maybe the world owes you a $1 everytime someone else makes money from retouch...since you are the king of it right.
Joseph Jason Photograph wrote: And yet after 4 posts, you have shared nothing other than your ego. Nice. Maybe the world owes you a $1 everytime someone else makes money from retouch...since you are the king of it right.
Carl Evans again wrote: Haha!
this is why I'm having doubts about the purpose of this forum.
Koray wrote: My point is:
we cant have the same models and sets. We cant motive a model like he does. We dont have his camera and lights. We dont have his vision.
We are not him.
but after all is done, comes post processing and thats what this forum is all about.
Koray is right...
There are hundreds of ways to get the same type of look in post.
and many of those have to do with the originally of vision.
Here is a blog that goes over several steps that have that glazed vintage feel.
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