I have been toying around with the HDR options in Photoshop CS2. I was just wondering if anyone had any hints on how to mess with the settings to get a better resulting picture? I have been using my SD630 to take pictures through 5 different settings (-2 -> +2) the pictures turn out great. but once I am messing with them in photoshop i am not able to get any amazing results.
yeah.. can we start a total different thread area for this... like how we have main sections.. but do a photography section?? I want to know the trick like Justin uses to highlight one color and then sephia?? or grey tone the rest... like these pics of my daughter... View attachment 7681 View attachment 7682
I am using CS2 I merged to HDR and am converting to 16bits/channel. I am just tinkering with the toning and curve histogram. I think i am starting to get somewhere. it helps when there is alot of depth to the pic, well atleast for me.
also make sure your white balance is the same for all your pics - it can get really goofy if the wb is different
You can toy around with chops of parts I want to see on my car if you're really bored. I can make a list with pics if anyone is interested!
Where can I bogart CS3? My wife would love the ability to highlight the one color and then go sepia for pictures of our midgets.
If you are using PS, you can use the magic wand [this method is shaky at best, you'll have to use the right count such as 10-25] The way I usually achieve this effect is by lasso the object, and then select all outside, then use image adjustments to adjust the selected background to b/w, sepia etc.
Well, you just want to create a selection that excludes the area you want to keep color. There are a bunch of ways to create the selection. Quick Mask might be the easiest since you can use other tools to create the mask. Lasso would work, the polygonal lasso tool is a bit easier to use. You can create a path and convert it to a selection. Or you can use Select Color Range from the Select Menu. Once you have your selection created, just use Image->Adjustments->Hue/Saturation and turn the saturation down to -100, this will remove the color from your selection, leaving your unselected area with color. Then you can invert the selection and adjust the colors how you want for the parts that keep color.
ok.. am gonna give that a shot now... dang it am supposed to be researching pricing on equipment for the new shop.. ha ha
Photoshop Elements would work well for something relatively simple like that and that can be picked up pretty cheap. Otherwise for totally free you can try Gimp, www.gimp.org, it's not as polished as photoshop, but it's pretty good actually if you take a bit of time to learn how it works.
