Comments for SFredrickPhoto.com Blog http://sfredrickphoto.com/wordpress A blog about all aspects of digital photography Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:50:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 Comment on Union Solder’s Coat–B&W 2 by Steve http://sfredrickphoto.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/07/22/union-solders-coat-bw-2/#comment-939 Steve Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:25:33 +0000 http://sfredrickphoto.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/07/22/union-solders-coat-bw-2/#comment-939 Hi Nancy. I know what you mean by the B&W version being so much stronger than the color. The color version doesn't do much for me. In fact, I wasn't going to do anything with the image until I saw the B&W version in the raw converter at default settings. As to what tools, the first version was done totally in Lightroom's Develop Module (ACR). For the second version I started by opening the raw file (color) as a smart object in Photoshop. Since the Nik plug-ins act as filters, when I ran SEP it ran as a smart filter. The advantage of doing it this way is I would be able to re-open the filter multiple times and update the settings. And when I did this I was just learning SEP, so I did go through and reran the filter several times. Could I have taken the B&W from Lightroom into Photoshop and recreated the effects I got with SEP? I'd say yes I could have but it would have taken a LOT longer to get there. Hi Nancy. I know what you mean by the B&W version being so much stronger than the color. The color version doesn’t do much for me. In fact, I wasn’t going to do anything with the image until I saw the B&W version in the raw converter at default settings.

As to what tools, the first version was done totally in Lightroom’s Develop Module (ACR). For the second version I started by opening the raw file (color) as a smart object in Photoshop. Since the Nik plug-ins act as filters, when I ran SEP it ran as a smart filter. The advantage of doing it this way is I would be able to re-open the filter multiple times and update the settings. And when I did this I was just learning SEP, so I did go through and reran the filter several times.

Could I have taken the B&W from Lightroom into Photoshop and recreated the effects I got with SEP? I’d say yes I could have but it would have taken a LOT longer to get there.

]]> Comment on Union Solder’s Coat–B&W 2 by Nancy Thorington http://sfredrickphoto.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/07/22/union-solders-coat-bw-2/#comment-937 Nancy Thorington Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:00:24 +0000 http://sfredrickphoto.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/07/22/union-solders-coat-bw-2/#comment-937 I like the emphasis on the coat in the second image. I also like the gold buttons. Did you convert this totally to B&W in SEP or photoshop/lightroom first? The B&W is so much stronger than the color. Love the vignette! I like the emphasis on the coat in the second image. I also like the gold buttons. Did you convert this totally to B&W in SEP or photoshop/lightroom first? The B&W is so much stronger than the color. Love the vignette!

]]> Comment on Contrast: Setting Back & White Points and S-Curves by Nancy Thorington http://sfredrickphoto.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/08/16/contrast-setting-back-white-points-and-s-curves/#comment-936 Nancy Thorington Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:42:29 +0000 http://sfredrickphoto.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/08/16/contrast-setting-back-white-points-and-s-curves/#comment-936 Thanks Steve, I stuck with this and will have to read a couple of times, but it sure has cleared up a lot for me. Thanks Steve, I stuck with this and will have to read a couple of times, but it sure has cleared up a lot for me.

]]> Comment on Contrast: Setting Back & White Points and S-Curves by Steve http://sfredrickphoto.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/08/16/contrast-setting-back-white-points-and-s-curves/#comment-934 Steve Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:23:09 +0000 http://sfredrickphoto.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/08/16/contrast-setting-back-white-points-and-s-curves/#comment-934 John, I hadn't thought of it that way but you are absolutely correct. With levels you can only affect overall contrast by setting back and white points. And with curves you can do that as well as "manage" midtone contrast. John, I hadn’t thought of it that way but you are absolutely correct. With levels you can only affect overall contrast by setting back and white points. And with curves you can do that as well as “manage” midtone contrast.

]]> Comment on Contrast: Setting Back & White Points and S-Curves by John Dolores http://sfredrickphoto.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/08/16/contrast-setting-back-white-points-and-s-curves/#comment-933 John Dolores Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:22:55 +0000 http://sfredrickphoto.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/08/16/contrast-setting-back-white-points-and-s-curves/#comment-933 Excellent tutorial. It becomes clear why the levels adjustment cannot do what the curves adjustment can do. Excellent tutorial. It becomes clear why the levels adjustment cannot do what the curves adjustment can do.

]]> Comment on Curves Replaces Levels — Part 2 by SFredrickPhoto.com Blog » Blog Archive » Contrast: Setting Back & White Points and S-Curves http://sfredrickphoto.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/01/19/curves-replaces-levels-part-2/#comment-930 SFredrickPhoto.com Blog » Blog Archive » Contrast: Setting Back & White Points and S-Curves Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:46:55 +0000 http://sfredrickphoto.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/01/19/curves-replaces-levels-part-2/#comment-930 [...] midtone contrast while decreasing highlight and shadow contrast. I talked briefly about it in Curves Replaces Levels–Part 2. By using an S-Curve we change the distribution of the overall contrast. This is a screen shot of [...] […] midtone contrast while decreasing highlight and shadow contrast. I talked briefly about it in Curves Replaces Levels–Part 2. By using an S-Curve we change the distribution of the overall contrast. This is a screen shot of […]

]]> Comment on Lightroom Sharpening–Output Sharpening by Margeret Sivret http://sfredrickphoto.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/05/05/lightroom-sharpening-output-sharpening/#comment-904 Margeret Sivret Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:29:37 +0000 http://sfredrickphoto.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/05/05/lightroom-sharpening-output-sharpening/#comment-904 Kudos for this unique content, I will certainly attach this website to my rss feeds, a friend basically told me about this last week. this may be the greatest Kudos for this unique content, I will certainly attach this website to my rss feeds, a friend basically told me about this last week. this may be the greatest

]]> Comment on Double Processing a Single Raw File by SFredrickPhoto.com Blog » Blog Archive » Double Processing a Single Raw File–Update http://sfredrickphoto.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/06/22/double-processing-a-single-raw-file/#comment-853 SFredrickPhoto.com Blog » Blog Archive » Double Processing a Single Raw File–Update Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:55:27 +0000 http://sfredrickphoto.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/06/22/double-processing-a-single-raw-file/#comment-853 [...] my post on how to Double Process a Single Raw File I showed that the two different ways of creating a copy of a Smart Object (SO) layer. To summarize, [...] […] my post on how to Double Process a Single Raw File I showed that the two different ways of creating a copy of a Smart Object (SO) layer. To summarize, […]

]]> Comment on Nondestructive Crop in Photoshop by Nancy Thorington http://sfredrickphoto.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/07/19/nondestructive-crop-in-photoshop/#comment-782 Nancy Thorington Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:52:02 +0000 http://sfredrickphoto.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/07/19/nondestructive-crop-in-photoshop/#comment-782 Thanks Steve! I had forgotten about this. This will speed up my workflow. Thanks Steve! I had forgotten about this. This will speed up my workflow.

]]> Comment on Union Solder’s Coat–B&W 2 by Steve http://sfredrickphoto.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/07/22/union-solders-coat-bw-2/#comment-781 Steve Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:03:10 +0000 http://sfredrickphoto.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/07/22/union-solders-coat-bw-2/#comment-781 John, to be perfectly honest the little bit of color actually resulted from a mistake. While working on the original color version I was using ACR's (actually it was the Develop Module in LR) Adjustment Brush and was trying to lighten the buttons to draw the viewer's eye to the center of the image. But for the brush settings I mistakenly had a yellow set for the color. I noticed the mistake right away and reset the color saturation to 0 so only the Exposure and Brightness adjustments were present. But I liked what making the buttons more yellow (gold) did more than simply lightening them. So when I did the B&W conversions I used a layer mask to let the gold buttons show through. I like the effect. But I also understand it may not be everyone's cup of tea. Steve John, to be perfectly honest the little bit of color actually resulted from a mistake. While working on the original color version I was using ACR’s (actually it was the Develop Module in LR) Adjustment Brush and was trying to lighten the buttons to draw the viewer’s eye to the center of the image. But for the brush settings I mistakenly had a yellow set for the color. I noticed the mistake right away and reset the color saturation to 0 so only the Exposure and Brightness adjustments were present. But I liked what making the buttons more yellow (gold) did more than simply lightening them. So when I did the B&W conversions I used a layer mask to let the gold buttons show through. I like the effect. But I also understand it may not be everyone’s cup of tea.
Steve

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