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Is there anyway to make the geese stand out in these images?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v143/whispering_rain/apf/c6dc40fc.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v143/whispering_rain/apf/6bf83e94.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v143/whispering_rain/apf/b43ac490.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v143/whispering_rain/apf/1221aa58.jpg
phishphorphun
11-13-2005, 9:26 AM
It seems to me that this debate over altering your photos to make them more contrasty and vivid with levels has been discussed before. It is my oppinion that all of these could benefit from a simple black, gray, and white leveling to add more depth of contrast in the coloring. They seem to be a bit washy imo.
I suppose some time consuming pp with layers and blending seperating the geese from the background would work. But I think it is too time consuming to do all of that. Instead I spent about twenty seconds on each shot simply doing levels and usm on each.
You may think that this is not what the composition looked like through your eyes though.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/phishphorphun/1aCarolsGeese2Copy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/phishphorphun/1aCarolsGeeseCopy.jpg
I spent about thirty seconds on these two because I tried eliliminating some of the hot spots on the geese using shadows/highlights tools.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/phishphorphun/1aCarolsGeese4Copy.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v636/phishphorphun/1aCarolsGeese4aCopy.jpg
That is what I was trying to accomplish...
I read what you are saying,however I do NOT know how to do that in corel psp X.I tried over and over ,messing with different things in there,but I have no clue what will change the level of black,gray and white .I am so new to photography and know even less about psp .
If someone could explain to me how to do it,I would be so grateful.
Thanks !!
phishphorphun
11-13-2005, 9:58 AM
In photoshop it is quite simple. I don't know if it can be accomplished in Corel as easily?
In ps you open the "levels" window from within the "image" section on the top cross bar of your work area. Click on the black eyedropper and then find the darkest tone of black in the image. That's all there is to it. You can repeat the same process with the white and gray eyedropper to balance the appearance so that you can see what degree of levels you desire. There are more advanced tools available in levels, but this is the basic and easiest method to get rid of the washed out look of an image.
CaroL
11-13-2005, 10:05 AM
okie,thanks :D I'm gonna go try that and see if I can NOT mess up my images to badly...lol