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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Winso on 20 June 2012, 22:00
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I've not really been taking many photos recently, just refining photoshop techniques etc a bit. About 2 hours ago I started messing with this old shot from back in 2010 just to see what I could get out of a fairly unspectacular RAW image. Quite pleased with how it turned out.
From the top it goes RAW original, jpeg conversion, final pic.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r215/Winso_photo/IMG_4163r2012editevolution.jpg)
(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8025/7410154090_5353030003_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49048065@N07/7410154090/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49048065@N07/7410154090/) by Chris Winsor AutoMotive (http://www.flickr.com/people/49048065@N07/), on Flickr
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Nice work.
What were your original edited shots like from back in 2010 as a comparison of your editing?
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Thats really nice. I Would love to know how you got that if its not too long winded for you to explain. :smiley:
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Thanks guys!
DubFan - the first time round I only really processed the shots that were artificially lit, I think this is the only one without flash.
(http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1152/4734553630_a77fea4360_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49048065@N07/4734553630/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49048065@N07/4734553630/) by Chris Winsor AutoMotive (http://www.flickr.com/people/49048065@N07/), on Flickr
The base image I used for the edit I did a couple of days ago was actually one that was meant to be artificially lit but the flash didn't fire!
thatwillis - I can't totally remember but I think the final image had about 15 - 20 adjustment layers to it! I think the key is doing lots of small local adjustments rather than big ones on the whole image. The masking is a pain in the ass but its worth it. All main adjustments were either done in curves or levels, theres a saturation one in there somewhere, a low opacity multipy blending layer, colour balance and then also a screen blending layer at the end for the glow. The car and the background were edited separately until the last stages too. Sorry, that's probably not a whole lot of use!