Forum: Photoshop

Subject: Photoshop cs2 help Please

short_ribs opened this issue on Apr 04, 2006 ยท 8 posts

short_ribs posted Tue, 04 April 2006 at 10:23 PM

Hi all, I realy need some help here! I just recieved photoshop cs2 and started off by playing with this pic. I stupidly resized it before doing the postwork cause i thought it wouldn't work out to be a keeper...... So I've tried duplicating what I did to the best of my know how (cant realy remember what i did :crying: ) but cant seem to get that same detail in the petals. So anyone out there please help me..... From what I think i did was a brightness/contrast of brightness -45 contrast +27 But I'm sure that there was also a great deal of sharpening....... Please help anything would be appreciated!

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coolj001 posted Tue, 04 April 2006 at 10:29 PM

I would try the shadow/highlight tool...

DJB posted Tue, 04 April 2006 at 10:40 PM

I moved this to Photoshop as I believe you will get a lot more response. Cheers

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girsempa posted Tue, 04 April 2006 at 10:52 PM

I managed to get something similar: 1-- first I did brightness/contrast like you described: -45/+27 2-- then I chose Edit/Fade Brightness/Contrast to adjust the amount slider a bit 3-- then I did a Filter/Sharpen.../Smart Sharpen at 100%/4pixels. You can really do a lot with this Smart Sharpen tool in advanced mode in the highlights and shadows Hope you can do something with this...


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archdruid posted Wed, 05 April 2006 at 1:00 AM

Just to remind you... when you've forgot what you did, and REALLY, REALLY want to know.... use your History tab. The only down side, is if you purged it. Lou. One other thing that I find handy is to use "Variations"... you get an immediate look, if you have preview checked, at what you'll get, without having to commit... cancel works good for me.

"..... and that was when things got interestiing."

aramina posted Wed, 05 April 2006 at 9:03 AM

another handy tip is always work on a duplicate of your original image, that way if you can't remember what you've done, and purged the history you can always start from the original again

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Ofthepast posted Wed, 05 April 2006 at 11:45 AM

Use Adjustment Layers for a powerful, non-destructive workflow too.

archdruid posted Wed, 05 April 2006 at 12:05 PM

Yeah.... even though I :lol: know what I'm doing, so they tell me, I work from a copy when I want to experiment with things... usually, what I'll do is simply copy the layer, then make it invisible while I fiddle. Lou.

"..... and that was when things got interestiing."