Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm headed to Chicago for a few days but I'll comment on photos when I return. Hopefully I'll get a few shots I can edit with selective color. lol
Thanks for the comments. FOr whatever reason,I didn't save the file with layers but maybe I'll give it a try later when I get the chance.
I also wanted to remind people to check their comments received in their profile, because that's where I'm leaving my comments (without notifying in this thread). I noticed some haven't been marked as helpful (and they certainly don't need to be - but I thought that might be a sign that you may not have seen them yet).
Wow! I didn't even realize there was a third assignment! I'm curious, what's the difference between using Selective Color for things like shifting color tones and using Hue/Saturation? I've never really used Selective Color before (thought I will soon enough :)), so I'm curious if there's a difference.
original (not a true original, but it's what i started with today after deleting the real original a long time ago)
final
Hmm.. I thought it looked a little better on my computer.. but I guess that's how the cookie crumbles. Maybe it was more of a "it looks better than the original". Since the 'original' was my 'final' many months ago, I'd say I enjoyed doing the selective color exercise to see what I could do.
edit to add steps (good point, Laura): Levels (pulled the right-hand slider inwards), selective color: increased blacks in blacks about 4-5%, decreased magenta in yellows, increased yellow in yellows, resized, then sharpened. I believe that is all (but my mind is a bit rusty at the moment).
As for the boats under the pier, I used the photo filter and then masked the boats because the effect was causing too much of a color cast in their orange coloration.
I'm having a little trouble with this one- (can't even find a decent tutorial online!) and I was looking at the different examples but I'm hoping we could start putting the steps we took to get to the end result. I know it's a bit of work but it would help me for sure and probably help us all...
I am going to have a crazy busy week this week, but I'll make sure to leave feedback and comments on everyone's stuff in the coming days. Feel free to pm me at anytime with questions or comments. Just wanted to say that I am really proud of you guys, keep up the great work! :-)
I'm having a little trouble with this one- (can't even find a decent tutorial online!) and I was looking at the different examples but I'm hoping we could start putting the steps we took to get to the end result. I know it's a bit of work but it would help me for sure and probably help us all...
Thx Brian- it does help :0)
Thanks Laura and Brian. I think it is a good idea to leave the steps. But, for me - I don't really pay too much attention to the steps - I think it more that you have to feel a freedom to experiment. Try different combinations. If I had to explain my steps - I have found what works best for me is to use levels to initially define my final edit and then use selective colors for emphasis. Finally, back to levels and/or curves for the final revisions. But, again the freedom comes in just using the various tools.
Wow, now that was fun... that is the first time I have used the selective color... might have gone overboard for the first attempt, but it is a great tool!
I am going to have a crazy busy week this week, but I'll make sure to leave feedback and comments on everyone's stuff in the coming days. Feel free to pm me at anytime with questions or comments. Just wanted to say that I am really proud of you guys, keep up the great work! :-)
Congrats to brian on the yellow in textures! wtg dude!
ty very much :)
Does anybody else find it ironic that my ribbon comes from a shot with little to no color (quadtone, so I guess it technically does have color)? Perhaps it's that I need little help with actual colors - so that's why I'm in this workshop :P.
PS: Combined with your win, does that officially make us the workshop with the most ribbons (since they've started)? ;D
PPS: Actually, they're BOTH duo/quadtoned - how funny is that?
see now I didn't even know it was quadtoned! Guess I really need help :0)
But that's something I definetly want to learn too!
Repeat to self... basics first, basics first ;0)
An image produced by taking a black-and-white picture and printing it on top of itself in four different colors of ink to produce a subtle range of tone. The principle is the same as for a DUOTONE.
Thats a definition I found online. I think it basically is a b/w image with 2/3/4 similar colors. I am probrably wrong.
I redid project 2 with selective color and got this:
is it just me, or is that way too much? i did a bit more than last time since people suggested pushing it further - but i think i may have gone too far.
