I finally installed Photoshop CS (8), and had a few minutes to play. I figure as i find new cool stuff, I'll post them with samples.
Here is the first, and reason enough to buy it in my mind :)
ever take a shot on a sunny day, only to find subjects shadowed and backgrounds blown out? If you try to adjust it using brightness, contrast or gamma, you either flatten the image out, or have to dodge/burn the heck out of them to get a decent balance.
Welcome to the aptly named "Shadow/Highlight" adjustment. It effectively lightens your shadows and either maintains or darkens your highlights, with no need to mask or layer or select.
not a great photo or anything, but beautiful example below.
Check it:
My little dude on a horse, unedited.
and with the default settings on that adjustment:
Note that there's lots of room for fine-tuning. I didn't do any of that, i just used whatever PS had set as their default. That just saved me about 20 minutes of work to save that pic.
Not a trick question, I'm just still mastering PS and don't know the various modes.
She means keeping the blending mode of the adjustment layer at normal. You can change the blending mode of layers in a pull down menu in the layers palette.
Thanx for the post Pedro. Next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I am going to a seminar on Photoshop CS combined with a photography project, so I'll be learning about all the new features. So far from what I have seen of the new version, I am impressed.
Thanx for the post Pedro. Next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I am going to a seminar on Photoshop CS combined with a photography project, so I'll be learning about all the new features. So far from what I have seen of the new version, I am impressed.
Sweet - please post what you learn Gary. It'd be cool to hear the things it was intended to do, as opposed to the stuff that I just stumble upon. someday i might actually read a manual. (yeah, right, or ask for directions - not likely)
It looks like this filter does the same as a contrast mask.
Briefly, that consists of:
Add a new layer
Desaturate that layer
Invert the layer
Apply 'Overlay' mode to the layer
Apply a Gaussian Blur to the layer
Reduce the opacity of the layer.
I'd be very surprised if this new function in PS8 is pronounced not DPC-legal...
There is no way to accomplish the same effect in PS7 apart from using similar techniques to the one I outlined above.
I hate to bring this topic up again, but LOOK... we need to relax the rules!! Contrast masking is a VITAL part of post-processing, the Photoshop procedure above works because it is almost identical to the same darkroom technique.
It looks like this filter does the same as a contrast mask.
Briefly, that consists of:
Add a new layer
Desaturate that layer
Invert the layer
Apply 'Overlay' mode to the layer
Apply a Gaussian Blur to the layer
Reduce the opacity of the layer.
I'd be very surprised if this new function in PS8 is pronounced not DPC-legal...
There is no way to accomplish the same effect in PS7 apart from using similar techniques to the one I outlined above.
I hate to bring this topic up again, but LOOK... we need to relax the rules!! Contrast masking is a VITAL part of post-processing, the Photoshop procedure above works because it is almost identical to the same darkroom technique.
Bob
Ditto. I'm very new at photography, although not new at 'snapshotting'. My PS ability exceeds my photo skills (but won't forever!) and believe me, it still only helps a little. It doesn't take an average shot and make it great! It only takes an average shot and makes it a very nice average shot.
Just trying out PS8 now.. The ctrl+letter shortcut keys don't seem to work though?? For instance, CTRL+Z doesn't work for undo. Is anyone else having the same prob?
Oh - for PS 6/7 die-hards btw, they've changed a LOT of shortcuts keys (I presume to get rid of a lot of Ctrl+Alt shortcuts).
Review of editing restrictions is defintely essential now. There's stuff you can do in CS that would ordinarily require masks/spot editing. And if the net result is the same as spot editing or layer masks then this puts those who don't have the latest PS at a serious disadvantage.
While i agree this may be a fine time to re-visit editing restrictions, let's not make this another thread about it ok? There's about a billion others out there, and I'd like to keep this one about PS8 if possible ;)
Pedro
ps I've already found lots of cool other things, but I'll try to make it a post per day or something, or I'll never leave here.
Just trying out PS8 now.. The ctrl+letter shortcut keys don't seem to work though?? For instance, CTRL+Z doesn't work for undo. Is anyone else having the same prob?
I am guessing you have a pirate copy then Paul.
There is apparently a cracked version going around where the crack was not done well and you lose the shortcut keys.
Just trying out PS8 now.. The ctrl+letter shortcut keys don't seem to work though?? For instance, CTRL+Z doesn't work for undo. Is anyone else having the same prob?
Oh - for PS 6/7 die-hards btw, they've changed a LOT of shortcuts keys (I presume to get rid of a lot of Ctrl+Alt shortcuts).
Hehehehehe... that's becuz you have the wrong crack!!! ;-) nof sed
In "adjustments" you also have a cute fonction in "match color" (I think that's what it's called, I'm at work so...) the "lightness fonction works differently than levels and is awsome as well as the "color saturation" or whatever it'S called. It seems to saturate/desaturate way differently than the regular hue/saturation fonction. I'm not sure how it works and I don't really care as long as it improves my photos!!! AWSOME! AWSOME! AWSOME! :-D
In adjustements, there is the "photo filter" function, emulates as it says a filter you could traditionaly put on your lens. Warming or cooling a shot made easy.
In adjustements, there is the "photo filter" function, emulates as it says a filter you could traditionaly put on your lens. Warming or cooling a shot made easy.
Contrast masking is a VITAL part of post-processing, the Photoshop procedure above works because it is almost identical to the same darkroom technique.
Bob
I agree Bob... I use it all the time outside of here, and have comment so else where on DPC... this is a basic DarkRoom technique that we should have the option of using here.
