Originally posted by Andrew Lang thanks guys... vincent i really like the brightness of the image
vincent, what did you do?
ha-ha! thank you....
I am very
UNsophisticated when it comes to PP
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... saw your photo and the other adjustments and thought I'd give it a quick try -
literally did it while I had the post-reply open on the screen - took less than 1min.
I used a very old version of Ulead PhotoImpact 8 that I got free from a UK magazine some years ago.
1) adjust Brightness/Contrast - go to the point where the highlights were unacceptably blown out, and backed it down from there.
2) adjust Midtones (in Highlight/Midtone/Shadow) to bring up the midtones
2b) may have to undo everything and redo the Brightness/Contrast to a shade less if the midtone adjustment makes the highlights look too blown out -
sounds strange - but the "details" in the highlights are "midtone".
3) adjust Focus by "1" (seems the same as default Sharpness) just to bring out the acutance/details.
That's it - posted.
My PP is
UNsophisticated....
but that does not mean I am a novice -
as I PP on average 10-12 photos every single day -
I shoot a lot, and PP a lot -
(please take a look at the top
Link in my sig for my more recent photos)
so I want my PP to be quick - and that's why I shoot JPGs
(see my posts in
Do people really shoot in JPEG??? starting with Post #
122 )
So my PP is very simple minded
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and visually based -
afterall a photo is visual......