Curvemeister Forum

Yes, but the frequency of info means no reason to check it very often.

The CM community is small and not very "vocal"....probably busy working on images having fun.

Doug.S

Another "tool" is to layer each image in PS, and set top layer to difference mode, to see how much the images differ, and in what way

Doug.S

For new users to CM I'd think CM101 would be very handy....I have no feel for how many new users there are and would expect maybe 20% would take a class.  I try to promote CM to others because it is so very valuable. OTOH, there are not many die hard color correction/image improvement Ps users....

With your words of encouragement...I took the plunge.<br /><br />Installed CM3-64-3.8.2 per the .exe installer into CC2014<br /><br />Opened CC2014 and it was there.<br /><br />Since I had imported my presets from CC when I installed CC2014, the shortcut key .atn was there and it worked.<br /><br />...

The first thing I saw when looking at the image was a black spot near center at top of structure.....dust in camera?<br /><br />Blue skies are rather subjective and too much cyan may be present...get the neutral grays correct and sky usually follows as OK.<br /><br />Sometimes comparing to the auto ...

I have installed PsCC2014 and several previous plugins do not work so no great hurry to install all my add ons.<br /><br />But plan to use CM in PsCC2014.  Anything new or special knowledge needed?  Or can I copy the PsCC .atn for my CC keystroke activation to enable CM in PsCC2014?  or do I need to...

Another desirable, automatic, always available, mask (maybe 2 since there are blues and greens) is a ChromaKey mask for images shot against a chroma key color background  (i.e. green screen)....or perhaps a user choice/color pick.<br />Yes, this one is much easier so maybe it is fluff, but it serves...

PPW panel has an excellent sharpening capability

read carefully, last info was it was only for legacy previously paid users...to be legal

Yes I do apply curves to masks, mostly to go from a grayscale mask to a B&W mask to more clearly separate shapes....or to change the emphasis.<br /><br />But combining and blending (or 'apply-image' of a mask to a mask) offers unique selections of objects not otherwise easily accomplis...