Curvemeister Forum

I have mixed feelings. So a bit hard to explain. These are award winning images and i just dont like a lot of them. Mostly i think it is the 'style' i dont like. I have thought about why quite a bit as obviously they are higly thought of by this prestigious organisation. And i feel a bit presumptuou...

Hi
Thanks for this. II have really mixed feelings about many of these images.

Julie

Hi
I think mine are pretty tame compared to what has already been done
I have not spent a lot of time on these as Paris images are calling.
One I have tried to make soft and dreamy, one a pretty straight edit and one in black and white

Julie

That seems to be the problem. Now I just have to make sure I stay away from that x

Julie

i am not sure what I am doing but will keep an eye on your suggestion. I use a lot of hue clocks so hopefully it's just that. It's driving me crazy.

Julie

Hi
I only have the trial version of CC but i presume its the same except I haven't paid for it.
CM works fine some of the time but at other times it causes photoshop to crash
Any suggestions

Julie

Hi
i thought it would be easiest to talk about this rather than back and forth this way
I had another thought today
its early and i have not had much sleep so i am not sure
Maybe there are two images here - a wall and the boys
Maybe I cant have the focus on both at the same time

Hi The black and white conversion was done with topaz. But a lot more was done than that. I also did one in acr but it looked flat. I need to try split channels but will have to find the directions again in 201. After the basic conversion I did a lot of passes in cm adjusting contrast in specific ar...

coloured version as requested. Pretty much nothing done except a little adjustment of shadow and highlights in ACR

Yes. I can see it really changes it.
And for the better!
Did you use the method where you pull the corners.
I can't remember what it's called
It's late here, I should go to sleep

Julie