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by derekfountain
Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:10 am
Forum: Want us to work on one of your images?
Topic: Feeding blackbird
Replies: 1
Views: 3197

Here's a tricky image. My longest lens is only 200mm, so it's not ideal for bird shots. To get a shot of this blackbird feeding her chick I set the camera up about 3 metres away and used a remote screen device and a long cable from my house to shoot via remote control. This approach works,...
by derekfountain
Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:39 pm
Forum: Curvemeister 101 March 2009
Topic: Week 3 Drummers [manda]
Replies: 6
Views: 5724

<blockquote><br /><b>Question</b>  I've read in Jays (?) post that you can use hue clocks as a stand alone in PS - I didn't know you could do this, can some one explain how or point me to the right page in the manual?  I do use Chris / Zog's 'watch colours' but would like to...
by derekfountain
Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:57 pm
Forum: Curvemeister 101 March 2009
Topic: Questions
Replies: 12
Views: 10688

<blockquote><br />One last question if I may.Could I infer from the histogram that the cast to the white stripe occurs at -30 and tha t there's a lot of activity on the green side of zero?<br /></blockquote><br /><br />Yes and yes, if by "activity" you mean a large number of pixels with a green...
by derekfountain
Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:57 pm
Forum: Curvemeister 101 March 2009
Topic: Questions
Replies: 12
Views: 10688

<blockquote><br />One question,why are only a quarter of the graphs devoted to green and blue in lab? <br /></blockquote><br /><br />There comes a point when you just have to accept the mathematical basis of the tool you're using. RGB uses 3 colours, CMYK uses 3 different ones plus black. LAB u...
by derekfountain
Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:57 am
Forum: Curvemeister 101 March 2009
Topic: Questions
Replies: 12
Views: 10688

<blockquote><br />1) What is the relationship between white balance and color casts?  If the white balance is set correctly for an image, will all (or most) neutrals already be correctly set?  Or if that is too much of a generalization, are some portion of color casts caused by incorrect white balan...
by derekfountain
Sat Apr 11, 2009 8:54 am
Forum: What's your Workflow
Topic: Blend If option
Replies: 12
Views: 17003


This screen shot shows you how with the mask facility (I used the L channel) it is easy to do.


What's going on with that fringe around the mane? Ganna's image didn't have that!
by derekfountain
Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:26 pm
Forum: Curvemeister Support
Topic: Outside Hue Clock
Replies: 5
Views: 5320


Perhaps I should add a button to the plugin to start the outside hue clock.


http://www.curvemeister.com/forum/index.php?topic=861.0
by derekfountain
Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:08 pm
Forum: What's your Workflow
Topic: Special Curves...
Replies: 2
Views: 6700

<blockquote><br />Hopefully you know about the Dog Leg and the Lizard tail....<br />Do you have any other "special curves" you find yourself using?<br /></blockquote><br /><br />I don't know what you'd call it, but when trying to change one half of an A/B curve I lock one half down, then b...
by derekfountain
Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:46 pm
Forum: What's your Workflow
Topic: As I recall...
Replies: 3
Views: 7090


Use CM and masks to get this image back to some reasonable correction.




Of course I don't mind. :)

It's possible to fix this one without masks, although I can't remember for the life of me how I did it.
by derekfountain
Wed Apr 01, 2009 6:03 pm
Forum: What's your Workflow
Topic: Sharpening ?
Replies: 23
Views: 25378

<blockquote><br />Derek, I think I have identified the javascript problem and altered it for just this page<br />http://www.broadhurst-family.co.uk/lefteye/MainPages/statue_ni.htm#<br />Can you see if it works, in which case I'll change the others as well<br /></blockquote><br /><br />Yes, that...

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