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Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 5:14 pm
by imported_Tanja
Hi Dan,
dont had the time for the last exercise.
Maybe now before the call... But I can build in PS, so maybe not that big need...
Greetings, Tanja
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 5:36 pm
by Daniel Zuck
Okay, and what does one do with CM's blur setting? Anyway, thanks all for answering some of my previous questions.
dan
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 5:41 pm
by imported_Tanja
Hi Dan,
don't understand the question, I think.
You mean the blur-slider? It's for blurring the mask, like in your contrast mask.
It's a gaußschen blur.
Greetings, Tanja
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 6:25 pm
by Daniel Zuck
thanks. but how is it to be used in the last exercise?
dan
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 7:32 pm
by imported_Tanja
Same like with the contrast mask, I think.
Do you try with the B mask, curves for overexposed from the library and then use the blur slider?
Greetings, Tanja
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 10:35 pm
by imported_artmar
Here's the link to the home page for MPCW.
http://www.moderncolorworkflow.com/
Under "Resources" there's a drop down menu. Select "Private Resources" which will open an online form. Fill it in, click send, and you should receive an email with a link to the unlocked videos (although the text says these resources are for purchasers of the book, it's wonderful that they're sharing them to all who request). I don't know if this is an automated function, so you may not receive a response until Monday.
Here's the thread on the community blog that links to a video in German:
http://www.curvemeister.com/forum/index.php/topic,3605.0.html
Best to all,
Art
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 10:52 pm
by imported_Tanja
Hi Art,
thanks for the links!
Email with the acess should come in a few minutes is written.
Oh, the german video is from Jonas.
He do great tutorials. See them all, I think.
There are some in english too. And you would find a theme there too, which we discuss.
Let's suprise you ;-)
Link is there! So something to watch for my late dinner!
Greetings, Tanja
Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 11:02 pm
by imported_artmar
Great that the MPCW link worked.
Enjoy your late dinner with DM!
Cheers,
Art
P.S. I think I like surprises.
Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 12:19 am
by imported_Tanja
Hi Greg,
see some of the videos by the time and found Arts hint about the picked and inverted color for removing a color cast.
I remember you told us about the photofilter for that. Don't really understand it.
Why not picking the existing color of the cast from somewhere in the picture?
I had a short try and found it works nice for a beginning.
One more question about getting color neutral...
Told before from this little hdr-contest in a german forum. I worked on a picture with a horrible color cast by bringing the three pictures together and then try to correct the colors in cm, which was very complicated and don't bring a good result.
After this, I try to set a neutral in all rawfiles in cr and had a much better result with just one neutral to go on in cm.
It's a mirracle to me and not everytime the same. Some Tonemappings work better with a color correction after.
Do you have an idea why?
We also find out that different HDR-programms brings different colors as the result. Set a programm like that an own neutral point whithout asking maybe?
I tried the ps-own HDR-Pro and HDREfex for comparative. Last brings totally wrong colors. Black went to blue.
By the way: My ppw-panel don't work very well. Don't get the helpful options most of the time and some actions don't wanna run mostly.
Do you have same problems?
Greetings, Tanja
Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 4:12 pm
by ggroess
Hi Greg,
see some of the videos by the time and found Arts hint about the picked and inverted color for removing a color cast.
I remember you told us about the photofilter for that. Don't really understand it.
Why not picking the existing color of the cast from somewhere in the picture?
I had a short try and found it works nice for a beginning.
It does work but....
If you choose the wrong spot for the color picker you will introduce a false color cast that is worse than the one you are trying to cure. Not every picture will have a good place to select the color from. It is a solid process and one you should try...it just may not always return the correct hue.
One more question about getting color neutral...
Told before from this little hdr-contest in a german forum. I worked on a picture with a horrible color cast by bringing the three pictures together and then try to correct the colors in cm, which was very complicated and don't bring a good result.
After this, I try to set a neutral in all rawfiles in cr and had a much better result with just one neutral to go on in cm.
It's a mirracle to me and not everytime the same. Some Tonemappings work better with a color correction after.
Do you have an idea why?
Tone mapping in HDR is really an interesting process if you use a HDR program some of them can really over saturate the image and any color cast is amplified.
I would not do any color correction on a HDR until I had the file out of the converter and flat into Photoshop. If I use the raw converter and adjust the color of the image I would want to be sure I was not adding color cast to the frame.
We also find out that different HDR-programms brings different colors as the result. Set a programm like that an own neutral point whithout asking maybe?
I tried the ps-own HDR-Pro and HDREfex for comparative. Last brings totally wrong colors. Black went to blue.
Each HDR converter adds color in their own way. Each interprets the file data and predicts a result. You might have to find one you like and stick with it.
By the way: My ppw-panel don't work very well. Don't get the helpful options most of the time and some actions don't wanna run mostly.
Do you have same problems?
I have had few issues with the PPW panel. What version of Photoshop are you running? It really likes CS5.5 or higher...
Greg