Before and after post processing [Archive] - The-Digital-Picture.com Community

Lars

10-24-2010, 08:24 PM

I switched from film to digital photography a couple of years ago, and am now feeling that I know my digital camera (almost) as good as my old film-based camera. However, there is one aspect of digital photography where I need some inspiration, and that is post processing. I hope some of you are willing to show me some images before and after post processing to give me (and others?) an idea of what can be done and how. It doesn't have to be huge changes, all kind of PP from minor sharpening and colour adjustment to HDR, all entries are welcome. I just want to know what you experts do to improve your pictures, and how the picture looked before you started.

I will start off with a macro shot I did a few months ago. The original was cropped, then sharpened, and I increased colour saturation and contrast (I'm sorry, I don't remember how much). For this image, I used DPP, but I did another try with Aperture 2, and got very similar result. If it was an improvement is a matter of taste, I guess. I just wanted a nice colourful backround image on my computer.

I hope you will join me on this.

Lars

Before

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After

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alexniedra

10-24-2010, 10:47 PM

Interesting thread, Lars.

Here's a shot of some firefighters that I got in early September. I would consider this an extreme example of the processing I regularily do to my pictures. Below is the original (out-of-camera) shot and the same shot after adjustments were made in Lightroom/Photoshop.

1. Original right out of the camera:

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2. After post-processing:

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ddt0725

10-24-2010, 11:42 PM

I am more than ready for a post-processing 101 crash course! I am going to love this thread!!

I will try and find one that I did that I didn

Lars

11-04-2010, 03:41 PM

I must admit that I am a bit disappointed by the lack of respons on this thread. I chose to believe that it was because it was too rapidly pushed out from the first page, rather than that people are scared of showing their pictures before post-processing (perhaps a longer list of post on the first page will make them live longer?).

I try to revive it, and hope some other are willing to give examples on their post-processing abilities.

JJphoto

11-04-2010, 03:52 PM

ok, this is mine, thanks for the thread.

before

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after

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thanks for viewing!

alexniedra

11-04-2010, 04:25 PM

Cool example, JJ Photo. I would have never guessed your final image would have resulted from a crop of the original. Looks good to me! [Y]

Garrett-Grimsley

11-04-2010, 04:46 PM

I would post some great examples, but my fairly new data hard drive died on me a couple days ago, and I lost all of my photos. Maybe I can do something with a photo that

calulot

11-04-2010, 08:20 PM

Here's my extreme example. Took this with a powershot 2 years ago at the beach house in Hawaii before I really started getting into photography. I believe it was taken as a JPEG image as I didn't know anything about RAW back then. Here is my photoshop take on the pic. I became a big fan of Christian Riese Lassen on the trip thanks to my sister. That is the over-the-top saturated effect I was going for.

Before

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and After

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Jonathan Huyer

11-04-2010, 10:02 PM

Fun thread! I must have missed it the first go-round. This is Cat Creek Falls, in Kananaskis Alberta. I don't usually put this much post-processing into my shots, but I liked what it did in this case.

Before

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After

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Sheiky

11-04-2010, 11:02 PM

Sorry Lars, I had never seen this thread before and I'm loving it!!! Great thread! [:D]

Sometimes I like to do a lot in post-processing, but mostly I keep it simple and "natural". This one needed some:

http://www.actieinbeeld.nl/tdp/halloween1.jpg

I'll post another type of picture as well [;)]

Sheiky

11-04-2010, 11:15 PM

One of my HDR's....the originals: Normal exposure, -2 exposure, +2 exposure

http://www.actieinbeeld.nl/tdp/hdroriginals.jpg

http://www.actieinbeeld.nl/tdp/hdrpost.jpg

bob williams

11-05-2010, 12:12 AM

Jan, Very nice shot.

Here is one of my first successful HDR shots. If I recall, It ranged from +2 to -4ev, 7 shots

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And the Final product---Sorry to those that have seen this before.

http://rwilliamsimaging.com/img/s5/v4/p83817596-4.jpg

HDNitehawk

11-05-2010, 12:44 AM

Does this count?

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After

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ddt0725

11-05-2010, 12:51 AM

Here's couple of my horrendous goofs from the other day at the zoo! It's the result of going from sun to shade to sun to in a building to outside all day long, after awhile I lost track of my settings and almost of my toddler grandchild![:O]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1433/5146853937_aac26eb8c9.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/18085870@N07/5146853937/)http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/5147459140_697697c808.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/18085870@N07/5147459140/)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/5147461244_9b49e0b7ba.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/18085870@N07/5147461244/)http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5146859319_ef4ae05d2f.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/18085870@N07/5146859319/)

bob williams

11-05-2010, 12:56 AM

Does this count?

Ok, Nitehawk, What did you do here and why? Just curious[*-)]---I am guessing I just became the victim of a joke

Bob

bob williams

11-05-2010, 12:57 AM

Denise, Very nice recovery on both images

bob williams

11-05-2010, 12:57 AM

Denise, Very nice recovery on both images

HDNitehawk

11-05-2010, 01:04 AM

Ok, Nitehawk, What did you do here and why? Just curious/emoticons/emotion-42.gif---I am guessing I just became the victim of a joke

Bob

Nah no joke...it was photoshop CS4, colored pencil. Maybe not what OP had in mind. It looks really cool printed off but shrinking it down to post here takes away from it.

Of course, I like it as a picture more. Other than maybe setting the picture style, it came out of the camera just as it looks now.

bob williams

11-05-2010, 11:49 AM

Nah no joke...it was photoshop CS4, colored pencil. Maybe not what OP had in mind. It looks really cool printed off but shrinking it down to post here takes away from it.

Of course, I like it as a picture more. Other than maybe setting the picture style, it came out of the camera just as it looks now.

Oh, OK,----Well, your right it probably doesn't look as good on screen as it did printed---But, If you could brighten the butterfly and increase vibrance a bit, itmight be a pretty cool shot even on screen. Just my 2cw

Thanks for sharing,

Bob

neuroanatomist

11-05-2010, 12:32 PM

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The image I used as an example of backfocusing in the AFMA thread seems like a good candidate for this one as well (the size reduction here masks the fact that the focal plane is behind the eye, despite using spot AF on the eye). It was shot with the 70-300mm DO lens, which due to the diffractive optics really benefits from increasing both the contrast and the sharpness during post processing. I also cropped and changed the orientation, and pushed the saturation a bit to brighten the subject and also add some 'pop' to the little ladybug on the underside of the lily pad.

Before: /cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer-Components-UserFiles/00-00-00-35-15/FrogBefore.jpg

After: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4865911708_053480c87f_z.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/dr_brain/4865911708/in/set-72157624616702164/lightbox/)
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Jayson

11-05-2010, 09:36 PM

I can't find the original, but thought about posting a stacked image.

Focus on the eye was crisp, but not so much the rest of him.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ab_NE46pN8w/TNR28JndUBI/AAAAAAAAAj0/fmqsg81zZaY/s1600/2010_07_30_05706.jpg

I shifted focus slightly and was able to get a little more of the hairs on his back in focus.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ab_NE46pN8w/TNR29ER4ibI/AAAAAAAAAj8/y_QYS8TA6ZM/s1600/2010_07_30_05705.jpg

Here is the resulting image after combining the two photos in photoshop CS5. I was only able to capture two shots as the little guy decided to fly away or I would have maybe a little more in focus. All shots were taken with the Canon 7D, 100mm macro (original), and modified 430 ex II to make the light softer.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ab_NE46pN8w/TNR28gPXqyI/AAAAAAAAAj4/U9m28rB6S24/s1600/Fly.jpg

Hope that was interesting to someone who doesn't understand focus stacking.

Jayson

Baker

11-05-2010, 11:05 PM

Here is a shot I took a couple of months ago

BEFORE

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AFTER

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ddt0725

11-08-2010, 01:34 AM

Tonight I bought the DxO Optics 6 & the Helicon Filter 5.0. Here's a few photos I quickly tried them on ...

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/5156673664_5016f70485.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/18085870@N07/5156673664/)http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/5156031419_0fa8bd3334.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/18085870@N07/5156031419/)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1207/5156678124_3929d5884e.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/18085870@N07/5156678124/)http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1212/5156645020_12f44d2232.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/18085870@N07/5156645020/)http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1371/5156041047_0069012fdd.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/18085870@N07/5156041047/)http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/5156037827_992826c978.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/18085870@N07/5156037827/)http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/5156657736_389c22d5a1.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/18085870@N07/5156657736/)http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1048/5156645800_944265a9f2.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/18085870@N07/5156645800/)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1233/5156687982_d9b34eba52.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/18085870@N07/5156687982/)http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1131/5156025885_6d886c5863.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/18085870@N07/5156025885/)

patham

11-08-2010, 06:58 PM

Here's one I photoshopped quite a bit...taken a few years ago in Piedmont Park, Atlanta.

back then I had just a Canon PowerShot A590 IS

http://patrickdurham.net/img/IMG_1878.jpg

after

http://patrickdurham.net/img/When_the_imaginary_is_real.jpg:

NFLD Stephen

11-08-2010, 10:59 PM

Patham: Like the effect! Never seen this done before but I like it.

Stephen

powers_brent

11-10-2010, 12:44 AM

Before

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After

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/5149954893_aab0e984c6_z.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/brentpowers/5149954893/)

powers_brent

11-10-2010, 12:50 AM

Before

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/4846801804_a83469af24_z.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/brentpowers/4846801804/)

After (vintae film look)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/4845359537_38718623fb_z.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/brentpowers/4845359537/)

Before

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4852109043_228c2f289f.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/brentpowers/4852109043/)

After (no look in particular, just brough out colors, the book title, and textures)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4852726118_b30d4c6703.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/brentpowers/4852726118/)

btaylor

11-10-2010, 09:32 PM

tkerr

11-10-2010, 10:58 PM

Here's one of my grand-daughter taken under very poor lighting conditions.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i39/Tim_Kerr/Misc Blog Images/Nova-BeforeAndAfter.jpg

tkerr

11-10-2010, 11:56 PM

This is one of my step Grand-daughter taken at the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores, NC.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i39/Tim_Kerr/Misc Blog Images/Kayla-BA.jpg

Bill W

11-11-2010, 01:49 PM

Ghoulish Halloween humor and I have a question. The original picture (my library) is a jpeg and I would like to further enhance (sic) the 2nd photo by placing the head at the feet of the children, turned 90* to the right.

I work in CS3....if someone could help me w/the step by step process to make this manipulation, I would appreciate it. I also plan to put a pool of blood around the head.

I promise my nephew and niece will not see their father's head at their feet and the headless torso.

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Thank you

Bill

tkerr

11-11-2010, 03:16 PM

Bill, Before you make the layer to remove the head like you did, make another layer from a selection of the head. Then make your layer and remove the head doing whatever you did to get it like in your second image that way it will be gone and out of your way. Next, activate the layer copy of the head and select the Move tool to move it where you want. if you need to rotate it you can use the free transform or rotate tools. You'll have to smooth and feather the edges too.

Additionally, If you wish to make the blood look more gory / realistic, If CS3 has the same filters as CS4 and CS4 then make a selection of the blood only and create a mask for that selection then go into Filters / Artistic / Plastic Wrap. The Plastic Wrap does a good job of making blood look more realistic and gory. And maybe use the smudge tool to gradually blend/smudge the blood down the sweatshirt.

Bill W

11-11-2010, 04:32 PM

Thanks Tim.......I'll try the layers & mask (my weaknesses) and I hadn't thought about filters and smudge tool for the blood.

If I have satisfactory success, I'll re-post the result.

Edit; I've spent a few minutes w/your suggestion for making gorier, realistic blood. The filters are the same in 3 & 4....I used the smudge first, then plastic wrap, adjusted color, then tried water paper. The water paper filter resulted in a blood spattering effect.....very nice looking in conjunction w/the other tools. The effect is better in the whole pic.

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Now it's on to layers, masking and moving....wish me luck.

Regards,

Bill

tkerr

11-11-2010, 07:02 PM

Good Luck!

Working with layers and layer masks is still one of my weak points with Photoshop, but I am learning. There is so much more you can do, more than many people can possibly imagine, when utilizing them right. Playing around with the various filters is fun also.

Here is an example of me working on the Rosette Nebula.

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i39/Tim_Kerr/Misc Blog Images/handsfree.jpg

Here is my 6 month old grand daughter for Halloween.
http://api.photoshop.com/v1.0/accounts/e308b554104a49c9973e1e35131b193c/assets/b24a2850682b4fa190573b5b37a62ba9/renditions/1024.jpg?md=1285954779000

Lars

11-11-2010, 07:09 PM

It's really interesting to see the different styles people apply to their images. Great thread! Here's one of mine, took a very long time to clone out the old car left of frame. This is from an engagement shoot I did a little while back. I'm shooting the wedding in 2 weeks.

Thanks for looking!

Before:

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After:

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This was a great effect. I would be delighted to know what software and filters/adjustment you did to create the image. I tend to be too careful when I post-process images, and have never managed something like this...

Lars

Bill W

11-11-2010, 07:18 PM

Tim....just a bit disconnected while working on the nebula? And your granddaughter has quite the choppers for 6 months....if I remember correctly JJphoto is a dentist....maybe he can help.

Yeah, layers and masking are going to take me longer......love that step back option.

tkerr

11-11-2010, 08:42 PM

Bill, I see something else in you latest picture. I can see the edge outline! You can probably fix that using a selection tool, modify the selection to expand it, and then smooth and feather. or you can use the blur tool. But I would probably prefer something like the color dodge or color burn tools and lightly brush over them to blend those edges better.

DavidEccleston

11-19-2010, 05:23 AM

Joey, as shot - for a 1/4 second at 18mm, f/3.5, ISO 6400 using 18-55mm IS kit lens, Auto White Balance

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/5188542839_10bb821f86_b.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/15493374@N03/5188542839/)

White balance tweaked via color temperature slider then "Tune" button to adjust for tint. Chroma noise reduction maxed, and luma noise reduction increased slightly. Very slight pull down with curves.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4126/5189123990_beb9ab14fb_b.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/15493374@N03/5189123990/)

Saturation increased, contrast increased, curve used to bring highlights down quickly, and a small boost applied to shadows.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1307/5188523155_c199de6960_b.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/15493374@N03/5188523155/)

Kayaker72

11-19-2010, 10:37 PM

Ok, so my first "real" attempt to post process something. Other pics the Osprey was more centered, but also out of focus.

Canon 7D, 100-400L at 400mm, 1/1000th, f/11, ISO 400

Before:

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After adjusting brightness, contrast and mid-tone in Microsoft Office Picture Manager ([:D]). I'll try DPP and Photoshop, but I did this quickly this morning and liked the results.

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tkerr

11-20-2010, 01:26 AM

A Before and After of a Full Moon Rise over the trees and power lines.
Using Photoshop CS5e I did a little content Aware fill using paths to remove the power lines, a little Faux HDR Toning to bring out the detail and contrast within the trees, and then finally a little levels adjustment to fine tune the mid-tone contrast a touch.

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lculpin

11-20-2010, 01:29 AM

Keith B

11-22-2010, 07:01 PM

Just retouched this last night.

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tkerr

11-22-2010, 08:07 PM

One thing I might have done would be to correct the lens distortion that is noticeable in the windows and the back corner.

Sheiky

11-22-2010, 08:16 PM

Haha at first I didn't even notice the fountain [A] That's some heavy photoshopping....I'm pretty sure I could never have done anything like that [:|]

Keith B

11-22-2010, 08:41 PM

Haha at first I didn't even notice the fountain /emoticons/emotion-13.gif That's some heavy photoshopping....I'm pretty sure I could never have done anything like that /emoticons/emotion-8.gif

Thanks Jan.

One thing I might have done would be to correct the lens distortion that is noticeable in the windows and the back corner.

I'm not that skilled.

tkerr

11-22-2010, 09:00 PM

One thing I might have done would be to correct the lens distortion that is noticeable in the windows and the back corner.
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I'm not that skilled.
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You should be able to use ACR to correct that. it should have your Camera and Lens profile to help with those kind of things, or you can do it manually with a simple adjustment of the distortion slider.

Daniel Browning

11-22-2010, 09:37 PM

Keith B

11-22-2010, 11:12 PM

One thing I might have done would be to correct the lens distortion that is noticeable in the windows and the back corner.

I don't think that's lens distortion -- just perspective (AKA rectilinear) distortion.

Yeah it is definitely perspective skew. I forget if I was using the 24-70 or 16-35 but it was shot at 27mm and I was up high and tilted down. I tend to like perspective skewing at times so I didn't bother fixing it for myself and since the client didn't mention it so I left it. They just wanted the fountain to look "beautiful". In hind sight I guess that window could have been straightened a little.

Sheiky

11-22-2010, 11:16 PM

They just wanted the fountain to look "beautiful".

I think you did a great job...just out of curiosity: could you hint a bit to the actions you have made on it? Don't need to know the entire process, but an ideaon how it's been done would be very much appreciated [:D]

ddt0725

11-23-2010, 12:21 AM

BEFORE:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4128/5200587122_7446981013_z.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/18085870@N07/5200587122/)

AFTER:

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http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4110/5193261725_c40125925d_z.jpg ("http://www.flickr.com/photos/18085870@N07/5193261725/)

Keith B

11-23-2010, 02:45 AM

I think you did a great job...just out of curiosity: could you hint a bit to the actions you have made on it? Don't need to know the entire process, but an ideaon how it's been done would be very much appreciated /emoticons/emotion-2.gif

Thanks Jan!

Well I after I tried all the easy stuff I thought might work, I realized I was going to have to do it the hard way.

I copied the layer, inverted the colors then played with the hue&saturation until the rusty sections looked close to the yellowish color the clean sections were. Then I added a layer mask and filled it with black. Then with white as the foreground color I reverse painted over it to fill it with the altered layer. This takes a lot of brush flow and resizing changes to get all the different areas right. It is time consuming but worth it. There were some areas that just out right needed to be repainted so I make a new layer select a color from the clean areas and lightly brush it in. I use some gaussian and motion blurs to make them blend nicely, sometimes create a layer mask a brush it to feather some spots.

To smooth out some of the clunky blue spots I copied the layer, do a heavy dust and scratch + gaussian blur + noise + gaussian blur. Then I add a layer mask fill it with black then paint with white over the problem areas and now you know all my (not so) secrets for fixing skin too.

There was some other "touch" stuff done also to even colors out, like dodging and burning.

Sheiky

08-20-2011, 12:27 PM

My mother in law has this old picture of my father in law in her '67 VW Beetle. In the years it's quite damaged by the elements and a small kid. It was the only copy of that photo and my girlfriend asked me to try to "repair" it, while keeping the vintage look. Here's my edit: (it's not that smooth on 100%, but it's originally a 2*3" photo and that's what I was aiming for again)

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6080/6061288547_3670d08b32_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janpaalman/6061288547/)
Reviving the old man (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janpaalman/6061288547/) by Jan Paalman (http://www.flickr.com/people/janpaalman/), on Flickr

William

08-21-2011, 02:50 PM

Nice work Jan. I

andnowimbroke

08-21-2011, 04:20 PM

When in the Netherlands ... ;)

William

08-21-2011, 11:51 PM

Gotcha [:P]

bouwy

08-23-2011, 03:07 AM

When in the Netherlands ... ;)

Gotcha

LOL

JohnU

08-23-2011, 06:11 AM

This thread inspired me to play with DPP. After a long evening, I'm very pleased with my results. I suppose I'll have to make many garish adjustments before I awaken from my post-processing stupor.

Many thanks,
* * * John

Sheiky

10-16-2012, 07:24 PM

I'll bump this thread up a bit. I tried to color an old B&W image last week. This is the original and the result:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8332/8082873188_9be8aaea99_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janpaalman/8082873188/)
My grandparents original (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janpaalman/8082873188/) by Jan Paalman (http://www.flickr.com/people/janpaalman/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8045/8082851746_6e22f1778e_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janpaalman/8082851746/)
My grandparents (http://www.flickr.com/photos/janpaalman/8082851746/) by Jan Paalman (http://www.flickr.com/people/janpaalman/), on Flickr

The process:

This image needed quite some work. 10 hours so far to be exact, but I must say that I was new to all of this. The PSD file is 1.4 GB and the image has 30 layers on top of the original file.

The coloring itself isn't actually that hard. It is done by adding a color balance layer and masking the area's that you want to "paint". With each color balance layer you need to create your own color and I think this is the hardest part. To get the colors right. The layer exists of a 3 tones color balance. You can set a specific color for shadows, highlights and mid-tones. For most of the layers I kept it easy and just worked with one of the tones.

btaylor

10-16-2012, 10:21 PM

Gees Jan you've done a really good job there! It almost looks like a painting. That must've been painstaking work. Good stuff mate.

TheRoff

10-17-2012, 02:21 PM

WOW Sheiky that is a great job. Lots of detailed work there. Nice one.

Lary

ddt0725

10-17-2012, 03:19 PM

Very nice work, Jan! This must have taken you quite awhile to do!

Sheiky

10-17-2012, 07:08 PM

Thanks! I added a little explanation on how to do this. I told my brother about this last thursday night and he offered to help me. We started friday night and we finished saterday afternoon. I estimate about 10 hours of work. There are still a few things that I want to change, but I like the result so far already.
It is very very hard to get the right colors. Also all the details take lots of time to paint and paint around. I guess you can all see the 100% file on Flickr? You will also notice a specific grain, that is because it is a scan of a photo and the grain is the structure of the paper.
The grain and also the softness of the original make it look even more like a painting.
Anyway I enjoyed it a lot and if I see more opportunities that are worth it I will definitely try again. Thanks!

ddt0725

11-04-2012, 05:32 PM

Practicing a few more photo manipulations in photoshop this morning. I think this is the best thread going for me to put my crazy over the top concoctions in ...LOL!

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Sheiky

11-04-2012, 06:30 PM

ddt0725

11-04-2012, 06:57 PM

Wow! Very cool work Denise! I really like it and would say it looks very real to me. The only thing that bothers me is the thickness and headangles of the canvas. The size and angled lines just don't look right.

Edit: it's mainly the bottom thickness(not so much the sides). Too much of the bottom is visible for this angle to look truly.
Still I would applaude you for the processing in these shots. Nice!

Keep the crazy coming;)I completely agree with you, Jan! I knew something just wasn't right but couldn't place exactly where I went wrong. These were the first two I did using the easel and it is quite the photoshop learning curve. If I try it again, at least now I know where to fix it. Thanks!

Sheiky

11-04-2012, 07:18 PM

ddt0725

11-04-2012, 07:49 PM

I bet it was quite a learning curve! I wouldn't know how to replicate your work that's for sure.
If you still have the psd files with layers it's quite an easy fix. Just mask half(for example) of the bottom part and add a few new lines, one on the left, one on the bottom and one on the right side.

How exactly did you process the photos by the way?I already closed up the file and only saved the jpeg of the manipulated photo :(

I came across the "how-to" on this website ....
http://www.photoshopstar.com/photo-effects/turning-photos-oil-paintings/

Lots of cool tutorials here and I hope to try a number of them!

btaylor

11-05-2012, 07:27 AM

Nice one Denise - I agree with Jan, the bottom edge is a bit wide but otherwise they're great.

Thought I'd post a couple of before and afters to show the power of RAW files and the hidden details you can drag out of them. There are no colours etc masked on top of these images (i.e. to make the sky blue etc) but I have applied a couple of graduated filters, contrast, clarity and highlights/shadows adjustments. I don't normally have any sort of standard workflow, mostly trial and error. All done in Adobe Lightroom 4.2 and just the text added in Adobe Photoshop CS6

Before:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7257/8157098932_8e54b609e1_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ben_taylor_au/8157098932/)
The other side unprocessed-6684 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ben_taylor_au/8157098932/) by Ben__Taylor (http://www.flickr.com/people/ben_taylor_au/), on Flickr

After:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7271/8152540777_7fde0e2c25_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ben_taylor_au/8152540777/)
The Other Side (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ben_taylor_au/8152540777/) by Ben__Taylor (http://www.flickr.com/people/ben_taylor_au/), on Flickr

Before:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7277/8157065461_0afbb42d43_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ben_taylor_au/8157065461/)
Sole Survivor Unprocessed-6673 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ben_taylor_au/8157065461/) by Ben__Taylor (http://www.flickr.com/people/ben_taylor_au/), on Flickr

After:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7115/8153415703_262867d1a5_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ben_taylor_au/8153415703/)
Sole Survivor (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ben_taylor_au/8153415703/) by Ben__Taylor (http://www.flickr.com/people/ben_taylor_au/), on Flickr

Sheiky

11-06-2012, 06:03 PM

I already closed up the file and only saved the jpeg of the manipulated photo :(

I came across the "how-to" on this website ....
http://www.photoshopstar.com/photo-effects/turning-photos-oil-paintings/

Lots of cool tutorials here and I hope to try a number of them!
That's too bad Denise. The tutorial is really nice, thanks for sharing!

@Ben, WHAT!!!!??? Lol I always knew you were good with photoshop, but I also imagined the Aussie landscape to be much more interesting than my place. Your photoshop work looks amazing. You really should teach us(or only me) some of your moves, this is really good. By the way, big thumbs up for the compositions, they are very well done.

btaylor

11-06-2012, 10:41 PM

Ah thanks a lot Jan. If I get a chance I'll put together a bit of a workflow on one of these to show what I've done. Pretty sure the editing history will still be in lightroom.

The landscape out here is highly variable, probably because it's such a big expanse of land. There's some really incredible spots but plenty of flat areas with very little vegetation, particularly where we live.

Poik

11-06-2012, 11:18 PM

Here are a couple:

Before:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7279/8162619535_3edaff9979_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericolsson/8162619535/)
Sören through the screen door (before) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericolsson/8162619535/) by Poik242 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ericolsson/), on Flickr

After:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8201/8152279168_fc279c299e_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericolsson/8152279168/)
Sören through the screen door (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericolsson/8152279168/) by Poik242 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ericolsson/), on Flickr

Before:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7276/8162601453_3494cc2394_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericolsson/8162601453/)
Priest Lake evening (before) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericolsson/8162601453/) by Poik242 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ericolsson/), on Flickr

After:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7265/8152277112_102cd5d227_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericolsson/8152277112/)
Priest Lake evening (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericolsson/8152277112/) by Poik242 (http://www.flickr.com/people/ericolsson/), on Flickr

andnowimbroke

11-06-2012, 11:40 PM

That looks entirely different. Really like the final image.

ddt0725

11-07-2012, 03:24 PM

@Ben and Eric - Those really are fantastic! That transformation of the evening lake shot is amazing, Eric!

ddt0725

11-07-2012, 03:33 PM

I have so many old photos that I never did anything with until recently. Here are a few ...

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http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7257/8164208982_1cf451a1ba_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtrociophotography/8164208982/)
Eye of the Tiger (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtrociophotography/8164208982/) by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com) (http://www.flickr.com/people/dtrociophotography/), on Flickr

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http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7248/8156781314_a7c58926d8_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtrociophotography/8156781314/)
Siberian Tiger (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dtrociophotography/8156781314/) by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com) (http://www.flickr.com/people/dtrociophotography/), on Flickr