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[Sheiky]

Good work Jan! I might have a go at this same process with one of my shots.
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Thanks Ben, I have done a new one and the process is nowhere near this long [:P] The result is of course a bit different, but the glowing edges are reduces I think, without getting the blank pixels. Which was actually my own fault...had a wrong layer-arrangement I think.

I would try using the tight crop, but expanding its actual size to 102% or so. Win win.

Interesting...but to be honest I have no idea how I have to do this [:$]


Latest result, which I'm fairly happy with:

[Richard Lane]

That looks great Jan, I would love to learn how to do this. Maybe I

[ddt0725]

You lost me in the first round of "how to

[MrGreenBug]

Hi Jan!


Thank you for the very well detailed how-to

[Richard Lane]

Kudos to Jan!

Kudos to the Photographer too!


Rich

[MrGreenBug]

[] Thanks Rich!

[Sheiky]

Thanks a lot for the nice responses everyone []

I would love to learn how to do this. Maybe I'll have some time this winter.
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It's quite easy. Photoshop is actually an easy program. It is done by steps, and mostly by a lot fo steps which makes it hard to use [:P] But the individual changes are quite simple.


My latest edit seems to be in favor and it's actually a lot simpler than I had imagined. So everyone ignore the big 10+ step thing on how to do it []

You lost me in the first round of "how to's"! I thought the first photo fix was great but this last one is fantastic!


One of these days, I'll learn how to do some of this ...maybe it's another one to add to my winter projects list!

Well since my latest edit was done quite more simplistic than the first, it's not hard to learn how to. And actually I search a lot on Youtube as well [] You can buy a book and read about the million things Photoshop can offer you and so learn 999.999 things too much. Or you could quickly learn the basics/menu etc... and look for indivdual and specific stuff on Youtube or a book. It's better not to try photoshopping without an idea of what you want to achieve. If you have some sort of idea in your head, photoshopping isn't too hard. At least....it shouldn't always be []

Maybe the blank pixels on the last two edits will not be noticeable if the photo is resized to 800x600 or something not relatively large.


Great work Jan. Now I gotta get some time to try out your how-to. I'm sure many of us in here learned something from you. I'm sure I learned a lot.

I agree with you on the blank pixels. They're probably invisible at smaller scale. It might work for this one, but there might be a picture in the future where you'd need the full potential. So always strive for perfection []


I will post both processes in a new post to keep it clear. Hope I could learn you guys some things. Thanks for letting me do this! [Y]

Kudos to the Photographer too!

BIG KUDOS!!! [Y]

[Sheiky]

Alright so here are the Photoshop PSD files of both processes. They are between 30 and 35MB per file. Good luck and if there are any questions, don't hestitate to ask! Than I can look on Youtube and figure out the answers [] Click on the links for a download, if it's not working. Let me know.


PSD of the first Process


PSD of the second Process


Good luck! And if you can come up with something better....show us! []

[MrGreenBug]

Thank you Jan!


Yes, if any of you would like to try, just PM me and I can send you the file. On second thought, maybe we can play around Jan