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Photo Manip Anonymous
First time in /p/ here. I do a bit of freelance stuff, just wanted some comments/tips. (I only have the ability/funds for digital. I'd like to get into developing my own manual stuff.)

I'm just wondering do most people do editing beyond cropping to an image? Anything I take I usually take straight from camera and just crop/border/resize. Wondering what the norm was.
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>> Anonymous
Most people, don't add borders and their name for one, Also most paid photographers use either film or DSLR's, so they can be flexible depending on the requirements.

Also DSLR's don't oversharpen and overcontrast, (and oversaturate up the picture)
So in photoshop most of the time, I would sharpen, adjust the levels, maybe play with the curve, color balance if the Auto white balance had ever screwed up, Clone out things like hot spots or minor inconsistant details.

Depends on the camera and what the picture is for.
>> Anonymous
>>31356

Only reason I add the border and name is due to a few thefts before, and people claiming my images as theirs. I'm not doing anything professional, so I dont really care about border/name being there.

I have a fujifilm finepix s5100 as my only camera (not too well off, can't afford anything nicer).

Thanks for the tips.
>> Anonymous
>>I'm just wondering do most people do editing beyond cropping to an image? Anything I take I usually take straight from camera and just crop/border/resize. Wondering what the norm was.
unsharp mask is quite essential, apply it every time you resize an image. color curves are also important to adjust the contrast to your preference

for black and white processing, use the channel mixer and not the desaturation tool
>> Anonymous
>>31378
not OP can you give tips on the channel mixer?

like when to use Red, or Green, or Blue to convert to monochrome?
cause I try to use it every once in a while but its almost impossible to tell how its going to look before you click that monochrome button...
>> Jay
I'm far from being a professional and I'm far from owning a decent Digital camera (Sony DSC-P400 7.2MP that I got FREE at Best Buy). Being on a lot of car forums, I see a lot of pictures, both professional and amateur, and I've noted the subtle and not-so-subtle differences that make a really good picture stand out from the rest.

Putting aside the fact that some people just can't set up a good shot to begin with. I find that even an average picture can be manipulated in photoshop to bring out some of the detail. I have, in a way, been able to reproduce the same quality I see in some of the best pictures, even with my cheap little camera.

First off, if you happen to be using a camera like mine, you'll find that the biggest nightmare is low light as well as any pictures that are designed to stop of produce motion, all due to the lack of an F-stop and shutter speed control. The best subjects have little motion on the stage as well as in the picture. Finding a location and time of day that produce the absolute best lighting makes all the difference because I cannot filter any of this out during the shot. I found there is ONE major difference between SLRs and point+shoot cameras. You can produce the scene with SLRs, you have to bring the scene to point+shoot. If you are freelance you're not always given the opportunity to set things up just right.

Once the picture is taken (at the camera's highest resolution). I only use photoshop briefly. I adjust the levels (all colors at once) to produce the best detail. Obviously, the photographer's needs change a lot at this point depending on what they want the final product to look like. I go for high contrast levels that are most appealing to the subject.

As far as borders go, I prefer a black border 5-10px wide. I think it makes it stand out better when viewed online.

Anyway, that's my POV.
>> Anonymous
>>31379
no idea what channel to use primary, it depends on the photo. try splitting up a photo into the three color channels (into b/w), and you'll see what part of the scene gives lower or higher contrast with the different channels
>> nurgenfurgen
cropping is essential to take focus onto specific details, yet adding to that, is also contrast, and brightness levels, usually digital editing of brightness is terrible, but this is going in the digital photography line, just use a good program that your os can handle i suppose, that is for photomanipulation
>> Otherwise Anonymous !R09./old82
My workflow for scanned b&w negatives:
- touch up scratches and spots *
- adjust levels
- adjust brightness/contrast *
- additional masked levels/b/c adjust **
- rotate to fix sloping **
- skew to fix perspective **
- crop
- sharpen/unsharp mask *
- scale to web resolution
- sharpen/unsharp mask *
- add border

Points marked with * are optional (as in only if needed), or very optional for **. Sharpen/unsharp mask is there twice - it's sometimes more beneficial to sharpen before scaling down rather than after (and I need the full res files sharp for digital printing anyway).

>> ?00 !XBOXgikTFw
What I usually do is:

• Set proof colors (for print or web)
• Rotate and/or skew if needed
• Crop
• Fix levels
• Fix curves
• Tweak saturation
• Probably end up readjusting curves
• Clean up with clone/healing brush and other crap if needed
• Resize if needed
• Resist adding a border

If you plan to crop, never fix levels and curves before it, as elements that will be cut off later might have a negative influence on the part you focus on.
>> angrylittleboy !wrJcGUHncE
Besides cropping and resizing, it's usually

-levels
-color balance
-sharpness
-saturation
>> Otherwise Anonymous !R09./old82
>>31505If you plan to crop, never fix levels and curves before it, as elements that will be cut off later might have a negative influence on the part you focus on.
I don't really see any difference. I rarely need to do some more heavy cropping, and I have the general idea of how I want to crop before. Quite to the contrary, in some cases seeing the whole frame adjusted properly helps me adjust the cropping area better.
>> Anonymous
>>31344