tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3836660127917936362024-03-08T15:57:08.396+08:00Visual Playground<a href="http://markuss5.blogspot.com/search/label/Photography">Photography</a>
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<a href="http://markuss5.blogspot.com">http://markuss5.blogspot.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383666012791793636.post-51324862342454176312008-12-12T16:18:00.006+08:002008-12-12T21:18:50.048+08:00Images & Photoshop FilesTo all who want to follow my tutorials, you can download the original images and Photoshop PSD files here.<br /><br />The files are archive using "RAR" format. You can download WinRAR archiver for <a href="http://www.rarlab.com/">free</a> if you ever need one.<br /><span id="fullpost"><br />Tutorials and download links:<br /><br />1. <a href="http://markuss5.blogspot.com/2008/12/from-snapshot-to-great-photo.html">From A Snapshot To A Great Photo Tutorial </a><br /> Download <a href="http://cid-85c939c0170ae014.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/From%20A%20Snapshot%20To%20A%20Great%20Photo%20Tutorial%20Files/From%20Snapshot%20to%20a%20Great%20Photo.rar">here</a> (30MB).<br />PDF Format <a href="http://cid-85c939c0170ae014.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/From%20A%20Snapshot%20To%20A%20Great%20Photo%20Tutorial%20Files/From%7C_A%7C_Snapshot%7C_To%7C_A%7C_Great%7C_Photo%7C_Stage%7C_One.pdf">here</a> (1.1MB)<br />Good luck and happy Photoshopping!<br /><br /><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383666012791793636.post-56684039744733802042008-12-09T11:26:00.044+08:002014-07-22T01:26:41.474+08:00From A Snapshot To A Great Photo : Stage One<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Taking pictures of people and places during street dancing festivals can be very colorful and fun.<br />
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We all get very excited clicking here and there, imagining how wonderful the costumes would come out in our pictures, how proud we would be of our prints, how exotic the dancers would look.<br />
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All the excitement and hopes soon fade away as soon as we get the prints- unfortunately. This is because we tend to get so caught up in the moment that<br />
in most cases, all we have are snapshots.<br />
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Before anything else;<br />
<span id="fullpost"><br />Some of the tools that I have used in this tutorial:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">ScreenPrint32</span> - I used it for screen printing. You can download free for unlimited use on their <a href="http://www.provtech.co.uk/software/screenprint32.asp">website</a>.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rule of Thirds</span> - An action script from <a href="http://panosfx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=183&Itemid=27">PanosFX</a>. Download file and unzip to a folder and rename it as Photoshop Action Script so you can locate it easily for later use. (Check my tutorial on the "Rule of Third" <a href="http://markuss5.blogspot.com/2008/05/photoshop-simple-tutorial-on-rule-of.html">here</a> using this script.<br /><br />Photoshop shortcut keys:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E</span> - Merge visible layers into a separate layer and place it on top of the layer pallete.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />[ ]</span>- Reduce or Maximize brush diameter.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Spacebar</span> - Panning.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />B</span> - Brush<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ctrl+Shift+I</span> - Inverse selection.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">X</span> - Foreground and background color toggle.<br /><br />This is the original photo I took on the "Pintaflores" street dancing festival last November in San Carlos City Negros, Philippines. I really like this photo, a beautiful dancer with a great costume, an appropriate material for this tutorial.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markuss5/3097210005/" title="10 by markuss5, on Flickr"><img alt="10" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/3097210005_a35c6acf4c.jpg" height="333" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Now let us take a moment to identify on how to improve this photo.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Exposure</span> - Is a little bit underexposed on the subject's part. If I hadn't been too lazy, I could have snagged the shot. I was in a sort of dilemma at that time if I should bring my external flash. I opted for the beer instead (which is the right thing to do) so I can take pictures with a single hand.:)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Composition</span> - Too centered for my taste and the guy on the left did not help with the overall balance.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Background</span> - Very busy. I could have blurred the background with a shallower DoF but at that time it was blurred enough for me!hic....<br /><br />The remaining enhancements will be for the next stage of this tutorial just so you'll come back for more.:)<br /></span><span id="fullpost">Now let's roll out our sleeves and go to work!<br /><br />You can download a copy by clicking the image above for use in this tutorial only. Open your Photoshop and remember to duplicate the background by dragging the layer to "Create a new layer" button below the layer pallete or you can press/hold Ctrl+J keys.</span><span id="fullpost"><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markuss5/3097162823/" title="11 by markuss5, on Flickr"><img alt="11" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3108/3097162823_3434f133df.jpg" height="404" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Locate the file "Rule of Thirds Cropping" where you unzipped the action script by pressing the "Load Action" option.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markuss5/3097163339/" title="12 by markuss5, on Flickr"><img alt="12" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3296/3097163339_e3e59acdbe.jpg" height="404" width="500" /></a><br /><br />When loaded, highlight the script and press "Play Selection" and wait for the script to run completely until a yellow grid appears.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markuss5/3097163787/" title="13 by markuss5, on Flickr"><img alt="13" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3054/3097163787_b9014b1483.jpg" height="404" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Rotate grid by click/drag mouse cursor just outside the yellow rectangle and resize by dragging transform toggles on corners and middle sections of the grid. (You can retain the image size ration by press/hold the "Shift" key at the same time.)<br /><br />When done, read and follow the instructions until the action script is finished.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markuss5/3097164385/" title="14 by markuss5, on Flickr"><img alt="14" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/3097164385_87ea36764a.jpg" height="404" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Adjust "Level" values as indicated focusing on the background. Check/Uncheck the preview check box to compare the effect. The purpose of this step is to minimize the effect of the background.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markuss5/3097164939/" title="15 by markuss5, on Flickr"><img alt="15" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3112/3097164939_1e720f098c.jpg" height="404" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Carefully mask the background using brush in "Quick Mask Mode"and make sure that the foreground color is black.<br /><br />Do not worry if you go beyond the edges. Just press "X" key to change the foreground to white and brush the excess to erase the mask. This should be a challenge on your masking skills specially on the headress part.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markuss5/3098005506/" title="16 by markuss5, on Flickr"><img alt="16" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3137/3098005506_63ff1655d6.jpg" height="404" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Deactivate "Quick Mask Mode" by clicking the button once. Automatically it will change into a selection. It is a good idea to save the selection by clicking "Select" tab and pick "Save Selection" option. Apply layer mask as shown below.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markuss5/3097166335/" title="17 by markuss5, on Flickr"><img alt="17" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3040/3097166335_a1619bdf90.jpg" height="404" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Merge layers by press/hold "Ctrl+Alt+Shit+E" into a separate layer. Then apply gaussian blur to further diminish the background making the subject stand out.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markuss5/3098006442/" title="18 by markuss5, on Flickr"><img alt="18" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/3098006442_06d15ff5f3.jpg" height="404" width="500" /></a><br /><br />To isolate the effect only on the background, we will apply a layer mask. But first, right click on the "Levels" layer mask thumbnail and select "Add layer mask to selection", highlight the topmost layer and while pressing the "Shit" key, click "Add Vector Mask" at the bottom of the layers pallette.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markuss5/3098006916/" title="19 by markuss5, on Flickr"><img alt="19" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3159/3098006916_744dedcfb0.jpg" height="404" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markuss5/3097167821/" title="20 by markuss5, on Flickr"><img alt="20" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3067/3097167821_db027fa44d.jpg" height="404" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Too much blurring will produce halos at the edges. To fix that we will reduce the opacity of thelayer to minimize the blur effect.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markuss5/3098008002/" title="21 by markuss5, on Flickr"><img alt="21" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/3098008002_7c6b0fbef6.jpg" height="404" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Merge layers, then darken the image by using "Levels" and apply a mask to restrict the effectonly on the background.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markuss5/3097169103/" title="22 by markuss5, on Flickr"><img alt="22" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3197/3097169103_aa0dff8d8c.jpg" height="404" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Apply "Curves" to enhance the contrast as shown.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markuss5/3098009190/" title="23 by markuss5, on Flickr"><img alt="23" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3225/3098009190_76f0f68f4f.jpg" height="404" width="500" /></a><br /><br />There are many ways to sharpen an image. But for this tutorial, we will use the "High Pass" sharpening filter.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markuss5/3098009828/" title="24 by markuss5, on Flickr"><img alt="24" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3187/3098009828_9cedbbe83c.jpg" height="404" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Finally, crop the image as desired. In my case, I prefer the 8 x 10 ratio.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markuss5/3097170869/" title="25 by markuss5, on Flickr"><img alt="25" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3194/3097170869_f6e5199067.jpg" height="404" width="500" /></a><br /><br />And voila! We are done.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markuss5/3097161947/" title="26 by markuss5, on Flickr"><img alt="26" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3002/3097161947_7c26ac715d.jpg" height="400" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Stay tuned for the Stage Two of this tutorial. Ciao...</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383666012791793636.post-26952475227796882662008-07-04T23:43:00.005+08:002008-07-05T00:33:26.210+08:00Adobe Camera Raw 4.4 and Lightroom 1.4<span style="">List of cameras supported by Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 4.4</span><br /><span id="fullpost"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.canon.com/">Canon</a> :</span><br /> EOS-1D<br /> EOS-1Ds<br /> EOS-1D Mark II<br /> EOS 1D Mark II N<br /> EOS-1Ds Mark II<br /> EOS-1D Mark III<br /> EOS-1Ds Mark III<br /> EOS 10D<br /> EOS 20D<br /> EOS 20Da<br /> EOS 30D<br /> EOS 40D<br /> EOS 5D<br /> EOS D30<br /> EOS D60<br /> EOS 300D (Digital Rebel/Kiss Digital)<br /> EOS Rebel XT (EOS 350D/EOS Kiss Digital N)<br /> EOS 400D (Rebel XTi/EOS Kiss Digital X)<br /> EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi/EOS Kiss X2)<br /> PowerShot 600<br /> PowerShot A5<br /> PowerShot A50<br /> PowerShot Pro 1<br /> PowerShot S30<br /> PowerShot S40<br /> PowerShot S45<br /> PowerShot S50<br /> PowerShot S60<br /> PowerShot S70<br /> PowerShot G1<br /> PowerShot G2<br /> PowerShot G3<br /> PowerShot G5<br /> PowerShot G6<br /> PowerShot G9<br /> PowerShot Pro70<br /> PowerShot Pro90 IS<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.contaxcameras.co.uk/">Contax</a> :</span><br /> N Digital<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.buyepson.co.uk/Catalog/BrowseProduct.aspx?Cat=Digital%20Photography&level1=PRODUCTS01&level2=Digital%20Photography">Epson</a> :</span><br /> R-D1<br /> R-D1s<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/">Fujifilm</a> :</span><br /> FinePix E900<br /> FinePix F700<br /> FinePix IS-1<br /> FinePix S100 FS<br /> FinePix S2 Pro<br /> FinePix S5 Pro<br /> FinePix S3 Pro<br /> FinePix S20 Pro<br /> FinePix S5000 Z<br /> FinePix S5200/5600<br /> FinePix S6000fd/S6500fd<br /> FinePix S7000 Z<br /> FinePix S9000/9500<br /> FinePix S9100/9600<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://digitalcameras.kodak.com/">Kodak</a> :</span><br /> DCS 14n<br /> DCS Pro 14nx<br /> DCS720x<br /> DCS760<br /> DCS Pro SLR/n<br /> EasyShare P712<br /> EasyShare P850<br /> EasyShare P880<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://ca.konicaminolta.com/products/consumer/digital_camera/dimage/index.html">Konica Minolta</a> :</span><br /> Alpha Sweet Digital (Japan)<br /> Alpha-5 Digital (China)<br /> DiMAGE A1<br /> DiMAGE A2<br /> DiMAGE A200<br /> DiMAGE 5<br /> DiMAGE 7<br /> DiMAGE 7i<br /> DiMAGE 7Hi<br /> Maxxum Dynax 5D (Europe)<br /> Maxxum 5D (USA)<br /> Maxxum 7D/Dynax 7D<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.leaf-photography.com/">Leaf</a> :</span><br /> Aptus 17<br /> Aptus 22<br /> Aptus 54s<br /> Aptus 65<br /> Aptus 75<br /> Aptus 75s<br /> Valeo 6<br /> Valeo 11<br /> Valeo 17<br /> Valeo 22<br /><br /><a href="http://www.leica.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Leica</span></a> :<br /> D-Lux 2<br /> D-Lux 3<br /> Digilux 2<br /> Digilux 3<br /> V-LUX 1<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.mamiya.com/">Mamiya</a> :</span><br /> ZD<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://imaging.nikon.com/products/imaging/index.htm">Nikon</a> :</span><br /> D1<br /> D1H<br /> D1X<br /> D100<br /> D200<br /> D2H<br /> D2Hs<br /> D2X<br /> D2Xs<br /> D3<br /> D300<br /> D40<br /> D40x<br /> D50<br /> D60<br /> D70<br /> D70s<br /> D80<br /> Coolpix 5000<br /> Coolpix 5400<br /> Coolpix 5700<br /> Coolpix 8400<br /> Coolpix 8700<br /> Coolpix 8800<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.olympus.co.uk/">Olympus</a> :</span><br /> E-1<br /> E-3<br /> E-10<br /> E-20<br /> EVOLT E-300<br /> EVOLT E 330<br /> EVOLT E-400<br /> EVOLT E-500<br /> EVOLT E-510<br /> C-5050 Zoom<br /> C-5060 Zoom<br /> C-7070 Wide Zoom<br /> C-8080 Wide Zoom<br /> SP-310<br /> SP-320<br /> SP-350<br /> SP-570 UZ<br /> E-410<br /> SP-500UZ<br /> SP-510 UZ<br /> SP-550 UZ<br /> SP-560 UZ<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/shop/Cameras-Camcorders.75045_11002_7000000000000005702">Panasonic</a> :</span><br /> DMC-FZ30<br /> DMC-FZ50<br /> DMC-L1<br /> DMC-LC1<br /> DMC-L10<br /> DMC-LX1<br /> DMC-LX2<br /> Lumix DMC-FZ8<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.pentaximaging.com/"> Pentax</a> :</span><br /> *ist D<br /> *ist DL<br /> *ist DL2<br /> *ist DS<br /> *ist DS2s<br /> K10D (PEF)<br /> K100D<br /> K100D Super<br /> K110D<br /> K20D (PEF)<br /> K200D (PEF)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.phaseone.com/camera/">Phase One</a> :</span><br /> H 20<br /> H 25<br /> P 20<br /> P 20+<br /> P 21<br /> P 21+<br /> P 25<br /> P25+<br /> P 30<br /> P 30+<br /> P 45<br /> P 45+<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.samsungcamera.com/">Samsung</a> :</span><br /> GX 1S<br /> GX-1L<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.sigmaphoto.com/cameras/">Sigma</a> :</span><br /> SD9<br /> SD10<br /> SD14<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=16161">Sony</a> :</span><br /> DSC-F828<br /> DSC-V3<br /> DSC-R1<br /> A100<br /> A700<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Source : </span><a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/cameraraw.html">Adobe Site </a><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383666012791793636.post-54705171046076664902008-06-25T22:27:00.006+08:002008-06-26T00:50:53.082+08:00PHOTOSHOP : Opinions needed...If it were up to you, how would you improve the image?<br /><span id="fullpost"><br />Retouching will be based on your critique. Feel free to leave comments.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SGJZGeWClCI/AAAAAAAAHdg/gl-h_i80L5M/s1600-h/Karla_blog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SGJZGeWClCI/AAAAAAAAHdg/gl-h_i80L5M/s400/Karla_blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215829286208050210" border="0" /></a><br /><br />P.S.<br />Courteousness and politeness is very much appreciated. Don't leave ugly comments directed against the subject. Be friendly. :)<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383666012791793636.post-81784874812761825242008-06-22T16:27:00.021+08:002008-06-23T11:13:26.339+08:00PHOTOSHOP : II. Simple Tutorial on " Making a Perfect Photo"The saga continues....<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This is the second installment of my two-part series tutorial of "Making a Perfect Photo". On the <a href="http://markuss5.blogspot.com/2008/06/photoshop-i-simple-tutorial-on-making.html">first part</a>, we made adjustments on the background, stretching it to give eyesight room and popping the subject out.<br /></div><br />Today, we will be making subtle retouching on the subject to make the perfect bride photo.<br /><span id="fullpost"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Duplicate your background layer if you have just started on this tutorial. For the people who have been following the series from the beginning, make a new group by clicking the "Create a New Group" icon located at the lower part of the layers pallet. Rename the new group "Retouch".<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4WoTvb9jI/AAAAAAAAHbo/Q__jHstxt5s/s1600-h/0014.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4WoTvb9jI/AAAAAAAAHbo/Q__jHstxt5s/s400/0014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214630300291429938" border="0" /></a>We'll start on removing the blue cast on the veil. Select "Hue/Saturation" from the "Create New Fill or Adjustment Layer". On the Hue/Saturation dialog box "Edit" option, click the drop down menu and choose blue. Lower the "Saturation" by dragging the slider to the left or directly input -30 on the saturation value box.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4Wom4-N9I/AAAAAAAAHbw/IiQB1ISDv3w/s1600-h/0015.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4Wom4-N9I/AAAAAAAAHbw/IiQB1ISDv3w/s400/0015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214630305431697362" border="0" /></a>Since the adjustment affected the whole image, we will apply masking. Adjustment layers via the layers pallet automatically add layer mask thumbnail. All we have to do is use the brush tool and make sure the foreground color is black. Carefully brush the veil and adjust brush size and opacity as you go near the edges.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4WokNktrI/AAAAAAAAHb4/bde7DqVxtlY/s1600-h/0016.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4WokNktrI/AAAAAAAAHb4/bde7DqVxtlY/s400/0016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214630304712799922" border="0" /></a>With the layer mask thumbnail selected, Press/Hold Ctrl+I to invert the masking. Got ya! :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Select "Levels" from the New Adjustment Layer icon and change the midtone value to 1.28 or as desired. Pay attention to the shadowed eye part while changing values and then press "Ok" button.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4Wo6o-E6I/AAAAAAAAHcA/SvFCEYQNuQk/s1600-h/0017.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4Wo6o-E6I/AAAAAAAAHcA/SvFCEYQNuQk/s400/0017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214630310733288354" border="0" /></a>Activate the levels layer mask thumbnail by clicking it and then press Ctrl+I on your keyboard to invert from white to black. Choose a white foreground color and carefully brush the areas indicated below. Lessen the opacity and brush size as you go near the lighter part of the shadowed areas.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4WozakDEI/AAAAAAAAHcI/EHQ0qSpbgd8/s1600-h/0018.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4WozakDEI/AAAAAAAAHcI/EHQ0qSpbgd8/s400/0018.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214630308793814082" border="0" /></a>Create new layer and rename it "Shadows" so you can track your edits. With the brush tool selected, change the brush mode to "Luminosity" and set opacity to 3%. Select your source by Press/Hold Alt key and click the lighter area where you intend to lighten the shadows. Don't overdo the lightening, if you do your image will look dull and flat. Remember shadows are the ones defining the contours making an image three dimensional.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4XckAIr_I/AAAAAAAAHcQ/M4ejGLRpn1E/s1600-h/0019.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4XckAIr_I/AAAAAAAAHcQ/M4ejGLRpn1E/s400/0019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214631198009634802" border="0" /></a>As I have indicated on the first tutorial, there overexposure on the highlights most specially the foreground shoulder and the gown strap. Do the following steps I provided below.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4Xcn-Uq8I/AAAAAAAAHcY/AncdjPXnpWU/s1600-h/0020.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4Xcn-Uq8I/AAAAAAAAHcY/AncdjPXnpWU/s400/0020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214631199075773378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4XcgWH4EI/AAAAAAAAHcg/y9gKtHU2yKM/s1600-h/0021.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4XcgWH4EI/AAAAAAAAHcg/y9gKtHU2yKM/s400/0021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214631197028114498" border="0" /></a>Bring out the highlights of the hairs near the nape by using "Shadow/Highlights" from the Image menu>Adjustments options. Change shadow amount as indicated below.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4Xc5eKPQI/AAAAAAAAHco/yAsoFPQplPs/s1600-h/0022.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4Xc5eKPQI/AAAAAAAAHco/yAsoFPQplPs/s400/0022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214631203772710146" border="0" /></a>Mask the surroundings to reveal only the areas we intend to be affected.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4XdIwvTrI/AAAAAAAAHcw/nuidlina66o/s1600-h/0023.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4XdIwvTrI/AAAAAAAAHcw/nuidlina66o/s400/0023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214631207877168818" border="0" /></a>A light touch of dodge and burn can make the eyes more sultry and captivating.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4YN2d5CBI/AAAAAAAAHc4/E8T-aTor5W4/s1600-h/0024.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4YN2d5CBI/AAAAAAAAHc4/E8T-aTor5W4/s400/0024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214632044779866130" border="0" /></a>Hang on we're almost there. Bump up the contrast by tweaking with curves. Select curves from the "New Adjustment Layer" icon from the layers pallet and drag the diagonal line a tad upwards.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4YOPb7vHI/AAAAAAAAHdA/hteKV0E55UA/s1600-h/0025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4YOPb7vHI/AAAAAAAAHdA/hteKV0E55UA/s400/0025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214632051482541170" border="0" /></a>Now for the last part, choose crop tool and change the values of width and height with 8" & 10" respectively. I like the 4x5 ratio so it is really a personal preference. You can sized to your taste.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4YOI_MVkI/AAAAAAAAHdI/NLY9cgpei08/s1600-h/0026.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4YOI_MVkI/AAAAAAAAHdI/NLY9cgpei08/s400/0026.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214632049751381570" border="0" /></a>Drag the window selection as shown and move as desired.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4YObs0JgI/AAAAAAAAHdQ/OqYspljWZuI/s1600-h/0027.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4YObs0JgI/AAAAAAAAHdQ/OqYspljWZuI/s400/0027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214632054774572546" border="0" /></a>Congratulations! We are done!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4YObd2wMI/AAAAAAAAHdY/0bppK9bDimE/s1600-h/0028.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SF4YObd2wMI/AAAAAAAAHdY/0bppK9bDimE/s400/0028.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214632054711828674" border="0" /></a>Ciao!<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383666012791793636.post-56857671941674580682008-06-19T17:56:00.030+08:002008-07-05T01:37:35.499+08:00PHOTOSHOP : I. Simple Tutorial on " Making a Perfect Photo"A few months ago, I was invited to a friend's wedding and this was one of the pictures I took that I really like. Except for the fact that I was shooting down the subject (I was shooting behind and over the shoulder of the official photographer), with a beautiful bride and an excellent natural lighting I felt I cannot do more to improve the image.<span id="fullpost"><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3023/2442165484_202f919722.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3023/2442165484_202f919722.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I am a member of a group called Critique in Flickr and I submitted this photo for a critique. And found out that there are some editing and adjustments needed to make this a perfect photo.<br /><br />I'd recommend you to join this group. These guys are sharp and you'll learn A LOT!<br /><br />To make the story short, here is the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/critique/discuss/72157605049538659/">discussion</a> made on behalf of this photo and I suggest you read it because this tutorial is based on that.<br /><br />I made the decision to make this a two part tutorial. This is because I hate long tutorials and also to give you a reason to come back and learn some more. hehe<br /><br />The first installment will be the adjustments on the background and the latter will be about the final retouch. As with any of my tutorials, this will be a start to finish task.<br /><br />I encourage you to try to think of improvements and formulate your own solutions.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFouw3gBgFI/AAAAAAAAHRE/F5c2e1koyoM/s1600-h/001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFouw3gBgFI/AAAAAAAAHRE/F5c2e1koyoM/s400/001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213530935701635154" border="0" /></a><br />Let's roll up our sleeves and go to work!<br /><br />Duplicate your background layer by Press/Hold Ctrl+J or drag the layer to the "Create New Layer" icon below the layers pallet.<br /><br />We will fix the background tilt by selecting "Lens Correction" filter from the Filter menu>Distort. A dialog box will appear.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFouxuGoSCI/AAAAAAAAHRM/w8Or3WB53vs/s1600-h/002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFouxuGoSCI/AAAAAAAAHRM/w8Or3WB53vs/s400/002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213530950359074850" border="0" /></a><br />On the Lens Correction dialog box, change the "Angle" value to 3.0 and click Ok button.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFoux-FuX2I/AAAAAAAAHRU/rMlzfxeq7L8/s1600-h/003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFoux-FuX2I/AAAAAAAAHRU/rMlzfxeq7L8/s400/003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213530954650247010" border="0" /></a><br />We will then mask the subject. Do this by Press/Hold Alt key and click the "Add Layer Mask" icon below the layers pallet. Make sure to select "White" foreground color and use the "Brush" tool. With the "Opacity" set to 100%, carefully brush the background and adjust brush size and hardness as you go near the subject's edges.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFouxx001WI/AAAAAAAAHRc/_43hiMEDVD8/s1600-h/004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFouxx001WI/AAAAAAAAHRc/_43hiMEDVD8/s400/004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213530951358141794" border="0" /></a><br />Add a transparent layer by clicking the "Create New Layer" icon on the layers pallet. Clone out whatever excess masking remains. Be sure to set sample to "All Layers" and check the "Align" option.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFouyHQNKmI/AAAAAAAAHRk/LSfwDvCfu4M/s1600-h/005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFouyHQNKmI/AAAAAAAAHRk/LSfwDvCfu4M/s400/005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213530957110127202" border="0" /></a><br />Press/Hold Ctrl+Shft+Alt+E to merge the layers to a new layer. Select the "Rectangular Marguee Tool" or press M, and make a selection on the yellow area to get the right size. Then move selection down to select the source. Copy selection to a new layer by going to Layer menu>New>Layer via Copy or simply Press/Hold Ctrl+J. Drag the copied object to patch the yellow area.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFowsPR5c9I/AAAAAAAAHRs/Jbeed3AvDBk/s1600-h/006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFowsPR5c9I/AAAAAAAAHRs/Jbeed3AvDBk/s400/006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213533055208747986" border="0" /></a>To blend the copied object to the new location, Select "Levels" from the Image menu to localize the adjustment. On the Levels dialog box, set the values as shown.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFowsQkC1vI/AAAAAAAAHR0/Itq5sIHdTgM/s1600-h/007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFowsQkC1vI/AAAAAAAAHR0/Itq5sIHdTgM/s400/007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213533055553296114" border="0" /></a><br />Mask the edges of the copied object. Make it a habit of grouping and renaming your layers.<br /><br />Merge layers by Press/Hold Ctrl+Shft+Alt+E. Select "Canvas Size" from the Image menu and set the width to 10.0 inches.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFowsmEqAWI/AAAAAAAAHSE/ShGaZLVMeOk/s1600-h/009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFowsmEqAWI/AAAAAAAAHSE/ShGaZLVMeOk/s400/009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213533061327225186" border="0" /></a><br />Move the image to the left using "Move Tool" then click and drag. Select "Rectangular Marquee Tool" and make a selection as shown. Press/Hold Ctrl+J to copy the selection to a new layer.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFows8KchRI/AAAAAAAAHSM/GZ06uamIQlU/s1600-h/0010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFows8KchRI/AAAAAAAAHSM/GZ06uamIQlU/s400/0010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213533067257087250" border="0" /></a><br />Press/Hold Ctrl+T to "Transform" mode. Click and drag the transform gizmo (as shown) to the right.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFox6ZAbtQI/AAAAAAAAHSU/QfPAiQK4UKA/s1600-h/0011.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFox6ZAbtQI/AAAAAAAAHSU/QfPAiQK4UKA/s400/0011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213534397849646338" border="0" /></a><br />To pop out the subject, we will darken the background by using "Levels" on the "Create New Fill or Adjustment Layer" icon below the layers pallet. Change the Shadow and midtone values accordingly.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFox7l6IvfI/AAAAAAAAHSc/9hLHD5GY-9Y/s1600-h/0012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFox7l6IvfI/AAAAAAAAHSc/9hLHD5GY-9Y/s400/0012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213534418492767730" border="0" /></a><br />By using Levels via Create New Fill or Adjustment Layer, Photoshop automatically add a mask layer thumbnail. Set foreground color to white and brush carefully the subject to isolate the adjustment only on the background.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFox74gAelI/AAAAAAAAHSk/Ig6PDvYjn64/s1600-h/0013.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SFox74gAelI/AAAAAAAAHSk/Ig6PDvYjn64/s400/0013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213534423483447890" border="0" /></a><br />Walah! This looks good already.<br /><br />We will leave the final dimensions after all the editing is done. So don't you go nowhere! :)<br /><br />P.S.<br /><br />I took this picture with a entry level Canon 400D DSLR and a cheapo 80-200mm zoom lens that I got from a friend. To people new to photography don't let your camera hinder your creativity. Practice, experiment and learn through reading articles on photography. Afterall your camera is just a tool.<br /><a href="http://markuss5.blogspot.com/2008/06/photoshop-ii-simple-tutorial-on-making.html"><br />PART II</a><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383666012791793636.post-37681496881428933142008-06-08T21:56:00.037+08:002008-06-11T03:57:36.515+08:00PHOTOSHOP : Simple Tutorial on "Retouching an Image"This is the final installment of my "Three Part Series" tutorial. On the <a href="http://markuss5.blogspot.com/2008/05/photoshop-simple-tutorial-on-rule-of.html">first part</a>, we applied the technique of the Rule of Thirds to improve our composition. On the <a href="http://markuss5.blogspot.com/2008/06/photoshop-simple-tutorial-on-how-to.html">second part</a>, we made adjustments on level, curves, gaussian blur and made a selective masking to draw out the subject.<br /><br />In this tutorial, we are going to finalize our image with a little retouching.<br /><br /><span id="fullpost">As usual, duplicate your background layer by going to Layer Menu>Duplicate Layer or by Press/Hold CTRL+J or you can drag the background layer to the Create New Layer icon on the layer pallet.</span><br /><span id="fullpost"><br />Below are some notes on how we are going to do the retouching process. Take time to study and try to formulate your own approach.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEvlwRZKGkI/AAAAAAAAHPQ/bKBbqCmj0ik/s1600-h/002_LOAD+IMAGE.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEvlwRZKGkI/AAAAAAAAHPQ/bKBbqCmj0ik/s400/002_LOAD+IMAGE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209510011449514562" border="0" /></a>As we go on, allow me to explain to you what we are trying to do.<br /><br />First, take out the leaves by using the clone tool. Why? Because when you look at the picture, the leaves immediately in the right side of the face draw your eyes out from the subject then leading you to the white leaf then out of the frame.<br /><br />Using cloning tool, adjust your opacity, hardness and size accordingly. Zoom in when needed and use space bar for panning.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEvlwqA1KBI/AAAAAAAAHPY/KPT_pYmOkk8/s1600-h/003_CLONING.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEvlwqA1KBI/AAAAAAAAHPY/KPT_pYmOkk8/s400/003_CLONING.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209510018058364946" border="0" /></a>Don't worry if you go beyond the edges, we are going to mask whatever excess cloning remains. <span style="font-style: italic;">(Click <a href="http://markuss5.blogspot.com/2008/06/photoshop-simple-tutorial-on-what-to-do.html">here</a> and <a href="http://markuss5.blogspot.com/2008/06/photoshop-simple-tutorial-on-how-to.html">here</a> for more masking techniques)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEvlw2M7tRI/AAAAAAAAHPg/G9S3VYOcGNc/s1600-h/004_MASK.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEvlw2M7tRI/AAAAAAAAHPg/G9S3VYOcGNc/s400/004_MASK.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209510021330351378" border="0" /></a>Create a new layer by clicking the New Layer icon and name it remove blemish. Make it a practice to group and name your edits. That way, you can always go back and reedit when you want to.<br /><br />Clone all blemishes marked in the picture.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEvlxY4UxtI/AAAAAAAAHPo/y_XRXk72K3s/s1600-h/005_REMOVE+BLEMISH.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEvlxY4UxtI/AAAAAAAAHPo/y_XRXk72K3s/s400/005_REMOVE+BLEMISH.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209510030639154898" border="0" /></a>To make it more natural, lighten the harsh shadow below the jawline. Using Luminosity Blend mode does not affect the color of the image instead, it only affects the tonality of the image by combining the hue and saturation of the base color with the luminance of the blend color. <span style="font-style: italic;">(whatever that is...)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEvlxrz2quI/AAAAAAAAHPw/IzBXlnFVx_c/s1600-h/006_LIGHTEN+SHADOWS.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEvlxrz2quI/AAAAAAAAHPw/IzBXlnFVx_c/s400/006_LIGHTEN+SHADOWS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209510035720678114" border="0" /></a>Widen the catchlights by dodging and burn the dark areas of the eyes to give them a shiny and watery look. Be sparing when using these tools, my suggestion is to limit exposure to 7-15%. And please don't go overboard, make it realistic.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEvn7esu2xI/AAAAAAAAHP4/ZfdhaJp3KhA/s1600-h/007_RETOUCH+EYES.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEvn7esu2xI/AAAAAAAAHP4/ZfdhaJp3KhA/s400/007_RETOUCH+EYES.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209512403023092498" border="0" /></a>Use Selective Color to bring back the color of the skin.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEvn8EeWQ4I/AAAAAAAAHQA/MHEI7jSHjUI/s1600-h/008_SELECTIVE+COLOR.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEvn8EeWQ4I/AAAAAAAAHQA/MHEI7jSHjUI/s400/008_SELECTIVE+COLOR.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209512413163307906" border="0" /></a>To merge layers into a single layer on top of all layers, Press/Hold CTRL+ALT+SHFT+E on your keyboard. Sharpen the image <span><span id="fullpost"> to show more detail and texture</span></span> with Unsharp Mask filter and adjust the values that I have set below.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEvn9YanOyI/AAAAAAAAHQI/5Vs8jayvFPE/s1600-h/009_SHARPEN.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEvn9YanOyI/AAAAAAAAHQI/5Vs8jayvFPE/s400/009_SHARPEN.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209512435696220962" border="0" /></a>Now we will soften the whole image by using my favorite tool, High Pass filter. To do so, merge layers, set it to Soft Light mode, invert layer by Press/Hold CTRL+I then go to Filter menu>Others and select High Pass.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEvn-PEc6NI/AAAAAAAAHQQ/0OtENcR-y0Y/s1600-h/00010_SOFTEN.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEvn-PEc6NI/AAAAAAAAHQQ/0OtENcR-y0Y/s400/00010_SOFTEN.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209512450367219922" border="0" /></a>Create new mask and apply radial gradient fill. This is to limit the effect only to the parts we want softened.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEvn-nfwe9I/AAAAAAAAHQY/wdc6zfhbM24/s1600-h/00011_GRADIENT.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEvn-nfwe9I/AAAAAAAAHQY/wdc6zfhbM24/s400/00011_GRADIENT.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209512456924199890" border="0" /></a>We're done!<br /><br /><span id="fullpost"><span id="fullpost"><span id="fullpost"><span id="fullpost"><span id="fullpost"><span id="fullpost"><span id="fullpost"><span id="fullpost"><span id="fullpost"><span><span id="fullpost"><span><span id="fullpost"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/mark.gonzaga/SEzoyMeHEmI/AAAAAAAAHQ8/5BWmX3BJFLE/COMPARE2.jpg?imgmax=512"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/mark.gonzaga/SEzoyMeHEmI/AAAAAAAAHQ8/5BWmX3BJFLE/COMPARE2.jpg?imgmax=512" alt="" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>A lot of you, specially to those new to Photoshop, might not notice the difference between the unedited and the finished work.<br /><br />Let me show you why or how can this be a successful edit so you can understand.<br /><br />Remember the first tutorial, we placed one of the imaginary intersection on the Rule of Thirds on the left eye of the subject to be the focal point. Retaining a space on the left side of the image, give balance to the whole image.<br /><br /><span><span id="fullpost">Removing the leaves is pretty obvious. We want to lessen all distractions as much as possible. We even darkened it to pop the subject out from the background <a href="http://markuss5.blogspot.com/2008/06/photoshop-simple-tutorial-on-how-to.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">(second tutorial)</span></a>.<br /><br />The softening or blurring of the surrounding area of the subject gives it a shallower depth of field. And the sharpening helps too in leading the viewers eye to focus on the subject. The idea is to make the viewer glued to the subject.<br /><br />Try and observe yourself looking both pictures again. Ever wondered why you are drawn to portraits of </span></span><span id="fullpost"><span><span id="fullpost">some </span></span></span><span><span id="fullpost">great artists? Now you know... :)<br /><br />Subtle isn't it?<br /><br />Till next time....<br /></span></span></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383666012791793636.post-33686671717545805542008-06-05T22:09:00.046+08:002008-06-06T22:21:46.560+08:00PHOTOSHOP: A Simple Tutorial on "What to do if You Forgot to Bring Your Polarizer"Have you ever been in a situation where you forgot to bring a "<span style="font-style: italic;">polarizer filter</span>" (see below for a description)? It happened to my friend bomicks recently, and I have asked permission if I can use his lovely <a href="http://bomicks.multiply.com/photos/album/30/Cacao_Mountain_Resort_-_TagnipaCombado_Maasin_City#1">photo</a> for this tutorial. You can check out his photostream <a href="http://bomicks.multiply.com/">here</a>.<span id="fullpost"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Before we continue, a little background reading. Below are descriptions on blending modes we are going to use.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarizer">Source: Wikipedia</a></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Polarizer</span><br />Is a device that converts an unpolarized or mixed-polarization beam of electromagnetic waves (e.g., light) into a beam with a single polarization state (usually, a single linear polarization). Polarizers are used in many optical techniques and instruments, and polarizing filters find applications in photography and liquid crystal display technology.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Source: Photoshop Help</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hard Light</span><br />Multiplies or screens the colors, depending on the blend color. The effect is similar to shining a harsh spotlight on the image. If the blend color (light source) is lighter than 50% gray, the image is lightened, as if it were screened. This is useful for adding highlights to an image. If the blend color is darker than 50% gray, the image is darkened, as if it were multiplied. This is useful for adding shadows to an image. Painting with pure black or white results in pure black or white.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Vivid Light</span><br />Burns or dodges the colors by increasing or decreasing the contrast, depending on the blend color. If the blend color (light source) is lighter than 50% gray, the image is lightened by decreasing the contrast. If the blend color is darker than 50% gray, the image is darkened by increasing the contrast.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Multiply</span><br />Looks at the color information in each channel and multiplies the base color by the blend color. The result color is always a darker color. Multiplying any color with black produces black. Multiplying any color with white leaves the color unchanged. When you’re painting with a color other than black or white, successive strokes with a painting tool produce progressively darker colors. The effect is similar to drawing on the image with multiple marking pens.<br /><br />Got it? ......right. Leave the mumbo jumbo to the anal geeks. We, the real creative people just blunder our way and love the element of surprise.:)<br /><br />To start, open the document <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(Please ask permission if you can download bomick's photo to follow my tutorial.)</span></span> As usual duplicate background layer first by press/hold Ctrl+J on your keyboard. We will go through each blending modes mentioned above in this order, 1) Hard light 2) Vivid light 3) Multiply.<br /><br />Let us take time to study the various blending modes we are going to employ. <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(Click on a picture to enlarge and see how to change blending modes.)</span></span><br /><br />Let us try Hard Light first.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEgYEMYLe1I/AAAAAAAAHJ8/TVrHlJNe3S0/s1600-h/001_HARD+LIGHT.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEgYEMYLe1I/AAAAAAAAHJ8/TVrHlJNe3S0/s320/001_HARD+LIGHT.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208439429375163218" border="0" /></a>Oooh. The water is more clearer removing the glare/reflection present in the original. The rocks look wetter! But we do have overblown highlights on the water and the background tree leaves. We'll keep that in mind.<br /><br />How about Vivid light.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEgYEsYLe2I/AAAAAAAAHKE/2Jq5wSSzY9E/s1600-h/002_VIVID+LIGHT.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEgYEsYLe2I/AAAAAAAAHKE/2Jq5wSSzY9E/s320/002_VIVID+LIGHT.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208439437965097826" border="0" /></a>I like it even better. You can basically see the bottom of the stream. Hmmm. Again, it overblown the highlights and made the shadows more darker.<br /><br />Let's try Multiply.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEgYEsYLe3I/AAAAAAAAHKM/pN8zsIna_vs/s1600-h/003_MULTIPLY+LIGHT.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEgYEsYLe3I/AAAAAAAAHKM/pN8zsIna_vs/s320/003_MULTIPLY+LIGHT.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208439437965097842" border="0" /></a>We have now more contrast on the tree leaves and a more defined waterfall near the trees but made the rest of our image darker.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >(Photography Tip: You might want to stop down your exposure compensation value in this kind of scenario. It is easier to salvage detail of an image stopped down than over exposed highlights.)</span><br /></div><br />What we are going to do is use a selective masking. We will pick some bits and pieces from each of the blend modes to achieve our goal.<br /><br />Let's roll up our sleeves and have some fun!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This is how we do it.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEkj3Wf3YYI/AAAAAAAAHKc/Xk6_jeL4RI0/s1600-h/004_DUPLICATE+BLEND.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEkj3Wf3YYI/AAAAAAAAHKc/Xk6_jeL4RI0/s320/004_DUPLICATE+BLEND.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208733877869699458" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEkmIGf3YZI/AAAAAAAAHKk/uGvv1nVzWdw/s1600-h/005_VIVID+MASK.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEkmIGf3YZI/AAAAAAAAHKk/uGvv1nVzWdw/s320/005_VIVID+MASK.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208736364655763858" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEkoXWf3YaI/AAAAAAAAHKs/6tyZikmEIyY/s1600-h/006_HARD+MASK.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEkoXWf3YaI/AAAAAAAAHKs/6tyZikmEIyY/s320/006_HARD+MASK.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208738825672024482" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEktbGf3YbI/AAAAAAAAHK0/QaQYRTn2NEw/s1600-h/007_MULTIPLY+MASK.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEktbGf3YbI/AAAAAAAAHK0/QaQYRTn2NEw/s320/007_MULTIPLY+MASK.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208744387654672818" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEkvxWf3YcI/AAAAAAAAHK8/b_JIXp4lGLQ/s1600-h/008_REMOVE+BLUE+CAST.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEkvxWf3YcI/AAAAAAAAHK8/b_JIXp4lGLQ/s320/008_REMOVE+BLUE+CAST.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208746968930017730" border="0" /></a>And we are done!<br />If you want to, adjust the curves a little bit upwards to boost overall contrast.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEkxiGf3YdI/AAAAAAAAHLE/NJEK8lsxERQ/s1600-h/BEFORE_AFTER.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEkxiGf3YdI/AAAAAAAAHLE/NJEK8lsxERQ/s320/BEFORE_AFTER.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208748905960268242" border="0" /></a><br />Beautiful, isn't it?<br /><br /></div>So next time, don't forget to bring your polarizer. Much easier that way. heh<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383666012791793636.post-80770728218740077802008-06-01T10:13:00.053+08:002008-07-08T00:22:26.134+08:00PHOTOSHOP: II. A Simple Tutorial on How to Make Your Subject "Pop"!In my previous tutorial, we learned how to recompose our image by using the <a href="http://markuss5.blogspot.com/2008/05/photoshop-simple-tutorial-on-rule-of.html">"Rule of Thirds"</a>. Today, I will show you some pretty basic technique.<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />This is an overview on what tools we are going to use in this tutorial:</div><br />1. Levels<br />2. Masking<br />3. Gaussian Blur<br />4. Curves<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">These are very simple tools and a standard approach used in photo editing. A good foundation for beginners. Let's roll up our sleeves and go to work!</div><span id="fullpost"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To start, I will use the same image in the previous tutorial, so you can see the progress of my workflow.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEINysYLejI/AAAAAAAAHGo/ans5SdSOeuA/s1600-h/01_BASE+IMAGE.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEINysYLejI/AAAAAAAAHGo/ans5SdSOeuA/s320/01_BASE+IMAGE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206739283750910514" border="0" /></a>As usual we duplicate our image by going to Layer menu>Duplicate Layer or by dragging the background layer to the new layer icon below the Layers Pallet or simply press and hold Ctrl key then press J on your keyboard.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEIUQsYLekI/AAAAAAAAHGw/HpamAMNn0Mg/s1600-h/02_DUPLICATE+IMAGE.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEIUQsYLekI/AAAAAAAAHGw/HpamAMNn0Mg/s320/02_DUPLICATE+IMAGE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206746396216752706" border="0" /></a>When you have duplicated your layer, let us darken our image by using Levels adjustment. Click "Create New Fill/Adjustment Layer" icon below the Layers Pallet and select "Levels".<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEIW1cYLelI/AAAAAAAAHG4/Pm9kH1Dn5UU/s1600-h/03_SELECT+LEVELS.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEIW1cYLelI/AAAAAAAAHG4/Pm9kH1Dn5UU/s320/03_SELECT+LEVELS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206749226600200786" border="0" /></a>In the "Levels" dialog box, we will adjust the "black/shadow and the gray/midtone slider". Adjust the black slider first then the gray slider. Sliding to the right will intensify shadow areas darkening the image, sliding to the left will do the opposite. While adjusting the sliders concentrate on the background not the subject. This is a matter of personal preference on how much you would want your subject to pop out of the image.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEIemsYLemI/AAAAAAAAHHA/GwCLjS5OTLE/s1600-h/04_LEVELS+ADJUSTMENT.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEIemsYLemI/AAAAAAAAHHA/GwCLjS5OTLE/s320/04_LEVELS+ADJUSTMENT.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206757769290152546" border="0" /></a>If you ever made a mistake or gone overboard, don't worry, just place the black slider full left and the gray slider in the middle. Alternatively, you can press and hold "Alt" key and click reset on the "Levels" dialog box.<br /><br />Our "Levels" adjustment were applied to the whole image. Because all we want is to darken the background we will apply a mask to our subject. As you can see in the Levels layer (image above), photoshop has already made a layer mask for us (the white thumbnail).<br /><br />Choose brush, set foreground color to black, and activate the layer mask thumbnail. To adjust the brush size and hardness, right click on the image and move the sliders.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEIni8YLenI/AAAAAAAAHHI/MebrBWHurhg/s1600-h/05_MASK+SETUP.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEIni8YLenI/AAAAAAAAHHI/MebrBWHurhg/s320/05_MASK+SETUP.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206767600470293106" border="0" /></a>Carefully brush the subject starting from the center. As you brush towards the edges, you may want to adjust your brush size and uhmmm hardness.<br /><br />Sometimes accidents do happen and in your case, more often. If you ever made a mistake of brushing beyond the subjects edges, go back and start all over again from scratch.<br /><br />Got ya! To fix the mistake, just set foreground color to white and brush the affected area. When done, set the foreground color to black and continue masking. Remember to adjust your brush size and hardness if needed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEIr_cYLeoI/AAAAAAAAHHQ/akaHjIvR734/s1600-h/06_MASK+BRUSHING.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEIr_cYLeoI/AAAAAAAAHHQ/akaHjIvR734/s320/06_MASK+BRUSHING.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206772488143075970" border="0" /></a>Take a break and congratulate yourself for going this far. While having you're coffee break, you may want to click the Adobe icon somewhere on this page, and buy yourself a copy of Photoshop CS3.<br /><br />That was quick...<br /><br />Now we will apply a "Gussian Blur" to give it a, well, a blurred look. We have to merge our layers first. Press and hold Ctrl+Shift+Alt and press E. A new layer will appear on top of our Layers pallet. It is a good practice to name your layers so you'll know what effect you applied on a particular layer.<br /><br />Go to Filter menu> Blur> select Gaussian Blur.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEI18MYLepI/AAAAAAAAHHY/GV8BLMLzSik/s1600-h/08_BLUR+SETUP.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEI18MYLepI/AAAAAAAAHHY/GV8BLMLzSik/s320/08_BLUR+SETUP.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206783427424778898" border="0" /></a>In the Gaussian Blur dialog box, move slider to the desired effect focusing on the background then click "Ok" button. Like in the "Levels" dialog box, you can always reset the effect by Press/Hold "Alt" key and click "Reset".<br /><br />We have to mask our subject again to apply the effect only in the background. Instead of doing it, again, we will use our mask that we made previously. Activate the Layer Mask thumbnail and right click. Select "Add Layer Mask to Selection", marching ants will then appear. No kidding. The moving broken lines are called marching ants.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEI-c8YLeqI/AAAAAAAAHHg/nRpIL8K7hT0/s1600-h/08_ADD+MASK+SELECTION.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEI-c8YLeqI/AAAAAAAAHHg/nRpIL8K7hT0/s320/08_ADD+MASK+SELECTION.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206792786158516898" border="0" /></a>To apply our selection to a mask, first change foreground color to white, activate our Blur Layer then click "Add Layer Mask". A new layer mask will appear on our Blur Layer that looks like the previous mask.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEJCYsYLesI/AAAAAAAAHHw/utYyRg3-N8E/s1600-h/09_APPLY+MASK+SELECTION.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEJCYsYLesI/AAAAAAAAHHw/utYyRg3-N8E/s320/09_APPLY+MASK+SELECTION.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206797111190584002" border="0" /></a>Asses the result. If you think you blurred it too much, lessen the effect by decreasing the "Opacity" of our Blur Layer.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEJFYcYLeuI/AAAAAAAAHIA/sNupXI7fTTI/s1600-h/0010_LESSEN+OPACITY.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEJFYcYLeuI/AAAAAAAAHIA/sNupXI7fTTI/s320/0010_LESSEN+OPACITY.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206800405430500066" border="0" /></a>We're almost there. Boost the highlights contrast of our image by applying curves. Click "Create New Fill/Adjustment Layer" located at the bottom of the Layers Pallet and select "Curves". In the "Curves" dialog, click at the center of the diagonal line and drag it upwards.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEJKTcYLevI/AAAAAAAAHII/wUDvkuXi5d8/s1600-h/0011_CURVES.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEJKTcYLevI/AAAAAAAAHII/wUDvkuXi5d8/s320/0011_CURVES.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206805817089293042" border="0" /></a><br />Click of "Ok" button and we're done!<br /><br />Show it to your wife and brag what you can do to all your photos so you can justify your purchase of Photoshop CS3...:)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">SUMMARY<br /><br />1. We started with this raw photo.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEJNkcYLewI/AAAAAAAAHIQ/AL-4IRLFeho/s1600-h/01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEJNkcYLewI/AAAAAAAAHIQ/AL-4IRLFeho/s320/01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206809407681952514" border="0" /></a><br /><br />2. Applied the <a href="http://markuss5.blogspot.com/2008/05/photoshop-simple-tutorial-on-rule-of.html">Rule of Thirds</a>.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEJNk8YLexI/AAAAAAAAHIY/VASurwYasng/s1600-h/02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEJNk8YLexI/AAAAAAAAHIY/VASurwYasng/s320/02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206809416271887122" border="0" /></a><br /><br />3. Popping out the subject from the background.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEJSV8YLezI/AAAAAAAAHIo/UIuYF-iDPEc/s1600-h/03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SEJSV8YLezI/AAAAAAAAHIo/UIuYF-iDPEc/s320/03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206814656131988274" border="0" /></a>Hope you have fun with this tutorial.<br /><br /><br />My next tutorial and last of the series will be about final retouching of our image.<br />So don't go nowhere!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://markuss5.blogspot.com/2008/06/type-your-summary-here-type-rest-of_08.html">Part III</a><br /></div></div></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383666012791793636.post-55029582709073204152008-05-29T18:44:00.005+08:002008-07-08T00:21:38.484+08:00PHOTOSHOP: I. A Simple Tutorial on the " Rule of Thirds"<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/mark.gonzaga/SD6L48YLeXI/AAAAAAAAHCg/q4k9JCCxYU0/markg_328.JPG?imgmax=512"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 161px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/mark.gonzaga/SD6L48YLeXI/AAAAAAAAHCg/q4k9JCCxYU0/markg_328.JPG?imgmax=512" alt="" border="0" /></a>This is the very first picture I took with my Canon 400D DSLR way back in December 2007. As you can see from the photo on the left, it has a very good exposure, nice hair highlights, beautiful eye catch-lights, no harsh shadows since I am only using natural ambient lighting.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />From your monitor what do you observed? What can you do to improve the photo? How would you compose if you were the one who took the photo?<span id="fullpost"><br /><br />There is nothing wrong with this picture, but we can recompose to give it a dynamic appeal. How are we going to do that? Photoshop! Of course there are lots of photo editing softwares out there but I prefer Photoshop CS3. You can download a 30 day trial <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/index.html">here</a>. You can also download <a href="http://www.getpaint.net/">Paint.net</a>, it's supposed to be good (I have not tried it) but what the heck it's free! To follow this tutorial, you should have Photoshop or other equivalent software that support photoshop actions, Rule of Thirds Cropping Photoshop Action from <a href="http://panosfx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=183&Itemid=27">PanosFX</a> (you will find download and installation instructions on their site), and of course a sample photo. You can use any photo you have. Ok let's roll up our sleeves and get started.<br /><br />What is the "Rule of Thirds"?<br />According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds">Wikipedia</a>:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">"The rule of thirds is a compositional rule of thumb in photography and other visual arts such as painting and design.[1] The rule states that an image can be divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines. </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The four points formed by the intersections of these lines can be used to align features </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">in the photograph. Proponents of this technique cl</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">aim that aligning a photograph with these points creates more tension, en</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">ergy and interest in the photo than simply centering the feature would."</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/mark.gonzaga/SD61lMYLegI/AAAAAAAAHEA/8WUpioMNLgw/WindowClipping%20%287%29.jpg?imgmax=512"><img style="margin: 20pt 0pt 0px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 108px; height: 165px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/mark.gonzaga/SD61lMYLegI/AAAAAAAAHEA/8WUpioMNLgw/WindowClipping%20%287%29.jpg?imgmax=512" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />There you are. We will recompose our image to give it tension, energy and interest by using the rule of thirds! We can begin by opening our photo in photoshop. A brief friendly reminder..... DUPLICATE YOUR BACKGROUND LAYER BEFORE EDITING. You can do this by dragging the background layer to the "create new layer" on your layer pallet or press "Ctrl+J" on your keyboard. It is imporant that you duplicate your background layer, if you made a mistake your original will be lost forever. Make this a habit.<br /><br />Ok. Now we will divide our photo <span style="font-size:100%;"><span>into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced h</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span>orizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines. Don't worry you don't have to do thi</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span>s part, this is only for the purpose of discussion.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/mark.gonzaga/SD6ME8YLecI/AAAAAAAAHDI/gr4cpTcU-iM/markg_325.JPG?imgmax=512"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 0px 10pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 156px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/mark.gonzaga/SD6ME8YLecI/AAAAAAAAHDI/gr4cpTcU-iM/markg_325.JPG?imgmax=512" alt="" border="0" /></a>Let us take a moment to study our image. Click the image on the right to view a larger image.<br /><br />Obviously, our subject is too centered, a distracting white leaf on the upper left corner and too much activity on the background. These flaws draw our eyes out of our subject which is not good. We want the subject to standout leaving the background,well, a background.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SD9zCcYLeiI/AAAAAAAAHGE/d4s7r2V-BuQ/s1600-h/WindowClipping+%287%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10pt 0px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 89px; height: 143px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Vwoa9lUx3aI/SD9zCcYLeiI/AAAAAAAAHGE/d4s7r2V-BuQ/s200/WindowClipping+%287%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206006180078123554" border="0" /></a><br />Select actions from the layers pallet or alternatively press Alt+F9 on your keyboard. If you have not load the action you can click on the arrow down button on the upper right of the action pallet and select load. Browse over the folder where you save it, select and press ok. It will now load on your action pallet. Select the crop action and press play button.<br /><br />The crop action will now execute and wait for a dialog box to appear. Read the instructions and press continue.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/mark.gonzaga/SD6MHsYLedI/AAAAAAAAHDQ/6YHu23lGLPY/markg_326.JPG?imgmax=512"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/mark.gonzaga/SD6MHsYLedI/AAAAAAAAHDQ/6YHu23lGLPY/markg_326.JPG?imgmax=512" alt="" border="0" /></a>Use your mouse to move, resize and rotate the yellow grid guide (press shift while resizing if you want to retain the aspect ration of crop). As you can see from the image below, I position the upper right intersection on the left eye of the subject to be my main focus. Eliminated the white leaf, and more space to the right of the subject to give more eyesight room. As a side note, someone once advised me that if you take candid pictures (no eye contact) it would be much better to use landscape format.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/mark.gonzaga/SD6L7sYLeYI/AAAAAAAAHCo/R_ioiN_6FhM/s144/markg_321.JPG"><img style="margin: 10px auto; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/mark.gonzaga/SD6L7sYLeYI/AAAAAAAAHCo/R_ioiN_6FhM/s144/markg_321.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>When you are satisfied with the composition double click inside the yellow grid to confirm the crop. A dialog box will then appear. Click the continue button to remove the yellow grid guide. Clone the leftover white leaf on the upper left corner and you're done!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/mark.gonzaga/SD6MCsYLebI/AAAAAAAAHDA/x0RNKBUgwZ8/markg_324.JPG?imgmax=512"><img style="margin: 10px auto; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 281px;" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/mark.gonzaga/SD6MCsYLebI/AAAAAAAAHDA/x0RNKBUgwZ8/markg_324.JPG?imgmax=512" alt="" border="0" /></a>We have now a well composed and interesting image. Remember, a simple cropping and positioning will enhance and make a lot of difference. Next time you shoot, always consider the "rule of thirds" in your composition.<br /><br />I hope this tutorial have been helpful to you. My next tutorial will be to make the subject pop up more to isolate him from the background and a little retouching. See you later!<br /><br /><a href="http://markuss5.blogspot.com/2008/06/photoshop-simple-tutorial-on-how-to.html">Part II</a><br /></span><br /><p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/VisualPlayground/%7E6/1"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/VisualPlayground.1.gif" alt="visual playground" /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/headlineanimator/install?id=2127880&w=1" target="_blank">↑ Grab this Headline Animator</a></p><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-383666012791793636.post-73482946427183696832008-05-28T21:58:00.004+08:002008-06-05T09:47:14.267+08:00PHOTOGRAPHY: CANON CAMERA TUTORIALS & LINKS<div style="text-align: justify;">Some of the Sites that I have read and bookmarked along the way. It really helped me in understanding my Canon 400D camera and about photography. I hope these will help you unfold your creativity. Although all of them are canon camera tutorials, but I think these lessons will help new photographers in understanding the basics of photography.<br /><br /></div><a style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0); font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://web.canon.jp/imaging/enjoydslr/part1/1B.html">Canon DSLR Tutorials: Enjoy Digital</a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">An easy </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">and comprehensive </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">way of knowing the basics of Canon DSLR's. It is divided into five parts. A must for photographers new to DSLR.</span></span><br /></div><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51); font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://web.canon.jp/imaging/enjoydslr/part1/1B.html">PART I</a> .......<a href="http://web.canon.jp/imaging/enjoydslr/part1/1B.html">Basic Introduction</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51); font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://web.canon.jp/imaging/enjoydslr/part2/2A.html">PART II</a>.......Using Camera Features For Better Photos<br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(204, 153, 51);" href="http://web.canon.jp/imaging/enjoydslr/part3/3A.html">PART III</a>......Choosing Lenses for Different Kinds of Photos<br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(204, 153, 51);" href="http://web.canon.jp/imaging/enjoydslr/part4/4A.html">PART IV</a>......Printing Photos<br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(204, 153, 51);" href="http://web.canon.jp/imaging/enjoydslr/terminology/index.html">PART V</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">.</span>......Terminology<span id="fullpost"><br /></span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span id="fullpost"><a style="font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);" href="http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=278&fromTips=1">Canon Digital Learning Center: EOS Rebel Tutorials</a></span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><div style="text-align: justify;"><span id="fullpost"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />This suite of EOS Digital Rebel tutorials is designed to help you maximize the potential of your EOS Digital Rebel. </span></span><span id="fullpost"><span style="font-family:arial;">Intended to be fun, yet informative, these lessons will help you in reaching for new creative heights as a digital photographer. </span></span><span id="fullpost"><span style="font-family:arial;">These lessons have been created by photographer and widely-published author, <a href="http://www.ricksammon.com/Home.html">Rick Sammon</a>.<br /><br />These lessons are divided into chapters from basic to advance.<br /><a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_01.html"><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Chapter 1-5</span></a><br />1. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_01.html">New to Digital</a><br />2. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_02.html">Setting your Camera</a><br />3. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_03.html">Exploring Exposure Modes</a><br />4. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_04.html">Focus on Autofocusing</a><br />5. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_05.html">Picturing People</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51); font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_02.html">Chapters 6-10</a><br />6. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_06.html">Photographing Landscapes</a><br />7. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_07.html">Photographing Action</a><br />8. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_08.html">A Day in the City</a><br />9. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_09.html">Traveling with Your Rebel</a><br />10. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_10.html">Nightime Photography</a><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51); font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_03.html">Chapters 11-15</a><br />11. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_11.html">Lenses</a><br />12. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_12.html">Transfering Your Files</a><br />13. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_13.html">Closeup Photography</a><br />14. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_14.html">Image Editing Basics</a><br />15. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_15.html">Understanding Autofocus</a><br /><a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_04.html"><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Chapters 16-20</span></a><br />16. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_16.html">Brighten Your Pics with Flash</a><br />17. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_17.html">Getting a Good Exposure</a><br />18. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_18.html">Creating a Digital Negative</a><br />19. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_19.html">Serving Up Creative Control</a><br />20. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_20.html">Printing from Your Camera</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_05.html"><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Chapters 21-25</span></a><br />21. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_21.html">Adobe Elements Part II</a><br />22. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_22.html">White Lenses for Wildlife</a><br />23. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_23.html">Archiving Your Photos</a><br />24. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_24.html">Focus on Sports Action</a><br />25. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Rebel_lessons/lesson_25.html">Coming Soon: Remote Capture</a><br /></span></span></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2