Here is some more detail
<http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/contrast-enhancement.shtml>
Moose forgot to add his own tip which is to apply the LCE on a layer.
Then you can apply the LCE in a fairly strong fashion but temper it if
needed by adjusting the layer opacity. The parameters given: Amount:
20%, Radius: 50 pixels, Threshold: 0 is about as strong as you're likely
to want. Then varying the opacity will allow weakening the effect if
desired.
Chuck Norcutt
Michael Wong wrote:
> Moose,
> Thank you very much!!!!
>
> Let me try :-D
>
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> Michael
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> 2009/10/22 Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>> Michael Wong wrote:
>>> Thanks, Moose. Very detail.
>>>
>>> May you tell me more how to do that as below:-
>>> 4) What is LCE? A function or a plugin of PS?
>>>
>> LCE stands for Local Contrast Enhancement, although various raw
>> converters and editors have recently included versions with names like
>> vibrance and such.
>>
>> It is an application of UnSharp Masking, USM with setting quite
>> different than those used for conventional sharpening. (You might be
>> interested to know that USM is an extension of a physical process from
>> the wet darkroom into the digital realm.)
>>
>> A typical USM setting for LCE is Amount: 20%, Radius: 50 pixels,
>> Threshold: 0. It takes a bit of practice to have a good idea where it
>> will help. With many images, it's like a veil of gauze has been removed.
>> With some it has little useful effect and with others, especially, for
>> example peoples faces, it can have a negative effect.
>>
>>> 6) How to odge & burn in digital?
>>>
>> Use the Dodge and Burn Tools, of course. :-) In PS, they are simply
>> named that. They are circles you move with the mouse. Size, edge
>> softness and amount of effect are controllable. Pretty easy to use with
>> a little practice. And - if you overdo one, you can just undo it, you
>> don't have to develop, check, then redo.
>>
>> Moose
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