Re: [OM] Friday Mountain

[Wiliam Wagenaar]

Thanks Moose,

I get most of the picture. Is Focus Magic an add-in for PS or do you use it
stand-alone and is all PP done in it? I only have/use LR and PS.

Wiliam

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From: Moose [mailto:olymoose@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: maandag 14 mei 2012 7:19
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Friday Mountain

On 5/13/2012 11:06 AM, Wiliam Wagenaar wrote:
> I think I would like somewhere between realistic and dramatic most.

I did that.

> Would you explain what you did to it?

Oy! I'll try...

NeatImage to reduce noise
FocusMagic pixel level 3 to sharpen detail [Original Version] Fairly strong
LCE Levels [Realistic Version] Create new layer masked to foreground only.
    Curves
    V. strong LCE
    Curves
    Create new layer for foreground minus bare mountain
       Curves
       Hue/Saturation - to take out blue cast
       Content Aware Fill to fill in clear cut areas Curves [More Dramatic
Version] Levels & Curves
    Curves
       Curves
    Create new layer for foreground shadow only
       Curves & Opacity [OMG Dramatic Version]

- All final down sampled versions resharpened at web display size using
FocusMagic

That's at least most of it. :-)

Busy Fingers Moose

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