I knew it came from an old film technique, but I never tried it with film. <g>
The trick is to give it just enough blur, or glow, to soften the effect, while
still leaving the image sharp. This is particularly effective in enhancing
images viewed at the correct viewing distance. You get to close and start pixel
peeping and it kinda falls apart. But then almost everything does.
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Nov 27, 2013, at 6:08 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Suspect this is a digital emulation (many flavors) of an olde slide
> technique--anyone use that? One would take a sharp shot F16 or so
> about 2 stops overexposed (velvia worked fine)
> and a second one, one stop overexposed or so, wide open and defocused.
> The direction and amount of defocus did matter.. One would mount them
> superimposed --they sold such mounts at the time and I hope still do.
> Flat light worked best as shadows would block up easily and contrast
> enhanced. Very cool results possible and gave a glow to the image.
> Have a few actions that really work nicely in some circumstances --- a
> home brew one that I no longer recall all the details as well.
> Gaussion blur layer usually 25-35 pixels with
> "multiply" choice in PS layer blend mode, IIRC. I could look it up but
> have to go help Marnie cook something it appears.
>
> Occasionally mess with glows too but not as nicely as Bob, Mike
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