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sky before and after

PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 9:46 am
by suzib
I found this nifty little tut for enhancing skies

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Re: sky before and after

PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:33 am
by Rusty
That's nice, Suzi,
I often get a bit of "edge halo" if I try to boost a light blue sky. How did you avoid that?

Rusty

Re: sky before and after

PostPosted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:40 am
by suzib
Here is the link to the tutorial, it is super easy. On the one I posted I used a grey instead of black, then lowered the opacity on the gardient layer. You can also paint with black on the mask if areas other than the sky are too dark but didn't need to on this one.

http://photos4clix.com/

Re: sky before and after

PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:27 pm
by westiemom
Nice job, Suzi.

Anita

Re: sky before and after

PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:38 pm
by sarch99
Or, Matt has some really cool sky presets for Lightroom. :rotfl: I'm getting lazy.

Re: sky before and after

PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:17 pm
by Rusty
Thanks for the link, Suzi,
Super Easy is right.

Rusty

Re: sky before and after

PostPosted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:24 pm
by sarch99
That is a very quick and easy method. I'll try it soon.

Re: sky before and after

PostPosted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:40 am
by jlwilm
Suzi,

Interesting - I have bookmarked it for future reference.

I also noted that there is a tutorial a little further down about cropping to a rule of thirds along with some tips on making your own overlays.

I will post a note in the cropping thread - it may help him out.