Sony and post processing (PP) ...

... I put this tutorial together about a year back and thought some of you may like to take a look at it or visit it again.

It is a simple way to post process images in a step by step format. It really doesn't matter which camera you use, they can all benefit from a little 'nip and tuck' at times.

The link will take you to a PDF document which is located on my site. You may download and use it for your personal use and it is free ! Save it, print it - is all OK.

Hope it helps some. By the way, it will take a little time to download so be patient :

http://www.pixplanet.biz/PP%20101.pdf

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Rgds, Dave.
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Dave, thank you very much. Its always appreciated to get tips and tutorials in PP'ing. There is so much to learn in that area, and I for one, have just begun to scratch the surface. This looks very informative, much obliged.

Dale Marshall
http://picasaweb.google.com/sinbadhd

Thanks!

I have been looking for something to help in that regard. I am sure I will put it to good use after my Summer in Europe with my new H50!

Between this and Alan's White Paper, I got a lot of learnin' to day with my H50!

Good tutorial but..

...I went over to your main site and...

WOWWWWWWWWWWWW! Awe-inspiring photographs there. The most beautiful sunsets I have ever seen.

Amazing site.

Payne

... Hope you find it useful.
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... AAK's White Paper is very good. Hope you find it all good reading.
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Rgds, Dave.
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... Thanks for the Wow !!! Glad you enjoy them.
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Bookmarked!

Some comments/questions

You used the burn tool to adjust the sky. How does that differ from selecting the sky and then using the brightness slider? I just have not tried the burn tool that much.

A far easier straighten method is to use (and this is from memory as I created an action) Transform/Rotate with a guide on the hoizion or something that should be vertical or horizontal, that way there is no guess work.
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Sarge
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... I use the burn tool as it gives an even spread to everything. I was trying to keep this as simple as possible when I wrote this and did not want to get into 'selecting, masking, etc'. I also use the burn tool to darken other areas, such as backgrounds. Here you can rough select and use broad feathering techniques to isolate other areas.

Straighten - The reason I showed that example is that once you have 'drawn' the horizon line, PhotoShop automatically measures the angle and all you do is hit 'OK'. Simple, no guessing. In practice, I also use other tools to do this but, again, I wanted to keep it as simple as possible.
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Rgds, Dave.
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Lloydy said:

Straighten - The reason I showed that example is that once you have
'drawn' the horizon line, PhotoShop automatically measures the angle
and all you do is hit 'OK'. Simple, no guessing. In practice, I also
use other tools to do this but, again, I wanted to keep it as simple
as possible.

Click to expand...

Now that is a feature I had not found

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Sarge
Duck Club Member.
Miranda, Pentax K2-K1000, Sony FD-71-707-H5-H9
Albums at http://www.sony-snapper.com (now updated!)

... I've used PS for over 10 years and I didn't know about it until Alan posted it here about a year back.

Guess we can all help each other even if we think we know :
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