Thanks much!!! But allowing work and a leak under the sink to interfere
with list time. What's it coming to here?
I'm embarrassed to note that I almost always forget to reset levels
which is probably the very first step to be taken. Well, actually, I do
set levels, I guess, when processing raw files. Exposure, shadow fill
and recovery I think must be roughly equivalent to levels.
I'll have to study this and try it along with CH's method.
Thanks again.
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> ...
>>
>> On another note, when are you going to tell me what you did to spruce up my
>> granddaughter's photo. I thought her skin was too yellow but the result was
>> otherwise improved. I saved CH's response but have yet to try it out.
>>
>
> Sheesh, you'd think I had nothing to do. :-) Between a little
> consulting project and a leak under the kitchen sink, list time has been
> impacted.
>
> I mess with lots of images, sometimes keeping most of the layers,
> sometimes not, and I don't keep notes. For this one, at least I kept the
> layers, so I can show the steps.
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/CNorcutt/img_2646.htm>
>
> I roughly duplicated the steps, noting settings:
>
> 1. Mode = 16 bit
>
> 2. Levels, center from 1.00 to about 1.33. Get the subject into the middle.
>
> 3. Highlights about Amount 22, Tonal Width 40. Bring down highlights
> (rejigger shoulder) Sometimes I would skip #2 and adjust shadows here,
> also. Judgment call.
>
> 4. Brightness -11, Contrast -11. My default adjustment to prepare for
> LCE on many images, so ends of the histogram won't be blown.
>
> 5. LCE, USM of 20,50,0. My default single pass LCE settings.
>
> 6. Curves something like 46=>35, 128=>133, 185=>202. To taste.
> Also under the Curves, I did something now much more subtle to skin
> tones and added a Mask to retain the original background.
>
> Lest all this seem like more work than it is, remember that I have
> actions for many of these steps. 1. is just one click; 4 & 5 are just
> two clicks each, as I didn't change my default settings. And so on.
>
> Moose
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