Your version looks great! I do like a little more grain but I love the
tones you came up with.
Tina
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, I came back to the list after working on this image, only to find
> that Paul beat me to it!
> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Manley/Supper.htm>
> On 2/18/2013 8:15 PM, Paul Laughlin wrote:
> > Okay, lets see if I can do this. LOL
> > First, I applied noise reduction with Noise Ninja. And saved that image.
>
> I used NeatImage for NR, and just worked on top of that layer. I'm not
> sure I understand the need to save all these
> steps as separate files, then bring them back in as layers.
>
> > Then I duplicated the background layer and used the Multiply blend mode
> > to darken the image. I flattened the image and saved it separately. I
> > then duplicated the background layer again and again applied the
> > Multiply blend mode to darken the image even more. Again flattened the
> > image and saved as a separate image.
> > I opened the noise reduction image and duplicated the background layer.
> > I then selected the father and the kids and made a layer mask. I
> > applied the screen blend mode to brighten this layer.
> > Then I brought in the two dark images as layers with the darkest one on
> > top. I turned off the visibility of the darkest one and, on the lighter
> > one of the darker layers, made a rough selection of the sun glare in the
> > middle of the back and made a layer mask of it. I then touched it up
> > with the brush using black and white to paint with on the layer mask.
> > Then I turned on the visibility of the darkest one and did the same
> > thing with it.
>
> I don't understand all that blend mode stuff. Probably should. But a
> single layer whit ShadowHighlight applied pretty
> much took care of those issues. I did mask it to maintain the sense of
> brightness in the lower center, darkening in both
> directions
>
> > After fooling around with the various layers, I then did a stamp visible
> to make a new layer combining all the other layers
>
> LOL! Yeah, me too. Several layers later ...
>
> > and applied high pass sharpening with soft light blend mode.
>
> Is that why it looks grittier than the original? I dunno, mine may be too
> smooth, but yours is too gritty for me. I know
> Tina likes some grain, so I hope I didn't get carried away.
>
> I also had the idea of a commercial image in mind, as I do like the
> picture of family life, so I cleaned up the kids
> faces. I love the smooth tonalities of these people's faces in B&W, and
> excess grain messes that up.
>
> Mostly just NR, ShadowHigh, Curves and detail work on the kids.
>
> Smooth Moose
>
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