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Posted 28 June 2009 - 10:02 PM

Been messing around in photshop cs4 for the past few hours, trying to colour pop photo's
This so far is my best attempt
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Any tips or advice to be given?


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Posted 29 June 2009 - 02:52 AM

Very nice I think, If he is a friend of yours I would think he would appreciate a copy of it! :thumbup:
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Posted 29 June 2009 - 09:51 AM

One tip for colour popping Jamie.......patience, take your time with it
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Posted 29 June 2009 - 04:29 PM

Well done and very wise to pick a picture with little spoke work to do :thumbup:
I find the best images that benefit from this are ones which have the item you want to pop close to the lens, and the background showing some depth. Like a distant crowd for instance. Ian Cross produced this awesome effort of Dabill at Carlilse which I think best shows what I mean.

Another thing to try is to layer the background into a few layers where there is a defined distance, and then apply a stepped gentle blur to each layer to give a sensation of depth.

p.s. This photo may already be on here somehwere so apologies if you have seen this before


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Posted 29 June 2009 - 05:14 PM

You will also make the image 'POP' by attention to adjustment curves. Make the whitest bit of the image very white and the darkest completely black. Use the eyedropper tool to assist with this.


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Posted 29 June 2009 - 06:29 PM

Patience... patience? That took me a good four hours :thumbup: Just could not get those bits in the background with the selection tool, kept wanting to select his helmet too..

Not a freind as such, just local rider Gary Macdonald, with a slightly strange look on his face?
Will mess around with the intensities of dark and light patches later if I get time and see if you notice an improvement..

Cheers,
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Posted 30 June 2009 - 04:32 AM

Gary Mac then? Is he not quite a good rider ?
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Posted 01 July 2009 - 09:49 PM

Ummm.. 9th in this years SSDT I think, pretty good rider!


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Posted 10 July 2009 - 09:00 PM

its all about time, it takes ages and ages but looks good in the end!
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Posted 10 July 2009 - 11:05 PM

Here is one i have just done, I have used the polygonal lasso tool took me about 20mins,
I believe there are many ways for colour popping but i find lasso best!

P.S does anyone get the same propb as me using polygonal lasso, when your half way through selecting its snaps and joins start to finish with no warning? i have found a way around it but its really annoying
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Posted 12 July 2009 - 08:01 AM

P.S does anyone get the same propb as me using polygonal lasso, when your half way through selecting its snaps and joins start to finish with no warning? i have found a way around it but its really annoying


It joins up because you have clicked your mouse too fast when moving from one point to the next
A double click action joins start to finish, take your time with the clicks and it won't happen.

I find the most effective use of selective colour is with wildlife shots
http://www.pbase.com...image/109217561

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Posted 12 July 2009 - 04:43 PM

View PostBentspoke, on Jul 12 2009, 09:01 AM, said:

P.S does anyone get the same propb as me using polygonal lasso, when your half way through selecting its snaps and joins start to finish with no warning? i have found a way around it but its really annoying


It joins up because you have clicked your mouse too fast when moving from one point to the next
A double click action joins start to finish, take your time with the clicks and it won't happen.

I find the most effective use of selective colour is with wildlife shots
http://www.pbase.com...image/109217561


I have done some research on the snapping, it seems to be a fault in the program, After a random time it will snap with no warning even if you just leave it for a while without clicking,
Regards, James


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