This video contains a few different tricks for various situations (color reconstruction, tone curves, colorize, etc.):
http://weeklyedit.com/blownout-highlights/ 2017-02-04 9:57 GMT+01:00 KOVÁCS István <[email protected]>: > Have you tried the base curve with exposure fusion? It works with a linear > "curve", too, so you get dynamic range compression that may help. Then, use > exposure and tone curve, zone system tools to adjust the image. > > Kofa > > On 4 Feb 2017 04:04, "Anton Aylward" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have a picture of a white barrel cactus (Cleistocactus icosagonus) >> which was >> taken in strong light, bringing out the white 'leafs'. The illumination >> is >> along one edge, rather like a crescent moon. The crescent is overblown >> whenever >> I convert to JPEG, and I can't figure out how to manipulate it down >> without the >> rest of the image being darkened or distorted. >> >> Other than ending up dealing with layers in GIMP, or somehow masking the >> crescent, which, because of the spiky leaves might be awkward, what can I >> do >> about this? I there some way to 'flatten' the top end of the white alone? >> >> I know some controls have sliders, but, for example, keeping the R&G&B all >> aligned is difficult. Is there a way to do numeric input or lock sliders >> together? >> >> Or am I just approaching this the wrong way? >> >> -- >> The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical >> invents >> the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them. >> --Mark Twain >> ____________________________________________________________ >> ________________ >> darktable user mailing list >> to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscribe@lis >> ts.darktable.org >> >> > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to > [email protected] > ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
