By the way, please disregard all the "technical details" on the Photo.net page. It's the easiest way for me to post a photo at the present time, but in their assinine way, they require "technical details." I'm going to delet the image once you've seen it. Have a happy holiday. paul
Paul Stenquist wrote: > > Hi Paul, > Nice shot. You can isolate the musician by selecting him with the magic > wand. I was able to isolate him with a few clicks with the wand set at > 30 sensitivity. From there you can work on the levels, hue, saturation, > curves, brightness, and contrast. When you're happy with him, go to the > "Select" menu at the top of the screen and choose "Select Inverse." This > will allow you to work on the background. I did some quick adustments on > my Mac and a bit of a crop. If it was mine, I might blur the edges of > the musician a tiny bit. > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1193560&size=lg > > Paul Jones wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I suppose you americans are still gorging yourself on Turkey :) > > > > I was recently shooting a band and some of the shots were quite heavily > > backlit. > > > > Here's a shot: (straight scan with no adjustments) > > http://www.nrg666.com/jimmy.jpg > > > > Essentialy what i want to do is adjust the levels for the background and the > > foreground seperately. So i can mantain some detail in both. The problem is > > i'm not sure how to easily isolate the two sections from each other? > > > > Or am i going about this the totally wrong way :) ? > > > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > > > Regards, > > Paul Jones
