I won't post a sample but you might try a bit less brightness and a touch less contrast, the best results I got was using
-4 on brightness and -2 on contrast.
frank theriault wrote:
Well, as I told you all a few weeks ago, I finally got around to installing Photoshop (version 6.0) a couple of weeks ago. Although I haven't yet gotten around to getting a Photoshop for Dummies type manual (Shel's going to send me something, and I've been very lazy about getting to a library), I've been fooling around with it, not knowing much what I've been doing. At least since I've so far only been fiddling with B&W photos, I don't have to worry about the colour stuff, so that simplifies stuff a bit.
I must say, I'm quite blown away by what little bit I've figured out that I can do. You know how I'm always saying, "the scan of this one's horrible"? Well, it was. Not the scan, per se, but the software I was working with was really bad.
Here's an example of a fairly notorious shot of mine (at least notorious to me - one of my faves). Old scan:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2188556&size=lg
New scan:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2727452&size=lg
Now, someone tell me that isn't night and day! And that's without really knowing too much what to do. (I did burn her ring in a bit - kinda cool, eh? <g>)
So, here's a question: When I first posted this one, someone (maybe Bruce Dayton? I can't remember) said that he suspected that there were some highlights in the dark hair of Lucie on the left. There were indeed some highlights on the print, and I think they've come out a bit better on the ps version. If I wanted to bring those up a bit more, how would I do it? Any suggestions? Everything I've tried has looked pretty bad. Or, should I just leave it?
I'm having so much fun with this!! Thanks for your help.
cheers, frank
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