On 25 Sep 2004 at 10:05, frank theriault wrote: > 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>)
Har, I knew what image you were referring too without looking :-) > 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? If the information isn't in the scan no amount of manipulation will get it back, it will only start looking more terrible. However if there is more information lurking there you can of course use the localized burn and dodge tools but there are also good global tools that can be excellent if you learn how to use them effectively. In this instance the curves tool might be of assistance. Using this tool you can alter the contrast ratio of the image over selective brightness ranges through the image. For instance if you set three control points you can preserve the contrast relationships of everything that is 50% grey through to white but alter the relationships of your blacks to bring out the shadow details only. The settings following will give you an exaggerated result but you will see what I mean if you have a play with it: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~audiob/temp/curvestool.gif Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
