Well, I've learned something <VBG> I never thought about trying to emulate the lack of anti halation backing when modifying pics to have an older look. Ingenious! and very creative. Also, using the sepia photo filter was kind of a neat idea. I've just used the Hue/Sat to make the sepia conversion. Both have their place, and by being familiar with both options ultimately a finer degree of control can be implemented. Frankly, I've not thought much about using the photo filters as they weren't in earlier versions of PS.
Any action has limited use, so what else is new ;-)) It might be interesting to play with some of your features combined with the standard PS sepia conversions. Switching the glow layer on/off really does make a difference in the waterfall pic, and clearly shows its effect. Good work! Shel > [Original Message] > From: Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > That's a nicely done action. My first comment is that I'm unsure how > > necessary or useful the bright edge glow is, but to be honest, I've never > > used that effect before. Maybe I've been missing something., so it's great that > > you've included it in your process. If nothing else, I'll learn something. > > Thanks Shel, I was hoping that you'd find time to have a "play" with it. The > "bright edge glow" is my terminology. It is simply the sharpened original file > subjected to a gaussian blur and then mixed with the original image to produce > a halo to whatever degree is required. In including it I wanted to emulate the > lack of anti-halation layer in older films, its effect can be clearly seen if > you switch the layer visibility on and off. > > > The waterfall pic is wonderful, the "little house on the prairie" is OK, > > but the woman with the Minolta didn't turn out too well, IMO. Still, it's > > a good example of what potential the results offer. Thanks for posting > > this. > > If you load up the original colour waterfall pic and tun the action you will > see that it really looses some of what makes it work when the Bright edge glow > layer is switched on and off, of course YMMV :-) > > Of course it has limited uses as it is configured, some image really work and > others hoover, but I've been having a lot of fun with it :-) Remember any layer > can be enabled or disabled and trimmed plus they can me shuffled so the effects > are applied in alternate sequences so it has a bit of potential.
