If I'm not mistaken, the same effect can be achieved in-camera using multiple exposure and chossing the appropriate blend mode. A very informative thread on this subject can be found (for those of you for whom it is not against your religion to visit pentaxforums) at: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/172-pentax-k-3/274453-tutorial-k-3-multi-exposure-modes-additive-average-bright.html
On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually that does work on my CS6 standard edition, nor does the process > outlined in the video. > > Both the method you outline below and also the method in the video are only > enabled in Photoshop CC and CS Extended. I actually delved into that last > spring and learned that the only way to average with standard CS6 is to > manually adjust the layer opacity - I forgot my own research! > > Nice shots from Devon - averaging give the water a smooth but not silky > texture. I once read an article by George Lepp (IIRC) who suggested putting > a camera on a tripod and taking multiple exposures to soften moving water > without creating the "silky water" effect. That was back in film days and > multiple exposures was a simple way to combine multiple images... > > On 10/19/2015 9:17 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> Mark C wrote: >> >>> Thanks for posting that - I did not know how to automatically average >>> layers in Photoshop so that will be very helpful! I've been doing it >>> manually ala the technique they used with Gimp. >> >> That video doesn't even show the easiest way of averaging Layers in >> Photoshop. Here's the best way: From the FILE menu choose SCRIPTS and >> from that sub-menu choose STATISTICS. You'll get a dialog box in which >> you can choose the files you want (picking them individually, >> targeting an entire directory or using files you have open); then use >> the drop-down list in that dialog to choose the way you want to >> combine them — "Mean" and "Median" are usually the best choices. >> >> Click OK and Photoshop does the rest. >> >> I used this technique for several shots I took in Devon this past >> summer: >> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7df02413-16.jpg >> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7df02417-23.jpg >> > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
