When I see a sky with nice clouds I make a few exposures. Now I have a library of beautiful skies. I use them from time to time to put clouds onto images that have few or none. I used to do this in the darkroom, in my youth, and later found it possible to do a creditable job in Photoshop. Use the magic wand to select the sky and after that its like falling off a log. Using a layer to change the contrast in some areas - say to improve shadow detail is also very easy. Perhaps a few days studying the tutorials would be profitable? I too remove spots, drying marks and dust with the rubber stamp (cloning tool) - I've found it better than any of the other methods.
Don Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: March 30, 2002 ----- Original Message ----- From: "gfen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 5:03 PM Subject: Re: OT: sliding away? > On Sun, 10 Nov 2002, Keith Whaley wrote: > > And, for the 1/10th of 1% that you actually use and enjoy, you're > > going thru all that sweat and tears? > > Nah, not me, thanks... > > I'm a longstanding computer geek, and every computer I've owned for the > last 10 years or so has had a copy of Photoshop on it..Not because I > needed it, but because it was expected. > > I've never bother to do anything of note in it, until recently.. The last > few times I've turned the PC on, I've learned how to use curves and levels > to make a nicer looking image, and how to clone out dust. Then I learned > how to correctly resize images and DPI for printing. > > Is there more to photoshop? Oh yeah. > Do I need to learn it? Nope. I can do everything I need to, and it was > actually pretty easy to learn. > > > -- > http://www.infotainment.org <-> more fun than a poke in your eye. > http://www.eighteenpercent.com <-> photography and portfolio. >
