Shooting in RAW and then converting in something like Capture One gives you a chance to create several conversions using different exposures and curves. I cheat when it comes to layers, I use the clone tool instead. I first register the two images together by viewing at 800% and using the clone tool at one pixel. I then go back to 100% and a more sensible clone size and "paint" from one image into the next. This is ideal for dodging and burning just like B&W all those years ago.
Bob
On Saturday, September 27, 2003, at 11:08 pm, Matthew Wilson wrote:
Shoot for the highlights, the mids and the shadows and then mix freely in Photoshop. Anyone kmowing anything about layer masking should be able to handle this. I have tried this both with Canon's JPEG formatting and with Canon's RAW format which is then coverted using Graphic Converter to PSD format. I guess I assumed that when I got all three exposures aligned in one document and the layer masks done that it should look pretty good. But for both the JPEG and the RAW there was a pretty sizable gap between the top layer and the next one down. With the JPEG it was with the verticals on the bldgs. that there was a gap. With the RAW the ARea around the subjects face. It was like one exposure was distorted three or four pixels. But not just in one direction. I was really excited four or five years ago when I started thinking about this. Being able to shoot three exposures and blend them in Photoshop. It seems like Digital Cameras where made for this. But I don't know if it is in the conversion between the Canon firmware and the desktop. Has anyone tried a technique like this. Any one have any problems like this?
-Matt Wilson
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