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Now we'll use the Threshold tool. Go to Image> Adjustments> Threshold. The Threshold tool will create a high contrast black and white effect that'll seperate the lights from the darks.
If you've got dull photos, this tutorial is for you.?? We'll learn a quick and easy way to enhance a photo's contrast in Photoshop.
In this Adobe Photoshop tutorial, we're going to learn how to use layers, layer blend modes, some noise, a little sharpening, and a simple adjustment layer to easily give a photo an "extreme contrast" effect.
In this Photoshop photo effects tutorial, we're going to look at how to give a photo a gritty, overprocessed look to it with extreme levels of contrast and sharpening, noise and washed out colors. Part of the effect will be created with a technique normally used as an advanced way of sharpening an image, but in this case, we'll be taking things well beyond the boundaries of common sense. This is the sort of thing that would probably get you fired if you were supposed to be doing serious photo editing and retouching work, but I've seen this photo effect used time and time again in advertising, and while the final result looks rather harsh, Photoshop makes creating the effect quick and painless, as we'll see!
This tutorial shows you yet another way how to take your photos from blah to amazing in just a couple quick steps. For the little amount of effort involved, this technique gives you a lot of bang for your buck!
3. If this added too much contrast you can decrease the opacity of the top layer (I decreased it to 80%).
This tutorial will teach you how to take your photos and transform them into a high-contrast work of art. You'll be creating a photo montage, using a combination of selection techniques and layer masking.
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This shutter speed may vary from model to model but the typical highest sync speed whether it is a Nikon or Canon camera these days is 1/250 or 1/200. You could use the equivalent exposures of 1/125 at f8, 1/60 at f11 and 1/30 at f16, but why would you? This is a portrait situation and you want the background to be as blurred out as possible. Besides, our mnemonic device, Seasoned Apples Smell Nutty to Blushing Bachelors, tells us to "Set Aperture to Small Number to Blur out Backgrounds." And to compensate for that large number f-stop or aperture, you should use your longest lens. If you take a picture with a telephoto versus a wide angle lens, you will find that the longer focal length lens blurs out the background more than a wide angle lens. Using the the built-in flash So after selecting your lens, you now decide you like the pretty warm light that you see on your subject. To maintain that "look," you will have to supplement or fill the shadow side of your subject's face. A reflector is perhaps the easiest fix if you have someone to hold it for you as you shoot. But unless you know beforehand that you'll have an extra set of hands, the more practical thing to do is to use flash. Most consumer grade digital SLRs like the Canon 20d, 40d, Rebel XTi or Nikon D40x, Nikon D200s have a built-in flash that pops up. They remind me of a crab's eye. To turn them on, you usually have to switch the camera to "Manual" mode, then press a button somewhere. On the Canon digital SLRs, that button is located near the red dot of your lens. When your little flash pops up, all you have to do is compose your picture and fire away. For those of you who want even more control, you can try this: 1. Push the button to illuminate the LCD panel on the top of your camera. 2. Press the Flash exposure compensation button. 3. Dial in the amount of fill flash you want. This is just a fancy way of telling your camera flash how much light "to kick into the scene." If you want to overpower the ambient light by one stop, all you have to do is to turn the Quick Dial on the back of your camera clockwise or to the right and the flash should overpower the ambient light setting by 1 or 2 stops with 1/3 stop increments. The camera figures out that how much power the flash needs to put out to fill the shadow side of the face without any fuss whatsoever. The picture above without fill flash is not too bad but if you were to print it, you'll see that you can't see your subjects face that's in shado...
What is contrast masking? Contrast masking is a developing technique, initially for film photography, that is used to provide a more consistent tone across an image that have overly dark or light areas. Essentially this technique balances the tone across an image. In the darkroom, contrast masking is a very difficult and time-consuming task. Using Photoshop it takes only a few minutes.
When should you use Contrast Boost? Like with many of my finishing tips, I recommend saving them for last. Touch of your image at as you normally would then experiment to see which finishing tips work best. Contrast boosting is a great way to squeeze a little bit of extra contrast of the highlights of your image. It tends to fix dull images and make them more vivid.
Learn a better way to increase contrast using Photoshop. This Photoshop technique protects your image from having blown out highlights and shadows while you increase contrast. Follow this Photoshop tutorial to learn how to apply this new technique.
In this page, we'll create the two contrast adjustment layers. One will be for the highlights of the image and the other for the shadows.
s your lens lacking contrast? Find out how to simulate the contrast qualities of high quality lens with this Photoshop retouching tutorial. This effect increases visible detail and edge contrast without increasing the overall image contrast.
Now, duplicate the base layer and move it to top of the layer palate. Change its blending mode to Linear Light. If you want, you can again duplicate the top layer. You now have your high contrast photograph ready :)
Local Contrast Category: Photoshop Is your lens lacking contrast? Find out how to simulate the contrast qualities of high quality lens with this Photoshop retouching tutorial. This effect increases visible detail and edge contrast without increasing the overall image contrast. Written by Denny Tang Views:
Adaptive Contrast Category: Photoshop Learn a better way to increase contrast using Photoshop. This Photoshop technique protects your image from having blown out highlights and shadows while you increase contrast. Follow this Photoshop tutorial to learn how to apply this new technique. Written by Denny Tang Views:
Your digital photography workflow is important because it's the process that you employ to create an image. Each step in the workflow is important as it makes each sub-sequent step easier and makes the overall workflow more efficient, allowing you to devote more time and energy to creating great images.
In my opinion, lens contrast of fairly large image structures is a primary determinant of subjective optical quality in a camera lens. The old Leica 7-element 50mm Summicron was optimized for high contrast at 5 lp/mm, for instance, and under favorable picture-taking circumstances (i.e., avoiding too much flare and too wide an aperture), these lenses can still yield glorious-looking pictures today.
In this Photoshop photo editing tutorial, we're going to learn how to boost the contrast and color of an image using a little-known trick to select pixels based on their luminosity (lightness) values, which is officially known as "activating the luminosity mask". Once we have our selection, we're going to combine it with a layer blend mode to add more life to the image and give it a bit more visual snap.
Buy. Download. Create. Get Adobe Photoshop now at the Adobe Store. Find Photoshop CS4 tutorials and videos on our Photoshop CS4 Tutorials Page. Try before you buy. Download any Adobe product for a free 30 day trial. Photoshop Blending Modes Cookbook "High-Contrast Sketch" (Pages 68, 69 from the Recipes section of Photoshop Blending Modes Cookbook - courtesy of O'Reilly Media.) Combining the Find Edges filter and the Overlay blending mode can produce a high-contrast sketch effect that works with many types of images. This recipe includes multiple Overlay layers, which boost contrast, so the recipe works particularly well with low-contrast images. In the recipe, I use three Overlay layers?you can use more or fewer, though more than three can produce excessive contrast. Another variation, if the result is too harsh, is to add some Gaussian Blur. STEP 1 In the Layers palette, duplicate the original image layer by dragging the background layer onto the "Create a new layer" icon, or use Ctrl/Cmd-J. STEP 2 Using the pull-down blending mode menu in the Layers palette, change the duplicate layer's blending mode to Overlay (or alternatively use the shortcut Alt/Opt-Shift-O) and rename it "Overlay 1." STEP 3 Reduce the Overlay 1 layer's opacity to 60%. STEP 4 Apply Filter > Stylize > Find Edges to the Overlay 1 layer. STEP 5 Use Ctrl/Cmd-J to duplicate the Overlay 1 layer. Name the new layer "Overlay 2." STEP 6 Use Ctrl/Cmd-F to apply Filter > Stylize > Find Edges to the Overlay 2 layer. STEP 7 Repeat steps 5 and 6. An easy way to do this is to use Ctrl/Cmd-J followed by Ctrl/Cmd-F. Direct Contrast This recipe always adds contrast to the image, which this early morning shot needed.
From the very beginning we are all born with an urge to touch, to feel, to experience texture. Spend a few hours watching baby's and see what they do. Usually, what's the first thing they do, if they can? Pick something up and put it in their mouth. Did you ever wonder why? It could be because they are hungry, or it could be because the human tongue is at least 10 times more sensitive to touch than our hands. Take a glass bottle, feel it with your fingers. Now take that same glass bottle and touch it with the tip of your tongue. Does it feel the same? That sensation you feel with your tongue, is much more intense, more exciting, and even more gratifying. That's the difference between someone who is just taking a snap shot and someone who takes the time to create a photograph. When you control the texture of your photos you invite the viewer deeper and deeper into your world. In other words . . . you share your feelings. Admit it; we've all seen those pictures of starving children from Africa, and they tug at your heart, don't they? Of course they do, and that wasn't by accident. Whether it's the fluffiness of a newborn kitten or the glistening of a rattlesnake's skin in the desert heat, you can almost �feel� the emotion rising within you. The bottom line is . . . these images all provoked an emotional response. Photographs are most often printed on a flat, boring, non responsive piece of paper. Keep in mind that a snap shot is a two-dimensional piece of paper. A photograph is a three-dimensional work of art. What is it that makes the difference? Often it ends up being contrast. The difference between big and little, or the difference between smooth and rough give us the viewer something to relate to. If you can't relate to an image, no matter what the subject matter, it's very unlikely to get you to have an emotional response. If you shoot a picture of a rodeo from the very top seat of a huge grandstand, will it have the same impact as the one shot by the clown looking at the bull face to face?? Obviously, contrast can take on many forms: color, size, distance, or texture. But texture helps to add depth. It's not the only tool in your tool box that can do this, but it one of things specifically designed for the job. It's like trying to open a can with a screwdriver and a rock verses using a can opener. Can you do it with a screwdriver? Yes. Was it as easy? No. Was it as enjoyable? Probably not. Many photo classes are taught that never even mention the word...
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You can make your photos more striking by increasing the color contrast. Below is an example that compares the color contrast. With less color contrast, the image will look dull and quiet. High color contrast makes photos look striking.
This is also a perfect example of my general approach to photoshop. Lots of people use photoshop like a glorified plugin gallery. They have a few techniques that they know how to apply� kind of like being able to cook from a recipe. Others are even more hands off, having a large set of actions at their disposal. Now don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with this approach, but it is limiting and will produce vastly different results with different images. A good photoshop user can visualize the finished product before even starting. Only once you know where you are going then you can decide how you are going to get there.
Over the years, since Photoshop first appeared on the scene, many unsuspecting photographers and photo retouchers have fallen prey to the evil known as the Brightness/Contrast command. Beginner Photoshop users looking to improve the overall appearance of their images headed up to the Image > Adjustments menu and were delighted to find a simple and seemingly straightforward little option called Brightness/Contrast. With a dialog box made up of only two sliders - one for brightness and one for contrast - what could be easier?
Step 2: Duplicate the layer by pressing Ctrl+J. Now apply the desaturate on the duplicated layer. Go to Image> Adjustments> Desaturate or press Ctrl+Shift+U.
Step 1 – Starter Image
With modern color negative films and the new generation of improved scanners this problem can now be almost eliminated.
