Help with workflow

StanGetz · 16th October 2006

Hi guys,

Sorry gotta start a new thread.

Nice outing to Matilda House this time. However, after PP, i still find my photos lack a punch in colors. Hope you guys can help out a bit.

I posted an orginal and a edit photo below. Feel free to edit the orginal pic. Hope you can add the workflow u performed to achieve an edited IR pic. Thanks alot man!!

Orginal unedited photo....

After my simple workflow as follows:
1) Adjust levels
2) Adjust 's' curve
3) Channel mixer
4) USM

Result of editing....

I did not try hue/saturation as Im still not familar with it. always messed up the colors when i tried that action.

I was wondering if its my PP process or is that the orginal photo already is not well take? as in over expose thus missing out the highlights/shadows?

realli do hope theres a workflow sharing session one of these days as brought up during the last outing. I realli think it wil be beneficial as another part of IR shooting is also about post-processing. Thanks!

TrailsofLife · 17th October 2006

Hi StanGetz,

Here's my shot at post-processing your pix:

Not much diff.

I find your pix abit overexpose for me. So what I did is a auto level, then I use curse to make it slightly darker, so there's more mid-tone.

Then in Hue/Saturation, I adjust the cyan channel to make it more blue and increase the saturation by 20% in the Master channel.

I didn't remove the yellowish grass because I kinda feel yellowish grass works for this shot.

Cheers
Max 2.8

Dennis · 17th October 2006

Not much of a PP guy but your workflow is pretty much the same as mine.
1) Auto levels (done in PS)
2) Channel mixer (done in PS)
3) Curve (done in ACDSee)
4) Highlight / Shadow (done in ACDSee)

I don't do USM and all the others.
Can you set the WB to a lower value like 2000 instead of 2500, it might be better but not sure.

leews2001 · 17th October 2006

my work flow:

1) Swap IR,
2) Duplicate Layer
3) Layer 1: Color Balance: Shadow: (add blue/green cast)
4) Layer 2: Color Balance: Shadow: (add magenta or red cast to taste)
5) Layer 2: Random erase with large Natural Faux Brush flow:30%
6) Merger Layer
7) Add vignetting to taste
8) linear dodge with a tissue paper (20% opacity)
9) merge all layer.

ark19 · 17th October 2006

After applying IR_share action, and applying curves to darken the pic:

Con't with OI action(available in ark19.info) and curves to darken:

Not much diff from what u did but actually with the haze blocking the Sun and blurring the skies, it's difficult to shoot well exposed IR photos.

16th October 2006	#1
StanGetz Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,395	Help with workflow Hi guys, Sorry gotta start a new thread. Nice outing to Matilda House this time. However, after PP, i still find my photos lack a punch in colors. Hope you guys can help out a bit. I posted an orginal and a edit photo below. Feel free to edit the orginal pic. Hope you can add the workflow u performed to achieve an edited IR pic. Thanks alot man!! Orginal unedited photo.... After my simple workflow as follows: 1) Adjust levels 2) Adjust 's' curve 3) Channel mixer 4) USM Result of editing.... I did not try hue/saturation as Im still not familar with it. always messed up the colors when i tried that action. I was wondering if its my PP process or is that the orginal photo already is not well take? as in over expose thus missing out the highlights/shadows? realli do hope theres a workflow sharing session one of these days as brought up during the last outing. I realli think it wil be beneficial as another part of IR shooting is also about post-processing. Thanks!

17th October 2006	#2
TrailsofLife Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 8,492	Re: Help with workflow Hi StanGetz, Here's my shot at post-processing your pix: Not much diff. I find your pix abit overexpose for me. So what I did is a auto level, then I use curse to make it slightly darker, so there's more mid-tone. Then in Hue/Saturation, I adjust the cyan channel to make it more blue and increase the saturation by 20% in the Master channel. I didn't remove the yellowish grass because I kinda feel yellowish grass works for this shot. Cheers Max 2.8 __________________ *trailsoflife photographyblog**

17th October 2006	#3
Dennis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,862	Re: Help with workflow Not much of a PP guy but your workflow is pretty much the same as mine. 1) Auto levels (done in PS) 2) Channel mixer (done in PS) 3) Curve (done in ACDSee) 4) Highlight / Shadow (done in ACDSee) I don't do USM and all the others. Can you set the WB to a lower value like 2000 instead of 2500, it might be better but not sure.

17th October 2006	#4
leews2001 Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 3rd Rock from the Sun Posts: 246	Re: Help with workflow my work flow: 1) Swap IR, 2) Duplicate Layer 3) Layer 1: Color Balance: Shadow: (add blue/green cast) 4) Layer 2: Color Balance: Shadow: (add magenta or red cast to taste) 5) Layer 2: Random erase with large Natural Faux Brush flow:30% 6) Merger Layer 7) Add vignetting to taste 8) linear dodge with a tissue paper (20% opacity) 9) merge all layer. __________________ 我吔呢班打工仔, 一生一世為錢幣做奴隸 flickr

17th October 2006	#5
ark19 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: ark19.multiply.com Posts: 3,080	Re: Help with workflow After applying IR_share action, and applying curves to darken the pic: Con't with OI action(available in ark19.info) and curves to darken: Not much diff from what u did but actually with the haze blocking the Sun and blurring the skies, it's difficult to shoot well exposed IR photos.