Week 4 Digital Technology
Camera RAW
Adjustment Brush, Sharpening and Noise Reduction Exercise
In Class
Before
1. River/Adjustment Brush
Before
After
For this image I used the Adjustment Brush on pretty much everything in the image. I took the clarity down for the sky, by dragging the adjustment brush over the entire sky area of the image. I upped the saturation in the rocks to make them a bit brighter, using the same technique. I took the exposure for the river up to make it lighter, and took the exposure for the grass up to make it lighter as well. I used the mask button over the image in red to show where I was adjusting as I couldn't see where I was adjusting because the adjustment brush tool wasn't showing on screen.
2. Rabbit/Adjustment Brush
Before
After
This image I found really hard to edit using the Adjustment Brush, because the adjustment brush wasn't showing on my computer. I couldn't see where the brush was editing and continually edited in the wrong area's, so I used the Mask Tool to show me where I was editing in red, much like the top image. For this image in the background I took the saturation all the way down and dragged my adjustment brush all over the background and carefully around the rabbit to make the background black and white. I also took the contrast up a bit for the background as well to give more detail.
For the rabbit I upped the saturation using the adjustment brush to make the fur a little brighter against the black and white in the background.
3. Rocks/Adjustment Brush
After
For this image I took the exposure for the sky down using the adjustment brush to make the sky lighter, and took the exposure and the highlights up for the cloud over the rock to make it stand out more and appear whiter. I also took the exposure and contrast up over the whole image using the basic's panel to help lighten the Image.
4. Model/Sharpening and Noise Reduction
Before and After
For this image I went into the Detail Panel. When going to sharpen this image I pressed down on the option key and moved the masking bar to make the image black and white to show me where I was sharpening, because I didn't want detail on the skin sharpened I went across till there was only white along the outsides of the subjects and made the edges sharper. Using the same technique I took the detail of the image down, and took the amount bar up to 76, and took the Luminance Bar all the way to 32 to help reduce the noise in the image, I also upped the colour. As you can see from the before and after image above there is quite a big difference especially with sharpening and noise reduction.
5. Ocean/Sharpening and Noise Reduction
Before and After
For this image I used the same techniques. I took the masking up to 52 by pressing down on the option key on the keyboard to show me what parts of the image I'm sharpening. I then took the detail up to 49 and took the radius up to 1.6 for a bit more detail and took the luminance up to 34 to reduce the nose in the whole image. I also upped the colour. You can see the after image is a whole heap more clean that the before image.
Adjustment Brush, Sharpening and Noise Reduction
Self Directed Editing
1. Adjustment Brush
Before and After
When editing this image I used the masking tool to see where I was editing. For this image I took the adjustment brush over the sky and upped the exposure to make the sky darker so you can see more detail, as you can see from both images the sky is quite a bit more bluer than the original image. I also took the adjustment brush over "Carylines" grey shirt but this time by taking the clarity down to help make her shirt a little lighter than the original image. I also took the adjustment brush over "Carylines" yellow lanyard to try and make it a bit brighter. I also took the adjustment brush over "Carylines" hair to try and lighten it by upping the exposure.
2. Barn/Adjustment Brush/Resizing
Before and After
After
When adjusting this image with the Adjustment Brush I used the masking tool so I could see where I was adjusting as it still wasn't showing on screen. I used the adjustment brush only over the sky, and took the exposure, contrast, and highlights all the way down to get more detail in the sky and make the sky darker in-between the clouds.
The bottom image is an image I resized in Photoshop, I made the shortest edge 20cm and took the resolution to 72dpi, and changed the format back to JPEG after I had done another task to change it to TIFF.
3. Sharpen and Noise Reduction
Before and After
This image had a high ISO of 6400. I edited this image with the sharpening panel in Camera RAW. I took the amount up to 12 to help smoothen the image, and took the mask up to 78 by pressing down on the option bar to make the screen black and white so I knew where I was sharpening. This time I decided I wanted the skin a little sharper to so I left some white on the face as well. I also took the luminance up to 58 to reduce the noise of the image.
4. Bridge/Adjustment Brush
Before and After
I made very small adjustments to this image BUT I didn't want too much done to it anyway. I made the fence on the right hand side darker as I wanted it to be darker with the rest of the fence so your eye dosn't get so attracted to it when looking at the image. I did this by taking the Exposure, Highlights, and Shadow bars all the way down and going over that part of the image with the Adjustment Brush.
I also made the grass and "Aroha" in front brighter by upping the vibrance and made the sky darker which I think looks more dramatic by taking the exposure bar down and going over the whole sky with the Adjustment Brush.
5. Otara/Sport Removal/Adjustment Brush
Before
After
For this image I took the saturation down in the background using the Adjustment Brush. I always really liked this image BUT I didn't like how you couldn't really tell what the subject was cause her clothing is a very similar shade to the background so. I feel more like you can tell in the edited version. I also took the sharpness down in the background so it's not quite a sharp, again so "Rabia" would be more noticeable. I also used the Spot Removal tool on Rabia's scarf to get rid of the fluff stuck to her scarf.
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