Before and after

[mattyts]

After messing around and experimenting with pictures,thanks to Paul's excellent guide and software reccomendations...I re processed some photos of my pens,the top photos are raw,only thing that has been done is cropping in paint,no changes to light levels etc, the bottom pictures are cropped with Pauls software and then adjusted using the auto settings,what do you recon?

 

[Terry]

Big difference Matty much better!!!!!

 

[Dalboy]

Makes a lot of difference good job

 

[Jim]

It is good to see that a tutorial kindly added by a member of the forum to help others actually works, we may just start to lose that Plonker title ...


I did say may ...

 

[Grump]

Whey hey well done young Matty good to see you took notice you have some brilliant pics there init?
Mind you they were decent pics to stert with so the enhancement only makes the richer in this case.
How do you feel about them?

 

[chas_41_uk]

A lot of difference and much better

 

[mattyts]

Whey hey well done young Matty good to see you took notice you have some brilliant pics there init?
Mind you they were decent pics to stert with so the enhancement only makes the richer in this case.
How do you feel about them?

I like them,I didn't think my pics were too bad to start with,sometimes a little grey which hindered some detail but now the levels have changed,you can see details that weren't present before, the silver has got a tint of blue to that but I can live with it,overall very impressed,thanks Paul!

 

[Kardav]

Much, much better Matty, you can really see the grain popping out in the enhanced pictures.

 

[Goulss]

Certainly the second ones look much better, but in your opinion which ones better reflect the true colours?

 

[Buckeye]

Certainly the second ones look much better, but in your opinion which ones better reflect the true colours?

That's the big question do you want it before botox or after

Peter

 

[edlea]

But which are the truer colours?

 

[mattyts]

Certainly the second ones look much better, but in your opinion which ones better reflect the true colours?

I will have to play with the settings a bit as I have the pens with me now,the un edited ones look very pale but the leveled ones look a bit too..enthusiastic?

 

[Buckeye]

I will have to play with the settings a bit as I have the pens with me now,the un edited ones look very pale but the leveled ones look a bit too..enthusiastic?

It is far better to learn how to do it yourself. Auto anything is probably not the best, except auto focus, even then!

Peter

 

[Matt]

They look good. Planning to download the trial version of the recommended software and look forward to giving it a go

 

[paulm]

I'm glad it was of help Matt. I know what Peter is saying in doing it yourself but its gotta be easy and uncomplicated and there is a compromise between acceptable and professional. I can certainly tell the difference and the 2nd pens make them more sellable in my opinion.

These are little tricks that professionals use all the time, maybe not auto levels but then not everyone is a photographer!

 

[Buckeye]

I'm glad it was of help Matt. I know what Peter is saying in doing it yourself but its gotta be easy and uncomplicated and there is a compromise between acceptable and professional. I can certainly tell the difference and the 2nd pens make them more sellable in my opinion.

These are little tricks that professionals use all the time, maybe not auto levels but then not everyone is a photographer!

You don't have to be a photographer to do it yourself, I showed my 10 year old granddaughter (she was angry that I had called her 9 year old) how to improve her photos and it is just second place to her even without using photoshop. I don't use windows so I can't help anyone much.

The first thing I would do is set the crop to the final size you want ie 800 x ??? this will take out extraneous colour bias if there is any. Then I would set the colour temperature, if your camera can accept a custom colour balance then set it accordingly, even though I use flash I set mine to 7045K. Just because everyone will tell you to use 5000k -5500k doesn't men you have to do it, much like the concavia. What you are trying to achieve is something that is like the product you are photographing. If it doesn't look right set it differently. You didn't follow all the rules about turning so why would you follow it about photos. There's lots more, but I have had too much wine.

Peter

 

[Woody]

I just tried the auto and got a horrid picture nothing like it should be I will give it another go tomorrow

 

[brody2123]

They do look better Matt. Really brings out the colour and definition!

 

[Terry]

You don't have to be a photographer to do it yourself, I showed my 10 year old granddaughter (she was angry that I had called her 9 year old) how to improve her photos and it is just second place to her even without using photoshop. I don't use windows so I can't help anyone much.

The first thing I would do is set the crop to the final size you want ie 800 x ??? this will take out extraneous colour bias if there is any. Then I would set the colour temperature, if your camera can accept a custom colour balance then set it accordingly, even though I use flash I set mine to 7045K. Just because everyone will tell you to use 5000k -5500k doesn't men you have to do it, much like the concavia. What you are trying to achieve is something that is like the product you are photographing. If it doesn't look right set it differently. You didn't follow all the rules about turning so why would you follow it about photos. There's lots more, but I have had too much wine.

Peter

Interesting that you set the final cut first Peter as I have been doing it last after the editing !!!!!

 

[Buckeye]

Interesting that you set the final cut first Peter as I have been doing it last after the editing !!!!!

It doesn't matter much how you do it if you are getting the results you want. With the pens there is so much white background and so little pen, by setting the crop right away I can see the pen much clearer and concentrate on the pen rather than the background. If you sharpen your images always make the sharpening your last act before saving, but I know that's how you do it anyway. It is better to have your image at 100% zoom on your screen when applying sharpening so that you can see what is happening and not over sharpen.

Peter