Comments on: Before and After – My Post Processing Method http://www.pearsonphotography.co.uk/blog/2009/02/11/before-and-after-my-post-processing-method/ Wedding Photography based in the Scottish Borders Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:41:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Roy Judd http://www.pearsonphotography.co.uk/blog/2009/02/11/before-and-after-my-post-processing-method/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Roy Judd Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:35:15 +0000 http://www.jameslp.com/Blog/?p=208#comment-56 Excellent James. You've really got on top of Photoshop haven't you? I'd more or less abandoned it, relying on Aperture for my post processing, but you've given me solid reasons to think again. Thanks Bud! Excellent James. You’ve really got on top of Photoshop haven’t you? I’d more or less abandoned it, relying on Aperture for my post processing, but you’ve given me solid reasons to think again. Thanks Bud!

]]> By: James http://www.pearsonphotography.co.uk/blog/2009/02/11/before-and-after-my-post-processing-method/comment-page-1/#comment-55 James Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:58:26 +0000 http://www.jameslp.com/Blog/?p=208#comment-55 Thanks Rebecca and Todd, glad to hear you think it will be helpful. Todd - I created an action that creates an oval selection and then initiates the transform tool to allow me to resize it to where I want the vignette in the image. I then press enter to complete the transform, the action feathers the selection by a user-entered number of pixels (I usually choose about 150-250px), creates a mask and inverts it to cause the vignette to only affect the outside of the selection. I've recently made another action that does the same thing for a rectangular selection. I suppose I could just make the selection before running the action, but I find it quicker to make the action create the shape and then all I have to do is resize it. Thanks Rebecca and Todd, glad to hear you think it will be helpful.

Todd – I created an action that creates an oval selection and then initiates the transform tool to allow me to resize it to where I want the vignette in the image. I then press enter to complete the transform, the action feathers the selection by a user-entered number of pixels (I usually choose about 150-250px), creates a mask and inverts it to cause the vignette to only affect the outside of the selection. I’ve recently made another action that does the same thing for a rectangular selection. I suppose I could just make the selection before running the action, but I find it quicker to make the action create the shape and then all I have to do is resize it.

]]> By: Rebecca Honeywell http://www.pearsonphotography.co.uk/blog/2009/02/11/before-and-after-my-post-processing-method/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Rebecca Honeywell Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:46:56 +0000 http://www.jameslp.com/Blog/?p=208#comment-54 Great info and very helpful, what wonderful eyes she has..you could dive right into them! Great info and very helpful, what wonderful eyes she has..you could dive right into them!

]]> By: Todd Adamson http://www.pearsonphotography.co.uk/blog/2009/02/11/before-and-after-my-post-processing-method/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Todd Adamson Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:20:37 +0000 http://www.jameslp.com/Blog/?p=208#comment-53 Excellent, detailed info, James, I'm sure many will appreciate it. I've never thought of adding a vignette by that method before, and will definitely try it! Do you mask it in with a round brush, or something else? Whatever you do, it looks great! Excellent, detailed info, James, I’m sure many will appreciate it. I’ve never thought of adding a vignette by that method before, and will definitely try it! Do you mask it in with a round brush, or something else? Whatever you do, it looks great!

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