Pugwash Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 (edited) This has been Photoshopped considerably, but merely to enhance what was already there. As usual, here are the details: f2.8, close in, clean light, buckets of potatoshop, Lumix DMC-FZ20, Asian 21j Submariner from TTK. Anyone want to guess at what photoshop work has been done? Fun for all the family! Quick edit to say ... I forgot to mention that you can click the picture for a larger version. Edited July 13, 2006 by Pugwash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 ... and that's what inspired me to do the same with the Sub, only with no visible stand. Truly floaty, and coming soon ... Just tried to grab it as it floated out of the screen! But it seems like I'll have to buy one instead Fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonton2000 Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 Wow great picture! I think you photoshopped a floating 'P' in the bottom right hand corner, as i dont believe the modern subs come with one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted July 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 I think you photoshopped a floating 'P' in the bottom right hand corner, as i dont believe the modern subs come with one! Mine did ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrington Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 Nice rep Pug. Looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Category 5 Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 This has been Photoshopped considerably, but merely to enhance what was already there. As usual, here are the details: f2.8, close in, clean light, buckets of potatoshop, Lumix DMC-FZ20, Asian 21j Submariner from TTK. Anyone want to guess at what photoshop work has been done? Fun for all the family! Quick edit to say ... I forgot to mention that you can click the picture for a larger version. Awesome shot Pug. Looks like you might have layered or used dodge and burn to darken the top of the bezel, and lighten the right side of the bezel (or even shadow/higlighht function). Also, it looks like you brought nack some detail to the case lugs and bracelet on the top of the watch...and with that super sharp and black dial I suspect you used a second layer to crank the levels up on the dial to get that sharp looking jet black appearance. Also, I imagine you double shot the watch with the crown in and crown out to freeze the second hand, and the PS'ed in the closed crown for a better picture. These days, PS is part of photography. If you don't master it in the professional photography world, someone else will be earning your dollars. There are multiple ways to do almost anything in photoshop, so developing your own workflow is essential. Great show Pug! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted July 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 Also, I imagine you double shot the watch with the crown in and crown out to freeze the second hand, and the PS'ed in the closed crown for a better picture. Nope, one layer, one shot. I tend not to separate a shot into layers as much as I am very comfortable with selecting areas and relying on multiple undos if there's a deal-breaker. Here's what I did: Noise Ninja to get rid of the CCD noise (always do this first) and then clone tool to tidy up dust specs and the like, then hit the levels palette for the first of many times and block off the range I want my whitest and blackest to be. Check your clean-up looks good even with changed levels. Then, take the airbrush to the edge where the stand is visible and remove all traces of imperfection in the background. Whitewash the lot by selecting the watch and not much else with the lasso, invert selection, delete. Then, make an elliptical selection over the bezel insert, use the selection transformation to select just the bezel insert. This doesn't need to be pixel perfect as the next step is to invert and feather the selection. Once you have everything but the bezel, desaturate using the hue/saturation palette, bringing out the steel grey. Re-invert the selection and tweak the levels for the bezel insert, ignoring the results for the dial as we'll be doing that next. It's mostly a gamma modification you need here as opposed to white/black levels. At this point, you make an elliptical selection over the crystal and transform selection (scale/rotate, etc) to select the dial/crystal. Feather slightly (4-8px only) to make any missed edges less important. Use levels once more to get the dial to the right depth of black. Desaturate a little to get rid of any colours, although this would not be wise if you had a red sub or GMT, and there you'd select shadows and inverted colour ranges to desaturate. Astute readers will realise at this point the only area with any colour is the bezel insert, and this is visible in the pearl. Subtle enough to hint that this isn't a black-and-white image, which strengthens the metallic look of the steel colours. At this point, I painted over the one part where the stand insert was showing using masks and the clone tool. Once this is done, I loosely selected everything at the front, ie, the face, the crown and the first few links either way, and feathered the selection, inverted it so the background portions of the watch were selected and used gaussian blur to enhance the out-of-focus depth of field. I also lightened the out-of-focus area to draw attention away from it. Lastly, I slapped my drop-shadow P in the bottom-right and hit save for web. Here is the original as it came out of the camera: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highflyingclive Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 I'm fairly new to PhotoShop.... where do I find the "noise-ninja" tool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted July 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 I'm fairly new to PhotoShop.... where do I find the "noise-ninja" tool? Google is your friend. Noise Ninja Homepage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvio Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Nice image Pugwash... May I guess? PS done: - Level and contrast adjusment (S curve), Color correction. - Clean 'debris' with clone-stamping - Range sharpening - Neat masking Nice chop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvio Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Sorry, didn't see your last post on the detailed explanation of your PS work. My bad... nice work again. Nice image Pugwash... May I guess? PS done: - Level and contrast adjusment (S curve), Color correction. - Clean 'debris' with clone-stamping - Range sharpening - Neat masking Nice chop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Category 5 Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Nice step by step Pug. Why avoid layers? I actually portects your undo capability. You can always go back and edit separate parts at any time without remaking selections. I guess that proves my point, "there's more than one way to do any one thing...develop your own workflow". As far as noise is concerened, NN is great, but the latest Neat image with camera specific profiles is beyond anything else I have seen or used. And for SUPER DETAILED shots, check out this new tool. Looks quite promising! (at least until Adobe get's [censored] and adds all of this finctionality to CS3) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted July 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Why avoid layers? I actually portects your undo capability. You can always go back and edit separate parts at any time without remaking selections. I guess I don't make as many mistakes these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted July 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 As far as noise is concerened, NN is great, but the latest Neat image with camera specific profiles is beyond anything else I have seen or used. Yes, but what kind of idiot makes a Windows-only Photoshop Plugin? I'm on a Mac, see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Yes, but what kind of idiot makes a Windows-only Photoshop Plugin? I'm on a Mac, see. Only a fool would! Which is why Neat Image have a version for OS X too But no profile for my dilapidated camera that I can see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted July 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Which is why Neat Image have a version for OS X too Well, colour me stupid! http://www.neatimage.com/mac/download.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornerstone Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 It's actually pretty good, very impressed I found a profile for a similar model camera to mine and it does a fantastic 'one click' job - I compared it side by side with a Noise Ninja effort and was quite chuffed. Top tip Cat 5! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted July 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 It's actually pretty good, very impressed I've DLed and installed the OSX version and will be trying it out later today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onexchef Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 @Pugwash Very impresive. I don't understand a thing you are talking about(never used photoshop)but the finished product is outstanding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TTK Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 @Pugwash.....good article.....great photos......nice watch..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted July 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 @Pugwash.....good article.....great photos......nice watch..... Yes, it's a great watch. Where did I get it, again? I appreciate your kind words: You set the benchmark we work towards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TTK Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 (edited) Ok....let's see who can tell me what I did with this shot.....! Edited July 14, 2006 by TTK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 TTK, that`s your favourite is it not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TTK Posted July 14, 2006 Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 A slight favourite.....it's just that gold watches are quite difficult to snap...!.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted July 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2006 Ok....let's see who can tell me what I did with this shot.....! Shot? You mean shots plural, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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