I made a pwetty picture.

**Tank101** · 10-4-2005, 07:27 PM

Before

After

Are there any other photo enhancing tricks I should know about? I just used the pretty basic hard light layers with some blurring, burning, light effects, and saturation.

**JenovaSephiroth** · 10-4-2005, 07:36 PM

Let's roll in a barrel through the bloody waterfall.
Yes, it's a pwetty picture.

QreepyBORIS · 10-4-2005, 09:52 PM

Enhancing the living hell out of the red/orange hues only really made it look fake.

Sol_Solis · 10-4-2005, 11:22 PM

Use some brushing?
Btw that image has been manip'd 489320121 times.
It depends, what are you going for when you manip it.
You can make like a really cool rainbow effect, I'll post it later. Of course it looks unrealistic, but it looks nice, not just a rainbow gradient overlay
By the way, to add some lighting effects use white->black gradient with overlay, which will add some lighting.

You should try using color balance layers too, to enhance the colors. like use color balance layers to make the water bluer, and stuff like that.

And make sure you mess wit the hue/saturation, because you don't want your colors too bright.

**Tank101** · 10-5-2005, 05:45 AM

Alrighty, thanks for the advice.

And yeah I was sorta going for unrealistic. I even considered using Poster Edges, but decided not to.

dancingmaniac3 · 10-5-2005, 07:27 AM

It honestly looks like a scene from a cinematic in some random game.

Dimitri13 · 10-5-2005, 02:30 PM

If you ask me, the picture was awesome pre-shopped.

jewpinthethird · 10-5-2005, 06:18 PM

It just looks like you saturated the hell out of it.

It makes me think of a nuclear holocaust, which isnt good.

That doesnt mean the picture is bad, your approach just wasnt the greatest.

PS. Not enough Lens flare.

10-4-2005, 07:27 PM	#1
Tank101 I V vi iii IV I IV V Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Tent Age: 34 Posts: 2,082	I made a pwetty picture. Before After Are there any other photo enhancing tricks I should know about? I just used the pretty basic hard light layers with some blurring, burning, light effects, and saturation.

10-4-2005, 07:36 PM	#2
JenovaSephiroth pink dragon irl Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: pittsburgh Age: 36 Posts: 828	RE: I made a pwetty picture. Let's roll in a barrel through the bloody waterfall. Yes, it's a pwetty picture.

10-4-2005, 09:52 PM	#3
QreepyBORIS FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: It is a mystery. Age: 35 Posts: 7,454	RE: I made a pwetty picture. Enhancing the living hell out of the red/orange hues only really made it look fake. __________________ Signature subject to change. THE ZERRRRRG.

10-4-2005, 11:22 PM	#4
Sol_Solis FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 661	RE: I made a pwetty picture. Use some brushing? Btw that image has been manip'd 489320121 times. It depends, what are you going for when you manip it. You can make like a really cool rainbow effect, I'll post it later. Of course it looks unrealistic, but it looks nice, not just a rainbow gradient overlay By the way, to add some lighting effects use white->black gradient with overlay, which will add some lighting. You should try using color balance layers too, to enhance the colors. like use color balance layers to make the water bluer, and stuff like that. And make sure you mess wit the hue/saturation, because you don't want your colors too bright.

10-5-2005, 05:45 AM	#5
Tank101 I V vi iii IV I IV V Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: The Tent Age: 34 Posts: 2,082	RE: I made a pwetty picture. Alrighty, thanks for the advice. And yeah I was sorta going for unrealistic. I even considered using Poster Edges, but decided not to.

10-5-2005, 07:27 AM	#6
dancingmaniac3 FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: San Antonio...where tortilla is pronounced right. Posts: 1,873	RE: I made a pwetty picture. It honestly looks like a scene from a cinematic in some random game. __________________

10-5-2005, 06:18 PM	#8
jewpinthethird (The Fat's Sabobah) Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Palm Springs, California Posts: 11,711	RE: I made a pwetty picture. It just looks like you saturated the hell out of it. It makes me think of a nuclear holocaust, which isnt good. That doesnt mean the picture is bad, your approach just wasnt the greatest. PS. Not enough Lens flare.

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