I'm not good at all at post processing, sure I can change some colors here saturation there but I do not know how to really post process. can you guys help I'll give you some pictures and I wanted to maybe get ride of some of the dirt and give it a little bit more pop you are all more then welcome to edit my pictures as well...
Well, the only way you're going to get good at PP is if you just try it!
For the dust/dirt try lassoing the area and applying the "dust/scratches" (you'll find it under "noise") filter. Set the threshold at 11 and the radius at 10... don't worry about being exact with the lasso, you can always use the "history" brush to bring back the detail that's been obscured.
Try playing around with the blue/cyan saturation and your levels to get some of the "pop" you're looking for.
I was playin around with it, this is what I came up with. I think the problem is the angle of the lighting, the sun really shows all the specks in the paint. Btw wash the car before the next photoshoot ;-)
The first image looks like a soft image of a car with dirt on it. The second image looks like sharpened dirt. The third image looks like either a severe paint problem or something bad was done in post-processing.
I believe this is a case of required pre-processing -- sixty seconds with water, soap, and a chamois would have done this very nicely.
Paul: I wasn't meaning to be insulting -- I don't think there really is much one can do in this case in PS, or want to bother. The car is still fun to drive, right?
christo™ wrote:
The first image looks like a soft image of a car with dirt on it. The second image looks like sharpened dirt. The third image looks like either a severe paint problem or something bad was done in post-processing.
I believe this is a case of required pre-processing -- sixty seconds with water, soap, and a chamois would have done this very nicely.
lol nice...my bad guys...shoulda have cleaned it first.it was a quick snapshot walking back in the house with the 100mm macro...weird...
I think I was being rude while feeling flippant, and I would like to see you post a full shot of your Cooper in that daylight (we don't get that up here in MN much these days), just that the only way to post process this with any hope would be to blur the crap out of most of it and maybe focus in on the headlight? Sharpening noise always sucks, and the flecks on that dark paint are noise.
It is a fun post for me because the mini-cooper will always have a place in my heart. My step-dad raced the '60's era minis, and they were always fun to drive and work on. It was a cool class for a long time. I got to drive one of the new ones, and dang if they don't still have the spirit even if "all grown up" with all the crap the governments require these days...
Please post a shot of your mini in full frontal for us old lechers, will you? I drive a freakin' mini-van...
christo™ wrote:
I think I was being rude while feeling flippant, and I would like to see you post a full shot of your Cooper in that daylight (we don't get that up here in MN much these days), just that the only way to post process this with any hope would be to blur the crap out of most of it and maybe focus in on the headlight? Sharpening noise always sucks, and the flecks on that dark paint are noise.
It is a fun post for me because the mini-cooper will always have a place in my heart. My step-dad raced the '60's era minis, and they were always fun to drive and work on. It was a cool class for a long time. I got to drive one of the new ones, and dang if they don't still have the spirit even if "all grown up" with all the crap the governments require these days...
Please post a shot of your mini in full frontal for us old lechers, will you? I drive a freakin' mini-van......Show more →
Sure, after its CLEANED lol I will try to get some time and take a wide angle shot of it
