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Gerry Kerr
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p.1 #1 · Post processing effects

Hi,

I recieved the Aqueducte.08 catalog for the 2008 Afocer salon and I am intrigued by the processing effects used on some of images. They are strong images to start with, but the processing technique makes them outstanding (imho).

Has anyone any idea how it done?

For those that did not enter this salon, the link below has some of the images. In particular, the first 4 images in this gallery

http://www.afocer.cat/Aqueducte/aq2008/especialtello/index.html

Gerry

Nov 22, 2008 at 06:35 AM

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p.1 #2 · Post processing effects

Just a guess, but I have seen similar images produced with Photomatrix.

Nov 22, 2008 at 11:06 AM

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p.1 #3 · Post processing effects

Looks like a combination of Lucisart and a Dragan effect. You can find lots about both through Google.

Nov 22, 2008 at 12:10 PM

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p.1 #4 · Post processing effects

I think the PP make them look like crap and a half!

WAY over processed, halos everywhere, heavy saturation levels, splotchy uneven and unnatural tones, even the B&W's are ruined. etc. These are very common processing techniques these days (for some weird reason) so it's not even unique. To me it almost spells "Beginning PP enthusiast". Additionally the composition is very "uncomfortable". Fail. Oh Well, just my opinion.

The last 8 in the series are pretty good tho!

Nov 22, 2008 at 01:58 PM

Gerry Kerr
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p.1 #5 · Post processing effects

Thanks Guys,

A search for the Dragan effect turned up some stuff that looks interesting and I'll give that a go.

Its amazing how two people can look at a set of images and have such completely different opinions :-)

Thanks everyone for the pointers and opinions!

Gerry

Nov 23, 2008 at 06:36 PM

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p.1 #6 · Post processing effects

What? You didn't like the last 8 images in the set?

Nov 23, 2008 at 06:41 PM

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p.1 #7 · Post processing effects

Look at Topaz Adjust.

Nov 23, 2008 at 07:35 PM

Gerry Kerr
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p.1 #8 · Post processing effects

Bifurcator wrote:
What? You didn't like the last 8 images in the set?

Great comeback........

Nov 24, 2008 at 10:13 AM

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p.1 #9 · Post processing effects

Mark Sisco wrote:
Look at Topaz Adjust.

Thanks Mark - looks interesting

Gerry

Nov 24, 2008 at 10:50 AM


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