What's your Post Processing workflow?

[arisarnado]

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Ako usual kay sa Photoshop, "Save As For Web" then i-resize nako to 35% then 8 ang quality (i think "Very High" ni xa)... pang multiply ni nga post nako usually.

Mga Bro, unsa man gyud sakto kadako inighuman na ug PP nya imoha na i-resize for JPEG para dili kaayo maapektuhan ang quality... tia

[pnoize]

i haven't had problems with USM. I've been using USM for all my shots for magazines, tarps and even billboards.

[pnoize]

Please bear with me as this is my first step by step workflow post.

here's a peek on my film-look Post Process Workflow:

1. It all starts with the framing and lighting. Take this shot for example that I took during a recent shoot with a photo club at Fort San Pedro. This was shot in the morning but it a bit overcast.

If you watch movies, you'll notice that ALL movies are of landscape orientation. So I composed the shot with that in mind. i gave a little allowance on both the top and the bottom of the frame (i'll explain why in a while.)



2. I copied the background layer then used USM to remove the haze. Amount : 18 Radius: 40 Threshold: 0. I also adjust the curves to brighten the photo a bit more than usual.



3. A third copy of the layer was then made and using a plug-in that imitates Polaroid films, I used one to imitate a film called Polachrome which gives the darker and contrasty look to bring out the details of the scenery and a little grain.



4. Two more layers were added to put a top black bar and a bottom black bar. remember the allowance i gave during on the composition for the top and bottom part of the frames? These were for the bars for the aesthetic touch of a film.



5.Time clean up. Merge all the layers to a new layer by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E. Using both healing brush and clone tools, I cleaned up the leaves and even the unpainted area of the bench.

My clone tool's hardness is set at 18% so that it blends smoothly. The Healing Brush is set at around 54% for the same effect.



6. Smoothen out the skin and uneven cracks on the floor to soften.



7. As an added touch, I decided to put a light vignette with a 50% opacity.



8. Added my watermark which is I have set as a brush to make things easier. And I end up with this:



Hope you like it.

[noelie_023]

wow.. sir benj.. nice.. gotta try this one ^^

[BeoR]

Nice. Thanks for sharing people! Ga nosebleed ko kay USM ra or Smart Sharpen akong nahibaw-an aside from global adjustments... hehe

[wikitoy]

kini, mao na ni, salamat sir Benj...

[genesis04]

WOW! thanks for sharing your workflow sir benj...was very educational.

[norwindetalla]

Please bear with me as this is my first step by step workflow post.

here's a peek on my film-look Post Process Workflow:

1. It all starts with the framing and lighting. Take this shot for example that I took during a recent shoot with a photo club at Fort San Pedro. This was shot in the morning but it a bit overcast.

If you watch movies, you'll notice that ALL movies are of landscape orientation. So I composed the shot with that in mind. i gave a little allowance on both the top and the bottom of the frame (i'll explain why in a while.)



2. I copied the background layer then used USM to remove the haze. Amount : 18 Radius: 40 Threshold: 0. I also adjust the curves to brighten the photo a bit more than usual.



3. A third copy of the layer was then made and using a plug-in that imitates Polaroid films, I used one to imitate a film called Polachrome which gives the darker and contrasty look to bring out the details of the scenery and a little grain.



4. Two more layers were added to put a top black bar and a bottom black bar. remember the allowance i gave during on the composition for the top and bottom part of the frames? These were for the bars for the aesthetic touch of a film.



5.Time clean up. Merge all the layers to a new layer by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E. Using both healing brush and clone tools, I cleaned up the leaves and even the unpainted area of the bench.

My clone tool's hardness is set at 18% so that it blends smoothly. The Healing Brush is set at around 54% for the same effect.



6. Smoothen out the skin and uneven cracks on the floor to soften.



7. As an added touch, I decided to put a light vignette with a 50% opacity.



8. Added my watermark which is I have set as a brush to make things easier. And I end up with this:



Hope you like it.

try nya nako ni...

[norwindetalla]

Thank You Very Much Master Benjie for sharing some of your workflow here. You will forever be Remembered. May You Rest In Peace...

[genesis04]

bai norwin, this looks very familiar..was this taken during our photography workshop ba?