Doug Kerr
Well-known member
Hi, Asher,
I reconstructed this dialog here as it was out of place in the thread on Fahim's work.
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You wrote:
I wrote, in reply:
I'm still interested in that. Further, is that the blend mode for the layer or the blend mode for the paintbrush?
You wrote, in reply:
I wrote, in reply:
I'm still interested in that.
You continued:
I wrote:
Of course, duh, I should have known the answer to that: one adjusts the opacity of the adjustment layer on the control bar on the top of the Layers panel with the adjustment layer selected.
But I'm still curious about the matters of the multiply blend mode and "local contrast sharpening" via an adjustment layer.
Best regards,
Doug
I reconstructed this dialog here as it was out of place in the thread on Fahim's work.
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You wrote:
I find the shot appealing. You can add a curves layer, just change the blend to "multiply" and then paint into the mask and adjust the percent, for effect.
I wrote, in reply:
Tell me why the multiply blend mode is desirable here.
I'm still interested in that. Further, is that the blend mode for the layer or the blend mode for the paintbrush?
You wrote, in reply:
This picture might benefit from dealing with the bright thin areas to build up the detail and also to ameliorate the lack of local contrast.
Local Contrast Sharpening: It's one of the most useful hidden tricks in Photoshop.
I wrote, in reply:
Well, it remains hidden to me!
I have heard of the concept of local contrast enhancement, done using USM Sharpening (as in fact you describe below).
But here it seems as if you are speaking of doing something like that via an adjustment layer (since you mention using the adjustment layer mask to localize the effect). But I don't know which adjustment layer that is.
I'm still interested in that.
You continued:
It builds up density where one thinks one has really a badly overexposed part of an image. Then one can mask out any part of that one doesn't need. The mask is already waiting for use - it's the white square to the right side of that adjustment layer in the layers dialog box and MUST be selected first by clicking on it! (If not you paint black on your picture, LOL!)
I use a 20% black brush to paint over the actual photoshop picture itself just where one wants to gradually get rid of the increased detail and darkness effect where it's not needed. Every time one releases the mouse and then paints again, an additional 30% of black (i.e., removal), will occur. One can see progress in creation of a black dense area in the little white icon in the layers palette that had been selected before using the brush. So one can very gradually adjust the level of the increased image density.
When it's perfect, go away and have a tea/walk or steal a piece of pie from the refrigerator. When you return, now you can reduce the total effect of that layer on the one below as much as possible and usually it can be down to about 85% or so. You need to always do this to prevent over correcting pictures!
I wrote:
How do I do that?
Of course, duh, I should have known the answer to that: one adjusts the opacity of the adjustment layer on the control bar on the top of the Layers panel with the adjustment layer selected.
But I'm still curious about the matters of the multiply blend mode and "local contrast sharpening" via an adjustment layer.
Best regards,
Doug