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About LinkBacksWhen can I do a tutorial on 'Selective Sharpening'?? Gee ... I dunno <cough blog cough cough blind cough blog resources cough cough>Originally Posted by Bambi
okay that makes sense. so when can you do a tutorial on that?
This is a discussion on Fiddling around in Sydney NS within the Architecture & Man Made (cities, buildings, roads, objects & abstracts) forums, part of the Show your photo (Color) - Landscape & Nature (flowers, mountains, storms etc.) category; Originally Posted by Bambi okay that makes sense. so when can you do a tutorial on that? When can I ...
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When can I do a tutorial on 'Selective Sharpening'?? Gee ... I dunno <cough blog cough cough blind cough blog resources cough cough>okay that makes sense. so when can you do a tutorial on that?
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lol no I meant more on the whole masking thing.
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My Selective Sharpening tutorial shows you how to use layer masks within that.
If you follow that you'll soon see how you can use it to also adjust colour, curves etc in a selective manner.
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If you have 4 minutes watch the following tutorial on how to use layer masks in Gimp: YouTube - Akkana Peck Layer Mask Tutorial using GIMP
Once you understand how layer masks work you can have all kinds of fun. Duplicate the image you are working with, then reduce one layer to black and white and keep the other layer as colour then use the layer mask for selective colouring. Saving the image as an XCF before exporting to JPG will let you go back and tweak it.
My "miniatures" were built like this. I sharpened one layer and then heavily blurred the other. I then painted the layer mask in such a way as to let some areas show through as being sharp while others remained blurry.
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Cool ... now go find one for PSP X3
Gimp works much the same as PS in that regard. I'm expecting PSP X3 will also but it uses different terminology I think?
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X3 has some cool tools, check out the sample video, YouTube - PaintShop Photo Pro X3, New Features Highlights
Based on this video, it's very similar: YouTube - Custom Sharpness Layers - PaintShop Photo Pro X3 Tutorial
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you guys are too good to me
Feel free to make comments on any of my shots
my blog: http://bambesblog.blogspot.com/
My flickr photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bambe1964/
A painter takes their vision and makes it a reality. A photographer takes reality and makes it their vision.
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You're special to us Bambi. Your name reminds us of our bachelor parties
That's a good vid tutorial! X3 is slightly more complex than PS for this but shows what I mean.
He didn't mention it but I'm guessing if you make a mistake while using the mask and when using the black to rub out the layer you can choose white and rub it back in.
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