Horoscope Fish
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A couple quickies just because I'm so excited to have my Tamron 70-200mm back!!!
I'm not sure if I posted about this little mishap or not, now that you mention it...I must have missed it--what happened to the lens?
looks like you processed the b&w portion as well. how did you do that after selecting the colors? i settled for the standard default adjustment in the image menu since i didn't know how to process the b&w after the colors were selected. i'm assuming you used layers in some regard.
Oh I used some layers alright. In short, here's what I did...looks like you processed the b&w portion as well. how did you do that after selecting the colors? i settled for the standard default adjustment in the image menu since i didn't know how to process the b&w after the colors were selected. i'm assuming you used layers in some regard.
thx.. i really need to take a class in Photoshop or something but i don't know of any good/affordable ones in my area..Oh I used some layers alright. In short, here's what I did...
I used Ctrl+J to duplicate the Background Layer before going to Select/Color Range, Inverting the selection and converting it to B/W via the Adjustment menu as you explained.
With Layer 1 as the active layer I applied a Vibrance Adjustment Layer (Vibrance 1) and boosted the graffiti colors. I went back to Layer 1 and created a second Vibrance Adjustment Layer (Vibrance 2), set the Saturation slider to (-100), applied a Black Mask and used the Brush Tool (set to White) to desaturate parts of the image, bringing them back to B/W. I had to do this because there were some small areas selected by the Color Range tool I didn't actually want colorized. While still on layer Vibrance 2 I changed the Blending Mode from Normal to Soft Light and reduced the opacity.
Finally, it was back to Layer 1 (the background-copy) for some Dodging/Burning and selective Sharpening using the Sharpen Tool.
If you can, I highly suggest a subscription to Lynda.com for learning not only Photoshop, but also Adobe Bridge and Camera Raw. Lynda is where I learned to use all three applications in a continuous workflow from culling images to finished product.thx.. i really need to take a class in Photoshop or something but i don't know of any good/affordable ones in my area..
thanx.. this info will definitely come in handy..If you can, I highly suggest a subscription to Lynda.com for learning not only Photoshop, but also Adobe Bridge and Camera Raw. Lynda is where I learned to use all three applications in a continuous workflow from culling images to finished product.
I like Lynda because it's not just a jumbled collection of videos on a topic, they offer actual courses on a topic that are coherently arranged and build on one another in a sequential manner. They have several thousand courses on Photoshop alone. Most videos in the courses I've taken are also pretty short, some just a few minutes in duration, with a "long" video being maybe twenty-minutes; which I think is nice because you go into a course knowing you're not going to be stuck in the chair for an hour at a time, unless you want to. The website keeps track of where you are in a course -- so it's easy to come and go and not lose track of where you are -- and you can keep several courses in a personal Playlist. The videos on Lynda are professionally produced in high def with good, clean audio, unlike most videos I ran across on YouTube. If I come off sounding like a Lynda.com salesman I assure you I'm not; it's just that Lynda has been, and continues to be, an amazing resource. Had I not found Lynda, I'd still be intimidated and confused by Bridge, Camera Raw and most certainly by Photoshop. But not anymore... The courses on Lynda blew the lid off Photoshop for me and that's where all my enthusiasm for it comes from.
You can try Lynda.com free for thirty-days and a basic subscription is $20 a month. At the very least get a free trial... You can learn a lot in thirty-days! If you need some suggested courses I'd be happy to point you in the right direction.
- Lynda.com :: (filtered for Beginner/Photoshop/Photography).
You can try Lynda.com free for thirty-days and a basic subscription is $20 a month.
I had a regular subscription for a long time but I forget how much I was paying for it. I now get my subscription for free through the college where I work, but if I didn't, I'd be happy to pay them $20 a month again. I double-checked their website, though, and Basic membership is $20 a month, Premium is $30. The biggest benefit, IMO, of the premium membership is access to the practice files, which I don't really think is worth the extra $10 a month, personally.... Didn't it used to only be one week free then around $25 per month afterwards? There are only a couple of times I remember reading they were offering 30 days free, and several members here jumped on it.