I thought that's what you meant, but I just wanted to make sure. I went back to the raw & your suggestion helped. Thanks. Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 5:20 AM Subject: Re: Advice for Applying Grain >I was referring to the second pic (grain 1 portrait), although I like > them both. But the highlights appear somewhat burned out in the second. > Paul > On Feb 27, 2008, at 12:04 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: > >> Thanks, Paul, but which photo do you mean? The 1st one (eye crop) >> or the >> second one (grain 1 portrait). Cheers, Christine >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 5:13 AM >> Subject: Re: Advice for Applying Grain >> >> >>> I don't know about applying grain, but I like this shot a lot. And I >>> would go back to RAW and pull down the highlights. You're getting >>> some burn out in the brighter parts of the face. You can do that >>> without deepening the shadows a lot if you work the conversion. >>> Paul >>> On Feb 26, 2008, at 12:38 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Everyone: >>>> >>>> I've been fooling around with applying grain, but I really don't >>>> know what >>>> I'm doing. I don't have any guiding principles to fall back on. I >>>> just >>>> sort of click, add noise, & adjust amounts, but I don't feel >>>> thoughtful >>>> about my attempts. >>>> >>>> This is an Eye Crop. I kind of like it, but I feel like I got to >>>> this point >>>> accidently. >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6991527&size=lg >>>> >>>> >>>> This is an informal portrait (BTW, When I open this photo up in >>>> Photoshop >>>> Elements 5, it looks a lot more grainer.). >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6991553 >>>> >>>> I suspect working with PSE5 also presents some limitations as >>>> opposed to >>>> working in the full Photoshop program. >>>> >>>> Anyway, I'd be grateful for just a tip or two. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Christine >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>>> and follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>> and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
