HDR fix: Lucis Art+Shadow/Highlight

plugsnpixels schreef:

I’ve got a nasty example online of an extreme lighting situation: Lunchtime at the famous Farmer’s Market in LA (where James Dean ate his last breakfast…). Shot with no fill flash on auto-exposure, the original (top) is either too dark or too light with little middle ground.

I knew Lucis Art could pop open the shadows (second image), which it did to a great degree.

Photoshop’s native Shadow/Highlight also did a decent job on its own, but with less contrast/color and detail.

So! I applied Shadow/Highlight to the Lucis Art version, and got an excellent final result.

See a large version of the examples here:
http://www.plugsnpixels.com/forum/lucisshadow.jpg

Download the original unretouched camera image here:
http://www.plugsnpixels.com/forum/market.jpg

See more Lucis Art corrected and creative-effect images here: http://www.plugsnpixels.com/lucisart.html

Please post your own suggestions for modifying this workflow.

I’m sorry, but the result is something from a commercial !! The shadow/highlight just from PS suit me much and much better !

-=Rob

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I’m sorry, but the result is something from a commercial !! The shadow/highlight just from PS suit me much and much better !
-=Rob

Rob – I think are almost right!! This is not from a commercial it ‘is’ a commercial!!
First time Mr Plugsnpixels posts and it is to advertise software! coincidence??

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I’ve got a nasty example online of an extreme lighting situation: Lunchtime at the famous Farmer’s Market in LA (where James Dean ate his last breakfast…). Shot with no fill flash on auto-exposure, the original (top) is either too dark or too light with little middle ground.

I knew Lucis Art could pop open the shadows (second image), which it did to a great degree.

Photoshop’s native Shadow/Highlight also did a decent job on its own, but with less contrast/color and detail.

So! I applied Shadow/Highlight to the Lucis Art version, and got an excellent final result.

See a large version of the examples here:
http://www.plugsnpixels.com/forum/lucisshadow.jpg

Download the original unretouched camera image here:
http://www.plugsnpixels.com/forum/market.jpg

See more Lucis Art corrected and creative-effect images here: http://www.plugsnpixels.com/lucisart.html

Please post your own suggestions for modifying this workflow.

Welcome to LucisArt, a software filter offering revolutionary ways to render graphic images. Designed as a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop

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"plugsnpixels" wrote in message

I’ve got a nasty example online of an extreme lighting situation: Lunchtime at the famous Farmer’s Market in LA (where James Dean ate his last breakfast…). Shot with no fill flash on auto-exposure, the original (top) is either too dark or too light with little middle ground.

I knew Lucis Art could pop open the shadows (second image), which it did to a great degree.

Photoshop’s native Shadow/Highlight also did a decent job on its own, but with less contrast/color and detail.

So! I applied Shadow/Highlight to the Lucis Art version, and got an excellent final result.

See a large version of the examples here:
http://www.plugsnpixels.com/forum/lucisshadow.jpg

Download the original unretouched camera image here:
http://www.plugsnpixels.com/forum/market.jpg

See more Lucis Art corrected and creative-effect images here: http://www.plugsnpixels.com/lucisart.html

Please post your own suggestions for modifying this workflow.

Welcome to LucisArt, a software filter offering revolutionary ways to render graphic images. Designed as a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop

"Lefty" wrote in message

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"plugsnpixels" wrote in message

I’ve got a nasty example online of an extreme lighting situation: Lunchtime at the famous Farmer’s Market in LA (where James Dean ate his last breakfast…). Shot with no fill flash on auto-exposure, the original (top) is either too dark or too light with little middle ground.

I knew Lucis Art could pop open the shadows (second image), which it did to a great degree.

Photoshop’s native Shadow/Highlight also did a decent job on its own, but with less contrast/color and detail.

So! I applied Shadow/Highlight to the Lucis Art version, and got an excellent final result.

See a large version of the examples here:
http://www.plugsnpixels.com/forum/lucisshadow.jpg

Download the original unretouched camera image here:
http://www.plugsnpixels.com/forum/market.jpg

See more Lucis Art corrected and creative-effect images here: http://www.plugsnpixels.com/lucisart.html

Please post your own suggestions for modifying this workflow.

Welcome to LucisArt, a software filter offering revolutionary ways to render graphic images. Designed as a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop

"plugsnpixels" wrote in message

I’ve got a nasty example online of an extreme lighting situation: Lunchtime at the famous Farmer’s Market in LA (where James Dean ate his last breakfast…). Shot with no fill flash on auto-exposure, the original (top) is either too dark or too light with little middle ground.

I knew Lucis Art could pop open the shadows (second image), which it did to a great degree.

Photoshop’s native Shadow/Highlight also did a decent job on its own, but with less contrast/color and detail.

So! I applied Shadow/Highlight to the Lucis Art version, and got an excellent final result.

See a large version of the examples here:
http://www.plugsnpixels.com/forum/lucisshadow.jpg

Download the original unretouched camera image here:
http://www.plugsnpixels.com/forum/market.jpg

See more Lucis Art corrected and creative-effect images here: http://www.plugsnpixels.com/lucisart.html

Please post your own suggestions for modifying this workflow.

I suggest buying or using a fill-flash (and light meter) try exposing for the subject not the background
Or at least an assistant holding a white card or reflector on the main subject

Lucis thing can be done in PS with no plug in if you want an illustration look
for pure correction shadow/highlight was better

PS is supposed to be for PRO photogs?
how many pros make such bad shots anyway?
this stuff is better sold to amateurs and noobs who don’t know how to use the tools in PS and take poor shots.
If I was the AD or CD and a photographer gave me this I want my money back or re-shoot I would not bother fixing it.
Garbage in /garbage out

looks like a fake situation created to sell software in NG

Hi all, see my replies to KatWoman below:

I suggest buying or using a fill-flash (and light meter) try exposing for the subject not the background
Or at least an assistant holding a white card or reflector on the main subject

This shot is not typical of my work; see all of the other sample shots on my site. The crowd image was a quick unplanned grab shot that turned out especially bad due to the garish lighting (and due to the awkwardness of shooting strangers eating, no attempt was made to improve it at the time, although a flash was sitting right there on the camera). Also, most people don’t bring working assistants with large reflectors to the Farmer’s Market while navigating the tight crowd and vendor stalls looking for something to eat ;-).

Normally I would delete such a bad image, but I was curious to see what could be done to correct such extreme lighting in post-production. I thought of Lucis Art first because of my prior experience with its shadow-enhancing capabilties.

Lucis thing can be done in PS with no plug in if you want an illustration look for pure correction shadow/highlight was better

Perhaps so. I posted the original unretouched image so people could demonstrate how Shadow/Highlight could handle the situation on its own. I don’t see a link to any better example yet (!). So please post your Photoshop-only results.

this stuff is better sold to amateurs and noobs who don’t know how to use the tools in PS and take poor shots.

From what I understand, most copies of Lucis Art are sold to

professional photographers (noobs probably can’t afford it). Do a Google search (or visit: http://www.lucisart.com/pGallery.htm) and see what the pros are doing with it.

looks like a fake situation created to sell software in NG

The situation was unplanned and the processed results are real (and kind of fun-house looking, which fits the subject). And my website treats all software equally (from freebies to shareware to commercial apps), since I am not a software developer but rather an information resource for creative types.

Anyway, thanks for the warm welcome to Google Groups! ;-).

"plugsnpixels" wrote in message

Hi all, see my replies to KatWoman below:

I suggest buying or using a fill-flash (and light meter) try exposing for the subject not the background
Or at least an assistant holding a white card or reflector on the main subject

This shot is not typical of my work; see all of the other sample shots on my site. The crowd image was a quick unplanned grab shot that turned out especially bad due to the garish lighting (and due to the awkwardness of shooting strangers eating, no attempt was made to improve it at the time, although a flash was sitting right there on the camera). Also, most people don’t bring working assistants with large reflectors to the Farmer’s Market while navigating the tight crowd and vendor stalls looking for something to eat ;-).

Normally I would delete such a bad image, but I was curious to see what could be done to correct such extreme lighting in post-production. I thought of Lucis Art first because of my prior experience with its shadow-enhancing capabilties.

Lucis thing can be done in PS with no plug in if you want an illustration look for pure correction shadow/highlight was better

Perhaps so. I posted the original unretouched image so people could demonstrate how Shadow/Highlight could handle the situation on its own. I don’t see a link to any better example yet (!). So please post your Photoshop-only results.

this stuff is better sold to amateurs and noobs who don’t know how to use the tools in PS and take poor shots.

From what I understand, most copies of Lucis Art are sold to

professional photographers (noobs probably can’t afford it). Do a Google search (or visit: http://www.lucisart.com/pGallery.htm) and see what the pros are doing with it.

looks like a fake situation created to sell software in NG

The situation was unplanned and the processed results are real (and kind of fun-house looking, which fits the subject). And my website treats all software equally (from freebies to shareware to commercial apps), since I am not a software developer but rather an information resource for creative types.

Anyway, thanks for the warm welcome to Google Groups! ;-).

well we welcome non spammers-you have convinced me you are not are we on google?
did enjoy the artists results of the program, very nice
but not something I would have much use for myself
most my jobs I have to "keep it real" and not "drawn"

Hi KatWoman,

Thanks!

Here’s where I found this group:

http://groups-beta.google.com/groups/dir?sel=33583991

It may have been via a Google search for some Photoshop-related matter.