On Fri, 2 Apr 2004 15:58:13 +0200, (Johan W.
Elzenga) wrote:
David Kilo wrote:
I used to use filters on a camera to, say, make the contrast between sky and coulds more pronounced. I am switching to a digital camera. Do I need filters?
Not just for that.
Or can I photoshop this effect?
Yes.
If so, how?
There are many ways, including the new "Shadow/Highlight" function in Photoshop CS. If you use an older version: Use "Hue/Saturation" and darken the blue (and cyan) colors. If needed, select the sky first. "Curves" is another option.
Or, create a new layer. Turn off the background layer. With black as your foreground colour, select foreground to transparent gradient and use a gradient fill from the top of the image down to where the sky hits the ground. Turn the background layer back on to see the effect. Use blending and select soft light and use the opacity slider to darken or lighten your "filter" to taste. Effectively, doing this, you#re providing yourself with a built in ND grad.
You can, of course, simulate most types of filter this way, including warm ups and cool filters by using different foreground colours and using the gradient in different ways.
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