What kind of post-processing techniques do you usually apply to your photos?
Discuss - Post-Processing
Very much depends upon the image, but looking at the things I do, it's more about "processing" than "post-processing", the digital images in most cases are just considered "raw" material. :)
#2
2 years ago
I use LightRoom 3 for 80% of my processing these days. There are times when I do still use photoshop in conjunction with LR3. If I edit a photo and I like what i've done, I usually save it as a preset in LR3, it allows me to get a similar 'look' in all my photos, but I usually have to tweak the settings different for each photograph.
I don't do HDR, although I have Photomatix.
I don't do HDR, although I have Photomatix.
#3
2 years ago
Most of my work is HDR so processing is geared around that.
For all images, I shoot in RAW so there is processing at some stage. Once home I import all images into Lightroom 4. Within here I do very little as I use the programme for cataloguing rather than for processing. I will often change the white balance on images here, and this is easy to do in batch - especially if I need to coordinate with the Color Passport - as well as editing the exposure on a group of images if needed.
If I'm doing HDR then I export the brackets from LR4 to Photomatix, automatically bringing the images back into LR4 once tonemapped.
From LR4 the images are then exported into Photoshop CS6. My first step is often to sharpen them up. I then use Color Efex Pro by NikSoftware and Perfect Effects 3 by OnOne Software if required; this could be something as simple as editing the contrast, or more complex such as brushing in a combination of filters on to certain areas.
Once my work with them is done I may reduce the noise if required, and for this I use Denoise by Topaz Labs. Finally I will adjust curves and brightness if required.
Cropping and the other perspective adjustments are done at various stages of the process while in CS6.
Images are then saved back to LR4 where they can be uploaded to Smugmug,
For all images, I shoot in RAW so there is processing at some stage. Once home I import all images into Lightroom 4. Within here I do very little as I use the programme for cataloguing rather than for processing. I will often change the white balance on images here, and this is easy to do in batch - especially if I need to coordinate with the Color Passport - as well as editing the exposure on a group of images if needed.
If I'm doing HDR then I export the brackets from LR4 to Photomatix, automatically bringing the images back into LR4 once tonemapped.
From LR4 the images are then exported into Photoshop CS6. My first step is often to sharpen them up. I then use Color Efex Pro by NikSoftware and Perfect Effects 3 by OnOne Software if required; this could be something as simple as editing the contrast, or more complex such as brushing in a combination of filters on to certain areas.
Once my work with them is done I may reduce the noise if required, and for this I use Denoise by Topaz Labs. Finally I will adjust curves and brightness if required.
Cropping and the other perspective adjustments are done at various stages of the process while in CS6.
Images are then saved back to LR4 where they can be uploaded to Smugmug,
#4
10 months ago
Well, in two ways:
Firstly, I am using an iPhone and hipstamatic, which does automatic post-processing anyway. There I don't do anything at all. To me this is the most original I can get.
Secondly, with my Canon 40D I do mostly geometric corrections and cropping, and a bit of contrast and sharpening.
In the end it is about the shot itself that counts, no matter if you do post-processing or not! I never liked the discussions about digital photography not being the real thing anymore.
Markus
Firstly, I am using an iPhone and hipstamatic, which does automatic post-processing anyway. There I don't do anything at all. To me this is the most original I can get.
Secondly, with my Canon 40D I do mostly geometric corrections and cropping, and a bit of contrast and sharpening.
In the end it is about the shot itself that counts, no matter if you do post-processing or not! I never liked the discussions about digital photography not being the real thing anymore.
Markus
#5
8 months ago