Lightened in SnapSeed with auto tune and Glamourglow.
iPhone 6s+, iColorama (composite) Union. And other stuff.
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It's too dark, isn't it. Maybe I could lighten up the top layer.Making art from unlikely materials...
I assume you're musing to yourself, but since you said it out loud... Maybe just brighten some of the lighter spots without changing the overall lightness?It's too dark, isn't it. Maybe I could lighten up the top layer.
I assume you're musing to yourself, but since you said it out loud... Maybe just brighten some of the lighter spots without changing the overall lightness?
Or ACDSee Pro's Light EQ tool if you have that.There's another version above. I'll gave to think about brightening lighter spots - with a different blend later? Or pencil in sketchclub? Or.. Um.
The new lighter version looks like bottles on a production line. I'm trying to decide which one I like better. The darker one I think. Sometimes it's nice to have to really investgate an image.View attachment 82508
Lightened in SnapSeed with auto tune and Glamourglow.
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iPhone 6s+, iColorama (composite) Union. And other stuff.
I like the change the lighter one brings, but I also like the blue-greens in the darker one.
Or ACDSee Pro's Light EQ tool if you have that.
If you have ACDSee Pro, then open your image, tap Adjustments at the bottom left, and then tap Light EQ in the row of Adjustments icons. That'll get you to here:I've never used the curves or EQ thingies in any app don't know enough about the subtleties of editing. But I'll have a got, bcs I like the blue green, too.
If you have ACDSee Pro, then open your image, tap Adjustments at the bottom left, and then tap Light EQ in the row of Adjustments icons. That'll get you to here:
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Those 5 dials represent the shades of light in your image, roughly corresponding to Blacks, Shadows, Mid-Grays, Highlights, and Whites. When you tap and hold on one of the dials, like Mid-Grays, a number pops up above the dial giving the current reading:
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Now you can slide your finger straight left or right to make all the parts of your image in that "band" lighter or darker. You'll see the changes in your image in real time.
The Color EQ control works much the same way, except you have dials for 8 colors instead of 5 shades, and you can adjust the hue, saturation, and brightness of each one.
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Great tute Ted. Thank you for that.If you have ACDSee Pro, then open your image, tap Adjustments at the bottom left, and then tap Light EQ in the row of Adjustments icons. That'll get you to here:
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Those 5 dials represent the shades of light in your image, roughly corresponding to Blacks, Shadows, Mid-Grays, Highlights, and Whites. When you tap and hold on one of the dials, like Mid-Grays, a number pops up above the dial giving the current reading:
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Now you can slide your finger straight left or right to make all the parts of your image in that "band" lighter or darker. You'll see the changes in your image in real time.
The Color EQ control works much the same way, except you have dials for 8 colors instead of 5 shades, and you can adjust the hue, saturation, and brightness of each one.
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I live the *glow* you gave it... looks like light through frosted glass. The blue is beautiful.At Jen's request, here's an edit of her darker original that I did using ACDSee Pro. I used the Light EQ tool to brighten the top three shades and the Color EQ tool to increase the brightness and tweak the hue of the blues (and maybe a nudge to the saturation, too, I don't remember). I also pulled the Clarity slider down to soften the results a bit.
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Yes, thanks Cat -- I forgot to mention the beautiful glow -- terse is that a fx of the reduced clarity?I live the *glow* you gave it... looks like light through frosted glass. The blue is beautiful.
I think so, yes, if we're thinking of the same thing. After I'd brightened the light areas, the transitions to the darks around looked too sharp? abrupt? So I decreased the Clarity to smooth those, which gives a more glowy effect. (In Snapseed, I'd probably use Glamour Glow to do the same sort of thing.)Yes, thanks Cat -- I forgot to mention the beautiful glow -- terse is that a fx of the reduced clarity?