Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you want to simply adjust the gamma then you can use the Levels adjustment Image > Adjustment > Levels and move the center slider. This is, of course, best done on 16 bit images and will have the same effect as Mark's more eloquent method in the Curves adjustment. It does have the advantage of directly adjusting the image's gamma. (As is typical in Photoshop there are umpty ways to get to the same point - sometimes it's just fun to articulate an alternative for purposes of erudition.) Adam On 5/23/05, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > > > > I agree that the final image is too flat. My point is that I still have > > the untouched RAW files and can redo this as many times as I want without > > losing anything in the RAW. You can't do that with Jpegs or Tiffs. I > > spent about 10 minutes doing the layers. One of these days I'll go back > > and spend half an hour and get it to look the way I want it to. Then > > I'll > > save a Tiff but I won't discard the RAW. I would not spend any time > > working on a jpeg. It's just not worth it. > > > > Tina > > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > www.tinamanley.com > > > I think all Tina would have to do on that last image that she didn't quite > have time to with everything else and I find this illustration stupendously > valuable is just go in there with the curves and S it up a bit. > Make a bit of an S out of it. > Get that middle part of the S more vertical. Which is as I understand it > "increase gamma". > That's what I would do at least. > Sometimes I'm a curves guy other times a levels. To me this is a job for > command m curves mode. A slight 7 second tweak. > > > Mark Rabiner > Photography > Portland Oregon > http://rabinergroup.com/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >