Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Reddish and bluish casts remind me of early Ektachrome. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Philippe Orlent Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 2:59 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Alien Skin Exposure I don't think this would come out of the M8. These reddish colors remind me of 70s photography, of which I like the unnatural color shifts. Op 2-dec-06, om 21:41 heeft Walt Johnson het volgende geschreven: > Philippe > > Is it just me or does the Alien Skin rendition look a bit M8ish.?. > I really see an awful lot of magenta in the skin tones, sidewalk > and sign letters. > > Walt > > Philippe Orlent wrote: > >> This is a photograph that I already showed exactly as below here. >> I shot it on Fuji NPS160, with professional development, but had >> it scanned commerially on low res: all flattened out. >> >> http://tinyurl.com/y4o8pq >> or bigger: >> http://tinyurl.com/tbwgw >> >> >> >> This is the same shot after I let Alien Skin (and some minor >> additional PS alterations) have a go at the original scan today: >> >> as big as above: >> http://tinyurl.com/y373rf >> >> !!! the big ones are in Adobe RGB !!! >> >> Isn't the 2nd one much more distinctive and doesn't it have a lot >> more character? Or am I just overenthousiastic? >> >> Philippe >> >> >> >> Op 2-dec-06, om 20:55 heeft Jeffery Smith het volgende geschreven: >> >>> I feel the same way. I just like the way film looks. Digital, to >>> me, seems >>> snapshot-ish, probably because hundreds of millions of people >>> are taking >>> snapshots with them as we speak. I'll give your plug-in a try >>> when I get my >>> on-the-way Mac and PS CS2 set up Tuesday night. >>> >>> Jeffery Smith >>> New Orleans, LA >>> http://www.400tx.com >>> http://400tx.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org >>> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf >>> Of Philippe >>> Orlent >>> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 12:28 PM >>> To: Leica Users Group >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Alien Skin Exposure >>> >>> >>> It's a plug in intended to 'imitate' that good ole film look in >>> digital photography. It does it amazingly well, fast, for about any >>> film you can imagine, in color and in B&W and is tweakable in a lot >>> of parameters, so you can create your own 'signature' for personal >>> settings that can be saved. I converted a digital shot to the Ektar >>> 25 look, added some grain and deeped the shadows, put a soft pink >>> filter on it and then made it a bit warmer. The photo gained a >>> lot in >>> quality due to this. In no time at all. >>> I never liked digital photography just because of that: >>> undistinctive >>> color profiles unless with a lot of effort and work in PS. And now >>> its solved. >>> >>> Philippe >>> >>> >>> >>> Op 2-dec-06, om 19:07 heeft Jeffery Smith het volgende geschreven: >>> >>>> What does it do? >>>> >>>> Jeffery Smith >>>> New Orleans, LA >>>> http://www.400tx.com >>>> http://400tx.blogspot.com/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org >>>> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >>>> Philippe Orlent >>>> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 11:17 AM >>>> To: LUG Group >>>> Subject: [Leica] Alien Skin Exposure >>>> >>>> >>>> Just downloaded this PS Plug in. This is one piece of nifty >>>> software! >>>> Philippe >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information