What's your Post Processing workflow?

[ancientscar]

stick this up heheheh. very informative kaau ni nga thread. naa na ba'y thread pareha ani? if wala pa, i-stciky unta ni.. TIA!!!

[hayden]

Thank you!

What's left for me is to learn how to use photoshop

[phatwell83]

thank u mga masters for sharing... i use the USM bt dili mao ang values... hehehe try nya na nako nga values... how about shadows and highlights? di mo mu tira ana? maski gamay?? and sa hue and saturation??

[norwindetalla]

bai, nice to see you here..

here's my post process flow:

After downloading all my raw files...

1. Open all RAW files in lightroom, choose which photos to send to client
2. adjust lighting if needed, mostly fill light
3. export to appropriate folder in either JPG or TIF 300dpi
5. Review images again
4. if image needs to be cleaned (sensor dust, unnoticed dust during shoot or water drops on bg), open photoshop
5. adjust image to 100% view
6. create new layer
7. use healing brush, clone or patch tool depending on the need
8. create new layer
9. adjust curves
10. merge layers save to Final folder
11. Since I have a batch file for sharpening images, i use that. adapted from Manny Librodo's style
USM 18 - 40 - 0

for the web..

After doing the step in 11.

12. resize image to 1024 on longest side
13. put watermark (pre-set already as a brush)
14. save to For the Web Images folder

however, since most of my shots cannot be published until about 2 to 3 months after the shoot, i tend to forget to post most of them.

thanx for sharing your workflow master....

[norwindetalla]

thank u mga masters for sharing... i use the USM bt dili mao ang values... hehehe try nya na nako nga values... how about shadows and highlights? di mo mu tira ana? maski gamay?? and sa hue and saturation??

dili kaayo ko mo touch sa shadow and highlights. more on saturation and vibrance ang ako ipang tweaks...

[DEMONOCIETY]

lol taas kaayo ilista PP nako

adto ra ko sa lightroom sa akng mga raw files (sometimes photoshop & capture NX) and naa nako mga presets daan na gihatag sa akng british officemate so d na kaayo hasol inig PP but sometimes adjust lang ko pirmi sa exp., fill light, sharpness, sat. & black then export to jpg. daug na.

[norwindetalla]

Para mas simple:

1. Edit image as you wish. (What follows next is the 'sharpen action')
2. Make a background copy by pressing Ctrl+J.
3. Make sure Background copy is the selected layer.
4. Unsharp Mask ( Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask...) and enter Amount 18, Radius 40, Threshold 0 -> OK
5. Unsharp Mask ( Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask...) and enter Amount 150, Radius 0.3, Threshold 0 -> OK
6. Edit > Fade Unsharp Mask: Opacity 100% and select Darken in the Mode dropdown list -> OK
7. Unsharp Mask ( Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask...) and enter Amount 150, Radius 0.3, Threshold 0 -> OK
8. Edit > Fade Unsharp Mask: Opacity 50% and select Lighten in the Mode dropdown list -> OK
9. Flatten Image (Layers > Flatten image).
10. Done!

[norwindetalla]

lol taas kaayo ilista PP nako

adto ra ko sa lightroom sa akng mga raw files (sometimes photoshop & capture NX) and naa nako mga presets daan na gihatag sa akng british officemate so d na kaayo hasol inig PP but sometimes adjust lang ko pirmi sa exp., fill light, sharpness, sat. & black then export to jpg. daug na.

maka share ka sa imo presets sir?... you can share it here...

[ancientscar]

Para mas simple:

1. Edit image as you wish. (What follows next is the 'sharpen action')
2. Make a background copy by pressing Ctrl+J.
3. Make sure Background copy is the selected layer.
4. Unsharp Mask ( Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask...) and enter Amount 18, Radius 40, Threshold 0 -> OK
5. Unsharp Mask ( Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask...) and enter Amount 150, Radius 0.3, Threshold 0 -> OK
6. Edit > Fade Unsharp Mask: Opacity 100% and select Darken in the Mode dropdown list -> OK
7. Unsharp Mask ( Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask...) and enter Amount 150, Radius 0.3, Threshold 0 -> OK
8. Edit > Fade Unsharp Mask: Opacity 50% and select Lighten in the Mode dropdown list -> OK
9. Flatten Image (Layers > Flatten image).
10. Done!

how about ang layer 1 sir?? from ur steps 3-8, ang background copy ra ang e-edit? sorry newbie here.

[undercover_lover]

^ bro di man japon na makita ang layer nga naa sa ubos so no need to edit that. serves as back-up copy ra na just in case ma messed up nmo ang image. mao na advisable jud nga first step sa workflow duplicate background (Ctrl + J)