Warning: 10 Deadly Post Processing Sins

[RiCLuM]

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nah.. bullseye!

[CrasHBURN]

I hope non-photographers can also read this... coz there are times that some of my clients would say... "Lit, i-photoshop amo'ng mga nawong ha?".... dili ko ma sakitan ani, but photoshoping faces is not my thing (and the 10 deadly PP sins)... hehehe.. photoshop is not my friend.

[cmontoya]

I hope non-photographers can also read this... coz there are times that some of my clients would say... "Lit, i-photoshop amo'ng mga nawong ha?".... dili ko ma sakitan ani, but photoshoping faces is not my thing (and the 10 deadly PP sins)... hehehe.. photoshop is not my friend.

Lito, how do you say, "No" to them? I've seen your lenses and they're all sharp. How do you get around the sharpness? I read one Photography on the Net member say that one of his clients' grandparents were disappointed that their faces were too let's say "unflattering" kay klaro ila pores, blemishes, wrinkles, ug nose hairs. Lisora pud ipahamis naong 70+ year olds oi.

[Hot Ice]

Pwede raman gyud unta dli lang palabi.an bah.

[dbgg1979]

Hmmmm... Sayop ka. If they have the "i'll fix this later in photoshop" kind of mentality, dapat mag dSLR sila because of the RAW files, not point and shoot. PnS spits out jpegs, not good for photoshopographers, corelographers,gimpopraphers, lightroomographers and apertureographers. (although some "prosumer" PnS can and some canons with chdk like mine).

I've read that article. I'm a member of the DPS community. It's a good place to learn photography. So sad but true about photoshopographers. I mean,if you have thiskind of mentality and you are using a DSLR ( maypa nag point and shoot nalang ka, sayang ra imong camera og lens!) --mao nay photoshopograhpers para nako . Lagi, photography is also an art, but sa akong opinion, it is NOT an art if it's badly done. Then again, who am I to judge? Also, everyone can be a photographer, but not everyone can call themselves PROFESSIONAL photographers.
kthxbye.

I see a lot of fake sun flares and selective coloring here in istorya.net The one I hate the most is fake sun flares.

I'm guilty of
- too much sharpening (I usually sharpen for printing which I've kinda get control of already. But when I upload then to flickr, flickr does its own sharpening algo too. So some of my images turn out too sharp I had to redo them....... when I'm not in lazy mode. )
- over saturation (I saturate for printing, but flickr does its own saturation algo also. When not in lazy mode, I redo it for flickr. )
- heavy vignetting (vin-yet diay pag basa ani sa? OMG! how embarassing... )
- so so noob HDR attemps with too much halo. (and still an hdr noob up to now I'm avoiding it totally)
These are the things I'm very very careful of right now.

I mainly use Lightroom to organize my photos. Editing? Yup, clarity and vibrance just to give it some punch. Some occasional use of presets. Lightroom calls in Photoshop for photomerge since that's where lightroom throws its images when I select photos for the merge.

Bottom line, it's all fun read, something to get our minds off work

Thanks PChan for sharing

[P-Chan]

I sent the Warning link to a friend who's one of the top graphic artists in an advertising firm our company has an account with. He's a well-known photo enthusiast by profession and as a hobbyist. He got a kick out of it and sent me a short note describing the author as "... a dslr-slinging hypocrite".

Actually the one who first shared me this link is a very good photographer (one of the best in Cebu), I've also shared this with my other photographer friends ni katawa ra man sila and said.. "...it's true..."

[CrasHBURN]

How I wish Nikon or Canon would manufacture a camera whose photo digital file format are not editable and can't be erased in compact flash and SD cards. Just like in films where you're stuck with it for the rest of your life unless you throw it in the garbage can - and not in recycle bins. And Adobe, Corel, etc companies should recommend the death penalty or erasing one's face through plastic surgery for software piracy.

To avoid being tempted or committing any of the so-called 10 deadly Post Processing Sins, the saintly purist dslr photographer should dispose of his dslr and buy a film slr camera instead and be at the mercy of commercial film developers and print shops.

FYI: "POST PROCESSING" started in Film. Most (not all) the effects we see in digital processing came from film.

[CrasHBURN]

Lito, how do you say, "No" to them? I've seen your lenses and they're all sharp. How do you get around the sharpness? I read one Photography on the Net member say that one of his clients' grandparents were disappointed that their faces were too let's say "unflattering" kay klaro ila pores, blemishes, wrinkles, ug nose hairs. Lisora pud ipahamis naong 70+ year olds oi.

I tell them the truth. "I don't know photoshop" Hehehe.

about sharp lenses, if you shoot at 2.8/3.2/3.5... its not really that sharp and DoF is a bit shallow. Capture in groups and capture moments. That way they won't focus on the grains and pores in their faces. but of course, depending on what kind of shoot are we talking about.

[sizzlingROBOT]

Correct! Mr. Inso just said it. And, you don't really need a college diploma to understand it.

...Capture in groups and capture moments...

[szichri]

O.T.

ako gyud ni gi Google nga word - Puritanism (no offense meant... nag nosebleed lang gyud ko )

Puritans was the name given in the 16th century to the more extreme Protestants within the Church of England who thought the English Reformation had not gone far enough in reforming the doctrines and structure of the church; they wanted to purify their national church by eliminating every shred of Catholic influence. In the 17th century many Puritans emigrated to the New World, where they sought to found a holy Commonwealth in New England. Puritanism remained the dominant cultural force in that area into the 19th century.

[url=http://mb-soft.com/believe/txc/puritani.htm] Puritanism


LOL at FAKE Sun flares... if i may include FAKE Strobe flares


Padayon.... kay akong ukayon og balik ang purist thread ... murag same2x and discussion