Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. in Digital Imaging

Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. in Digital Imaging http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r15129269 en Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:33:57 EDT Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:33:57 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15177609 Edit This : Here is a portion of another thread in another forum that shows another example of the technique applied to an image: »www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=24919&page=2
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Here is the Gimp translation: »Punch Up Those Photos (Gimp Style)
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A similar thing can be done in Gimp... I'll try to replicate it exactly and provide a write-up.

Edit: From the DGrin info ET posted, it sounds like overlay uses Standard Deviation/Variance to determine the amount of change in a given channel... interesting. So, in most cases it would serve to increase saturation, especially when used with this method. *Paging climbers

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I'm perfecting the Gimp translation/comparison now. For those of you with PS Elements - you're not out of luck - Gimp has LAB functions (albeit not as thorough as PS).

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-George Orwell]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15173477 Thu, 05 Jan 2006 00:20:53 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15173395 Edit This : I am still trying to find out exactly why this technique works the way it does. This is what I have gathered thus far.

"The color enhancement makes sense for the following reasons. When A and B are overlayed into themselves, values close to neutral (50% gray in the channels) are affected least, everything else gets pushed farther out along the color axis and so becomes more brilliant. Lighter values in the A and B channels become lighter still, darker values darker still, which means Reds become Redder, Blues bluer, etc".

That info comes from another forum. More to come I hope.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15147111 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 17:21:51 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15145398 robar : i don't see why you need lab color. as in ET's above post i made a dup layer and turned it off, then selected the 1st background layer, applied image in RGB, multiply @ 100%, then turned the 2nd layer on and adjusted opacity to to about 50%. nothing but resizing has been done..
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15145398 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:02:36 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15145290 timcuth :

said by timcuth

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PPS - Where do I go to learn about this change (layer overlay and opacity?)

This quote is from the GIMP documentation. I have no idea what it means:

Opacity
 
    The opacity of a layer determines the extent
to which it lets colors from layers beneath it in
the stack show through. Opacity ranges from 0 to
100, with 0 meaning complete transparency, and 100
meaning complete opacity.

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I used two layers above the original background image. The 1st layer I used "Image > Apply image" and adjusted the photo to maximize the beauty of the sky. Then on the other layer I maximized the beauty of the foreground, again using "Image > Apply image". I then created a layer mask on the top layer and erased the portion of the image that needed to be removed so the best parts of the two photos would be merged. I have found that with a little tinkering and tweaking you can squeeze a lot of of a seemingly dull photo.
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said by 35375105

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Wouldn't this do the same as duplicating the layer, setting the layer to overlay, then adjusting the opacity of the layer?

I tried your suggestion with the GIMP, using 40% opacity. Does this look about right?

Tim

PS - It reminds me of the "Clarify" action I used to use in PaintShop Pro 8.

PPS - Where do I go to learn about this change (layer overlay and opacity?)

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15145208 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 11:26:50 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15144809 depster : How about this edit?

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15144809 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 09:59:52 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15144525 robar : multiply @ 50%

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15144525 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 08:02:38 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15144440 robar : noticed this works better on some images than others. it's also easy to lose detail. got to try using a couple of layers and % of opacity. this ones with 30% use as stated above.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15144440 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 07:28:51 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15143959 Edit This : Punched up to the max:
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15143959 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 03:02:39 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15143460 M A R K : Good stuff, I'm going to make this an action
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15143460 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:41:23 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15143458 McFly : One more. Oh, and happy new year.

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15143458 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:41:14 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15143376 Anonymous : Thank you :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15143376 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:22:39 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15142877 ixNay : per request:

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15142877 Sat, 31 Dec 2005 22:35:54 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15140373 danza : Interesting, seems like it's not doing anything to the bright colours, only the flat ones...

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15140373 Sat, 31 Dec 2005 15:28:00 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15137514 Edit This : Worked great cvrefugee

.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15137514 Sat, 31 Dec 2005 02:11:36 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15137508 cvrefugee : Thanks for the tip!

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15137508 Sat, 31 Dec 2005 02:09:07 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15137417 Edit This :

said by ff1324

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Does the Overlay serve to increase the saturation of the colors?

I have yet to find the definitive answer to that question. I will post it asap. Should be within a week max.
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It really didn't do much for the picture of the front of the fire truck (different fire). I lowered the red level in the picture and that really made it look better.

I have to agree, however, the effect primarily appears to be a contrast and brightness change. Does the Overlay serve to increase the saturation of the colors?
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15137401 Sat, 31 Dec 2005 01:40:40 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15137178 Edit This : You can experiment with other channels and blending modes. Here are some examples of an image I worked with. Note the blending modes and different LAB channels I used. Try different things and see what happens. Keep the opacity option in mind at all times to tune the image to your liking.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15137178 Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:57:36 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15137072 SimbaTLK1 : just seems to me like a contrast boost...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15137072 Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:38:55 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15136897 McFly :

said by Edit This

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Hey....that looks great McFly

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Thanks. Nice technique you came up with. :)
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!!!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15136856 Sat, 31 Dec 2005 00:00:13 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15136796 McFly : Here is my go at it. Image from the summer.

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15136796 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 23:49:11 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15135693 rcroning : Works great!!! Used it on my New Year greeting. Thanks!!!:)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15135693 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 21:26:18 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15135573 Sledhed : Here's my try.

Chris

For some reason it did not put the captions in. First image is the original. Second is the Lab color. Third is curves.

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15135573 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 21:10:13 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15133541 Jtmo : It definitely kicks up the colors, I did this one at 50%

original set to 800x600
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15133541 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:21:25 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15132837 manfmmd : Another..

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15132837 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:41:40 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15132789 jfgnet : Some operations are are more efficient under different modes, for instance Postscript level 2 & 3 are supposed to better with LAB Mode, level 1 works better with CMYK Mode, monitor display outpu in RGB Mode, Commecial printing i CMYK Mode etc...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15132789 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:35:18 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15132667 Edit This : Very nice work everyone.

Got any more?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15132667 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:17:41 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15131871 Nezmo :

said by jfgnet

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From Photoshop Help

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The Lab Color mode has a lightness component (L) that can range from 0 to 100. In the Adobe Color Picker, the a component (green-red axis) and the b component (blue-yellow axis) can range from +127 to –128. In the Color palette, the a component and the b component can range from +127 to –128.
You can use Lab mode to work with Photo CD images, edit the luminance and the color values in an image independently, move images between systems, and print to PostScript Level 2 and Level 3 printers. To print Lab images to other color PostScript devices, convert to CMYK first.
Lab images can be saved in Photoshop, Photoshop EPS, Large Document Format (PSB), Photoshop PDF, Photoshop Raw, TIFF, Photoshop DCS 1.0, or Photoshop DCS 2.0 formats. You can save 48‑bit (16‑bits-per-channel) Lab images in Photoshop, Large Document Format (PSB), Photoshop PDF, Photoshop Raw, or TIFF formats.
Note: The DCS 1.0 and DCS 2.0 formats convert the file to CMYK when opened.
Lab color is the intermediate color model Photoshop uses when converting from one color mode to another.

Thanks for that but quite honestly, I still don't understand what it's use is. Why would you change from one color mode to another for instance?
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15131809 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:17:03 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15131655 Edit This :

said by 35375105

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Wouldn't this do the same as duplicating the layer, setting the layer to overlay, then adjusting the opacity of the layer?

LAB method seems to work better for me. Here are examples. 1st image is original....2nd is LAB......3rd is RGB Overlay method.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15131655 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:58:04 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15130855 MikeG :

said by 35375105

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Wouldn't this do the same as duplicating the layer, setting the layer to overlay, then adjusting the opacity of the layer?

yep, exactly.
Actually, its even refered to as a Digital Polorizer on a tutorial i read somewhere.
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There are a few threads at dgrin.com and dpreview.com (mostly centered around L*a*b sharpening, not image punchup).

Please don't take this as me being a naysayer, just thought it fair to point out that what you may gain on one end of the equation, you may lose on the other end.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15130360 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 08:00:03 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15130328 Cariad : I like the effect on some photos, but on others it makes the the sky look fake.

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15130328 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:49:06 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15130000 35375105 : Wouldn't this do the same as duplicating the layer, setting the layer to overlay, then adjusting the opacity of the layer?

If so, then yes it's quite nice I've been using it a lot. Also try adding a gassiuan blur to the duplicated layer to give the image a surreal effect.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15129767 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 02:48:48 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15129735 Edit This : It works on macros too:
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15129735 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 02:38:57 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15129715 Edit This : Incredible work xterrain

. Bravo!!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15129715 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 02:33:36 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15129711 Jed :

said by ixNay

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That is excellent!! I have a quick question. When I open up an image in Adobe Photoshop 8.0 and do this tutorial and try to save it, I dont get an option to save it as a Jpeg. Instead I get PSD, TIFF, RAW, EPS etc etc...Do you know of a fix for this?

Make sure you convert back to RGB first. :)

D'oh! Too slow....
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Before (untouched NEF)
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After w/ s/h work done to bring back foreground detail

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15129684 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 02:24:20 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15129481 jfgnet : From Photoshop Help

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The Lab Color mode has a lightness component (L) that can range from 0 to 100. In the Adobe Color Picker, the a component (green-red axis) and the b component (blue-yellow axis) can range from +127 to –128. In the Color palette, the a component and the b component can range from +127 to –128.
You can use Lab mode to work with Photo CD images, edit the luminance and the color values in an image independently, move images between systems, and print to PostScript Level 2 and Level 3 printers. To print Lab images to other color PostScript devices, convert to CMYK first.
Lab images can be saved in Photoshop, Photoshop EPS, Large Document Format (PSB), Photoshop PDF, Photoshop Raw, TIFF, Photoshop DCS 1.0, or Photoshop DCS 2.0 formats. You can save 48‑bit (16‑bits-per-channel) Lab images in Photoshop, Large Document Format (PSB), Photoshop PDF, Photoshop Raw, or TIFF formats.
Note: The DCS 1.0 and DCS 2.0 formats convert the file to CMYK when opened.
Lab color is the intermediate color model Photoshop uses when converting from one color mode to another.

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15129481 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:30:18 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15129422 Nezmo :

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said by Nezmo

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No lab color in Elements. Can you describe what changing to that does? I have seen the reference in several threads but never asked up to this point.

In all honesty I have no idea.....but......when I find out I'll post the answer here.

Thanks ET.
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said by Nezmo

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No lab color in Elements. Can you describe what changing to that does? I have seen the reference in several threads but never asked up to this point.

In all honesty I have no idea.....but......when I find out I'll post the answer here.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15129398 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:11:41 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15129390 Pretorious : Heres another, applied at 40% again. This is a really quick method and works quite well. Much appreciated ET!

First is original and the second is doctored.

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15129390 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:10:38 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15129382 Jed : Thanks ET!

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15129382 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:09:34 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15129368 Nezmo : No lab color in Elements. Can you describe what changing to that does? I have seen the reference in several threads but never asked up to this point.
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Formerly Nezmo ;-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15129368 Fri, 30 Dec 2005 01:07:11 EDT Re: Punch up those photos.......fast and easy. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15129350 Pretorious : Sorry, I meant to when I posted but forgot. :)

Heres an image right out of the cam and then the same one with the method you posted applied at 40%.

Opps! I forgot to resize. lol

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said by Pretorious

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Wow! Very cool, and very quick to apply! Thanks ET!

Post an example.....please. :)
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This technique really punches up some images dramatically and quickly. Gives them a pop that is quite striking. Here are the steps.

1) Open an image in Photoshop.
2) Go Image > Mode > Lab Color.
3) Then go Image > Apply Image.
4) In the dialog box change the blending mode to Overlay and lower the opacity to something that looks good. In this case, I lowered the blending opacity to 35%
5) Image > Mode > RGB (to change it back to RBG).

That's it!!!

Try it and post some before and after examples please.

first image is before...second image is after technique applied.

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