ni_gentry Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 WOW Marc! I know it's the software/technology (for this edit)and not really you (no offense), but every image you post here impresses the heck out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmichaelc Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Is Mary and Marc up to something here? If i was a betting man, i'd bet this is an alternate photo of Mary's. However, i've never been good at bets. If this is for real, i dread seeing what the next generation of manipulation abilities is going to be like for this, if real, is a sneak preview. Spooky and.....wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gina_marie1 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 OMG...is that for real? Well I guess in the future the Bride and Groom only have to do one pose and buy a copy of that software to create the rest of their wedding images :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebcondit Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 first lined up the darks with the edge of the histogram in a levels adj layer.Then I used the channel mixer to get an appropriate bw, then adjusted the level of transparency of the adj layer to bring back in some of the warmth from the original.finally it was cropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebcondit Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/condit/359951190/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/359951190_3bcecb94f2_o.jpg" width="385" height="268" alt="mycopy2" /></a> its more dependable to upload to another site, then transfer the html... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muirne81 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bungalowhigh/360019173/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/152/360019173_45818cef44_o.jpg" width="560" height="387" alt="vintage" /></a><br><br> Playing with:<br><br> lens blur<br>gaussian blur<br>diffuse glow<br>toning (via color-fill layer)<br>darkened the chair with curves and history brush<br>vignetted with feathered fill layers<br>grunge brushes (from <a href="http://www.misprintedtype.com/v3/">Misprinted Type</a><br>and last but not least, the photo corners (via <a href="http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/">Adobe Exchange</a>...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muirne81 Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Can I enter twice?<br><br><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bungalowhigh/360034772/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/44/360034772_8d3ac4a0e1_o.jpg" width="511" height="341" alt="entry 2" /></a><br><br>Credit to China Daily/Agencies for the Wimbledon streaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt l Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 Jess:i am busten a gut on that.i think we have our winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografz Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 OMG, that is so funny! I love the way she is leaning away, and both are staring at the camera. Well Mary, what will your clients think of THAT solution? Album material? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert x Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 jess - you win hands down there. here is my puny effort. Opened in adobe 1998 and duplicated layer and inverted and blended as "darken" then curves on each layer then a little dodge and burn then a little sharpening then grayscaled it....mainly, i think.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdp Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 I waited way too long to enter this, how can I compete with a streaker? hahahahaha Used a few Kobuta filters: BW Film w/filter Adjustment and Vibrant Glow. Merged them. Created a mask layer, cut the b/g out, copied the adjustment layer, then deleted the copies layer mask, and applied it, the gaussianed the backround of the layer w/o b/d due to them being cut out.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert x Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 to compete with jess, i offer my second entry. as you can tell I am a wizard at making people look younger and more attractive, i will not share my trade secrets here. ;-)<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedding-photography-denver Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 If you were looking for pure manipulation in Photochop, Jess has my vote. I you want alternate reality, Marc's is amazing. Just a great job you guys. Can't wait to see more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amanda_h1 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 curves adjustment, color balance, hue/saturation adjustment, made a copy of the background layer, and added soft light, bumped up the contrast, added border with brush with 80+ opacity.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photographydreams Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Good job using the CGI, marc - guessing from the theta-lines on your output, you must be using version 2.1... I use this software professionally every day, so i just thought i'd show you how much we've progressed since then.. This is version 4.0, took about 15 minutes to produce (if your computer is fast enough) :-)<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografz Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Hee, hee good one Sarah. Version 4.0 ... LOL. Okay, we're gonna erode our credibility in the future if we don't fess up now. It's was a joke folks ... and Mary was a good enough sport to go along with it. Thanks Mary. Had some of you going huh? Probably because it sounds plausable what with the stuff they do for movies. Yep, next $10.5 million wedding I land, we'll look into some CGI stuff, but until then, I guess it's gotta be good old Photoshop and 2D : -) Well, the "streaker" is an impossible act to follow ... but here's one from me:<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kari douma Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Ok....Ok.... Ok.... did you know that the work gullible is not in the dictionary? I fall for every one of them. I kept looking at Sarah's and thought.... I can't belive it. I was looking at the background, wondering how it could find something like that. I looked at her neclace, her dress, her flowers. I kept wondering how this program could "guess" what the back side of her bouquet looked like. Or "guess what a different location background would look like. I was thinking that maybe Sarah took the head off the bride and posted it onto another image in the "movie" program. Good one guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photographydreams Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 LOL... i must confess i spent about thirty seconds looking at Marc's thinking "wow, that's amazing..." and only then did i start having doubts! btw, version 4.0 sells in most shops under the name "Mary's PN portfolio" :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zofia Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Thanks Marc and Sarah! Best thread ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muirne81 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Marc and Sarah,<br><br> I have access to Version 4.0 of the CGI software at work but alas, am as of yet unable to afford my own personal copy. I make do with CGIMP... You can see that while it doesn't have all the features of the "name brand" CGI software, it can come close with the right imaging specialist.<br><br> <img src="http://www.masterninja.com/rants/images/dog-wedding.jpg"></a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think27 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I'm loving this thread... Good joke Marc.. There are so many good ones here I just had to play with the image myself. I'm a total newbie at this AND - Mine is NOT IN THE "COMPETION" because I have to tally the votes and it isn't fair... Plus I want someone else to submit a new image to work on.. Anyway... With much inspiration from this thread.. I straightened and cropped the image Lasso on the dress and increase contrast to bring up detail Clone - toned down smile lines and lines under eyes as well as opened up Emmas left eye. Smoothed the faces. Fixed the background. Fixed Emma's left side of face. Selective color - lighted midtones Free - Age photo Action - then decreased opacity Liquify - pulled up eyebrows a hair and worked on nose and broadened Emma's cheekbone Lasso - Emma's face and neck and brightened slightly.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ni_gentry Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Damn I feel stupid. I admit I was fooled by Marc & Mary's joke. It wasn't until a while later that I really questioned it and then still sort of believed. Got me big time.<p>Photography really is all about creating an illusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiehouse Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 This picture is not to be voted on. I skimmed the original thread and the part about giving the steps on how it was created went in one ear and out the other...after much tinkering, this is what I came up with... I know the basics of what I did to create this, but I don't have the specifics for everyone else. It consisted of some channels adjustments, hue/saturation adjustments, the neon glow filter, and various blending modes. Just wanted to share, and again, no need to vote.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonj Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I adjusted this in Adobe Lightroom changed the Blacks to 19 and decreased the shadows by 50% and upped the brightness by 25.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce_rubenstein___nyc Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Mary - you were one of the few people to do something about that bright, open area above the couple. It just kept screaming. "LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME! NO, LOOK OVER HERE!" First you have to fix the problems and get a solid image before doing the Gee Wizz stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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