FM actions/plugins

ruttrutt Registered Users Posts: 6,511 Major grins
edited July 1, 2004 in Finishing School
I love Fred Miranda's photos, and bought some FM actions (10D sharpening, the thing that was supposed to widen dynamic range), but never really ended up using them. I like to know how things work inside and I found these pretty mysterious. Also they were slow and I didn't think the results were any better than I could achieve with skillful use of the PS basics: USM, blending layers, color spaces, etc.

Has anyone else had a different experience? Please share.
If not now, when?

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited July 1, 2004
    rutt wrote:
    I love Fred Miranda's photos, and bought some FM actions (10D sharpening, the thing that was supposed to widen dynamic range), but never really ended up using them. I like to know how things work inside and I found these pretty mysterious. Also they were slow and I didn't think the results were any better than I could achieve with skillful use of the PS basics: USM, blending layers, color spaces, etc.

    Has anyone else had a different experience? Please share.

    i use fm's isox pro for basic noise reduction. it works great imo. i use noise ninja for real serious noise reduction.
    Andy

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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited July 1, 2004
    rutt wrote:
    I love Fred Miranda's photos, and bought some FM actions (10D sharpening, the thing that was supposed to widen dynamic range), but never really ended up using them. I like to know how things work inside and I found these pretty mysterious. Also they were slow and I didn't think the results were any better than I could achieve with skillful use of the PS basics: USM, blending layers, color spaces, etc.

    Has anyone else had a different experience? Please share.
    I bought the B/W converter plug in - seems to work ok, but not sure that I use it more than jujst doing the heavy lifting myself.....with channel mixer.
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited July 1, 2004
    pathfinder wrote:
    I bought the B/W converter plug in - seems to work ok, but not sure that I use it more than jujst doing the heavy lifting myself.....with channel mixer.
    I bought that one too... my guilty secret is that I haven't even used it. After getting it, I realized I could do the same things myself.
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