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TonyCooper
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In the thread titled "Processing Input C&C Welcom" started by PMaxwell,
Pathfinder says: I used a vignette to darken the edges, and some highlight
adjustment to brighten the center as well.
(I don't like to step on a thread where someone else is looking for some
information, so I've started a new thread.)
I cannot see any signs of a vignette in the edges. This hits home because
at the last competition night at my camera club, one of the judges kept
saying that certain photos needed "burning around the edges". I asked
him later what he meant, and he said putting in a vignette.
I told him which was mine, and he said mine didn't need it because I had
a thin white border (3 px) and we show on a large black overhead screen.
So...what's the reason for burning the edges or adding a vignette? And
why can't I see it? How did you add it?
To me, a vignette is an artsy thing that wedding and baby photographers do.
Pathfinder says: I used a vignette to darken the edges, and some highlight
adjustment to brighten the center as well.
(I don't like to step on a thread where someone else is looking for some
information, so I've started a new thread.)
I cannot see any signs of a vignette in the edges. This hits home because
at the last competition night at my camera club, one of the judges kept
saying that certain photos needed "burning around the edges". I asked
him later what he meant, and he said putting in a vignette.
I told him which was mine, and he said mine didn't need it because I had
a thin white border (3 px) and we show on a large black overhead screen.
So...what's the reason for burning the edges or adding a vignette? And
why can't I see it? How did you add it?
To me, a vignette is an artsy thing that wedding and baby photographers do.
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
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Not to worry Tony, I cannot discern the vignette either. I also am not on a good monitor, I have only one of those and it aint this one!
I guess you're right it is an artsy kinda thing, and perhaps it is as so much other is, a matter of taste. However the judge wanted it, so his taste is judging.
But you're def. wrong on the Baby & Wedding photogs only idea. I don't do either and use them when I feel it is warranted. Usually it is because I want to help bring the focus away from busy areas of lessor interest to areas of what I feel is more interesting or more in line with my intent.
And, I have used them in video, to the judges satisfaction.
You coulda just axted me, too!!
My edit was a quick 5 minutes to see if I could help bring out the color in the original image that was shot in bright sunlight. I felt the original image was darker in the center, and brighter along the edges, and that is the opposite of how I usually want my images to be viewed, since the eye tends to move to the brighter portions of the image, and then if near a border, out of the frame.
I wanted my version to be brighter in the center, and darker around the edges, and I think that is true as I look at the image I posted.
I do agree that there is not an obvious portrait style dark vignette, that was not my intent. But the edges are definitely a bit darker than the center of my edited image, especially if compared to the original.
I increased the saturation of the colored edges a bit - the azaleas and the Japanese Maple.
I did not use the standard vignette tool in Photoshop; I used a brush with black in Multiply mode at 8 or 10% and just painted quickly around the edges by eyeing what I was doing.
I will be happy to answer any other questions about my editing, as much as I remember the steps.
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you would not have stepped on my toes. There is a ton of knowledge here and I too am trying to soak it up reading questions asked by others.
Photoshop is not something I know well and it will be fun to learn.
Pete