petteri's black and white methods updated

AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
edited February 3, 2005 in Finishing School
petteri sulonen has added a nice film grain technique to his

most excellent digital b&w workflow

take a gander.
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  • Michiel de BriederMichiel de Brieder Registered Users Posts: 864 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2005
    I always find Petteris essays and tutes very gooed reading material, thanks for the heads-up Andy!!! clap.gifclap.gif
    *In my mind it IS real*
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  • MongrelMongrel Registered Users Posts: 622 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2005
    So do I...
    The guy really has style and class imho. Thanks for the heads up, Andy.

    I think it would be a blast to have him over here.
    If every keystroke was a shutter press I'd be a pro by now...
  • mercphotomercphoto Registered Users Posts: 4,550 Major grins
    edited February 3, 2005
    andy wrote:
    petteri sulonen has added a nice film grain technique to his

    most excellent digital b&w workflow

    take a gander.

    Nice! And timely, for me. I started playing around with some kart photos. Duplicate the background twice as new layers. Convert first layer to black and white (I just took hue and saturation sliders to full-left, now I can read about better ways). The took second layer, used magic lasso to grab just the kart, and made a reveal layer. Color racing kart on a black and white background.

    Since we're on Photoshop shenanigans, when I grab a selection, and then make a reveal mask layer on that selection, is there any way to make the edges of the selection a gradient? So that the layer beneath blends somewhat into the layer on top, rather than a harsh reveal edge?
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  • cletuscletus Registered Users Posts: 1,930 Major grins
    edited February 3, 2005
    mercphoto wrote:
    Nice! And timely, for me. I started playing around with some kart photos. Duplicate the background twice as new layers. Convert first layer to black and white (I just took hue and saturation sliders to full-left, now I can read about better ways). The took second layer, used magic lasso to grab just the kart, and made a reveal layer. Color racing kart on a black and white background.

    Since we're on Photoshop shenanigans, when I grab a selection, and then make a reveal mask layer on that selection, is there any way to make the edges of the selection a gradient? So that the layer beneath blends somewhat into the layer on top, rather than a harsh reveal edge?
    Yep!

    Several ways actually. Select > Feather might work for you. You can also press Q to get into quick mask mode and then run the gaussian blur filter to blur the edges of your selection, then press Q again to leave quick mask mode.

    You may find that you need to expand your selection before blurring the edges. You can do that with Select > Modify > Expand.
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