Up until today, I have been extremely reluctant to use any photo enhancing software. However, weather not brilliant today so decided to have a play in Adobe Photoshop and was quite impressed with the results.
My question is, if one is going to resize a photo for the web say, do you do the alterations before or after resizing? I know sharpening is the last thing one would do but not sure about the rest of it.
I can't believe how a little fine tuning with colour/light levels etc can change a snap shot into a potentially pro quality shot! lol!
Also, I will be wanting to get some shots printed so could do with advice about photoshopping and printing as well. What if an image needs cropping to get it just right, is that likely to make it difficult to get it printed correctly if it alters the shape of the entire image from a normal photo shape to a squarer shape?
Oh, one more thing, sometimes there is a little noise on some shots, If I were to use neat image to reduce the noise, at what point in the editing process would I do this, before or after sharpening?
I'm new to all this editing lark, never thought I would be doing it! lol! However, having seen what can be achieved, I'm now intrigued.
Thank you in advance for any tips.
Alison
Posted by Rene de Heer on June 18, 2006 at 11:48 AM
I do all my processing before i resize. A tip: get Photoshop for Nature Photographers by Ellen Anon and Tim Grey. a great handbook for Digital nature phtotographers it covers everything from Raw conversion to printing.
All image processing should be done before resizing - leaving the final steps to apply the last lot of USM/sharpening, followed by your copyright and watermark.
As a starting point, you can find a number of useful articles here in the NPN archives.
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3 repliesMy question is, if one is going to resize a photo for the web say, do you do the alterations before or after resizing? I know sharpening is the last thing one would do but not sure about the rest of it.
I can't believe how a little fine tuning with colour/light levels etc can change a snap shot into a potentially pro quality shot! lol!
Also, I will be wanting to get some shots printed so could do with advice about photoshopping and printing as well. What if an image needs cropping to get it just right, is that likely to make it difficult to get it printed correctly if it alters the shape of the entire image from a normal photo shape to a squarer shape?
Oh, one more thing, sometimes there is a little noise on some shots, If I were to use neat image to reduce the noise, at what point in the editing process would I do this, before or after sharpening?
I'm new to all this editing lark, never thought I would be doing it! lol! However, having seen what can be achieved, I'm now intrigued.
Thank you in advance for any tips.
Alison
Rene de Heer
Alison
As a starting point, you can find a number of useful articles here in the NPN archives.