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Unfortunately, that's what I thought as it means I have to greatly improve my post-processing skills. Do you have tutorials that go into detail about how one c
by colmvp 9y ago
Unfortunately, that's what I thought as it means I have to greatly improve my post-processing skills.
Do you have tutorials that go into detail about how one can improve? I've spent the last decade using Lightroom but largely going by what feels right rather than being more technical and deliberate.
- hug 9y agoI would recommend checking out the channel “phlearn” on YouTube. It is photoshop based, but honestly learning photoshop is worth the time and effort. Most of the skills are transferable to other editors just by learning the different menu options.
- exodust 9y agoA good post-processing tip is to apply two passes of Unsharp Mask. The first pass adds a general "punch", the second sharpens the fine details. A good starting point for unsharp mask: 1st pass: Amount 10; Radius 30; Threshold: 0 2nd pass: Amount 100; Radius 0.3; Threshold: 0 Adjust amount based on your judgement. Don't over-sharpen. Sharpening should be the last step after resizing. Obviously always sharpen with the image at 100% zoom. Don't let your DSLR sharpen the image. Shoot in RAW, but resist sharpening at your RAW tweaking stage - just do exposure tweaks at that point, then bring into Photoshop for sharpening and resizing. Also play with polarizing filters on your lens; ND filters so you can open up aperture to exploit the sweet spot of your lens; reduce your exposure compensation in daylight (my DSLR is always set two stops under); use a lens hood; avoid too much cropping, instead get the framing and focal length right when shooting.