Terrible vignetting
Posted 26/01/2009 - 20:53
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I like the picture too. The vignetting doesn't bother me that much. Maybe you could make an asset of it by evening it up?
Is that dirt on your sensor too?
Is that dirt on your sensor too?
Posted 26/01/2009 - 21:38
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Hi Kris,
I had a go with it. Hope you don't mind.
This is what I did.
1# opened it in LR and corrected vignetting by an amount of + 60.
2# exported to elements 6 and duplicated the layer.
3# used lasso tool to select the corners. Feathered by 50 pixels.
4# inverted selection and copied as new layer.(blending mode at Luminosity)
5# used shadow/highlight tool to lighten the corners a bit.
6# finally dodged the corners with dodge tool set at 3 %
Took me about 5 minutes. With a bit more work it could turn out better.
HIH,
Martin.
PS,
After submitting the example I thought of an other way
which seems quicker.
This is what I did:
1# Open in Elements and duplicate layer two times.
2# Select second layer and in menu option colours revert colour. Now you get a mask. Set blending mode of layer mask to luminosity.
3# Select layer nr.3 which should be the top layer.
4# Select the eraser tool, with a large soft brush and an opacity of 2 %.
5# Carefully brush away the corners until vignetting is no more visible.
6# flatten layer.
I think the last method works faster, with less fiddling.
Martin.
I had a go with it. Hope you don't mind.
This is what I did.
1# opened it in LR and corrected vignetting by an amount of + 60.
2# exported to elements 6 and duplicated the layer.
3# used lasso tool to select the corners. Feathered by 50 pixels.
4# inverted selection and copied as new layer.(blending mode at Luminosity)
5# used shadow/highlight tool to lighten the corners a bit.
6# finally dodged the corners with dodge tool set at 3 %
Took me about 5 minutes. With a bit more work it could turn out better.
HIH,
Martin.
PS,
After submitting the example I thought of an other way
which seems quicker.
This is what I did:
1# Open in Elements and duplicate layer two times.
2# Select second layer and in menu option colours revert colour. Now you get a mask. Set blending mode of layer mask to luminosity.
3# Select layer nr.3 which should be the top layer.
4# Select the eraser tool, with a large soft brush and an opacity of 2 %.
5# Carefully brush away the corners until vignetting is no more visible.
6# flatten layer.
I think the last method works faster, with less fiddling.
Martin.
Posted 27/01/2009 - 08:49
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Whilst you have done a brilliant job of removing the vignetting Martin I have to admit that the photo now looks a bit flat to me. The vignetting added to the photo for me, it was just uneven. If it had been even it would have been good. It created an atmosphere and a weirdness (in the best sense of the word, which is lacking in the un-vignetted versions. It adds to the circular nature of the picture.
There still seems to be a blob of dirt on the photo.
There still seems to be a blob of dirt on the photo.
Posted 27/01/2009 - 09:38
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I'd like to know what caused it in the first place
Ken
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
“We must avoid however, snapping away, shooting quickly and without thought, overloading ourselves with unnecessary images that clutter our memory and diminish the clarity of the whole.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson -
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