 Need photoshop master! |
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 Jun 8 2008, 12:58 PM
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No day but today... Group: Members Posts: 773 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 5  |
I'm finally getting around to working on our honeymoon scrapbook. We had a water camera and the pictures on it came out terrible! I was wondering if anyone would be nice enough to take a look at some of them and see if there's anything that can be done to make them look better? I'll post them here and then send you the files if you want to give it a shot.
PS - sorry they're so big! I don't want to resize them because I'll lose the quality (I'm going to wind up cropping/shrinking most of them)       
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Jun 8 2008, 01:26 PM
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 Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
It's not too hard to darken it, but it will get fairly blocky... is this the highest resolution you have them in? Was it a cell phone cam or disposable waterproof cam or something?
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Jun 8 2008, 01:30 PM
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No day but today... Group: Members Posts: 773 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 5 |
Waterproof camera. Yes that's the best I got. I could try to find the disc we got the camera printed to, but I uploaded them straight to Photobucket so there wouldn't be any difference I don't think.
If you darkened them and they became "blocky" would my shrinking them down help or hurt? I guess water got inside the camera or something. The day was not at all hazy like all of the pictures seem to imply... -------------------- Forget regret
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Jun 8 2008, 01:35 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
Well photobucket might have auto-sized them down, see if you can snag them off the actual CD.
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Jun 8 2008, 01:37 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
here's a sample of a darkened one:
 I'm fairly rudimentary as far as photoshop goes though so someone else could probably do better. |
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Jun 8 2008, 01:40 PM
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No day but today... Group: Members Posts: 773 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 5 |
Ok got the Cd. Do you want me to send them to your email or put them somewhere?
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Jun 8 2008, 01:46 PM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
I don't see them getting much better. Darkening them will only do so much. They are still pretty good pics, though. I was expecting worse when reading your post (I have images turned off so I have to click to view).
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Jun 8 2008, 01:53 PM
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No day but today... Group: Members Posts: 773 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 5 |
Actually, the one that Chuck darkened looks way better when I shrink it to 50%
 And I know I won't get perfection, it's just the ones I put here are the best off that stupid camera and as they are I wouldn't have wanted to put them in our scrapbook....In hindsight, we should have spent the $$$ and bought the ones they took with a good camera... -------------------- Forget regret
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Jun 8 2008, 03:22 PM
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No day but today... Group: Members Posts: 773 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 5 |
Thanks Chuck!!!
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Jun 8 2008, 03:40 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
no prob!
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Jun 8 2008, 04:01 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (kcroxyoursox @ Jun 8 2008, 02:53 PM)  Actually, the one that Chuck darkened looks way better when I shrink it to 50% Oh I didn't know there were more that turned out worse... that makes sense then.
And I know I won't get perfection, it's just the ones I put here are the best off that stupid camera and as they are I wouldn't have wanted to put them in our scrapbook....In hindsight, we should have spent the $$$ and bought the ones they took with a good camera... |
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Jun 8 2008, 04:44 PM
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1. Buy a better camera
2. Go on second honeymoon 3. Profit --------------------   |
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Jun 8 2008, 04:56 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
yeah... cuz she can just run up to Best Buy and purchase a waterproof digital camera
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Jun 8 2008, 04:57 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 2,329 Joined: 20-June 07 Member No.: 1,243 |
I never said my option was feasible
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Jun 8 2008, 04:59 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
I want to go on a honeymoon!
My school and his work and school prevented that 
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Jun 8 2008, 05:01 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 2,329 Joined: 20-June 07 Member No.: 1,243 |
Bride's parents pay for it right?
I need to start figuring out what girls' parents do for a living before dating them. -------------------- |
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Jun 8 2008, 05:02 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
I don't know. The groom's parents may pay for that part. Bride's parents pay for the wedding. Groom's parents either pay for reception or honeymoon. I can't remember exactly.
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Jun 8 2008, 05:14 PM
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play with the shadows and highlight portion under image >> adjustments in photoshop. that should help a little more.
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Jun 8 2008, 05:38 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
I did. Hard part w/her pictures was making sure the water didn't end up looking black
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Jun 8 2008, 05:40 PM
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Group: Moderators Posts: 1,591 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 31 |
adjust the blue/green channels?
i'd do this, but not in front of ps right now. -------------------- Don't sweat the petty, pet the sweaty.
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Jun 8 2008, 06:20 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
I already did them all and sent them to her. I don't think much is going to cut through the fade/condensation/whatever was on the camera lens. I just did the auto-levels, manual color adjustments, and did a little bit of manual levels and brightness/contrast adjustments. Thanks for the suggestions though.
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