tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66391359752761455532024-02-19T00:41:31.005-08:00Passionate about iPhone PhotographyVictoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12170129859014155605noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639135975276145553.post-36266129484162273682013-02-08T14:05:00.000-08:002013-07-26T08:51:16.298-07:00Rice drying in Cuba - iPad image processingIf anyone can tell me how to maintain the discipline I need to have in order to post regular tutorials here, I'd be eternally grateful! I am so easily distracted! This tutorial will outline how to go from what probably looks like a throw-away image to something that is quite nice and serves as a wonderful memory of my recent trip to Cuba with <a href="http://johnbarclayphotography.com">John Barclay</a>, <a href="http://tonysweet.com">Tony Sweet</a> and 11 other photographers. We learned that rice is dried on the road in Cuba. If one meets a vehicle coming down the one available lane of the two lane road being used for rice drying, one of the vehicles must drive over the rice in order to allow the other vehicle to pass. Fortunately, this is the "raw" rice before it has been hulled so I'm guessing/hoping the processing after the drying stage (which is done so the rice can be stored 'as is' until time to process it) takes care of getting rid of any dirt and debris added during the drying process!<br />
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The first image below is the result of processing the second image below through several steps which will be covered in detail in this tutorial. The original image was shot through the bus window with the iPhone 4s native camera app. Apps used for post processing on the iPad include PerfectPhoto, Touch Retouch, Painteresque, Image Blender, Photo fx Ultra, and A+ Signature.<br />
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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVo_1HDWUSl1xKRlddraMAeOpUqe1ySRm1UZx5GStMbSH2xHHW-HmjSUUJjejCEoh01R7VHpSgAKWbX7Ai4FOKAhsESum2I1DH9hOj4-BP7SE-SZGb7lMItTQpQnLyGwRHnmiJS_TKA6g/s400/a-IMG_8603.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="original, starting image" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Original native iPhone 4s image shot through a bus window.</div><br />
The first steps were done in PerfectPhoto (<a href="http://iphonephotopassion.blogspot.com/p/using-perfectphoto-to-crop-and-sharpen.html">tutorial available</a>) and included cropping, sharpening and denoise steps resulting in the image below. <br />
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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilak4zhJo4ImBx5j0u5voO5gKiFjlBRiR_H7X5WMoPbXEPvdLfKZUqkBoz5SmD16NUqXXB-st6_j1MVYo8Nh21kdLL0zyfMQYkx0FJoK5MyOa11IZyNcELp9tNFXGbIYyHhVD59R6r8G4/s800/b-IMG_8606.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:
400px; height: 400px;"
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilak4zhJo4ImBx5j0u5voO5gKiFjlBRiR_H7X5WMoPbXEPvdLfKZUqkBoz5SmD16NUqXXB-st6_j1MVYo8Nh21kdLL0zyfMQYkx0FJoK5MyOa11IZyNcELp9tNFXGbIYyHhVD59R6r8G4/s400/b-IMG_8606.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="cropped image" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">I chose a square crop to eliminate as many of the distracting elements as possible. You will have noticed that the crop I chose didn't eliminate all of the visor at the front of the bus (still visible along the top of the cropped image) and left some other artifacts and distracting elements due to having been shot through the bus window. I next used Touch Retouch to remove those elements I found distracting. Between the brush and the lasso tool, the entire process took me less than five minutes. If you are new to using this marvelous iPhone app, I recommend viewing the in-app tutorials as many times as necessary to get the hang it it. For those familiar with Photoshop content aware tools, Retouch is the iPhone answer to that function and does a fantastic job of retouching images!</div><br />
When using Touch Retouch, two finger pinch or spread action will allow you to zoom out or zoom in to facilitate retouching. Sometimes, the entire image won't be visible at first in which case you will want to pinch the image to shrink it to fit in the screen so you can see the edges and work on them. A screen shot below shows the visor marked in red (it was selected using the lasso tool to select a bit of the blue sky all around the edge of the visor). When the right "arrow" (showing as a triangle to the right of the hand icon along the bottom edge of the screen shot below) is clicked after selecting an area for retouching, the retouch tool will magically get rid of the visor and replace it with blue sky. <br />
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Additional artifacts were removed with either the brush or the lasso, resulting in the retouched image shown below.<br />
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Painteresque is just what it sounds like, a painting app that will apply a style of painterly treatment to an image. I had a specific "look" in mind for my finished image and knew that Painteresque would be a good choice. The screen shot below shows the image after Style Painteresque 2 was applied. As you can see, by selecting Style in Painteresque, you get a menu of style options. Experiment to see what is available. It is even possible to Fine Tune any of the styles but I accepted the default settings for the style. It is a bit "over the top" for the effect I wanted, but I knew that blending it with the retouched image in Image Blender would tone done the effect. So I saved it to the camera roll for continued processing.<br />
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The next screen shot shows the result of loading the retouched image into Blender (<a href="http://iphonephotopassion.blogspot.com/p/blender-app-tutorial.html">tutorial available</a>) on the left side and the Painteresque processed image on the right side and blending using Normal blend with 60% of the Painteresque image in the blend.<br />
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The last step before signing with A+ Signature (<a href="http://iphonephotopassion.blogspot.com/p/using-signature-to-sign-image.html">tutorial available</a>) was to take the blended image into Photo fx Ultra and apply a vignette using Lens/Vignette/Black Square at 50% amount and 100% softness as shown in the screen shot below. (The default amount is 100% amount which I find to be overpowering.)<br />
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One step not illustrated is the second iteration of using Touch Retouch to get rid of a strange looking spot in the sky that was exaggerated once the Painteresque style had been applied. The finished image is shown again below because I'm too lazy to code the link needed to go back to the top of the page.<br />
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href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HqlyiUqGhWE/URVllZWZYUI/AAAAAAAAOd4/3aTDmnvJWLM/s800/l-IMG_8605.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:
400px; height: 400px;"
src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-HqlyiUqGhWE/URVllZWZYUI/AAAAAAAAOd4/3aTDmnvJWLM/s400/l-IMG_8605.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="finished image of rice drying in Cuba" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Finished image of rice drying on the road in Cuba.</div>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12170129859014155605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639135975276145553.post-27101100906958876062013-01-20T13:14:00.000-08:002013-01-23T15:38:17.885-08:00Second Attempt! Slide Show of Cuba iPhone images...If anyone has any ideas how to make this work seamlessly, I'm happy to hear them. (note that if this doesn't work, the post will be taken down while I try, try again) Scroll down to the end for what I tried previously (epic FAIL). This time, I'm suggesting you <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/106869072116253693469/SlideShows#5835599454276199906">click here</a> to view the slide show of images. The first slide SHOULD be a slide outlining the itinerary but you may have to stop and start the slide show over again on your computer if you don't see that image first.<br />
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The images included in the slide show are a few that I've had time to process from my 9 day adventure in Cuba led by <a href="http://johnbarclayphotography.com/">John Barclay</a> and <a href="http://tonysweet.com/">Tony Sweet</a>. Our group consisted of our two leaders, 12 participants, a local guide and the bus driver. Lazaro (who answered all our questions and provided us with a lot of Cuban history, much of which was new to us) was our guide for MOST of the tour and was called away to another tour our last two days after which Libon was our guide. Unfortunately, because I contracted food poisoning from something I ate our next to last evening in Havana, it meant I mostly missed the entire last full day in Cuba as far as taking pictures and participating with the group activities. (<i>I will be adding tutorials for image creation of some of these images at a later date so keep an eye out here if you want to know the process...</i>)<br />
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My first attempt at getting a slide who to work after creating a Keynote presentation of iPhone images on my iPad failed (embedding the Quick Time movie I uploaded to my Picasa album)... SIGH... I obviously have a lot to learn to get things to work seamlessly. (the Keynote presentation I created on my iPad to start this process must have been too huge to transfer via email and with the latest release of iTunes, I have no clue how to find the copy of the Keynote presentation that I saved to iTunes; the Keynote presentation saved as PowerPoint was small enough to send myself via email after which I exported the PowerPoint presentation as a Quick Time movie which obviously didn't work so save yourself the trouble)<br />
Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12170129859014155605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639135975276145553.post-73566297690904448252012-12-09T09:57:00.000-08:002012-12-09T09:57:29.038-08:00Fall scenery in the Smoky Mountains... iPhone style!This is an iPhone image from my recent trip to the Smoky Mountains on a marvelous photo tour with John Barclay and Dan Sniffin. As always, you may view it larger by clicking the image. (Follow the links for more information on apps that I've either reviewed or covered in more detail elsewhere)<br />
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400px; height: 300px;"
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCXEMlT7B91kS9afZ4nOxc4qBSRcWSPnZSFcmQlZEMxu3fyy3KBbaa_7xxExXmal5ioTo5GrOwfjqbCnJCBTucDGb5IE75ypdimVl2Y2vmRj6Q0Oxr_l2Ag1fgt-wAELSpVABLL355sc/s400/smokyMtnScenicVP-1.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="Smoky Mountain Tennessee; iPhone fall scene" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Post processing of the native iPhone 4s camera images included merging in <a href="http://iphonephotopassion.blogspot.com/p/favorite-iphoneipad-apps-references.html">True HDR</a>, then using <a href="http://iphonephotopassion.blogspot.com/p/using-perfectphoto-to-crop-and-sharpen.html">PerfectPhoto</a> to crop and sharpen a the image a bit. Photo fx Ultra processing (taking advantage of the Add Layer feature to stack filters) was used to add Photographic/Light Balancing, Diffusion/Warm Center Spot (no blur) and Lens/Vignette/Black Square with default settings reduced to give just a bit of vignette around the edges. <a href="http://iphonephotopassion.blogspot.com/p/using-signature-to-sign-image.html">A+ Signature</a> was used to sign the image. <i>NOTE that A+ Signature has recently had a significant upgrade so my tutorial might need to be updated also.</i></div><br />
For completely different look to this same scene, visit my other photography blog <a href="http://photoaddictshowcase.blogspot.com/2012/12/who-knows-where-time-goes.html">post</a>.<br />
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Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12170129859014155605noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639135975276145553.post-23518308437872430952012-10-14T08:39:00.000-07:002012-10-14T08:39:58.809-07:00Historic Canal Boat at Great Falls Park, MDWith all the furor over the iPhone 5 recently, I made an executive decision to purchase an iPhone 4s (64GB) because I have too many accessories that will not work with the iPhone 5 and I'm not willing to spend money to upgrade all of those accessories AND my phone at this time.<br />
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Since what I had previously was an iPhone 4, I did get an upgrade to the camera from a camera capable of capturing only 5 megapixel images to one capable of capturing 8 megapixel images. This will allow me to print my iPhone art/images at a larger size if I choose to do so. Today I'm sharing the processing that resulted in the image below... all the steps. The original image was captured with the iPhone 4s native camera in HDR mode. (as always, you may click any of the images to view them larger size)<br />
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href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-yJf1a_JiK7o/UHcstePHx6I/AAAAAAAAOMo/d9gog90aq6k/s800/j-IMG_0774-signed%252BorigBlend.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:
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src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-yJf1a_JiK7o/UHcstePHx6I/AAAAAAAAOMo/d9gog90aq6k/s400/j-IMG_0774-signed%252BorigBlend.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="canal boat, final image" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Apps used included True HDR, PerfectPhoto (sharpen and denoise), touchRetouch, Photo fx Ultra (several effects), AutoPainter HD Van Gogh, Image Blender, A+ Signature (Allura text). This image is for sale on <a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/historic-canal-boat-on-the-c-and-o-canal-in-maryland-victoria-porter.html">Fine Art America</a>, as are others of my images. And I'm posting to <a href="http://www.theviewfromrighthere.com/blog/?p=8286">Weekly Top Shot</a> today... wish I could post there every week! Check it out for other nice images.</div><br />
Since I've previously discussed <a href="http://iphonephotopassion.blogspot.com/p/favorite-iphoneipad-apps-references.html#TrueHDR">True HDR</a> and covered <a href="http://iphonephotopassion.blogspot.com/p/using-perfectphoto-to-crop-and-sharpen.html">PerfectPhoto</a>, <a href="http://iphonephotopassion.blogspot.com/p/blender-app-tutorial.html">Image Blender</a>, and <a href="http://iphonephotopassion.blogspot.com/p/using-signature-to-sign-image.html">A+ Signature usage</a> in a separate post for each app, I will concentrate on the effects that I applied using Photo fx Ultra which I have been using a LOT lately. Please note that this is NOT a comprehensive tutorial on using Photo fx Ultra. The app has a LOT of filters, effects and I'm only just beginning to appreciate the power of this app. There is a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md987Ex_Z_g">YouTube video</a> that shows the basic features of the app and Tiffin has a <a href="http://www.tiffen.com/photofx_ultra_layers.html">bit of information</a> about it on their web site.<br />
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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2OyFimxx37zzhiC-3sA4ZbLCONNk3USzuSB6uPUpdkdNoHYOvTzGM9G_i83-WaGGK3SJpULF-yBqnTAU5XcpOH-HKh14xBmOI87x80MacwTqdnM_SyfpZ3sh3bL8eHJW-JcaQcJlDVGY/s400/c-IMG_0601-hdrMerge.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="canal boat, starting image" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">True HDR merged image, the starting point for post-processing.</div><br />
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400px; height: 299px;"
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6pRHvlDpiFgk8pNEQKqXMBCsgy7A92KZxTCgRp6qHIMzTEB15Xub3FtY6g8d3M4G-GzCziV57bPu6bOKCX6mwlymXv__C5CHYtpedC2RK5jpD7qyvMs_XRxi0teaoK1ORfmqjIqaAm4g/s400/e-IMG_0603-retouch.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="retouched image" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">touchRetouch was used to remove the light post and its reflection because I found it distracting. A combination of the 'eraser' brush and cloning tool was used. Retouch (app icon name after installation) is fairly straightforward to use and has built-in help and tutorials. (look for the basic tutorial, advanced tutorial and help topics under the <i>i</i> in the upper right hand corner after opening an image) The one setting I would encourage you to turn on is Always Use Max Resolution.</div><br />
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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLaqeh9j_PA-1OlroKY9yHW9j2YfdZRyIvmd3mAfvInEY-rMnEn9QTXRZiwYyyr_BrmLlzcc967ZbiFVIugEBKRVcG0rMRIVxHsOO5hzbPFH3uWCC8_3Iw-3Tv_2ReeBtppzlrfeBdSOo/s400/l-IMG_0605_SpecialFXpolarizer5addLayerSS.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="polarizer effect screen shot" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">This screen shot shows the first effect that was applied in Photo fx Ultra to the retouched image. The Polarizer/Polarizer 5 effect in the Special Effects set was applied using the Default settings for the effect. Note that the categories of effects are across the bottom; the options shown on the left change depending on which of the bottom categories and which subset of each category you choose. ANY of the effects can be modified to suit you (using the various sliders that appear when you choose an effect) and those modifications may be saved as a personal effect. To continue modifying an image after an effect has been applied, select Add Layer from the options that appear when you click on the upper right corner arrow to save (or otherwise handle) your image.</div><br />
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400px; height: 300px;"
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPAgJsQAhKVI5LXqI0qgtmltkgVH0F03RUBjBxKVEWxah_bULIurPHN-4JPnIIQ1GjcyXKRXimS8IMIFBejEXwCyDPuQlTyUcAN6N_NGnVW9sa3jL2QjhIlvsgRx3nJbwK0cb2BceA1oo/s400/m-IMG_0606_lightSoftLight5.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="soft light effect screen shot" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">The screen shot for the second effect shows Soft Light/Soft Light 5 in the Light category being applied on top of the previous layer. I cannot recall if I changed the settings from the default settings for this effect. I continued by choosing Add Layer and choosing a third category of effects to apply.</div><br />
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400px; height: 300px;"
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXiva55NFt7-jg-F6akfuqFsGXNV_CrRB_EgCM4p2Rj7XDBwafriP6JibSbT9g3tGKUpt0k-UI7Qw9BnxAPHih0i9sHjbiokn8pqD2mKGMLHoxHpWdH5EgqQ5rGibcFI0NWYQ2cqt0_SI/s400/n-IMG_0607_LensVignetteBlackCircle.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="black vignette screen shot" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Because I wanted to focus attention on the boat, I chose to apply a vignette next, using the Lens/Vignette/Black Circle effect. I adjusted the sliders for this effect to soften it a bit from how it appeared with the default settings.</div><br />
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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE_NZwhAxsUokMa3ujogoJ6zG2SggGrUwhs3lGEk6zWTkhjRzyJ7-K1ehKdPgxXwvDxtji7XAGsbRKahC1oPS21UyfQiiRtSh9dnwo04bSmgIpFty50QIy4FvJgkR3KyjKTyyBd4Kq6VQ/s400/o-IMG_0609_DiffusionWarmCenterSpot2.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="diffusion warm center spot screen shot" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Again, to continue the processing with the intent of drawing the viewer in to the center of the image to focus on the boat, I applied the Diffusion/Warm Center Spot/Warm Spot 2 effect and adjusted the default settings so that the overall image remained sharp but was warmer in the middle. (I did not want to blur the edges.) This Photo fx Ultra image was saved and was the image used for later blending as will be described.</div><br />
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src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zLlkw_jXdtc/UHcsr0nTv5I/AAAAAAAAOMo/ee7xEOVofVE/s400/k-IMG_0750-collage.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="collage of images as described" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">At this point, I'm including a collage of the main steps used in processing from start to finish of this image. (click any link to see larger views of each image; to return here, use Back in your browser) The upper left image is the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6pRHvlDpiFgk8pNEQKqXMBCsgy7A92KZxTCgRp6qHIMzTEB15Xub3FtY6g8d3M4G-GzCziV57bPu6bOKCX6mwlymXv__C5CHYtpedC2RK5jpD7qyvMs_XRxi0teaoK1ORfmqjIqaAm4g/s1152/e-IMG_0603-retouch.JPG">True HDR merged image</a> after retouching; the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_t6M-gRjo7G3B1_CxH4CclXRgAR6PRkHUPfk7A9VpFhhVIKDXHwR_syuLW1n25DO9BkdFylURA_zOCy5zZhAVlna7D8yj4OsOJvhSvOUY3YMkmfrBSXdFiJXoId7IRJqInLW-jKMEXg/s1152/f-IMG_0610-PhotofxUltra.JPG">upper right image</a> is after the previously described four effects had been applied in Photo fx Ultra; the lower left image is the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnQtwYnmDyZPLJGWiSFUMGfNjbMBRxZMeJOdaBwTDsVzjX6sq5pVtyEZ9ptfqXrbhK7sxTMBMfoyNUip5jfHoLYiqHJoBmEmwg3mQD8s_0SzOu4E1jVl1026BQvecKx4I5D9_yDfC2FU/s1152/g-IMG_0611-AP-VanGogh.JPG">Auto Painter Van Gogh effect</a> applied to the True HDR image; and the bottom right is the <a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-yJf1a_JiK7o/UHcstePHx6I/AAAAAAAAOMo/d9gog90aq6k/s1152/j-IMG_0774-signed%252BorigBlend.JPG">blended, final image</a>. (more detail on the steps to achieve the final image is given below)</div><br />
The final image was blended several times to achieve the result I was going for and to restore the image size which had suffered some downsizing throughout the processing steps. The first blending step involved blending the Van Gogh effect image with the image after application of the Photo fx Ultra effects. I used a normal blend and blended in only 20% of the Van Gogh image so as not to overpower the effects I'd achieved with Photo fx Ultra. I wasn't 100% satisfied so I blended the result with the original True HDR image using masking with opacity to bring back some of the detail on just the boat. This image was signed using A+ Signature, Allura text.<br />
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And last, since I noticed some loss of pixels in the signed, final image, I loaded the dark exposure of the two HDR images as the background image in Blender, reduced the background opacity so that it did not affect the blend and blended that original image with the signed final image which effectively returned the image size to the same as the original and would allow me to print it as large as 12x16 inches without appreciable loss of detail.Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12170129859014155605noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639135975276145553.post-73072423393018025822012-09-21T13:47:00.001-07:002012-09-21T13:47:25.946-07:00Processing an SLR image on an iPad with iOS appsI had an SLR image that I wanted to edit and could not figure out how to do it on my computer. So I moved a JPG of the image to my iPad after "assembling" the HDR image from 3 SLR shots. And then I proceeded to work on it with various iPad apps... the first of which was retouch to remove the overhead wires. The scene is from just outside the hotel in Dingle, Ireland where we stayed the first 3 nights of a Photography Tour led by John Barclay, Peter Cox and Dan Sniffin.<br />
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<b>HDR image from computer...</b><br />
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<b>Retouched (Touch/Retouch app) to remove overhead wires.</b><br />
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<b>Glaze app effect applied</b>... Glaze is one of those apps where you just have to experiment to see which of the effects you like.<br />
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<b>Screen shot of Blender app settings</b> when blending Glaze treated image with Retouched image.<br />
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<b>Image saved after blending as shown above.</b><br />
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<b>Screen shot of DynaLight HD treatment</b> applied to the previous image.<br />
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<b>Image saved after DynaLight HD effect</b> had been applied as shown above.<br />
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<b>PhotoToaster used to frame image</b> with settings shown in the screen shot below.<br />
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<b>Final image after framing and signing in A+ Signature.</b><br />
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So there you have it... the best of both worlds in my opinion. An SLR image with high resolution and lots of detail treated with iOS apps to turn it into something other than a literal interpretation of the scene. Perhaps you prefer the unedited image but I sure am having fun being creative with my photos.<br />
Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12170129859014155605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639135975276145553.post-20831539802482398462012-07-30T10:34:00.000-07:002012-07-30T10:34:39.354-07:00Seattle Sunset post processing revealedApps used in this tutorial include some that have been already discussed in more detail on separate pages devoted to each of the apps. They will appear as links in the tutorial below. <br />
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A panorama image from 9 images shot with Bracket Mode (an HDR camera) where only the darker of each image pair was selected to merge in AutoStitch was used as the starting point. AutoPainter was used to apply the Benson effect to the panorama and the paint version was then blended (using Blender; <a href="http://iphonephotopassion.blogspot.com/p/blender-app-tutorial.html">tutorial</a>) at 50% with the untreated panoramic image to give the image shown below which is where this tutorial starts.<br />
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400px; height: 216px;"
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4MeqYAnXh6Xd3R_Iag38lCxNuaxHMEWLA5Y0h6iN6-3qxkffVWddZ-N_r7TEG9EbmpNj3NxwMB94Lm5aNiAzc2-LOoIESu_a629eyMIEo4s0_gCVyRYVaaVOPDQDztCB48zJUh-ai8o/s400/seattleSunset.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="panorama image starting point" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><br>Steps in brief (not all images are shown) follow:</div><ol><li>Apply the Lindale effect at reduced strength in PhotoStudioHD (<a href="http://iphonephotopassion.blogspot.com/p/photostudiohd-tutorial-fx-photo-studio.html">tutorial</a>).</li>
<li>Apply the Vintage effect in PhotoStudioHD and save the image.</li>
<li>Load the image into Wood Camera and apply Frame 5 to it and Save it. (Frame 5 adds bird silhouettes to an image; an excellent tutorial for Wood Camera is <a href="http://theappwhisperer.com/2012/07/26/wood-camera-iphone-photography-tutorial-how-to-create-a-dynamic-image/">available elsewhere</a>.</li>
<li>Load the saved image into A+ Signature (<a href="http://iphonephotopassion.blogspot.com/p/using-signature-to-sign-image.html">tutorial</a>), sign and save.</li>
</ol><br />
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400px; height: 216px;"
src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-LcAEbnIXmlQ/UBW1wc4KTYI/AAAAAAAANew/DgQhOO3l5gU/s400/seattleSunsetEffects.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="seattle sunset with Lindale and Vintage effects" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Image with PhotoStudioHD Lindale and Vintage effects applied; <a href="http://iphonephotopassion.blogspot.com/p/photostudiohd-tutorial-fx-photo-studio.html">PhotoStudio HD tutorial</a>.</div><br />
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400px; height: 216px;"
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCblm5i8ztJyDmuZthsKj0-U5DZ-o67UtCItZcE9E5SfSSiDOiH98Pjybqo6x3ZLjk2oq0Sk7Aa7VXzjQe7yETyWD53NMTdFey-avXJ991PmxGwySApmKZmVfVTNQYCY6wi5Rg6xUy9G8/s400/woodCameraBirds.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="TAG" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Image after applying Frame 5 in Wood Camera (<a href="http://theappwhisperer.com/2012/07/26/wood-camera-iphone-photography-tutorial-how-to-create-a-dynamic-image/">tutorial elsewhere</a>) and signing in A+ Signature (<a href="http://iphonephotopassion.blogspot.com/p/using-signature-to-sign-image.html">tutorial</a>).</div><br />Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12170129859014155605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639135975276145553.post-31608273645496036922012-06-11T15:25:00.000-07:002012-06-11T15:28:47.998-07:00Hydrangea post processing with Painteresque, Moku Hanga and Blender...This tutorial demonstrates use of Moku Hanga and Painteresque to create a couple of layers (images) that are then blended using Blender to achieve a final result that I found pleasing. It is a very simple tutorial. As always, the steps will be summarized first and then a series of images showing the process will be included below the outline.<br />
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<ol><li>The starting point for this tutorial is a cropped and sharpened image (see the <a href="http://iphonephotopassion.blogspot.com/p/using-perfectphoto-to-crop-and-sharpen.html">PerfectPhoto app</a> guide for steps) obtained from merging HDR images (TrueHDR) shot with the iPhone 4 native camera.</li>
<li>The image was loaded into Painteresque for one "layer" to be used later (Image 1).</li>
<li>The Portrait preset in Moku Hanga was applied to the cropped, sharpened image and the image saved (Image 2).</li>
<li>Image 1 and Image 2 were brought into Blender and blended with Luminosity at 50% and the image was saved.</li>
<li>The saved, blended image was signed with A+ Signature.</li>
<li>Two other images were created for possible future blends, one from AutoPainter Benson effect and one from using "My flower preset" in Moku Hanga. (My flower preset is based on Landscape 2 with the border removed and makes a very nice flower painting.)</li>
</ol><br />
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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-B4hXibyofK6XC5SxoAKraFGgVATA73fHsOpa5UQiD6XGnH2fa3ZIKQLhzdSJhSMmFaZ3ly_RiSm_9DDhKW5bbULe1SYVxnzLBeGlXFw0PgNc9llvuo-mSpGWyqnUuJUylx5DYkOZ1k/s800/croppedSharpenedHydrangea.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:
400px; height: 300px;"
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-B4hXibyofK6XC5SxoAKraFGgVATA73fHsOpa5UQiD6XGnH2fa3ZIKQLhzdSJhSMmFaZ3ly_RiSm_9DDhKW5bbULe1SYVxnzLBeGlXFw0PgNc9llvuo-mSpGWyqnUuJUylx5DYkOZ1k/s400/croppedSharpenedHydrangea.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="cropped and sharpened image" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">This tutorial starts where the <a href="http://iphonephotopassion.blogspot.com/p/using-perfectphoto-to-crop-and-sharpen.html">app guide for PerfectPhoto</a> left off, with the cropped and sharpened Hydrangea image.</div><br />
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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BYLnohVFdS7Cw0iJotarkNlZVQjmi40I4-DIUZFrnh1cc7lAT9PNXWMREgAWGtPDnlozs8eyTnhRFqGoLUYnPiaRgnayUB_uEovdqNl9BJqTp3QUA8qFn2Ti14MLpSgxR9TioTT8bkg/s800/Painteresque_IMG_5781.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:
400px; height: 300px;"
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BYLnohVFdS7Cw0iJotarkNlZVQjmi40I4-DIUZFrnh1cc7lAT9PNXWMREgAWGtPDnlozs8eyTnhRFqGoLUYnPiaRgnayUB_uEovdqNl9BJqTp3QUA8qFn2Ti14MLpSgxR9TioTT8bkg/s800/Painteresque_IMG_5781.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="Painteresque effect" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Painteresque effect applied to the cropped, sharpened image.</div><br />
<a onblur="try
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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKZseKNEHwSVxumekfLPu_sZOqW8_2Nf3LSJwB0HcuTg_lwfSIx1v_d3RbWhyphenhyphenc2MxH-fUpAoTcVpgheZIe_I-01ehokKG4pdL_0bWaCdPoPeH-2NFG_BTPoBrOMB7bYYB-PMhg-rSrsI/s800/mokuHangaPortraitSS_IMG_5780.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:
400px; height: 300px;"
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKZseKNEHwSVxumekfLPu_sZOqW8_2Nf3LSJwB0HcuTg_lwfSIx1v_d3RbWhyphenhyphenc2MxH-fUpAoTcVpgheZIe_I-01ehokKG4pdL_0bWaCdPoPeH-2NFG_BTPoBrOMB7bYYB-PMhg-rSrsI/s400/mokuHangaPortraitSS_IMG_5780.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="Moku Hanga screen shot" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Several preset effects are available in Moku Hanga. It is worth your time to play around with the presets and discover what works best for your image and the effect you are trying to achieve. For example, the preset I chose for my Hydrangea image is labeled "Portrait" and I just happened to like the effect achieved here. At some point, I might write a mini-tutorial on Moku Hanga but it is pretty straightforward to use. Any image loaded into it will have an effect applied automatically but I never know WHICH effect is applied. Since I like to know what effect is being applied, I always experiment a bit. If you find an effect you like, you can save it out as a Preset with a name that makes sense to you. Use the Share button and select Save Preset instead of Save; presets are organized alphabetically in Moku Hanga so yours will appear according to that organization the next time you open Moku Hanga.</div><br />
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400px; height: 300px;"
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9GmooQqBVfFiafLCofcs1CWgfGve9LjhJl2dTxomL4dH4a4XpwuqWIr5xH8Rhlp3OPpNz4qh5rJuZ2Sqi0VB079ayupVsdZ0QmOox-o8KRqJPehiH9OdHqhexo5MjloIQ3Mv6y_kLHIc/s400/MHportrait_IMG_5779.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="Portrait effect image from Moku Hanga" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Saved image after application of the Portrait effect in Moku Hanga.</div><br />
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href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-LMTTUvaIvnI/T9ZIp8U-0LI/AAAAAAAANNo/MyLmh6mug1Q/s800/luminosityBlendScreenShot_IMG_5783.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:
400px; height: 300px;"
src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-LMTTUvaIvnI/T9ZIp8U-0LI/AAAAAAAANNo/MyLmh6mug1Q/s800/luminosityBlendScreenShot_IMG_5783.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="screen shot of Blender process" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Screen shot of Blender showing 50% Luminosity blend of the Moku Hanga Portrait image with the Painteresque image.</div><br />
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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7pOcBYWL5kLxO5r5ql5WQRP867EWEmUhBJt1aTd9LGxv2iVT0sCTT_X6py6JgFKFNTlxMyHGBf-Hmq1-w26AcMr1i36CKtyFfrq9NGGfVYHDIymsJ_3-EnjuNQwxzJybu4osALvZ3-cA/s800/signedHydrangea_v1_IMG_5785.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:
400px; height: 300px;"
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7pOcBYWL5kLxO5r5ql5WQRP867EWEmUhBJt1aTd9LGxv2iVT0sCTT_X6py6JgFKFNTlxMyHGBf-Hmq1-w26AcMr1i36CKtyFfrq9NGGfVYHDIymsJ_3-EnjuNQwxzJybu4osALvZ3-cA/s800/signedHydrangea_v1_IMG_5785.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="signed image" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Signed image (signed with A+ Signature; <a href="http://iphonephotopassion.blogspot.com/p/using-signature-to-sign-image.html">usage covered elsewhere</a> after blending as described above.)<br />
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These last three images are included to show a screen shot after using "My flower preset" in Moku Hanga, the saved image after applying that preset, and last, AutoPainter 3 Monet effect applied to the cropped, sharpened image. I often save multiple versions of an image for later experimentation, even after I've found one combination I like well enough to sign it. <br />
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400px; height: 300px;"
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYS2o7IS5ju04SKJnhzAqVtQgdKzmfLfY4aoTs2wQ00FSQZH9WnzX40iEEZWmIvL4RWUlchYSv_rLbI_Zt_413Az6tA-6pTcN7PhDM2syIv5pUo-jAXMsrB26mWmz0rBjXJBcQHfHJohE/s400/mh_myPresetSS_IMG_5777.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="my flower preset in Moku Hanga" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">The preset I've saved in Moku Hanga as "My flower preset" is based on the supplied Landscape 2 preset with the border removed.</div><br />
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href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vsvuCaAlr54/T9ZIsn_MuOI/AAAAAAAANOM/PWmgopZLGYQ/s800/mh_myPreset_IMG_5778.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:
400px; height: 300px;"
src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vsvuCaAlr54/T9ZIsn_MuOI/AAAAAAAANOM/PWmgopZLGYQ/s400/mh_myPreset_IMG_5778.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="Moku Hanga saved with my flower preset effect applied" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Image saved from Moku Hanga after applying "My flower preset."</div><br />
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400px; height: 300px;"
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF8nXkLdvlV2-qRc0ea9ZBMzSKrNuw8WLDmqxAHc8IKWcpQpzjj1YPNR5j0ftSNm5XZ5f3U0fiKWw0SBvH1HDiFdNuuXhZS3vU5Udoh8ODqJxt9xlKRlU6MFtmnD_TkTFvL402XHeGxNc/s800/autoPainter_IMG_5782.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="AutoPainter 3 Monet effect applied to image" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">AutoPainter 3 Monet effect.</div>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12170129859014155605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639135975276145553.post-76668875831775513682012-06-02T15:53:00.000-07:002012-06-02T15:56:23.602-07:00C&O Canal Boat, idle in Georgetown, DCWhile wandering around Georgetown last Saturday before having lunch with a friend, I spotted this canal boat parked near 31st St NW. The light caught my eye even though I was quite certain the sunlight would "blow out" the white roof completely. I could see editing the image to take care of that and just maybe end up with something quite nice.<br />
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My iPhone tutorial posts will follow a general format of showing the starting and ending image at the start of the post, followed by the "expert" recipe. After the "expert" recipe, I'll show the step by step process. Please realize that these tutorials are really not intended to be a "go out and repeat this exactly" recipe but rather a tutorial to show one (sometimes two) possible processing paths for an image. Those of you unfamiliar with iPhone processing of images may not realize yet the HUGE number of apps available for post processing (both iPhone and iPad). My hope is that these tutorials will start you on a path of exploration to discover for yourselves the many possibilities there are for tuning your images into something that you envision when out exploring the world.<br />
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<a name="top"></a><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a onblur="try
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href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jQ355NJYhyE/T8adsDMqL2I/AAAAAAAANIo/0KzpGQ-0OsE/s800/IMG_5662.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:
400px; height: 299px;"
src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jQ355NJYhyE/T8adsDMqL2I/AAAAAAAANIo/0KzpGQ-0OsE/s400/IMG_5662.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="TrueHDR merged image" /></a></td></tr>
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400px; height: 299px;"
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPOK4-sKf0n0689_enYF1VZsG1pEIJx9uUfZowwyOPlRS8x4IgoXra1it24ANcra6jSYxPKCd2P9hsp4Y41SD44pajLA6E9gO7yZmttsvcN2SXnCF1C0F2TTiAolLwrsGnyoPOpu3b4s/s400/signASig.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="signed image after processing as described" /></a></td></tr>
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400px; height: 299px;"
src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Qfq5tUD1zeM/T8aTWe5382I/AAAAAAAANHA/gqESNJfhJcA/s400/signed.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="signed image after further processing as described" /></a><br />
</table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">The top image (obtained by merging two exposures (shot with the native iP4 camera in HDR mode) using TrueHDR) is the starting point; the middle image is the image obtained from processing as outlined below through Step 6; the bottom image is the result of applying an effect to the Image from Step 2 in the outline below and blending that with the image processed through Step 5. (<i>Note that the above images may be viewed larger size by clicking on any one of them.)</i></div><br />
<ol><li>The two HDR exposures were merged with TrueHDR.</li>
<li>PerfectPhoto was used to sharpen, and de-noise the image (Image A in future steps).</li>
<li>The Ancient Canvas effect was applied using PhotoStudio HD and the image saved (Image B in future steps).</li>
<li>Blender was used to blend images A and B at 70% Normal Blend.</li>
<li>Pic Grunger was used to apply the "Scuffed" Effect at ~40% (Image C in future steps).</li>
<li>Image C was signed using A+ Signature.</li>
<li>One could stop at this point but I chose to try one other blend.</li>
<li>A Moku Hanga effect (will figure out which one at some point, experiment) was applied using a Preset that I saved some time ago and cannot recall exactly how I got it (danger of late night playing); result saved (Image D).</li>
<li>Images C and D were blended using the Luminosity Effect in Blender.</li>
<li>The result of the blend above was signed using A+ Signature.</li>
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<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jQ355NJYhyE/T8adsDMqL2I/AAAAAAAANIo/0KzpGQ-0OsE/s216/IMG_5662.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="TrueHDR merged image" /></td><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZfeWQyOT5Lc-HgUZv8_QogBjRhyidE7haxoiSiwDVRPbP40OCvRI6qnemL91rin1av4pPZ42-77EY5dfuOP6PwnuSUMxZhCmCXxywzgJVQUGCXfGmzcMN0mdTetcgVx8yq7IpeodqjU/s216/IMG_5663.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="sharpened and de-noised image" /></td></tr>
</table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">I'm showing this because it amazed me to see the difference in the image after sharpening it and also using the Denoise option in PerfectPhoto; left image before sharpen and denoise were applied, right image after sharpen and denoise.</div><br />
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<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyrgjsPnY1gMnP-xYKAF79E4_WwyV2YZMQaFz9BddYW58Ke4xAF_pS6T6a7adczy_AVlpEX6rh_rXgmmB08Kehf0Ot9F3TBhs2GAtT9jNcQHB2_7R-OjmHHRAqhhmJDGru46nZp_pB5-I/s216/psHDAncientCanvasSS.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="screen shot of Ancient Canvas effect" /></td>><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3cOt3VBpqiUoDRs9A2hGJn1ygsAOasV4coAzBtkp7xWLy3QFWl6L_nPU2TDiVsgDivIMsG0wcMxVcUMclORFWIOU9E0fGG9I-1JGMbG9njgEKJ-moq1NaDmNVqib9E0wRpgZTH0V6ms/s216/psHDAncientCanvas.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="Ancient Canvas effect saved image" /></td></tr>
</table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Screen Shot of application of Ancient Canvas applied to image; saved image after application of Ancient Canvas.</div><br />
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0a18QjO4VjCiwDVK2Egg6Hl5Y2b8d8shXu7hcyHgL4MP_IkRfRN5Pp2VOdSoO_9J_Kqrece5nvec66JsWXm5O-2qEmn-FT1ZUSqIkz7cRGQ8IYooM4u181FQiQa_qH1H75oxfKbaafw/s400/blendSDhdr%2526AC.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="blended image as described" /></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_w_-_lCjKUY/T8aTVC8yUcI/AAAAAAAANGk/9ETjjKzr8tU/s400/picGrunger.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="scuffed effect Pic Grunger image" /></td></tr>
</table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">The top image is the result of blending Image A and Image B using Normal Blend at 70%; masking was used to bring the Ancient Canvas effect onto the blown out white roof and leave the rest of the image relatively untouched; the bottom image is after application of the Scuffed effect (at 40%) to the blended image using Pic Grunger (Image C). (<i>The signed Image C is not shown before continuing with additional post processing steps since it is the middle image in th set of three images at the <a href="#top">top</a> of the page.)</i></div><br />
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6iWj3fVOkgqsq67g1MfyaEB4DgNkh-h8XxXPmdFYWhQ7bRzgYNSlIDyxDtF5B8inopQ_huc8-MwpX9MwdXOGcae5z5X3NBlSKtJCpTRYWSmCyV05C3xAZPAPmliCzh_VtuNjr8VoliO4/s400/MokuHangaSSmine.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="screen shot from Moku Hanga" /></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90Yp-UITdfRcX_kLPWYHI-fdQffYaZAG9i6ad-TstoKZi-LhNmZjxBInjIHKFsqsO1T5cM4ftKwtMSXYlbenxrqunSDf5h1_sw_S-jpLi__384btJpPUTRLD2nHGPzSkIh8OYQZSnoC4/s400/mokuHangaMyPreset.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="image saved after application of Moku Hanga effect" /></td></tr>
</table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><i>The top image is a screen shot of the application of a saved preset in Moku Hanga; the second image is the saved image (Image D) after application of that effect.</i></div><br />
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMKr8DUG6ydNERnjEBqbe9ji5TVNkX5jRy9Wfp-Bs9fUXXvHXs9P9o1CPNdatVeJXupYS3hY1pxTpZGMjfUoVT3cio25h3lVnei7w2cDP5ATQ5V5viAxxTwhs55U_vQc_sI7tBYrmGvk/s400/luminosityBlendSS.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="screen shot of luminosity blend of images" /></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_PmnFjhyphenhyphenG9pWw0lrbSO7baSNBdj6C48GNvqywSiuxoiqYKdRyWVfMms2i8BToWvtMUK-xqi2GeSbBhi7YrBmpFtvLCrKvRL7fzcUU02t6HeIiYLxMoNuU1tcnED62OQSxZEeNngzZfAY/s400/luminosityBlend.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="image after applying luminosity blend" /></td></tr>
</table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">The top image is a screen shot of application of the Luminosity blend at 40% to Images C & D in Blender; the bottom image is the saved, blended image. (Again, the signed image is not included here because it is the third of the three images at the <a href="#top">top</a> of the page.)</div>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12170129859014155605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639135975276145553.post-64292016451455441392012-05-21T09:58:00.000-07:002012-05-23T14:18:39.694-07:00How to blend two "blah" images into something nicer...<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi996-lTt7aFpj7jfqjgtwaAgsnU-HAqtzyw1sOb8u-fWtqy8MAbzdoz-ImJ-GGrMQQz55pJWrBKxNbQkMwBTNPYRD5DFKg_uAhnh1OrqhoAxYRRrYB6d_ig6zSjhU4W8ZUEH-kywSV0mM/s245/trueHDR.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="trueHDR image 1" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_NH9OT_PJrN_jeYeNXRammS_AjyiWH86iGX6N1Zmkn08pZIJW7XkqHm8tiYON3iQtNNnfdmrPg8E1OOSd8zGILqQ3XsFg9i8UwrK5r4vLre7YaDgco9oUAwKCa0qtfay8FxUZPrhsbA/s245/trueHDRimage2.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="trueHDR image 2" /></td></tr>
</table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">While stopping by a friend's garden, I noticed these Red Hot Poker flowers and decided to see what I could do with creating an image using them. Notice that the left image (referred to as Image 1) has nothing interesting on the far right and that the right image (Image 2) has a very boring background. However, I could visualize possibilities for a very nice image by combining elements of the two images into a single image. This tutorial will explain the process that I used to reach the following two possible end results. (<i>As always, experienced iPhone photographers will probably find the detailed steps tedious but those of you new to iPhone photography and post processing might just learn a thing or two. At least that is what I hope!</i>) Linking to <a href="http://www.theviewfromrighthere.com/blog/?p=713">Weekly Top Shots</a>.</div><br />
Steps in brief for the experts among you...<br />
<ol><li>Images 1 and 2 were obtained by merging two images (shot with iPhone 4 native camera in HDR mode) in TrueHDR.</li>
<li>PerfectPhoto was used on Image 1 to Sharpen, Denoise and save the image.</li>
<li>PhotoForge was used to crop Image 2 and slightly rotate it so flower stems aligned with those in Image 1.</li>
<li>BlurFX was used to slightly blur Image 2 since it will be in the background in the final images.</li>
<li>Blender was used with masking and arranging to position Image 2 behind Image 1 and paint away the right side Image 1 to reveal parts of Image 2 that I wanted in the final blended image; blend at 100% to completely hide Image 1.</li>
<li>Retouch was used to remove parts of the image I found distracting.</li>
<li>Three painting apps were used on the blended image to achieve 3 different looks for further blending.</li>
<ul><li>Moku Hanga (later referred to as Moku image)</li>
<li>Painteresque (later referred to as Painteresque image)</li>
<li>AutoPainter Benson (later referred to as AutoPainter image)</li>
</ul><li>The Painteresque image was blended at 20% Multiply (screen shot) with the Moku image.</li>
<li>The Painteresque image was also blended at 50% Normal with the AutoPainter image</li>
<li>Both end result images were signed with A+ Signature.</li>
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<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a onblur="try
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<tr><td><a onblur="try
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</table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">The top image is one option for final processing; the bottom image is a second (and preferred by me) option for the final image. Both processing paths will be explained in the following steps.</div><br />
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinL4rOvXAp8iVBFv6A4HEI8mDfxuN_B8SNMfteurJ1hjhtIp_OOr8vlQnKP5MAVfIsDbpC76TQw4hmdEIQCBoisraUKlx6V35K-Qh_T0xtG5cIpzRDcSzwIH-v9GVhyLRxmZ24hXnOJGo/s400/s%2526dPF.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="sharpen and denoise image 1 in PerfectPhoto" /></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-krI-bZBJKNzKqqH4QjIqZgOJ33wCMWBfP49QHcXk5vcemSTNJ0f22R7tl_ANBvFIWbiFCBK1X_YQ7oTwYIx34OtVtkMCBvS3ckVHVlSjdQQqWUj2tI7uoU1k07Sm-RapV7nsCxdb80/s400/SSPhForgeCropIncRotate.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="crop and slight rotation of image 2 in PhotoForge" /></td></tr>
</table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Image 2 has the Red Hot Poker flowers growing upright whereas Image 1 (shown as the first image above after the Sharpen and Denoise steps in PerfectPhoto had been performed) has them tilted (that's how they were growing in the garden). Because I wanted to use image 2 in the background of image 1 when I blended the images, I used the PhotoForge (not PhotoForge2) Crop Tool to crop and slightly rotate Image 2 using the 1Ā° incremental arrows until the flower stems were angled similarly to those in Image 1 as shown in the PhotoForge screen shot above.</div><br />
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvV-YeHsd5XgHpK18PCwXAEjs658ToXFklc2XPLkbqLpAdhuCGU-xxiX1OiaVU4bY8dlU0cJW6eYUqklqtFPlqCDiF3YjOlc_KHHZMs90QQhmoxAptZJgZC1rbPAeKlUI7g5bKk6cZ-4/s245/PhForgeCropIncRotate.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="cropped, rotated image 2" /></td><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_DyBr2j847vQL7gnDvoPHwRdzMS5DyWQQyDe9wcR8k7UV1K9PpdS6O5MLi4kMYA-skCzJUPfT9L_Z5sP72_m7A8hyphenhyphenE7HYHyPMg8lxCf8CiyfsX-7GipDqdQse6wzSzg5GII2qlVN2EyE/s245/BlurFx.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="blurred image 2" /></td></tr>
</table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">The cropped and rotated Image 2 (left image) was loaded into BlurFX and a slight bit of Gaussian Blur was applied to achieve the desired degree of 'out of focus' look for blending with Image 1. Hint about using BlurFX: Use the New button to load in an image; then select (if it isn't already selected) the Gaussian Blur effect and use the Threshold slider to tone down the blurriness (right image) until you are happy with the result.</div><br />
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1l9OcAw50YD6haiaUSBcsfTLCS8Qv_Nx8rvLWPPk5Hbjglq8-qjNcyzNwQZvCTXk90B7XV3HlGUksbVJnHPP5k7ZqXI5twf8XmgX7UEijsw0nLy0KmU6035GnvIs8MCzCtXRLOhS3PGw/s400/blend.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="final blended image" /></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmlIM8UDDNeUaVEeJlDS0Fk2l71gZ0Jdx_bmYGKfFunj5U99ErGO89YLgDusP7YuUhywG-basw1i9BCnLr6gcbdmIA4ASpfOuecAEcGf7rAZf7TkBpZfh1QHNHfr8yQK8FWqV_mZNp1aY/s400/retouch.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="final blended image after retouch" /></td></tr>
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Complete instructions for using Blender to blend and mask these two images to get the top image as the final result are on a <a href="http://iphonephotopassion.blogspot.com/p/blender-app-tutorial.html">separate page</a> in the interest of keeping these instructions somewhat brief! The bottom image is after retouching (Retouch app) out some elements of the blended image that I found distracting.</div><br />
Now for the fun part. Shown below are the results of using three different painting apps to achieve artistic effects that will be combined (again using Blender) to achieve two different looks for the blended image.<br />
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-IMfKjIzpkFI/T7lCMGF4tkI/AAAAAAAAM8A/od9CmGK14Sw/s400/mokuHanga.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="moku hanga treatment" /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">The image above shows a Moku HD (Moku Hanga on the iPad) painting effect applied to the blended image. This app seems to randomize the Style that is applied when you load an image into it. If you find a look you like by experimenting with the Styles and controls, you can save it as a Preset using the Share button and it will show up in Styles the next time you open Moku HD. It is possible to tune each Style by using the Adjust (to adjust brush effects), Paper and Border settings on the Style. I've found I like the Landscape Style with the border removed for MOST of the images I process (including this one) and have saved that as a preset.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOTp_2pu9ZrCq-zIabkMkxnA248LJxw388TjH62GvxpF0lP3ru4pew0xVTf8LiNgPL78QjtRjXgOPKMDS1wYXbORGDmL9ZpCdEhtQtamcaQlpgeR3eAn31jFlxMvfcPmntxRFSx0uoBhw/s400/picturesque.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="painteresque treatment" /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">The image above shows Painteresque processing of the blended image. Painteresque is very simple. There are no options for changing the effect on your image and no settings options. You either like what it does or you don't. I find it very interesting but somewhat overdone so almost always blend a Painteresque version of an image with another version of the same image to tone it down.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SbuhdToRdT-68p_RZXi1alJVoJvcpG7iGII_5iwju_mAyKFfiez6I-nGmNHzJjjlTVMROnq8xZX46QY5sfPbAfPPTHiRWU7YJybSSTLWhge-i3hWEwiJZMcYJKoMbF1MWRfNu9_LzHk/s400/APB.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="autopainter benson treatment" /><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">The image above shows application of the AutoPainter Benson effect to the blended image. I have the original AutoPainter app which has four effects. I've experimented A LOT with it and almost always come back to the Benson effect and apply that to my images before blending with another version of the same image.</div></td></tr>
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<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswlfVdEt4zVnNhBplMNk4BMOg7KjS24RRUrCpEF2QKATJVPAqN9PGsFAU5cfpOAb7Kwo5D6d7fkNgJIU40t2HzY7FT159OqkfDHCccpSjG_QeLrqszRH1h5oAPCZllEGd3sm1vPObGS8/s245/SSblendAPB-MHx.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="screen shot of Blender process" /></td><td><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-68Jqgxmzf4g/T7lB9g1DHeI/AAAAAAAAM7Y/gIrLJzCseUA/s245/blendAPB-MHx.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="image result of blend" /></td></tr>
</table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">On the left is a screen shot of Blender showing conditions of blending Painteresque image (loaded on the left in Blender) with the Moku HD image (loaded on the right in Blender); on the right is the saved output from this blend which was signed in A+ Signature to yield the result shown in the top one of the two images <a href="#elsewhere">shown elsewhere</a>.</div><br />
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<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwOhPHsXq7_dXT_qsGoSJ80cSRYSG9fBDRoQVxtBxP4R2ia-ClXiPnwy-M0zaPiy4mie_CU-QOjGZREcM7A54aOMj3U4ihF8NaP2oM0pB_qgg2QrIPEqmi07Yd-xmeu4lj7tRiRx-UOo/s245/SSblendAPB-PictsQnormal.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="screen shot of autopainter benson blend with painteresque" /></td><td><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--9aqgHeBsSY/T7lCEPTwYOI/AAAAAAAAM7o/I674T-xTf9U/s245/blendAPB-PictsQnormal.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="image result of blend" /></td></tr>
</table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">On the left is a screen shot of Blender showing conditions of blending the Painteresque image (loaded on the left in Blender) with the AutoPainter Benson image (loaded on the right in Blender); on the right is the saved output from this blend which was signed in A+ Signature to yield the result shown in the bottom one of the two images <a href="#elsewhere">shown elsewhere</a>.</div><br />Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12170129859014155605noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639135975276145553.post-65406530380585616942012-05-16T05:19:00.000-07:002012-05-16T05:27:50.669-07:00Blue-eyed Grass, Olloclip Macro and post-processing funThis blog is an ongoing effort in sharing some of what I've learned on my own and some of what I've learned through studying with <a href="http://iphoneographywithterilou.blogspot.com/">Teri Lou Dantzler</a> and <a href="http://iphone-antics.blogspot.com/">Harry Sandler</a> as well as following photographers too numerous to mention and studying their images and process. <br />
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Experienced iPhone photographers may find the detail unnecessary. Those new to iPhone photography should find these "lessons" helpful. I'm trying to post at least once a week except when traveling and doubt I'll ever post more often than once a week unless I become a more efficient at writing posts!<br />
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Today's lesson is an exercise in going from one image to the finished product shown below. Apps used include Bad Camera, Pic Grunger, A+ Signature and any app of your choice (I cannot recall which one I used) to crop a native iPhone camera image into a square format image. I do almost all my editing on an iPad 2 with occasional editing on my iPhone 4. Almost all iPhone apps may be used on the iPad as well by simply clicking 2x in the lower right when the app opens.<a name="finalImage"><br />
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Summary of steps for those who know the apps mentioned. Images to illustrate most of the steps will be included below the summary.<br />
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<ol><li>Take a picture (Blue-eyed Grass flower is about 9-10 mm in diameter) of an item of your choice with the camera of your choice. I used the native iPhone 4 camera, an Olloclip macro lens and a tripod since it's impossible to hold the phone still while taking an image while focusing ~15mm away from the subject.</li>
<li>Crop to square format if desired or use as is.</li>
<li>Open image in Bad Camera, apply effect 18 and save the image.</li>
<li>Now open the image from the above step in Bad Camera and apply the blue "Color" filter and save the image</li>
<li>Open the saved image from step 4 in A+ Signature, sign and save.</li>
<li>Open the saved image in Pic Grunger and select (from the Effects menu) the Cracked effect.</li>
<li>Still in Pic Grunger, use the Strength option to move the slider to approximately 25% and save the image.</li>
</ol>The starting point for creation of this image was the same as the image shown below minus the signature (uploaded a signed copy by mistake).<br />
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Using Bad Camera to apply effects (steps 3 and 4)...<br />
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<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOlAFeyHmrjdlqYoBTr-pfVMRS-vVgF4UH2B9UhejRoFzA4KMVuTUFAOCuq4XyOatTLSiQkN03g17A_NKn58y8SOopVIS6nv_-BbOoCXxnVc6-hmRKsUjNvwHICN6t1kVHCZeQZSPq5LA/s288/IMG_4961.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="Bad Camera splash screen" /><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OMCPNnyUuLI/T6rm6cvns_I/AAAAAAAAM00/BEAD25oIhtY/s288/IMG_4962.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="image opened in Bad Camera" /></td></tr>
</table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">The Bad Camera app is an iPhone app; the first time you open it on an iPad, it will be 1x size; click the 2x in the lower right corner to have the app fill the screen on your iPad. To open an image, click the camera icon in the lower left of the splash screen (left image above) and select Open from Camera Roll. Note also that square format images will appear "squished" when brought into Bad Camera as seen on the right. This is nothing to worry about as you will see after applying an effect and saving the image.</div><br />
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7-V-XrRrFzDHcEK0V-bIopEvuxjS7KrQk2vYbbDNmQ1PMlOOnkP0wja-V16up1hIs6b1cpM__3BytYs9lZv_ZJukZ7eVHHKb1e8uWCjeFRKQy3aVAETf-NnbEqrP6pt_6M4mY0GOYdZY/s288/IMG_4765.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="Effects screen for Bad Camera" /><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-r_TftyxXlTE/T6qIXgFRXpI/AAAAAAAAMo0/-VW6Z4tzTiE/s288/IMG_4766.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="image shown in bad camera with effect" /></td></tr>
</table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Click the ā234 square icon to bring up the Effects screen shown here and scroll down to select Effect 18 for the image; the Effect will be shown at which point, click the envelope icon and select save to camera roll to get the image shown below.</div><br />
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<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwBUpRRrlQ2Gm0Y8HanR6LYarFF_NnpWM2_8wv-HSvMkckf3TKLB9oAlZrETmDYjoQX0fZaFN9dfEukjgQavzQ8t_PN6LMPFIMhVQr4zrJshLQuSl4oKH2n0GENvlu9WRbNI2HDxQj0OM/s288/IMG_4966.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="blue color effect applied" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWMdgDnc4lD09D-rYD6TXPHOnBd89vODHO1eFRD_e8cY0kuJOIIsSLpmzkSu4onZpxpPnI32TlvB73zbxW5GPmhP6rcKUFwg7ogY6xZRXCW8HdPagFT6h4gFAfggRKX4uniLgDVszN9QQ/s216/IMG_4772.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="saved image with blue color effect" /></td></tr>
</table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">After loading the previously saved image with Effect 18 applied into Bad Camera, click the slider icon (three straight lines on the main screen for Bad Camera) to get to the next screen where you may choose additional treatments; click Color, choose blue as the filter and save the image (result shown on the right).</div><br />
Using A+ Signature to sign (step 5)...<br />
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<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-jrN8c9Cq1DQ/T6rm92GIruI/AAAAAAAAM00/aDG28wHU03A/s288/IMG_4976.PNG"style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="TAG" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vKz14wvMy08K4K0xptn8H2XnA0zq_Jy3wXEqwx0CscdnIDfXh4iIHjDpF0Sb3qHP_GDjI_Ks13Wu_Q3or_ntLJln-IqeLK0gtAl_tUlUptn1uhf00pMoJ0V-KzeO-jUlwAMMbzrv8Ig/s288/IMG_4973.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="TAG" /></td></tr>
</table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">The left image shows the screen after bringing an image into A+ Signature; use the gear (next to Help on the lower left) to get to the Preferences screen. The first time you use A+ Signature, the default settings for Preferences have a GIANT SIGNATURE that is white text with a shadow in a text I personally would never use. If you set things up for your signature in a font, style, and color that you like, then you will have that setup as your starting point for all future signatures. I had already set a signature in gray with Zapfino text and no shadow.</div><br />
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<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMLc19GyBtv-LmZ7AMN3duyjEut-d9xHFdU4Yx4A3I32mjmQFgRDIHtWZWNefC3mbNy-qO9H1kTlIBpIWA3ZUQq3nonrfuwqvOSqRjfKeuqcF5j96-qWKYgpbdC5MjWr6wJl2jlG49KZg/s288/IMG_4977.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="click "Text" to bring signature to center" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9g3zLV4ub7SrBXvD3fgo1hMrZ4Wxys6mZ_WLA7hXwtquS9itPuosJrDssL5852XqCUK6AMYcWHcltidJCgonflWxYkoojFIjeJG6HT15jm_bkDb6fGuaWulLZtupQF4m1PQ_GckvsUug/s288/IMG_4978.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="select text to allow delete/rotate" /></td></tr>
</table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">The text is difficult to see in the center of the image on the left. (when you click "Text" in the red bar below the image, the default signature text gets added in the middle of the image) Select this text to reveal an "X" in the upper left corner of the text bounding box and a tiny circle symbol surrounded by three directional arrows in the right, middle of the bounding box. The X allows one to delete text boxes entirely; grabbing on the circle surrounded by three arrows and dragging in a direction (up or down) will rotate the text. </div><br />
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTERPHDebQ0VUs3hWaqiIs4jJ4cFTzo2EBYsVmMzX51f2IBRlvVapeH3AwtetmNbTNP2NoSaVKTitinzI-x_Gertar_ir1sC99mGqkwy9dSP5rE1ZD3hYp31G3a6S3IlJQ7PF7KCY_YE/s288/IMG_4974.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="change text color to white" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUkNck2hgucUub9tQ-adULEfBFXQyDalcTx1RE8_PlmFfGd_h2BsKb7OK93322j_8z8baKJMh5_zZJ9O_PkwCfbXw8qCUBC5p_7x4wxCcc2BCyvkj7yShxxytR6ZDwECBiCfmdXGEsc0/s288/IMG_4975.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="position and size signature" /></td></tr>
</table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Double-click the text box to allow editing; change the text color to white as shown in the color Attributes page and in the image on the right; right image shows text location and size after using two fingers to shrink or expand text size as required.</div><br />
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Using Pic Grunger to apply effects (steps 6 and 7)...<br />
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<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7u1HJw3ZdquC7Y-KVtqSZvHUjyo4kLN-gqaTOLC5m3yOEAV3uUFDBTL7NW5RUppjWegXGNjlvd4M3ulsISBt7AK8Z4rN6JXWPtff5TDuEsHaVplT3FDbExdZ93ZySgcGSu0rnidPsF8/s288/IMG_4983.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="Pic Grunger cracked effect" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwM7upIbonBBLUV00-HE73BjL4VsFFcyS1TxJtuBlAGoiGzf2D_MPfaQe1SQOedsy5ilQZsiLDDnbrqqeqSrOiWT7lFs7p_62AOYW9WpQ0wN4-lChRq7-NDgfbhW3QLG6_xVkpzxluVCs/s288/IMG_4984.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="reducing strength of grunge effect" /></td></tr>
</table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">The left image shows application of the Cracked effect in Pic Grunger; the right image shows reduction of the effect strength to about 25%. Documenting the editing that resulted in the finished product took FAR longer than it did to produce the <a href="#finalImage">final image</a>.</div><br />
Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12170129859014155605noreply@blogger.com3Bethesda, MD, USA38.984652 -77.094709238.935280999999996 -77.1736732 39.034023 -77.0157452tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639135975276145553.post-65206415839996886062012-04-18T20:57:00.000-07:002012-04-18T20:57:44.711-07:00Great gory detail editing flowers... maybe more than you want!This tutorial will tell you how to get from the original image (top image in the Diptic collage below) to the final image shown in the bottom half of the collage. Applications used include the native iPhone camera app (iPhone 4), Moku Hanga, Big Lens, Retouch, Impression and Snapseed. If you are experienced with some or all of these apps, you probably don't need the detailed explanation of some of the steps involved in producing the final image. If you are new to iPhone photo processing, you may want to follow my blog because I will be continuing to add tutorials as I find the time and will give detailed information wherever possible.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">STEP 1 - Moku Hanga was used to apply the "Strong Color" effect at default settings as shown in the first image below. This was saved (second image below) and further processed (Steps 2-X) in </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">The image above was next taken into Big Lens and the flowers were selected to protect from blurring. Big Lens allows one to create a blurred bokeh effect by selecting the parts of the image one does NOT want blurred.</div><br />
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">STEP 2: Use Big Lens to blur the background (the next six images show steps involved in GREAT detail with the image 2-a below showing a screen shot of Big Lens as it opens.</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cX59M8vtPnOMSNCh2B4pTbz_l_uedMonZ5iGWwxnXhkWJeSRXMofL2_Gve6ww-HQcRveE325_EqvBXinb1Z6s_NRdsmfYthgK1PBBMZ4qZs1slHzff8__JJXgDKnvm8x8KeW6OiesUc/s288/IMAGE_DF90F73D-DBE3-4B88-B46E-315FA4268D72.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="opening screen Big Lens" /><br />
</td><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">2-b: Rough selection of flowers; solid red shows selected area.</div><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Rgrt9o8-Dlk/T47whsX9e2I/AAAAAAAAMXc/mMz3IzPwQxU/s288/IMAGE_5CA935B8-EC4E-4D70-AAF5-1023A517883B.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="red shows selected area" /><br />
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<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">2-c: Touch the image with your thumb and one finger; sweep outward to blow up the image to a larger size to allow refinement of the selection. Touching the brush icon brings up a slider that allows you to size the brush as desired.</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIPzaypHfWcnt__HkzeL865Grmunprt8V-o9oNaXBJHiSHDeZAfQhymSjh1rWYRvVMgu1kflZv2D_RuR6G2FCfpFYrFRfYbEYT2RnDrvDLPDJd7f3ahlcQh7c4RHY_Gf_lUKSArxQ8OKw/s288/IMAGE_A8B265C6-4D4D-4B00-8035-8BD8EADAD280.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="screen shot of blown up image" /><br />
</td><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">2-d: Don't worry too much if you color 'outside the lines.' Just select the eraser and clean up the outline.</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUufVil8poDr2LP5rdlNqvRzllGEWt-yHwWYndmBuW8wiXd7AqSkBSLpfMhZaiCHtbU2hM12rOVOvY-9tddbE4KGZ3H2_ubV1G3ygRPgQWHrxBCukdwenSdx9QCS-4wdAxyWrQkTbKgjA/s288/IMAGE_6F2B38EE-3078-45CA-9FF9-FA0A2717024C.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="erasing mistakes" /><br />
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<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">2-e: Image after cleaning up the edge.</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCI5s6C_oWlhr5G_xLOVfcV37okhSpiglswuaRos0fUxcg4Q7TqaNArFYkYPfO3oIdh1nTLkcxTchxxN7WYNrbDfmKucb-bUU1j7a97DM7oruVCrlogVF3C3OEaS6DtHVEJcjcc-lOhX8/s288/IMAGE_740FD047-99D9-4BF3-AA86-0E6C1A892389.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="cleaned up edge" /><br />
</td><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">2-f: Once you are satisfied with the result of selecting the flowers (or whatever), click the right facing arrow in the upper right corner in image 2-e to get to this screen.</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixpEBlEZSBlgV0cpM6kvpCc2vbLVROTfg1JdVZ8dIutWUmx67aXac3ow_IaCSSZNNF86LaMzK8qNJUAZCqqVcYrKGSb3_g9Knp-_7iq66VauTBJCsvcNuZ99TwJEnIM7TBzEXs9b2otko/s288/IMAGE_BEC988A3-D5F7-41B8-9DC5-3742E5E00B58.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="TAG" /><br />
</td></tr></table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Note that you will no longer see red marking the selection but you will see the effect of blurring the background on the unmasked part of the image. Click the Aperture button at the lower left in image 2-f and use the slider or the Aperture icons to blur the background to the desired degree and save the image (shown below). </div><br />
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<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">STEP 3: Snapseed Selective Adjust is first used to tone down the brightness of the background. Image 3-a below shows the opening screen of Snapseed after loading the image.<br />
<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKasQhShooUJiKXJTmEkOs3d2Dod1H7ug3gQb1rOD040efaeOEFJmY2fFdYWR4CRncVwX7LigTt8HjQhDYwBnxs0lsIn56mxeBlsEMu497itt6UXZJodbQ1p8M-xRk66dGBizxeWUf0E/s288/IMAGE_1DEC722D-AD7A-409B-B2DE-34D3017E1375.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="image in Snapseed" /></div></td><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">3-b: Touch the "Selective Adjust" module on the upper right of the panel next to the image in 3-a; then select the circled + to Add a control point. (this screen shot shows the "Add" already selected)<br />
<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRE8K0R9YtS_PwrvsPBO-NNEpYF9njF1nGyOqO-KUxuaMGXKG4UQVIE9AM4A1Cxht9SVz_mVzl8w7wT3ZznfqrYDp1wtMSvO_cqXTMrhCm3Ku5eJ-uZB7VIw_v2uloW-r4wRIwu6z1eE/s288/IMAGE_45659C43-92DC-47E5-92E7-89ED0453C0D6.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="before adding a control point" /></div></td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">3-c: Click this image if you are having trouble seeing the letter B in the blue circle in the lower left quadrant where I added it in the greenery, the area that I want to tone down. When you first add a control point, you will see a circle somewhere outside the letter B that is the area Snapseed will perform whatever selective adjustment you wish to perform on it. Sliding your finger up (or down) while holding the letter B will reveal that you may also choose to affect Saturation or Contrast instead of Brightness. </div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuu_s7pSTr4RBwT8ieADP-JTBcSSU26Yh_0HZn0Tiv7JsC3JRdz47UvP73Gqxs0VkvlQsw1RobFaxNlgpMjXsPmgbOooC2M5eTG0fB0DxqP1qZgoE4AvqvHMtMo3TgeecKgmHheCuHi3Q/s400/IMAGE_06DBA192-495D-4AA7-B71C-E360569A8080.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="control point added" /><br />
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<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">3-d: Manual dexterity was required to get this screen shot! To expand the area that will be affected by an added control point, put your finger and thumb on either side of the control point and use an outward sweeping motion to expand the circle. I managed to capture a screen shot showing the larger circle marked by a thin blue line. This is the area that will be impacted by any adjustments to BRIGHTNESS (as shown by the text below the image). If you haven't captured ALL of the area you wish to affect, you can add another control point. I added a second one in the upper right in the one area that wasn't grabbed by the first control point.</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyVJqOu5TeEDup9TxT-7bUch8rrX-Wtde5VUAk6IoFSsqtBJKWatMNikeV4W4TpTOWMQL9SsJTRPZZk-a6noAmC1J7GXE_Uw9Wqu1Z8CZljBl9V-aB-cpJbEOTdggguEZrZ4e7whZAUv4/s400/IMAGE_23909C50-A906-43FA-95D7-E18C141BE030.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="Snapseed selective adjust screen shot" /><br />
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<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">3-e: I was still not happy with the background after dialing back the brightness (-~60%) as previously described and shown below.<br />
<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvVqX3_EY_hSdoF9vfB9KiEz2XT-OuzUEMQdsK3ihqSo2P7789FBgk7lONSzq4DemnkzomVARXzszPInyTG7oZZ1DW0YBCYd-Zb4aXO-0Zdd7Wl9z1gv37LA9BS4nWqUhlmaUjndF0ClY/s288/IMAGE_D13B57E0-E1DE-4363-A0D5-6130B18D4C6F.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="reduced brightness in Snapseed" /></div></td><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">3-f: So after reducing the brightness, I then applied a Grunge filter at about 10% strength which left most of the middle of the image clear, clean and sharp but really toned down the distracting background.<br />
<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopmgs_z_xwvi-GNI7ca7TlpacBWcA_GJACd2j2RyH-vyyEKTub4vm_-1-bbfctGiDyTRhtb2fgUyINnVnQsaUEKsVEAW_WEbIY_FhAijdJ_LuYfJS0To2rCFctpG8CrwkonMwZ-0GncM/s288/IMAGE_1BD70BBA-DBC9-49B2-B25E-F85F51D9E74B.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="grunge filter in Snapseed" /></div></td></tr>
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<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">3-g: Next I cropped (no image shown) and applied the Drama Bright 1 filter at about 40%.<br />
<img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-WL5puwvQk64/T4h7pBsH0ZI/AAAAAAAAMRM/dEZxZ2AhfrU/s288/IMAGE_1C067084-4BAB-4FE5-8289-0B1B01C66E92.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="Drama filter in Snapseed" /></div></td><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">3h: Next, used Retouch (not part of Snapseed, a separate app) to get rid of distracting bright spots below the flowers; note especially the small white spot below the middle flower.<br />
<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdZNSnFVDMtxMjy1nImeesvCmrtZBgCuA0EjI70_t5xGjXUHyMWNeQwVeKYJvwMcUEq-r2d1-5GNY6gpBjwUiNhZglRr09jM8b7749lgtTyU-nfppQVO1o3f6auiLAUcu_3c82fX5qF4/s288/IMAGE_0E5A708E-0923-4DE4-9C10-6D132B07F426.JPGAGE" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="image before last Retouch" /></div></td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">STEP 4: The retouched image was then signed with Impression, giving me the finished product. It took me a LOT longer to write up this blog post than it did to do the editing described here. </div><a onblur="try
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In the meantime, the original image for this "lesson" was taken with my iPhone using the SlowShutter camera app set for an 8-second exposure. The sky was pretty gray and the whole scene rather monotone so I put my sunglasses in front of the iPhone lens to add some color. The first image below is the original with no post-processing.<br />
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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgO3TqVphzMzcnrFRQIBUJ6gMcuTt-ucYPdJUkm0JjDZSaj1eMAjr3bjc-MndaFkBtSLTY-SswzB8RMdJOG89wu_il1ZYtf-bk_5kFlvR1OCniqNQbbZ_HkLkzC36R6NR9lU9ZEs5BL0o/s800/IMAGE_729F1D74-A740-467A-9EC8-AE0A65944822.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:
400px; height: 299px;"
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgO3TqVphzMzcnrFRQIBUJ6gMcuTt-ucYPdJUkm0JjDZSaj1eMAjr3bjc-MndaFkBtSLTY-SswzB8RMdJOG89wu_il1ZYtf-bk_5kFlvR1OCniqNQbbZ_HkLkzC36R6NR9lU9ZEs5BL0o/s400/IMAGE_729F1D74-A740-467A-9EC8-AE0A65944822.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="seascape in California" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">This image was brought into the Iris app on my iPad, cropped and then filters added as outlined below.</div><br />
<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazv_fQqi54fGmDscXjxHbHBs6ycgjC_CKll_z-3wvxCfSb0KgD0PxPbzodBo7JFeWQWrHgfA4F2F2G87zc31vfNo_E7HBFgQnsoO6eF4nkr0YZ_oCu3tEbH67yqDtIYdJ91z06CgDrNI/s400/IMAGE_F4B5F3CF-E45A-4959-935B-675503928766.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="cropped and grunge added" /><div style="text-align: center; padding: 3px;">The cropped image (to remove blown out sun in the top of the image) with the Grunge Frame 2 of Dust 'n' Scratches applied is shown above.</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXVKiKrnAmOBXWEP8jO4x2NSdWUmp1S7XKQZOC14JdJUDWmN7NZ4Xbuwq3mjmOtAw7dvVFa4PlTVYYty_hthZ38tJgK_UhCjLQe4FLoztA5x76fuCYGJaZ_pVDqBX1fvLEBGXcYC4csc/s400/IMAGE_5CB82B58-D73A-429D-8B07-60A64CDF2073.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="retro filter applied" /></td></tr></table><div style="text-align: center; padding: 3px;">The image immediately above shows the result of application of the Retro filter to the image above it.</div><br />
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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqvzgWXnmmp1BWk9pzlVyU8TqyUoDCgOMXrHg1i8wBh1FrRRalhTUBSGShQIypRHDpSP2rvWcm5t_aLgL1Ki_-FZPvdQCDu6Ok0tBxiu4j7CoZOkb4pSC5ff3BrAgyyKQGGMBli55kbA/s800/IMAGE_2D71EF39-7A5E-4173-A4BD-BF1867B71A8B.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:
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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqvzgWXnmmp1BWk9pzlVyU8TqyUoDCgOMXrHg1i8wBh1FrRRalhTUBSGShQIypRHDpSP2rvWcm5t_aLgL1Ki_-FZPvdQCDu6Ok0tBxiu4j7CoZOkb4pSC5ff3BrAgyyKQGGMBli55kbA/s400/IMAGE_2D71EF39-7A5E-4173-A4BD-BF1867B71A8B.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="Final post processed sunset image" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">It wasn't really sunset, but the magic of iPhone photography plus the hint Harry and Teri Lou gave me about using sunglasses in front of the lens makes this final image, signed using the Impression app, appear to be a gorgeous sunset. <i>NOTE: The first and last images may be clicked to show full size images.</i></div>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12170129859014155605noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639135975276145553.post-69644975516371015372012-04-01T09:49:00.000-07:002012-04-01T09:49:37.720-07:00First post for iPhone Photography (iPhoneography) Blog...As some of my other blog followers have noticed, I've become increasingly hooked on iPhone photography over the last few months. Rather than continue to intersperse iPhone posts along with dSLR posts (as seen on my <a href="http://photoaddictshowcase.blogspot.com">photography blog</a>) and travel posts (as seen on my <a href="http://toryporter.blogspot.com">vacation blog</a>), I've decided to start another blog for just my iPhone images. I will be including how-to instructions with some of my posts as well as simply sharing images. Since I'm extremely busy these days, I won't promise to post regularly but do hope eventually to post at least once a week.<br />
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Having recently completed a four week course in iPhoneography with <a href="http://iphoneographywithterilou.blogspot.com/">Teri Lou Dantzler</a>, I am newly inspired to share some of my images from <a href="http://iphoneographywithterilou.blogspot.com/p/iphoneography-101-online-course-with.html">that class</a> along with the path I took to arrive at the end result.<br />
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<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVK97KWdV0GjVJ7UQ-895qsUjXR2QTV82nMEsSEikuiGrUkwDCDonRvna1cnf4niQJiFkABbcu5i2H6GwBRF3jcyeQ6ZgqWd_rALEhnA1ggF4j-M8k8DnF5hz0bcURlno9KYsmo3TaADY/s144/IMAGE_D7F5017C-BCB3-4943-9DAE-B68811E88820.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="dark 1st image from Pro HDR" /></div></td><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-sv-sxI7lD_U/T3TOQEZlHOI/AAAAAAAAMF4/2WiIViGLthM/s144/IMAGE_3BEEE823-0091-4233-BE80-25223F58A374.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="dark 2nd image from Pro HDR" /></div></td><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgwJ1OnpTBzcupFSJCHx3zAk_sX8cz6-7mB0UOzhXuPbsmKNpVxt4Hx8IpYGJQ3cfF3SfICTPY3zY1Sx4xDRUT3r83LB1XKe59BXg6n2_fLJcZCNigL1wde4pePfHX6NHVA1FxXNZamI/s144/IMAGE_3179009F-DECE-46B4-A4C4-D34A5878BED9.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="dark 3rd image from Pro HDR" /></div></td></tr>
<tr><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfkPv85OFlWGIy6vjhLgp0zVol_LvWd8msKc-O1LgsFcZAPw3kiqbPxjHmdkSy0a7ftYiSGzYfsro3rIU1sCnt_e9AInQuaZJE2lhoF-YWMoDJcGCEQsPZSrDoMxPnw3fggYV14cRw_o/s144/IMAGE_A8999E31-1F4D-4B03-9856-DAA082449F45.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="light 1st image from Pro HDR" /></div></td><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEeQv6OcArxIlzconmOiLacVbvIOWyF13cJ8j1RyZWixPoNMnLNeuklcG5kD6nNudQTjo46LrgupivtfeZizKYIcxTDDHFZZ4hoSBoSPUlF-edXpRUkRRKBiMWa7-ANhUaZuKtVnfturg/s144/IMAGE_41AA7D03-8064-41F6-9348-B601EDFC0632.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="light 2nd image from Pro HDR" /></div></td><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJz_8JTT-qqF8GMvDidoZYvzs4zirOySogixX0ctUg4EH3-YdfTHO9aDIlbJ1v9Km9XQEAmGcnC8n8Rmw7uR_2l1EiA7K43CY8D8VdG2MjCxYl5Bm9EbkzsMxmyV8e7L-x_jsRdvnOftw/s144/IMAGE_2204C43D-7E75-47AE-987C-927BA44D9A3F.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="light 3rd image from Pro HDR" /></div></td></tr></table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">The six images above were taken with the Pro HDR app mounted on a tripod and set for a 2 second delay to avoid camera shake. The six images were loaded into AutoStitch to stitch a panorama. However, I was only interested in part of the resultant panorama so the image was taken into Filterstorm (I think), cropped and straightened to achieve the image shown below.</div><br />
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400px; height: 381px;"
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx9zc_Ndm9wBhzLLkevRwHSMjE3V00vUoVfY7KQEODojk3jZ9tIY3iqP9G-kHqTHQSSeYcyV2DkiBFCaLDFHc075AbA0EQC520YUmyTPTpivxnWF-oeCyH8AUWfoCUiofRAxVpkXhhUFA/s400/IMG_2477.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="billboard seen from High Line in NYC" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"></div><br />
From there, the image was taken into PerfectPhoto to sharpen it and then into PhotoStudioHD to apply the Vintage effect (saved at this step as image1); then the Ancient Canvas effect was applied and the image saved again (image2). Steps shown below...<br />
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<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-oIkyJhQBpRQ/T2-Ce-z78bI/AAAAAAAAMB0/Tsk0vG6cI7A/s288/IMG_2478.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="Vintage effect in PhotoStudioHD" /></div></td><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7Abt_H0z8Y9IZ-cNGVEJKfM1Pnl2uZrCK6J5VB3EX8SncJG7Ye4Z6EUsp2YdmaokNeSsFyoAeSx2eeUGKNgAPqzZb9y_r-2Kk2DAqWMJvDDly1p32g46yQYt7G8NTLWmTybaoGbK4XQ/s288/IMG_2479.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="Ancient Canvas effect in PhotoStudioHD" /></div></td></tr></table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Blender was used to blend image1 and image2 at 60% strength for image2; resultant image is image3 shown below.</div><br />
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href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-eBac0-lPThU/T3iCXME4bAI/AAAAAAAAMI8/ICld9yUHmPg/s800/IMG_2488.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:
400px; height: 381px;"
src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-eBac0-lPThU/T3iCXME4bAI/AAAAAAAAMI8/ICld9yUHmPg/s400/IMG_2488.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="image3 from blend as described" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"></div><br />
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<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1_39lsYIwJMnUqQsFkyadCsjN08bywNoZNMiYtyUlsVAMSrYiv_ASwPwUAapHu9hT4fKZuLM3NWZ8NenXRUo2b2y6pNwrH1_48G0CNqpGfMr4o8ihSsX5pvpkwPBxU2pm52khnv5yQo/s288/IMG_2480.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="Steamy Window effect in PhotoStudioHD" /></div></td><td><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvTsqCez2ZXOGshNh7kbCsoA83MXO2KOAo-pm0Kt6MwYfUdcmKreiYzm2-U5qL6PvIFE3qcnf5aCchFjRENjSvAMtCPVLhFeGLWXv6eDACrB6xHmIzZB0MmVH_LxCLF3Qn4LdCjfrv8qk/s288/IMG_2481.PNG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="Vignette effect in PhotoStudioHD" /></div></td></tr></table><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Then image3 was loaded back into PhotoStudioHD to apply Steamy Window 2 and Vignette 3 effects in that order. The image was saved at this point, then signed with Impression for version 1 shown below.</div><br />
<a onblur="try
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href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5McfeQJW2Pg/T2-Ch56ZpAI/AAAAAAAAMCM/xPXyJVW9yis/s800/IMG_2538.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:
400px; height: 381px;"
src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5McfeQJW2Pg/T2-Ch56ZpAI/AAAAAAAAMCM/xPXyJVW9yis/s400/IMG_2538.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="signed image as described above" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">I wasn't 100% happy with the end result at this point, so I loaded the unsigned image into Iris and framed it with Iris, Dust ānā Scratches Grunge Frame 2 which was applied with mask to remove speckles in the image itself and then signed this version in Impression with the result shown below.</div><br />
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400px; height: 381px;"
src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpOSJ1oH2m6iwn_cIjO3gXt-3WOp87pB7_Q4_K43jSftHfogGqpKhjp55CMCwfwU3L2GsPbr32Mo2J8h7OjgdNiBv93v8aKU5ZlREmUWiQQ-VPybp95swCpiA2xNpkBjgcu191EbmWBo/s400/IMG_2569-words.JPG" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="framed and signed image as described above" /></a><div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;">Title: Better Energy as seen through a steamy window in Manhattan</div>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12170129859014155605noreply@blogger.com3