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18th Jul 2008, 05:59 AM
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Flawless Cropping & Photo-Enhancing (UPDATE 10/05/08) #1 |
| Diru_SC |
Edit 10/05/08 - New simpler version! (And different picture. As October, Halloween comes. Why not try a "spookier" photo, anyways...) - Add 5 Minute Photo-Enhancing Tutorial by request from Pixie. (Post #13) - **New Cropping Tutorial has no colorization! (Will add one later.)   Credits SIM - Gos mouseyblue's Dirch background image @ IWS-stock.deviantart.com Requirements photo-edit program (Photoshop, PSP, etc)  To crop your Sim, click on the Freehand Tool. Use the Point to Point method to crop. For a flawless crop, enlarge your photo. (For this photo, I enlarge 1000%) My Settings :  Point to Point is MUCH better than Freehand, because it is difficult to crop a straight line with the mouse. The more feather, the more blurry your crop. The more smoothing, the more your crop rounding edges. (No harsh angles)  Crop version. (I usually crop around the hair and finish crop afterwards.)  Select a background, and paste your Sim onto the background. ( Right click > Paste > Paste as New Layer ) I crop out the hair. This time, I use Freehand, Feather = 4, Smoothing = 1. PHOTO-EDIT  This is a simple photo-edit for contrasting color. ( Adjust > Brightness and Contrast > Automatic Contrast Enhancement ) My Settings :   (Before and After) THE END ! Hope you like the tutorial and try it out! Feel free to ask the questions for me. Or want more detail steps. Sorry if I am not very good at explaining stuff. Other photo manipulation using (for the finishing photo) has include adding a border, text, effects - burn, dodge, hard light). |
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28th Jul 2008, 10:15 PM
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Jenphur D
Join Date: Jul 2008 |
Great tutuorial, could you give a photoshop version, I cant seem to find hue map |
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29th Jul 2008, 11:36 AM
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Charley-x
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Join Date: Jun 2008 |
wow. the finished picture is well good 
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29th Jul 2008, 11:49 AM
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Nice tutorial. I love your pics, by the way--they all look stunning! Do you photoshop all your pics? |
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1st Aug 2008, 10:31 AM
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pansy888hk
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Join Date: Jul 2005 |
wow.........thx very much, but i used photoimpact to make my pics more beautiful! THX |
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*****hello,i'm hongkong girl, i like sim2****** |
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12th Aug 2008, 02:44 AM
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 Flawless Cropping & Colorization Effect
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| Diru_SC |
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Jenphur D - I uninstall Photoshop, but there is a site here show the hue/saturation. It says Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation (for Photoshop). Or, you can just Colorize it yourself by using the Colorize Bar. (I'm sure that Photoshop has this) Adjust > Hue and Saturation > Colorize. Here is a snapshot of this method. It produce similar result, but take a more longer time, because you have to outline it. You have to enter numbers for Hue and Saturation. Saturation is good at number 40-100. Hue numbers are generally : 0 - Red 15 - Orange 30 - Yellow 70 - Green 120 - Blue 200 - Purple If still you are confuse, I can put Photoshop version. But, I have to download to my laptop it first :S |
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12th Aug 2008, 03:05 AM
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Flawless Cropping & Colorization Effect
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| Diru_SC |
pansy888hk, simcharley1990 - Thank you ! Much is appreciated ! Quote:
1306 - Thank you ! I photo-edit my photos yes. I enjoy to changing the colors. I don not crop and change the background anymore. I am to lazy  Right now, I just like making colors stand out like something like this, every one of my photo now has something like this a only 5 minute photo-edit : |
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12th Aug 2008, 12:31 PM
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Charley-x
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Join Date: Jun 2008 |
merghhhh i really have to get photoshop - is it expensive? lols andd where do you get your background?  thankyou.
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12th Aug 2008, 07:05 PM
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Photoshop is expensive, around 600$. I use PSP, around 100$. I prefer PSP. But, Photoshop do have more effects and options. I get background from Stocks section for deviantart.com |
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13th Aug 2008, 01:57 PM
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Charley-x
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Join Date: Jun 2008 |
omg! so in thee UK it would be around £300? oOh mMY GoOd just for a editing programme. Christ! I'll just get PSP. lols and thanks about backgrounds. |
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7th Sep 2008, 03:12 PM
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pixie_SC
Join Date: Jan 1970 |
Diru - could you please tell in greater detail how you got the effects in the "after" picture in the post #7? :] |
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7th Sep 2008, 03:17 PM
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Ferret II
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Join Date: Mar 2008 |
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Photoshop Elements 6 is only £50 on Amazon.co.uk. Sometimes you can buy a laptop/computer with Photoshop installed, like mine :D | |
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5th Oct 2008, 10:12 AM
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| Diru_SC |
Sorry for the long lack of reply. I delete SIMS and re-install again.. @_@ Pixie, below is tutorial of 5 minute photo edit. 5-minute Photo-Enhancing Tutorial (and other minor editing)  Start by using Automatic Contrast Enhancement on your photo. ( Adjust > Brightness and Contrast > Automatic Contrast Enhancement ) Use the same settings as first tutorial. ( Bias = Darker , Strength = Mild, Appearance = Bold )  To get rid of flaws (such as above), use Scratch Remover on the flaws. (Scratch Remover is under the Clone icon.)  For more contrast, duplicate the layer and set it to Overlay 100% Because we only want to contrast certain parts (the eyes and mouth), erase all contrast except for the two areas. To make corners darker, Duplicate the layer and set to multiply 40% Use Feather 100, and erase the center so only corners darker.   Before and After The End Hope it helps (: |
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5th Oct 2008, 10:40 AM
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Charley-x
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Join Date: Jun 2008 |
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Thanks!
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20th Oct 2008, 12:12 PM
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pixie_SC
Join Date: Jan 1970 |
Thank you for explaining the editing part, it was useful.
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