Thursday, October 16, 2008

Photoshop Workbench 147: Improving a High Contrast Scene

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Have you ever wondered how to rescue a high contrast scene?  In this Workbench, we’ll significantly improve a high-contrast photograph by employing a Curves adjustment layer and by introducing an image from an inventory of skies.  By placing the new sky as a smart object, color correction can always be performed while the sky pixels are in their most pliable state.

8 Responses to “Photoshop Workbench 147: Improving a High Contrast Scene”

  1. Mark Karney Says:
    Friday, October 24, 2008 at 9:35 pm

    How do I download this content so I can save it and view it later as needed? Like I did on Radiant Vista?

  2. Mary Tevebaugh Says:
    Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 2:23 am

    Very interesting and helpful workshop. Thank you

  3. Peter Tucker Says:
    Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 9:29 am

    Technical issue – On the two larger frame workbenches, I have no controls to pause or rewind the workbench – just an X button to end it. The smaller frame older workbenches work fine. Any thoughts?

  4. Post Processing High Contrast Scenes — Meandering Passage Says:
    Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 11:15 am

    [...] Johnson has posted a good video tutorial in his “Photoshop Workbench 145: Improving a High Contrast Scene” that clearly addresses some of the post-processing steps you can use to overcome some of [...]

  5. Rick T Says:
    Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 12:06 pm

    For Mark K,

    Here’s what works using Firefox browser on a Windows machine:
    Place your cursor on top of the picture and right click. From the menu displayed, choose “Save link as…”. Then pick the folder where you want to save it and begin the download. The “right click” technique should also work with Internet Explorer. You’ll end up with a Quicktime “.mov” file which you can play and review at your leisure.

    Regards,
    Rick T
    Colorado

  6. gaelldew Says:
    Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 3:28 pm

    Does’nt work for me in Firefox or I.E.

  7. Peter aka Volvo Says:
    Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 8:17 pm

    Mark , what can i say except that as usaul yopu still bring a lot of tuition and understanding to us novices lol..Mate you have a top sit e here as you did in the past..
    Tell me , do you still have a Furums section??
    A BIG THANK YOU for all the help you have given me and others all this time to take our Photography and Photshop skills the a level we are comfortable with..
    Cheers and all the very best from down under..

  8. Dave Moorhouse Says:
    Monday, December 15, 2008 at 5:53 am

    Hi Mark,
    First can I congratulate you on a magnificent website, your workbench tutorials are a pleasure to watch & superbly presented. I’m fairly new to photoshop so I will be a frequent visitor.
    Just to let you know that I’ve been unsuccesful in viewing a number of your archived workshops.
    Best Wishes for Christmas & the New Year
    Thanks Dave (in UK)

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