Image Help - - Who knows how this post-processing is done?

stigma · #1 03-04-2008, 09:59 PM

This is a very general question, but with a very specific goal. I'm wanting to post-process my photographs, using CS3, to make them look like the photos in the link I've attached.

Let's just say that I'm definitely not a beginner when it comes to photography, so save your fingers the typing by not telling me "it's the lighting, etc, etc, etc, that gives that effect".

I am, however, only at an intermediate level when it comes to Photoshop.

I'm not able to describe in words what this "style" of post-processing is - you'll just have to see for yourself.

If there are any Photoshop gurus and graphics arts gurus- and I mean gurus - who KNOW how this is done and are willing to share... please do!

Let the site load and click on a few photos to get a good average idea of what I'm referring to.

http://www.theorangeapple.ca/

Thanks a lot!

dataflow · #2 03-04-2008, 10:04 PM

i think this is what your after

http://www.flickr.com/groups/strobis...7594577686705/

stigma · #3 03-04-2008, 10:10 PM

I've read that before. That high-pass filtre effect isn't so useful. It's either a hit-or-miss thing. It doesn't work for all photos. If you notice the poster's original photo that he used as an example - it already looks "fake" to begin with and not straight out of the camera. If you scroll through the other posters' attempts at this, 90% of them are disasters.

stigma · #4 03-04-2008, 10:12 PM

Also, that high-pass filtre effect makes the image lose a LOT of quality.

If you notice the images on www.theorangeapple.ca, they're still as sharp and detailed as ever.

dataflow · #5 03-04-2008, 10:15 PM

there is a thread about the effect your after here

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/pho...-all-help.html

skydog · #6 03-05-2008, 03:06 AM

I heard Ant is will soon be selling a filter to create this look among others...

Ant · #7 03-05-2008, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by skydog

I heard Ant is will soon be selling a filter to create this look among others...

Lay off the sauce.

KR1156 · #8 03-05-2008, 09:02 AM

i love their site, theorangeapple. More particularly the credits on left of each image, they read well.

stigma · #9 03-10-2008, 06:59 PM

No, it ain't no Dave Hill look. His stuff is overdone. This is like the watered-down version of Dave Hill's stuff.

stigma · #10 03-10-2008, 07:01 PM

So, nobody knows? That's the problem with a site like this. You've got a ton of people who know but won't tell.

pixelzombie · #11 03-10-2008, 07:09 PM

you make it sound as if there one singular technique that makes up the numerous images on that site...

dataflow · #12 03-10-2008, 09:01 PM

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So, nobody knows? That's the problem with a site like this. You've got a ton of people who know but won't tell.

did you look at the link i posted above?

there are tones of people trying to give there take on the technique.