Archive for June, 2008
Stabalized Video Panoramas
These are a lot of fun to make. Quite easy when you have the right software, too. I got the idea from Vincent-B who also shows the basic idea in this video. He seems to use “Motion” in Final Cut Pro in OSX, while I used After Effects in Windows. There are other programs that [...]
Darkening the Sky and Super-Sharpening in Photoshop
In this tutorial I’ll show how I processed this image using the easiest way to darken the sky for dramatic effect and some super-sharpening to bring out more detail in the photo. The photo I started with was okay, but nothing particularly interesting. The exposure was good, but the real scene was more dramatic. I’ve [...]
Looming
We had really nice lighting yesterday with the sunlight behind us, going into the darker, stormy weather. I always love that kind of light. Reminds me of Jeffrey Smart’s paintings. Obviously, the sky wasn’t quite as dramatic as in the photos, but it was a dark sky. The sky usually looks better when it’s darker [...]
5 minute wallpaper
This was kind of fun. A little challenge to make a wallpaper in 5 minutes. This turned out to be closer to 10 minutes but I was enjoying it. Made using brushes and coloured using a Gradient Map adjustment layer. Size is 1600x1200px. And a darker version. Download the PSD file (4mb)