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Community weekly poll: How much do you edit in your digital photos?
- 7/25/06 1:27 PM
I edit something in most photos.most
by d-sr - 7/25/06 8:41 PM In reply to: I edit most of my photos by mgjstoweI have a nice camera that does really good but the photos I save, I do check out the brightness, clarity and sharpness of all and change about half of them at least a little.
When I used 35mm and sent the film to be developed, the developer always advertised that they color corrected and enhanced the photos so what's the big deal. We can now do the same thing they used to charge us for.
I recently lowered the brightness of a photo to suite the mood I wanted to project with the photo better. I decided to have it printed at a local photo shop. When I got it back, they had color corrected it back to the origional. What's with that?
Digital Editing
by Rich Reim - 7/25/06 7:45 PM In reply to: How much do you edit in your digital photos? by Marc Bennett
When I decide to save a digital photo I usually crop to some degree and may alter color or contrast.
Photo editing
by gwkeeler - 7/25/06 7:57 PM In reply to: How much do you edit in your digital photos? by Marc Bennett
I count on cropping and lighting/contrast adjustments to rescue me from bad shots. It works, more often than not.
editing most photos.
by batfang - 7/25/06 7:58 PM In reply to: How much do you edit in your digital photos? by Marc Bennett
All of my digital SLR's d70 d200 d2h have a way of producing a slightly different white balance or introducing a color cast to photos. Each camera has its own habbits. I use photoshop to adjust mostly levels and color balance similar to what you could do in a darkroom. I don't concider digital manipulation photography. It is more an art form.
I sharpen my photos
by iron_mule - 7/25/06 8:35 PM In reply to: How much do you edit in your digital photos? by Marc Bennett
I sharpen many of my pictures, other than that, they usually only need occasional cropping.
Edit more in camera and on PC
by datamancf - 7/25/06 8:37 PM In reply to: How much do you edit in your digital photos? by Marc Bennett
A 10x zoom, manual focus, EV settings, and selective spot metering allow multiple shots in high contrast situations that can be edited together later. Usually expose for the highlight area and adjust the low light area with Photoshop Elements. Allows photos not practical with film.
digital editing
by jockaloha - 7/25/06 9:33 PM In reply to: How much do you edit in your digital photos? by Marc Bennett
I find almost all of my images need a little boost. Jpegs out of camera are a bit flat. Sometimes I add a minimum sat in camera but most not. Depending on the lighting (I mostly shoot sports, so I'm not in control of the light) I add a curves adj layer, sometimes a 5-8 amt of saturation. Crop if I couldn't get close enough or to eliminate conflicting element in background like a advertising sign or crew member in bright red shirt taking your eye away from my subject.
Then sometimes I do full tilt boogie with composites, text etc for fun. Jock
I edit many of my photos, but not all (what do you change?)
by Owl - 7/25/06 10:25 PM In reply to: How much do you edit in your digital photos? by Marc Bennett
As I take photos for the newspaper they have to be adjusted to make them print right. Crop, unsharp mask, levels, gray scale. Are the usual changes I make.
I edit Most of My Photos
by rjlewis1 - 7/25/06 11:47 PM In reply to: How much do you edit in your digital photos? by Marc Bennett
I think of Photoshop as an extension of the camera. I take many photos with the express intention of using photoshop and many of the available plug-ins to to enhance them in an artistic way. Sure, I take pictures for customers such as Pro sports or Corporate events with little or no editing, but for myself, I use the camera and photoshop to creat art, not just photos. I think that is the advantage of Digital vs. Film.
Digital camera input
by cityg2 - 7/26/06 12:33 AM In reply to: How much do you edit in your digital photos? by Marc Bennett
i think i am fairly technical minded, i used to repair computers to chip level, but i have trouble getting around the features on my Olypus C-750, not because it is no good, but because of all it can do.
i think i should have bought another point and shoot camera, but i love being able to review and print out at home.
dunlor
I only fix red-eye.
by timtilley - 7/26/06 2:08 AM In reply to: How much do you edit in your digital photos? by Marc Bennett
IMO it's the only thing you can't really plan for without a decent flash.
I never crop or re-balance as more often than not I feel this gives an artificial aspect to the picture (I hate oversaturated colours) and in some cases you tend to lose a lot of fine detail. I think if I were to start using my PC to fix bad shots I would just become very lazy when taking pics rather than learning to use the settings properly.
If I think my pics aren't up to scratch I'll take a few and pick the best one when I get home.
edit very few
by tbcass - 7/26/06 3:07 AM In reply to: How much do you edit in your digital photos? by Marc Bennett
As a convert from film I learned to get it right the first time. I only edit those I screw up.
Tom
Most photos need some help
by Irelands child - 7/26/06 4:52 AM In reply to: How much do you edit in your digital photos? by Marc Bennett
I use Adobe PS Elements to "fix" photos to my liking by correcting color, contrast, light/dark and cropping. I don't mess with the content often except to possibly remove detracting items like power lines or dirt. Occasionally a line or building needs to straightened for proper effect.
I edit alot of my photos
by star1945 - 7/26/06 5:05 AM In reply to: How much do you edit in your digital photos? by Marc Bennett
I tend to correct for pictures taken in harsh lighting conditions, straighten horizons slightly out of line or crop the image slightly to get a more pleasing composition.
RedEye
by tompbl - 7/26/06 5:10 AM In reply to: How much do you edit in your digital photos? by Marc Bennett
I edit mostly red eye photos. Sometimes color.
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