Before After There are numerous ways to add contrast and increase saturation in photoshop. I usually use levels to achieve the results I want. I decided to try using blending modes to achieve the same result. It’s actually very quick and easy. I opened up the leaf photo above in photoshop. It’s not a bad photo, [...]
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Tutorial: Digital Cyanotype part 2
June 22nd, 2007 · 8 Comments · photoshop, tutorials
Select the image you want to use, File>open Select channels from the layers palette Select one of the channels, red, green or blue Discard the other channels and turn the image to grayscale-Image>mode>grayscale Add contrast to your image-Image>adjustments>brightness/contrast between 20 and 30 Select Filter>pixelate>mezzotint, choose medium dots, click ok Now fade the filter- Edit>fade to 70% [...]
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Create a Cyanotype with Photoshop
June 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments · photoshop, tutorials
Tutorial: Digital Cyanotype part 1 A Brief History of Cyanotypes Cyanotypes are one of the earliest photo processes. Also known as the blueprint process, it was first introduced by John Herschel (1792-1871) in 1842. He was an astronomer and he developed the process as a means to copy his notes. Cyanotypes became popular because it was a simple [...]
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