Photo taken at the Titan Roller Coaster at Six Flags Over Texas at closing on June 30th 2015. The photo was modified in Photoshop using Filter - High Pass to sharpen the photo.
To further experiment, a full moon was added from another photo, just above the tree line, along with a black and white adjustment layer.
The Filter - High Pass is a destructive adjustment to the layer, so the original layer will need to be duplicated first. The value of the blend mode of the layer will need to be changed to “overlay” (experiment with “soft light” and “hard light” either alone or in combination to add a different effect).
The black and white adjustment layer is non-destructive with a new layer created when selected. You can click the eye on or off to make visable or non-visable to view the change.
Photo taken with an iPhone on a Southwest flight to New Mexico.
Photoshop Non-destructive adjustment layers and tools to use for enhancement: (Correcting Blurry Photos, Adding Highlights and Modifying Color)
Learn Photoshop - How to Fix Blurry Photos
Learn how to fix a blurry photo due to camera shake, movement of your subject, or incorrect auto focus. We cover the use of the high pass command to a duplicate layer and adjust its blend mode to bring back focus to the image.(PhotoshopUniverse, Youtube)
Ballybur Castle is a five storey 16th century towerhouse, south of the medieval city of Kilkenny. In the 17th century Cromwell destroyed the castle's roof, in parts to the 3rd floor. And in the 20th century Frank and Aifric Gray restored the castle.
We stayed at the castle in May of 2015, and these are some of the pictures taken at the castle and in Ireland. (black and white and color versions)
A comparison of the original photo and what HDR conversion can do to improve a photo in Photoshop.
The two photos were taken with the camera hand held. To correct movement which occurs when taking the picture without a tripod, use the High Pass Filter on a duplicted layer of the original photo, and change the opacity to Overlay.
Special notes:
To add color to the eyes, duplicate the HDR conversion layer, use the Quick Selection Tool to mask the eye. Using the Brush Tool, select green and brush in green to the layer with the eye mask, and change Opacity from 100% to give a more realistic look and where the original layer comes through (66% was used).
Next to make the eye stand out, using the Brush Tool (color black), I clicked in many small brush strokes si the pupil of the eye would look real.
To add more teeth to TRex, again duplicate the HDR conversion layer, use the Quick Selection Tool to mask a tooth. In this case, apply the mask (this will make it easier to warp and resize the tooth in position if necessary). As our TRex had teeth missing, I had to duplicate the one tooth several times resizing and warping the extra teeth into place.
Convert to HDR using Photoshop: Duplicate all modified layers (duplicate layer with all the layers highlighted) to a new Photoshop set (New in the dropdown). Either merge all the layers or let the HDR process flatten the file, either way one layer will be the result. From the top Menu: Image / Adjustments / HDR Toning - experiment with the properties, until you get the HDR look you like. (Note: This is a destructive method to the layers, as all layers are combined into one.)
Here is a photo taken of sand, acorn and twig made by Nature, not staged, and a comparison of the original photo and HDR conversion in Photoshop.
Convert to HDR using Photoshop: Duplicate all modified layers (duplicate layer with all the layers highlighted) to a new Photoshop set (New in the dropdown). Either merge all the layers or let the HDR process flatten the file, either way one layer will be the result. From the top Menu: Image / Adjustments / HDR Toning - experiment with the properties, until you get the HDR look you like. (Note: This is a destructive method to the layers, as all layers are combined into one.)
Photo taken on the TRE (Trinity Rail Express) on route from Fort Worth to Dallas. The photo of Natalie with the train engineer in the background in Irving Texas - highway signs out the window.
The photo needed a lot of help to bring out the details. With the use of non-destructive adjustments in Photoshop, the photo was turned into a nice composite - one that you could even read the highway signs.
Using Photoshop duplicate your original layer so that you can always refer to the original shot. If your photo was not taken with a tripod, use Filter / Other / High Pass and change that layer's blending mode to Overlay. Next make non-destructive editing with Adjustment Layers until you are happy with the photo. In this shot, I needed to remove the road under the train trestle, for this the Lasso Tool was used on duplicated layers, and the Move Tool to move the layers in place.
Blown Out Sky! Add some birds and clouds? Take a photo of birds flying and stormy winter clouds, use the Quick Selection Took and Refine Edge to select and move the selection into place.
Next convert to HDR - using Photoshop: Duplicate all modified layers (duplicate layer with all the layers highlighted) to a new Photoshop set (New in the dropdown). Either merge all the layers or let the HDR process flatten the file, either way one layer will be the result. From the top Menu: Image / Adjustments / HDR Toning - experiment with the properties, until you get the HDR look you like.
Original photo (left) taken from an iPad. First we need to remove the boxes and carpet the boxes and table legs:
Using Photoshop and the Quick Selection Tool create a non-destructive layer mask. To refine the selection, use the Brush Tool in the layer mask. Next by right ckicking on the layer mask, click “Smart Radius”, and under “Adjust Edge” use “Smooth, Feather and Contrast” boxes (in this photo because of the fine dog hair and pet bed details - 2, 8 and 2 values were used respectively for the Adjust Edge values)
To sharpen the image and help remove some of the out of focus problems from movement of the camera/iPad while taking the picture, duplicate the original layer. Using that layer - from the top Menu: Filter / Other / High Pass (modifying the Radius to lightly see the image in grey - this setting was 4.0 - press OK). Change this layer's property from Normal to Overlay. Next experiment - duplicate the Overlay (the photo will become more in focus, but also grainy). (Additionally, experiment with the layer's property changing from Overlay to Soft Light or Hard Light).
Next convert to HDR - using Photoshop: Duplicate all modified layers (duplicate layer with all the layers highlighted) to a new Photoshop set (New in the dropdown). Either merge all the layers or let the HDR process flatten the file, either way one layer will be the result. From the top Menu: Image / Adjustments / HDR Toning - experiment with the properties, until you get the HDR look you like.
Save the PSD files - you should have two - One as original image with non-destructive adjustment layers, the other as the HDR flattened version.
Original photo (left) taken from a cell phone. Using Photoshop to sharpen the image and help remove some of the out of focus problems from movement of the camera/phone while taking the picture, duplicate the original layer. Using that layer - from the top Menu: Filter / Other / High Pass (modifying the Radius to lightly see the image in grey - this setting was 4.7 - press OK). Change this layer's property from Normal to Overlay. Next experiment - duplicate the Overlay layer a few times (the photo will become more in focus, but also grainy). (Additionally, experiment with the layer's property changing from Overlay to Soft Light or Hard Light). In this example all three layers' properties were Overlay as seen in the center portion of the image.
Next convert to HDR - using Photoshop: Duplicate all modified layers (duplicate layer with all the layers highlighted) to a new Photoshop set (New in the dropdown). Either merge all the layers or let the HDR process flatten the file, either way one layer will be the result. From the top Menu: Image / Adjustments / HDR Toning - experiment with the properties, until you get the HDR look you like.
Save the PSD files - you should have two - One as original image with non-destructive adjustment layers, the other as the HDR flattened version.
