June 2008 Newsletter
Hello Raw Shooters
Last month one of our newsletter subscribers asked to see a demonstration of the power of RAW editing. It was suggested I take a photograph with a totally wrong white balance, and then provide the corrected version for comparison. An interesting challenge! I set my camera’s white balance to fluorescent and took a daylight shot of this view from my backyard. Just kidding…about this being my backyard…Here is the result.
And here is the edited version with color and density correction.
Often called a digital negative, RAW format allows for extremely accurate color correction and contrast control. If you’re not already shooting RAW on a regular basis, I hope these examples will convince you to give it a try.
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We all know the value of using watermarks for images which will be on the internet, or on proofs such as school shots. Several readers asked for an easy way to watermark an image, and if there’s commercial software for watermarking photos. For June’s tip of the month, I’ll explain how to create a Watermark Action in Photoshop to copyright your images by creating or using an existing logo as a watermark.
1- Open a picture in Photoshop, go to Action Tab and select Create new Action.
2- Choose a name for the Action, for example: Watermark. For the SET section leave it as Default Actions.atn
3- Click Record.
4- Go to the tool palette and select the Text tool. Choose the Font type and size.
5- Type the © symbol and the text for your watermark.
6- Select the Move tool and place the text on the photograph wherever you like it.
7- You can select a Style from style palette or you can go to the menu bar and select Layer>layer style and create your own style. If you wish to use your own logo, drag and drop it here.
8- Stop the action by clicking the Stop button in the Action Tab.
Now you have an action to watermark your images: open an image, select the Watermark action and the task will be done quickly and easily. You can also batch process an entire project! For information about batch processing, please see our archived newsletter here
In July’s newsletter I will discuss how to create an action for the special effect known as vignette. Until then, have a great month!
Do you have suggestions for future tutorials? Please send your suggestions and comments to: info@rawdigitalimageediting.com
Have a good month ~ we’ll be back again in June.
Ted and the Omnilargess Team
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