By the way, one further comment. Using the dodge/burn tool in no way precipitates lossy editing; the layers I dodge and burn are always layer copies. Andrew On 08/22/2010 08:34 PM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > On 22-Aug-10 17:48, Andrew Sharpe wrote: >> Thanks for these suggestions. It is far more photoshopping than I >> normally do on my images (I usually do cropping, B&W, curves and a bit >> of sharpening, which already seems like a lot of post-processing). But >> your ideas have a lot of merit, and I'll see what I can do. It may very >> well be beyond my (current) ability at photoshop, but it sounds like an >> interesting way to learn more. > > In terms of "a lot" -- I guess it depends on your standards. It's less > than I'd do in the darkroom for any serious picture -- your list doesn't > have any dodging and burning. Which is exactly what additional curves > layers with layer masks is giving you (though you could use the > burn/dodge tool instead; but I'm a devotee of the cult of lossless > editing). > -- http://andrewsharpe.com
