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Old 08-11-2014, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Rex View Post
Hi Allan, mate I really like what you have done, however your explanation of what you did to achieve those results are, well, vague at best. I would really appreciate some more information so that I may try it for myself, after all the best way to learn is to practice.
Hi Rex,
I learnt about blurred layer masks a long time ago.
Check Louie's videos here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ5...Ge66vsuSaXb-0A

There is one on masks & really good one on LAB mode -
to alter colours without affecting brightness.

I also studied the Ken Crawford videos of digging out the detail
& applied it instead to colours.
see here:
http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Tutori...LB_Stream.html

Basically you can select an area with the paint brush on a mask
& do whatever you want with it.
The blurring helps to blend it in to your original picture.
I also use in Photoshop: select, refine mask, to help.
Some would say that it's cheating but Ken Crawford says otherwise.


cheers
Allan
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