Velvia Vision Plugin

[sstein]

Been playing with the Fred Miranda Velvia Vision plugin on a few dull images to see if it can increase the dynamic range of the image, and I think its quite impressive. If you dont have the PS ability to edit curve masks, HSL masks etc then it can provide all of these from one easy to use interface with sliders and a preview.

Examples below:

Befores




Afters




Does quite a job with landscapes as well, dont think it would work on portraits or night shots so well. You can also change to B&W using it if you use -gve values on the sliders.

$24.99 from Fred Miranda site, although it is available free on Limewire, but of course that would be wrong!

Edited because I can't write today!!!

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Stuart

Edited by sstein on Tuesday 1st August 19:15

[V6GTO]

sstein said:

although if you are so included it is free on Limewire, but of course that would be wrong!

What on earth are a music downloading site doing with FM plug-ins?

Martin.

PS - and BTW...that Velvia plug-in makes grass look unnatural.

Edited by V6GTO on Tuesday 1st August 19:07

[sstein]

Limewire is a peer-to-peer program, it has software, music, movies etc. You are correct though, most people use it mainly for downloading music.

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Stuart

[V6GTO]

2 mins in PS...$24:99 saved!



Martin.

[sstein]

V6GTO said:

sstein said:

although if you are so included it is free on Limewire, but of course that would be wrong!

What on earth are a music downloading site doing with FM plug-ins?

Martin.

PS - and BTW...that Velvia plug-in makes grass look unnatural.

Edited by V6GTO on Tuesday 1st August 19:07

I think it would have is uses if you saved its output as a seperate layer, you could then remove parts of the layer that dont look right, I agree though the grass ends up looking TOO green, and not natural. That is possibly because I overdone it though, i'm still playing with it.

I have the same images where I have corrected the exposure myself, and I think if you do it manually you can do a much better job. With practice though with it being an easy to use plugin, and if you are not confident with photoshop, you could probably get some decent results from dull images.

I wouldnt pay $24.99 for it though,

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Stuart

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Stuart

[Gemm]

Stuart,
I'm sorry to say this but you've definitely over-done it, especially with 2nd and 3rd shots. As with everything else, the effect would be negative if you get too carried away. I use this software too but I prefer to use it in more subtle way.

[sstein]

Yep I only downloaded it today, like i said still playing with it.

I'm glad i didnt pay $24.99 for it, and I dont know how much i will use it, but I will keep perservering with it and try to get more subtle results.

Do you think that its better using it to enhance a good image, rather than trying to recover a bad image?

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Stuart

[Gemm]

sstein said:

Do you think that its better using it to enhance a good image, rather than trying to recover a bad image?

Yes, definitely. I use it to give the images that extra kick. Probably I would've use it only for the last image, and maybe for the 1st one too but only after correcting the exposure.

[flameop]

remember..."you can't polish a turd"

[poah]

if you do it 20% without using warm colours and click level one for contrast and dynamic range you can then adjust the opacity of the layer to suit. it is a very usefull tool but like those shots show you can go overboard lol

[imperialism2024]

V6GTO said:

2 mins in PS...$24:99 saved!

My thoughts as well. I've been doing this with the majority of my photos for about the past year...

[poah]

V6GTO said:

2 mins in PS...$24:99 saved!

Martin.

or get it for free