8 Steps to finish the final book of the late scenery blockbuster

The ultimate treasure of the late scenery

Scenery blockbuster, only need to pay attention to the parameters of the adjustment, framing and angle can be, and then is to press the shutter, but this photo does not have the means to bring shock to the feeling. General digital cameras, recorded photos are relatively primitive, even the high-end SLR camera, still need a late component to fully restore the image of our eyes to see the location of the scene. We see high-end photographic works, even National Geographic photography, are fully after the late works. Therefore, the latter is a very important step for us, and also a soul step to enhance the visual perception of the photo.

Why do we need to be late?

Our current digital camera products, in particular, SLR cameras, in order to be able to record more information on the picture and the details of the picture, the camera's design usually set the values of the very "loose", the result is that the photos do not look like the beauty of our eyes as stunning, but it will appear very light color, Sometimes it gets dark or it's too exposed. In this way, we will feel uncomfortable when we come back to enjoy the photos, let alone to show off our photos. Later, just to make up for the camera record the original photo display is very common to the effect of this problem, so that we need to later.

The original and later effects of the difference is very far

　　Choose your own late-stage software

There are many kinds of late-stage software available on the market, some of the operation is very simple, but also to meet the needs of most users, such as the United States Mito, Shadow magic Hand, and so on, this type of software is able to make the later steps to simplify the very many, users only need to use a simple click to modify the options can be, You can also choose the filter effect you like. But this software is limited to ordinary photography enthusiasts, after all, this type of software is set a good fixed parameters, we click to select, and there is no advanced function.

For the high-end photography enthusiasts, especially a lot of landscape photographers, they will not use the above mentioned in most of the simple late software, because after all, the scope of the adjustment is very wide, so the requirements of the software function is very high. General high-level photographers, in the late will choose Photoshop or Lightroom These two software, is the most common and most general two software. Today our introduction will also revolve around the Lightroom software.

Raw format is better for later

In the SLR and the single camera and other products, we are generally able to choose two types of photo storage format, one is JPG, our most common format, the other is raw format. Probably a lot of people have not heard of raw format, the relevant detailed introduction you can see "Camera Encyclopedia RAW format Advantage really where" article, we no longer repeat the introduction. The JPG format can be understood as a compressed photo that has been processed inside the camera, while the RAW format is a recording of the various elements of the shooting environment, without the processing and modification of the camera's interior, so the later adjustable range can be more extensive. So we say that shooting raw photos is more suitable for later, of course, raw format photos are very large, please fill up the memory card and hard disk space.

The first step: looking for questions in the photo

Next, we formally start the later related introduction. will own scenery photos into the computer, the first thing, is to look at the camera photos of the scenery of what the problem, found that after the problem can be through the later software step-by-step to repair these problems back, can be converted to the magic of decay.

Just find a picture of the scenery, you can find the problem

In fact, casually find a picture of the scenery without post-processing, can find a lot of problems. For example, the author's own shot of this scenery photos, I found a lot of problems, such as the number in the figure above. The part of serial number 1 can tell the sky is still blue, but the need to strengthen the color to make the feeling more intense. The part of the serial number 2 is not separated from the level of the sea water, it needs to strengthen contrast and promote color. Part of the sequence number 3 is that the structure of the cloud is not expressed and needs to be strengthened by the icing on the clouds. The part of the sequence number 4 that belongs to a distant building is blurred and needs to be increased in clarity. The part of the serial number 5 is the part of the beach that also needs to be increased by contrast to enhance color. In fact, there are other deficiencies in this picture, we need to be in the process of remediation.

The view is very close to what we see with our eyes after the latter part.

One of the first steps we'll take before we do this is to check out what's going on with the photos. Find out the problem can be recorded in the photo number, and then follow the numbering step-by-step adjustment, so that there is no later in the process of missing parts. In the late adjustment, as far as possible in the scope of not too much quality at any time to adjust. After the first step, we entered the formal adjustment section.

　　Increase the brightness of a photo

After all, the camera is not our naked eye, metering can not reach the naked eye level, so whether it is point metering, central focus metering or evaluation of metering, may be in the filming process caused by insufficient exposure to the screen. Especially where the light is strong enough to occupy most of the area of the screen, it will cause the screen is too dark, many of the sunset is very silhouette photos are taken out of this principle. But in the normal course of filming, shooting out the dark photos, is to let the viewer very depressed things, so we now teach you the way to remedy.

The original is dark, with no details.

Using Lightroom software for remediation

Face this picture, actually need not panic, still be saved. Open the Lightroom software, import the photo, and start a remediation. In fact, for such a dark picture, the first is to adjust the exposure of the options, as shown in the red box above. In order to be able to see all the details of this picture, we will increase the exposure by three gears and a little more. When the exposure is higher, we will find that the screen in the light of some of the details will be white into one, this time we need to lower the highlight options, this picture we will highlight options to the lowest, so the original light in the screen details can be retained.

The effect after the remedy

After the effect of the recovery as shown above, through our adjustment, found that the original picture of the dim parts of the details have been clearly presented. Then combine some of the other parameters of the adjustment, a clear feeling of good photos of the effect came out. Finally, to remind everyone, adjust the brightness of each picture is different, so the specific exposure, highlights and so on options to adjust the number of values, or according to the overall brightness of the picture to feel.

Depress the brightness of a photo

When we were taking pictures, because of the camera metering reason, often can see the picture of most of the pictures are dead white dead, that is, the brightness of the screen has been exposed, such pictures will lose a lot of details, and watch the feeling also makes people feel very uncomfortable. Of course, such photographs, if not too exaggerated exposure to the screen, can be returned through later recovery.

This picture is a little too exposed.

Regulation of exposure reduction through Lightroom

The remedy is to open the Lightroom software and then import the photos into the software. For pictures exposed to the picture, the first thing to do is to reduce the exposure of the value, the lower will be found after the screen exposed part of the details of the show came slowly. This time will also find that the screen is not transparent enough, you can increase the contrast to adjust the color of the screen more normal. Then we can adjust the high light, shadow, white color levels, black color level of these options to make the overall exposure of the picture is even normal.

Post-post effects

After the late recovery, we can see the sky blue, lawn green, asphalt road black is slowly showing, and the screen is more transparent, not as the original film Dead white Dead white. Of course, the exposure of each picture is not the same, and the degree of exposure is also different, so the number of exposures and so on to reduce the value is not the same. If the exposure of too serious photos, there is no way to remedy, so in the shooting, if the exposure of too serious photos, we suggest that everyone should be patted immediately, so as not to remedy leave regret.

　Full Control of Photo color

Due to the technical limitations of digital cameras, it is still not able to do the photos taken, in color and our eyes to see the scene exactly the same, after all, the human eye after a long natural evolution, and the existence of digital cameras in a short span of decades. We often find such a phenomenon, we see a very conspicuous color, and then take a picture, and then put it on the computer screen to see how the color is so light, is not my camera broken? In fact, most of the photos taken by digital cameras, in the color of the picture and we see a lot of differences, We all need to make up for it later.

The color of the camera is very bland.

We can adjust the brightness and saturation in the Lightroom, and also can be divided into color adjustment

The photo into the Lightroom, we can through the brightness of lightroom and saturation options to adjust the overall color of the picture, of course, we suggest that you adjust the brightness, not too much adjustment saturation, otherwise the color of the screen will be false, it is very unreal. Of course, if you just want to enhance a certain color in the screen, we can also adjust the corresponding color saturation in the options, which can enhance or weaken a certain color.

The effect of color enhancement

After the color enhancement, we can find the picture more pleasing, also with the naked eye to see really the scenery is closer.

Of course, colors can play that way.

You can play it like that.

Control color not only can make your photos and real scenery closer, of course, can also play some very interesting picture effects, such as our above two pictures, are only enhanced two colors, and then the other color saturation to the lowest, then this effect. Of course, these are more extreme regulation, we can slightly enhance and weaken some colors in the later period, the effect will be very good.

Classification:

• PS Image Processing
• PS Post-processing tutorial