Photoshop Tips: Slicing time

There is a concept of time called the "Four Dimensions", day after year, in this long river, we can only record a brief moment. As for the time and photographic compatibility, the recent comparison of the fire is delayed photography. However, after the delay of the result is either a short film, or a picture of a GIF. But these are not the focus of today, I introduce you this is a more alternative approach: the time slice.

This photo I once read to the National Geographic photographer Mike Hill, who said he had seen a similar photograph taken by the United States of Manhattan, but sliced more finely, so from a distance it really looks like from day to night. In fact, the principle is similar, if you have generated curiosity, then read on!

Pre-filming

For this photo, there are 9 slices, so it's natural that you have to take 9 photos to be able to (really verbose). As for the timing of the shooting, the seasons are different time, so the problem can only be determined by the students according to the actual situation. As for this photo, I choose the time from 5:30 to 7:30 in the evening, 15 minutes to shoot one, still quite time-consuming.

For the attention of the shooting, there are several points to explain:

1. Use tripod, preferably have shutter line, stabilization stabilization or stabilization

2. Metering methods to be constant, I used a wide-area model, directly to the building.

3.A file is a good choice, and fixed exposure compensation after the stop moving, which will bring you a lot of convenience later.

4. White balance recommended to choose daylight, the sunset process is a large range of color temperature changes, fixed a value is for later convenience.

From morning to night, I miss the time when I was carrying a DSLR full of Beijing stroll ... Pull away, we continue to look at the late.

Post-processing

How I shoot all are telling you a simple later way, and this time I want to tell you about the use of slicing tools. Do you think these 9 halves are a little bit out? That's really going to kill people, PS there is a simple way, we look a little down.

The beginning of the story, you must select all 9 photos to drag into the PS, in the Cameraraw plugin click "Select All", together to adjust these photos. If you have to ask why? First, this is so efficient; second, if it is a single adjustment it is likely that the exposure brightness is not correct, then you become a wonderful scene of time disorder.

The adjustment is complete, now I take one of the photos as an example and you elaborate. Do you think the clipping tool has only one function? On the right, you'll find an option called slicing tool, click on it.

Then continue to the right button on the photo, do not see the "slicing" option, continue to click on it.

Now we see the legend of slicing tools, because it is 9 photos, so "vertically divided into 9", then click OK, simple. The following 3 diagrams show the detailed production process.

Cut 9 times after the output, but this output is not the usual way, you may never use. Choose Save as Web format in file, and you'll find a new world.

The relevant interface is like this, you just choose the JPG storage format is good, the quality of the custom, color space please do not tick sRGB, if you want to do after printing output words that is another matter.

Click on the storage, the default conditions can be, and then we come together to witness the moment of miracles happen.

In your saved path, have you found the body of your photo (oh no, photo slices)? They're already sliced, and now you just need to mix the slices together.

1 photos To do the bottom, the 1th picture of the 1th Slice, 2nd of the 2nd section, arranged in sequence and so on, are finished after the completion of the product, simple?

Or the old saying: The camera is in your hand, the idea is in your mind, take the partner out to take a picture. In fact, I also did not have any good equipment, just see others do feel interesting also went to shoot once, hope that the students can also inspire their own inspiration after watching. In addition, this place has not been filmed by people, so I will not tell you the exact location. Of course, if you are a conscientious, you can certainly find.

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