Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Blue Skies with Graduated Tint

I’ve covered this feature before … but I don’t think I used a very good example in that article, so I’m going to revisit it.  We’ve recently traveled through Montana … you know the tagline right?  Big Sky Country.  We had beautiful weather with clear blue skies, but my pictures did not do the sky justice at all.  Here is a sample:







Before Graduated TintimageAfter Graduated Tint
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So, what is ‘Graduated Tint'?’  It’s on the Effects tab, and it has a few options.







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When you first click on Graduated Tint, it automatically applies a light blue color to the top half of your picture.  In the example above, I increased the Shade a bit to make the sky even bluer … withOUT making the clouds blue!  Just drag the ‘Shade’ slider to the right and watch the color deepen while it leaves the white areas alone.  Notice, you can also increase, or decrease the amount of the picture that is covered by dragging the crosshair (right on the picture) up or down.

Here’s another example.







Original photoimageI’m Feeling Lucky and Graduated Tintimage

I almost deleted that picture, it was so bland and washed out.  But after just a couple clicks, it is now one of my favorite road shots.
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3 comments:

  1. Really neat to have the graduated tint info. Will use it!!
    Roxie

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  2. Hey Chris or Jim,

    I took your suggestion regarding the ASUS EeePC. (And also the Droid. .. I love them both!)It has a built in camera, as you know. How do I turn it on? I don't know if it works.

    Thanks for your help.

    Rod

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  3. OMG, what a great improvement. I can't wait to try it out.

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