Before Graduated Tint | After Graduated Tint |
So, what is ‘Graduated Tint'?’ It’s on the Effects tab, and it has a few options.
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 photo | I’m Feeling Lucky and Graduated Tint |
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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Really neat to have the graduated tint info. Will use it!!
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Hey Chris or Jim,
ReplyDeleteI 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
OMG, what a great improvement. I can't wait to try it out.
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