It's great to create pix in PS, but if there is a quicker way, I'll
use it-it's not money making to spend time on one pix if
there is a faster and sometimes better way-LensBaby is great, Vaseline spread on a filter works too, as well as my kids lolly-pop cellophane wrappers. It's fine to make artsy
pix at a wedding, but if you miss pix of Grandma, or the old aunts, no matter how good the rest of the pix are, the job is lousy. When they see the proofs, if they like the effect pix, then I'll spend the time in PS polishing them up.
I liked the tutorial and the explanation how to get Lensbay effects within PS. If you have ever worked with a view camera as I have it will take a while to set the camera for the required efect and the same would apply to the Lensbaby. I like this method as described because one can change it accordingly and in fact one can have several versions based on the original picture.. Under these circumstances I would not call the PS method a time waster.
Franciis Kernow
Hello,
after seeing a lot of real lensbaby photos and comparing it with your nice Photoshop trick, I tried adding a bit of radial blur (seperate layer, overlay mode or a bit of transparency worked best for me). Gaussian Blur alone is just too smooth to mimic the lensbaby.
:)
don't waste time-make money instead
It's great to create pix in PS, but if there is a quicker way, I'll
use it-it's not money making to spend time on one pix if
there is a faster and sometimes better way-LensBaby is great, Vaseline spread on a filter works too, as well as my kids lolly-pop cellophane wrappers. It's fine to make artsy
pix at a wedding, but if you miss pix of Grandma, or the old aunts, no matter how good the rest of the pix are, the job is lousy. When they see the proofs, if they like the effect pix, then I'll spend the time in PS polishing them up.
Lensbaby
I liked the tutorial and the explanation how to get Lensbay effects within PS. If you have ever worked with a view camera as I have it will take a while to set the camera for the required efect and the same would apply to the Lensbaby. I like this method as described because one can change it accordingly and in fact one can have several versions based on the original picture.. Under these circumstances I would not call the PS method a time waster.
Franciis Kernow
Wouldn't a radial blur add to the effect?
Hello,
after seeing a lot of real lensbaby photos and comparing it with your nice Photoshop trick, I tried adding a bit of radial blur (seperate layer, overlay mode or a bit of transparency worked best for me). Gaussian Blur alone is just too smooth to mimic the lensbaby.
:)