Messing around with some "urban" post-processing

[mastacox]

I've been messing around some testing the waters with some post-processing. Mainly going for a cool urban theme; I tried to keep the pictures gritty, crisp, low in saturation, and high in contrast. You can see some of the original pictures here: http://www.ultimateyota.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=7375.0

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l70/mastacox/4Runner%20in%20the%20Mountains/4Runner6Finished.jpg
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l70/mastacox/4Runner%20in%20the%20Mountains/4Runner5Finished.jpg
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l70/mastacox/4Runner%20in%20the%20Mountains/4Runner4Finished.jpg
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l70/mastacox/4Runner%20in%20the%20Mountains/4Runner3Finished.jpg
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l70/mastacox/4Runner%20in%20the%20Mountains/4Runner2Finished.jpg
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l70/mastacox/4Runner%20in%20the%20Mountains/4Runner1Finished.jpg

[troyboy162]

it makes the mud look neat on that shot of your driver front. good work!

[Good Times]

Brian, that's sweet! Got a "how to" you can write up so I can try some of these different styles?

[mastacox]

Brian, that's sweet! Got a "how to" you can write up so I can try some of these different styles?


Well, for the coloring it basically a mix of tweaking the hue/saturation, shadow/highlight, and brightness/contrast. I ended up going through a few iterations to find the combination I was looking for. The convenient thing is you can make a macro to duplicate the effect once you get the right combo.

For the border I cheated and found a freeware border generating macro. I went through several until I found one that had the gritty look I was going for.

[YotaFun]

No no no your all not understanding the cocept,
the only way those pics came out that way is because of the most awesome color the 4runner ever came in :-)

In all serious man, WAY cool, hope to get a few shots myself when I go out soon