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Re: [Digital BW] Re: fog

Re: [Digital BW] Re: fog

2001-10-12 by Shire,Stanley

John Paul Caponigro's "Photoshop Master Class" book does this.
If you don't have the book (and you should, it is exceptional) Apple has John Paul's fog tutorial online at
http://www.apple.com/creative/resources/atmosphere/

Stan Shire
Associate Professor / Dept Chair
Department of Photographic Imaging
Community College of Philadelphia
Adobe Photoshop 6 A.C.E.
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bruce 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 5:13 AM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: fog


  on 10/11/2001 8:30 PM, DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com at
  DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com wrote:

  > Message: 9
  > Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 18:05:01 EDT
  > From: grdglass@...
  > Subject: Fog
  > 
  > Is there a way to create realistic looking fog in PS or with a third party
  > filter?  I have tried filling a layer with white, lowering opacity, adding
  > noise, and slight variations of that method.  All look pretty unrealistic.
  > 
  > Helene
  > 
  > 
  > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


  Here's what I do:

  1.duplicate image layer (make a new layer containing a copy of the image)
  2. Use the "threshold" adjustment on the new layer and adjust the slider to
  make the highlights white and the rest black.
  3. use the "color range" selection tool to select the now white areas
  4. turn off the new layer.  this will leave you with the original image with
  the "marching ants" around the highlights only.
  5. use the "copy" command in the edit menu to copy the highlights and use
  the paste command to paste the highlights only into a new layer.
  6. use a "curves" adjustment layer, applying it only to the highlight layer,
  and adjust the curves to "blow out the highlights, making them very light or
  white.
  7. apply the "guassian blur" filter to the highlight layer only.
  8. adjust the transparency of the highlight layer for the desired amount of
  fog effect.  You might also go back to your curves adjustment layer and play
  with it for the desired effect.
  9. to add extra fog, create a new layer on the bottom of the stack (you must
  rename the "background" layer to do this, and fill it with white.  Then
  adjust the transparency of the original image layer to add thicker fog.

  -Bruce

  Visit my website at:
  http://home.earthlink.net/~smthopr


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