[Play Raw] Processing a very high-contrast raw

yteaot · January 23, 2018, 6:43pm

DSCF3284

David_LaCivita · January 23, 2018, 10:09pm

I used a parametric mask in exposure to move the data to the right. Then some levels, shadows and highlights, dehaze, highpass…
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Nor_man · January 23, 2018, 10:10pm

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Morgan_Hardwood · January 23, 2018, 10:56pm

@David_LaCivita that is a wonderful, vibrant and realistic result. Could you explain what you did, in program-agnostic terms, so that users of other software can get the idea?

David_LaCivita · January 24, 2018, 1:59am

I made a quick video because I don’t know how to make some of the parametric masks in other software. Hopefully it helps.

afre · January 24, 2018, 9:25am

@isagalaev I agree with @Morgan_Hardwood. It would do well as a [PlayRaw], if you are willing to consider that. See @patdavid’s post on licensing: PlayRaw stuff to keep in mind.

Welcome to the forum BTW!

McCap · January 24, 2018, 1:12pm

Finally logged in

+1 to that !!

matejmarti · January 24, 2018, 3:39pm

I like the result in the foreground, but you introduced some “halos” at the transition to the blue sky. Visible for example around the big rock.

isagalaev · January 24, 2018, 5:21pm

Thanks! Added a tag and a license. Do I need to do anything else?

darix · January 24, 2018, 5:53pm

Fixed your title to make it more obvious.

Jacal · January 24, 2018, 7:09pm

Thank you! Personally, I would really like to also see RawTherapee edits of this photo.

darix · January 24, 2018, 7:09pm

Now that it is a play raw you can happily post your RT edits here.

agriggio · January 24, 2018, 7:10pm

I’ll definitely submit my take

Thanatomanic · January 24, 2018, 8:21pm

A truly nice image to work on (though it has its imperfections), I came up with this in DT. A few masks to operate on the darker and lighter parts, and then some color corrections. Not 100% happy with the final color, but it’s close
DSCF3284_DT

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agriggio · January 24, 2018, 8:27pm

…and here it is, for what it’s worth
RawTherapee (dev version) only.

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McCap · January 24, 2018, 8:46pm

Very interesting image to work on. I actually really had a hard time getting something close to @David_LaCivita. After some fiddling around I actually used the unorthodox way to use a hugely feathered gradient. RT only.
summer
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james · January 24, 2018, 8:57pm

Everything and the kitchen sink from RawTherapee.

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chroma_ghost · January 24, 2018, 9:08pm

thanks @isagalaev for making a playraw from a question and @Morgan_Hardwood for insisting , always fascinating such different approaches… Mine using RT it’s assumedly a bit heavy handed with the micro constrast, which creates (among other things) nasty spits of vertical dark lines… next life better =)

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Jacal · January 24, 2018, 9:24pm

An attempt with LightZone. (Next life better.)

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Edit: Ups, trigger-happy with the blue sky …

sguyader · January 24, 2018, 9:27pm

Nice version @McCap. Sometimes I use the gradient in such a way as well. The tools are there to be used in a creative way, aren’t they!