Post Processing Before and after

[moloko]

I am really interested in seeing the before and after photos people take. See how the picture was taken and the magic to bring it to life. I will start out.

Before:

After:

[-Vivicidal-]

Impressive.

[Bubbabyte]

wow moloko.. that's some really bad WB on the original... wrong settings?

[Glowstick]

Photoshop Color Balance.

[crazzy88ss]

man somebody forgot to set the WB before taking the shot :p

[moloko]

I work in RAW so I was not concerned much with color balance. Is to fix in PP. I was hoping others would share the before and afters too. I curious as to how much poeple actually tweak the photos.

[Bubbabyte]

everyone tweaks photos.. as much as i like a thread like this, it's really pointless because i would say 98% of the shots in the monthly picture thread are tweaked. Very rarely will you get a perfect out of camera shot without any pp.. there are always ways to improve the picture.

[McKrout]

I like the idea of the thread, I'll post something when I get home from the office tonight.

[Lt-DavidW]

The original photograph is not mine - I found it online and decided to clean it up.

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After

[crazzy88ss]

everyone tweaks photos.. as much as i like a thread like this, it's really pointless because i would say 98% of the shots in the monthly picture thread are tweaked.

I post a lot of untouched pictures up here. Sometimes it's cuz I'm lazy/tired, or sometimes it's cuz I don't have the photoshop skills to adjust it.

[Draconian Guppy]

I post a lot of untouched pictures up here. Sometimes it's cuz I'm lazy/tired, or sometimes it's cuz I don't have the photoshop skills to adjust it.

+1

A small example of slight levels in photoshop. IMO more of a light post process instead of the "OMG look at my skillz" :p

[Prince Charming]

I post a lot of untouched pictures up here. Sometimes it's cuz I'm lazy/tired, or sometimes it's cuz I don't have the photoshop skills to adjust it.

Yeah, everything I posted is untweaked as well, mainly due to being too lazy to do it.

[houlty]

i don't really post any photo's, let alone corrected ones.

but heres one i'm reviving for my mum. its a picture of her grandparents and a few of their kids (my mums aunts/uncles*). so its my great grandparents.

i think it was taken in the late 1800's.

*my mums mum hadn't been born yet

before

after

full size original (have a go yourself if you want)

http://img292.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fulloriginaltl2.jpg

[Brandon]

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After

[funkymunky]

Just for fun first:

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After

Serious one :)

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After

[Sir Topham Hatt]

^ Not sure on that one.

The colours after editing look really strong. The first one looks more natural. Perhaps a little less contrast would have done it?

[crazzy88ss]

Just for fun first:

Serious one :)

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After

I've seen these two pictures together like YEARS ago... are these originally yours and I've seen them on neowin before or what? I'm trippin out man.

[funkymunky]

Yeah they're mine :)

I made a topic about them last year :)

There were some more too.

Chill.......... lol

[theyarecomingforyou]

^ Not sure on that one.

The colours after editing look really strong. The first one looks more natural. Perhaps a little less contrast would have done it?

Indeed. Definitely looks better before because the colours are too extreme on the modified one.

[funkymunky]

Indeed. Definitely looks better before because the colours are too extreme on the modified one.

That's the look I was going for though :)

[metro]

Before:

After:

<3 post processing :D

[funkymunky]

OMG Metro

That is truly amazing :)

Where is that??

[metro]

OMG Metro

That is truly amazing :)

Where is that??

Mt. St. Helens in Washington. Pretty historical mountain ;)

[wst50]

Stonehenge pics.

The sign (bottom right) left traces in the edit as well ;)

[funkymunky]

The sign (bottom right) left traces in the edit as well ;)

So it did :(

I never noticed till you pointed it out :) cheers :)