After Print Editing

Once I had produced my proof prints, this gave me the ability to see how they looked on print. My first initial thought was that they were great, the colours were really vibrant and everything was crystal clear. I however felt that some of the vignettes were slightly harsh on the edits. I then went back to edit the images slightly to get them ready for the final print.

Adjustment Brush –

The above screen shot shows the area in which I used the adjustment brush (highlighted in red). I chose to slightly lower the exposure of this particular section because on the print, it is very obvious that this small segment has been missed off during the darkening of the wall. I lowered it slowly until it matched the rest of the wall exposure I had previously done.

Vignette –

As I mentioned, the vignettes that were on the images were slightly intense; mainly the first, third and fourth image.

I decreased the amount of vignette on the images and also used the feather slider to feather the edges a lot more; this has created a more even gradient between the vignette and the image itself. Images three and four have a very powerful vignette to them naturally through my lighting set-up, so they needed the vignette to be basically turned off.

Graduated Filter –

Because I had lowered the vignette on these images so much, it made the floor in the foreground of the image a lot brighter from where the flashgun is connecting with it. I decided to use the graduated filter to darken the bottom and top of the image slightly to blend it in with the natural vignette. This process has also stopped the top and bottom from feeling disconnected to the vignette going around the image.