First Edit

[Splinter562]

Here is my first Irfan edit. It's not a lot, I just wanted to washout some of the color and add a hint of yellow to give it the feeling of vintage film. I did it originally for my avatar, but  the full size picture looked good enough that I decided to post it.


Original:



Edit:      



Any comments on the saturation / color combination? Does it look authentic or is there some other tweaking that could make it better?

[matt2190]

I like the edit. Looks more realistic than the original.

[born_2_fly]

The lighting in #2 is much better than #1  ;D

Great shot, really good for a first edit!

[Sytse]

Nice editting, but the shot looks a bit hazy to me. Try darkening it a bit. (If you use photoshop, use the dodge tool)

EDIT: Whoops, just read you used Irfanview...

I played around a bit with this shot in photoshop and this is what I got. I hope you don't mind me posting this...



I played a bit with the levels, burnt it, dodged it and I applied some photo filters. Nothing special really...

[Ghostrider114]

now that looks real! that one definatly has the old film look

[Splinter562]

Wow, the planes really jump out of the screen. One of these days I'll buy/learn how to use photoshop. Clearly it does wonders in the right hands.

[Sytse]

Thanks for the kind words.

Maybe there are other programs that can also do things like this. I never worked with Irfanview, so I don't know what it does exactly. Another good free image editing program is Gimp. (Google it! )

However, photoshop and paint shop pro are the best programs there are, but alos the most expensive.  ;D