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A tissue of lies by Tim Daly, from Ag26 |
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Finishing touches: No carbon tissue print was ever produced without some blemishes or has survived without some discolouration to edges, so this is the next step to take. Working on the tissue layer, quick select it then pick the burning in tool from your toolbox. Set it up with a small soft edged brush and reduce its Exposure to around 30, so its effects are gradual rather than full on. The purpose of using this tool is to try and introduce some fake fogging or colouration to the edge, so apply the tool in areas that are traditionally fogged i.e. edges and corners. To finish off, use the Airbrush set with the darkest colour sampled from your photographic image to intensify these fogged patches. Finally, you may want to modify the too-perfect rectangular shape of your tissue by using the eraser tool. Take a few chunks out of the sides and corners and roughen it up a bit. If you take off too much, use your History palette to retrace your steps. Soft edges: Now you’ll notice that your image will be looking too rectangular with razor sharp sides and edges, so you’ll need to soften these down a touch. The effect to aim for is jut like the kind of soft edge you create in the darkroom when enlarging a negative without masking off the diffused edges with your easel. Return to your photographic image layer and quick select it. Now, from your Select menu, make a Select>Modify>Contract command with about 8 pixels. This has the effect of pulling in your selection by an equal amount from each edge. Next you want to soften this edge by applying a 4 pixel Feather to it. Finally do a Select>Inverse, then Edit>Cut and this will cut away the excess edge to create a softer and more convincing look. Tweaking the image: After all the processing has been completed, the only steps left are to adjust image contrast and tone. At this stage the photographic image layer will still have its original contrast intact and will look as if its floating over the paper, rather than impregnating it. You can’t have an image that has highlights brighter than the base colour of your paper, so click on the photographic image layer in your layer palette. Next Page >> |
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