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Marvelous May
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Though we are just over halfway through the month, I am still wishing my beautiful Friends and Watchers,
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I hope you are alll well, I'd like to thank my new watchers for the watch and I will eventually drop by you page to have a nose through your galleries. Work is just crazy at the moment a lot of things going on and I am hoping things will calm down soon

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Darkroom Exposed: Photoshop Filters

Thu Feb 21, 2013, 4:23 AM

Darkroom Exposed is a series of articles highlighting talented deviants, noteworthy art and helpful information all about the Photography > Darkroom gallery on dA.

This issue features images created with Photoshop filters (the ones found in the Filter menu at the top, rather than the colour-tinting photofilters). Half of you are probably about to stop reading and the other half of you are probably only reading in preparation to leave a ranty comment about how Photoshop filters can never look anything other than amateurish and a little bit crap.

So...I ask you to please observe with an open mind! Photoshop is, in itself, a digital darkroom, as well as a design tool and many other things too. Like any tool, it can be used with hideous concequences or it can be used with skill and expertise, resulting in lovely images. A hammer can be used to build or to destroy, depending on the intent of the person who is handling it. The important thing to remember is that, in general, no amount of editing will magically make a 'bad' photo into a 'good' photo. But with knowledge and practice, an artist can use the tools at their disposal to create pleasing results which fit with their artistic vision.

Here are some examples of that principal in action. Some are from Photography > Darkroom > Digital and some are from the other photography galleries, but all were offered for use as examples in this article by the people who created them.

*hayley--jade used the Motion Blur and Sharpen filters on this photo.

*MachinesBleedToo used the Blur filter on this photo.

Will you let the fire die down soon? by *justanothersomeone

*justanothersomeone used the Fresco filter on this photo.

~ComfortableDistance used the Gaussian Blue filter on this photo.

Do You Know Why You're Here? by *marni-smith

*marni-smith used the Motion Blur filter on this photo.

`CapnSkusting used a fake tilt/shift miniature technique (involving Blur filters) to create this image. He also wrote a great journal about the technique, including tutorials and examples, which you can read here: Things made small...

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~ComfortableDistance Feb 26, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

Thank you so much for the feature, it means a lot to me! I hate how people think using filters is the lazy man's way when in reality they're just so useful and so customizable.

`RockstarVanity Feb 27, 2013 Professional Photographer

Exactly!

=Miguel-Santos Feb 22, 2013 Photographer

The misuse (often aggravated with overuse) of PS filters is what creates misconceptions and keeps people away from them. You've shown here how they can be used to have subtle effects on a shot and/or to make creative, high quality manipulations. Great article!
I personally advise to experiment (A LOT) with those basic PS filters, keeping in mind they're actually not basic at all.

`RockstarVanity Feb 26, 2013 Professional Photographer

"I personally advise to experiment (A LOT) with those basic PS filters, keeping in mind they're actually not basic at all."

Wise words indeed!

*hayley--jade Feb 21, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

Aw thank you!
I love this journal and your words about filters

`RockstarVanity Feb 22, 2013 Professional Photographer

You're very welcome. Thanks for the lovely picture!

*hayley--jade Feb 23, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

*astrangeallure Feb 21, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Oh, how awesome....thank you! I didn't realize that anyone had an issue with digital darkroom processes? I wish I knew how to process photos in a real darkroom and had the money to do so...but I'm stuck with Photoshop.

Thanks again, great photo examples and information!

`RockstarVanity Feb 22, 2013 Professional Photographer

In my experience, there are people who think that doing digital stuff to a photo is somehow 'cheating'. But those people are silly

*astrangeallure Feb 22, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

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