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Easy Vignette in Photoshop CS2

Ben — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 04:16:03 +0000

I've been trying to find a decent way of making a vignette in photoshop for a while. I shoot in jpeg mode on my Canon 10D because I don't have enough memory cards to shoot in RAW all the time. Well, one of the great things about RAW files is using Adobe's Camera RAW on them. It's rather frustrating to me that I can use Adobe Lightroom or enven Apple's Aperture on jpeg files and do all the things on the jpeg files that I can on RAW files with those programs, but not with Adobe Camera RAW! It only allows you to use it on RAW files. Well, one of the things I like best about Camera RAW was the vignette feature. Well, lo and behold, I found out tonight that you can get the same thing by using Photoshop's Lens Correctionn Filter (requires Photoshop CS2). So, to make a vignette, simply go to Filters ---> Distort ---> Lens Correction. Play with the vignette settings until you're happy. Here's a photo of the beach at False Cape State Park that I added a light vignette to.

False Cape sunrise & sunset

Ben — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:50:41 +0000

A few more photos of False Cape for your enjoyment.

More False Cape Pics

Ben — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:23:18 +0000

Here are a few more photos from our False Cape State Park trip. I'll probably post more at a later date, but time is low right now.

False Cape State Park

Ben — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:56:21 +0000

False Cape State Park. A photo off of one of the docks located there with some filters applied to make it a little more gloomy. My brother and I recently took a trip to False Cape State Park in Virginia (to the south of Virginia Beach). I highly recommend it. Here's a link to a satellite map of it: False Cape State Park and a regular Google Map False Cape State Park Map. I'll be putting up a few more photos here in the not too distant future after I've finished processing them all.

New WordPress admin design

Ben — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 20:53:13 +0000

Just some pics of a new WordPress admin design I've been working on. Not a complete step away from the norm, but I thought it would be fun to do soemething just a little bit different.

my niece was born

Ben — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 04:24:42 +0000

well, it’s been an exciting weekend! my niece, leah grace was born on thursday morning at 4:16 a.m. everyone’s come up to visit and see the new member of our family. here’s a link to some photos i shot thursday afternoon when we went to visit kathy and leah at the hospital. [...]

why minc?

Ben — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 13:05:26 +0000

well, i go by ming, which is really short for benjamin (pronounced bang-ha-ming in spanish). growing up in panama, my friends didn’t want to say bang-ha-ming all the time, so i became known as ming. even my mother calls me that. so, when i decided to start up my web design business, i [...]

hi

Ben — Tue, 07 Jun 2005 18:17:17 +0000

well. i guess this should be a post about me huh? well, i was born in central america. gorgas hospital in the canal zone of panama to be exact. lived there, um, until i turned 11, then moved to the US. panama was a great place to grow up. [...]