High-Pass Contrast Mask Preset for PhotoTools
January 22, 2010 by Mike Wong • 3 Comments
I created a new preset for PhotoTools 2.5 Professional Edition and it is posted on the onOne Exchange. The preset is called High-Pass Contrast Mask and I created it on the expo floor at Imaging USA in Nashville earlier this month when a PhotoTools 2.5 user asked me if we could get this specific look he was trying to get. He seemed very pleased with the effect so I thought I would post it for everybody else as well. I hope you enjoy it. Here's a before and after example of the effect on a photo I took of my daughter recently.
That’s a terribly over-cooked image there – it screams “PHOTOSHOPPED!!”.
The edge flare needs to be controlled, either by increasing the averaging area or simply reducing the whole effect.
Nice boots.
@Gershwin – I agree, and I created the preset. I don’t really care for that look, but it was a look that I was asked if we could re-create in PhotoTools. The person I created the preset for was happy so, I guess to each their own.
Do you have one for Lightroom3? I used it in Elements but Lightroom does not have the ability to use it.
Bob