Ron, thanks for going over Clarify. This is something I now try out on all photos, just like unsharpen. Also, the order of enhancements was something I wondered about.
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Actually it's just Clyde with a severe case of red eye. |
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that I've given up on an external flash. I'll just use PSP instead. |
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aren't as good as PSP. The color isn't as true in the corrected eye. It obliterated the glint, so I had to paint it back with the highlight brush. However, it sure is easy. |
I was the one who had asked about external flash setup at the beginning of this class.
I was seeing red eye in every critter I photographed. The red eye flash correction setting
made everyone close their eyes. Not a solution.
I did check out the all the things Ron suggested, as well as doing more research on the
web. I had gotten my Oly C-700 for several reasons:
1. The 10X zoom.
2. The full component of manual, as well as auto, controls.
3. The small size and light weight compared to other 10X zoom cameras.
4. the 10X zoom.
Yes, I really like the zoom! However, the small size and weight make it
easy to carry around and carry more often. Well, if I added a bracket, sync cord, and
external flash, I'd turn my camera into something huge and heavy. Plus, this setup
would run almost as much as my camera. I'd have to get a bracket ($16 or $80 from Olympus),
an Olympus sync cord ($80), and an external flash ($30 non Oly or $250 from Oly). I do
have a nice external flash, but it's an older one and there's a question that the higher
voltage it uses could damage the camera. Red eye correction in PSP is good enough that I
will use that instead.
There's been quite a bit of discussion on the list about the Olympus cameras, their
panorama mode, and problems with After Shot. I decided to forgo nice panoramic views to
test out a few things.
What I discovered:
1. You can use the Oly Panorama mode, at least with my C-700. However,
you must take your shots from left to right. The first time I tried, I took them from
right to left. Camedia (the Oly camera software with stitching in it) worked fine, but
After Shot scrambled the order. I double checked and I had them dropped into AS in the
correct order. However, the program switched the middle two photos. I did 4 or 5 more
panoramas and AS stitched them correctly, as long as I took the shots from left to right.
2. You can go with as little as 20% overlap in AS if you're really careful. The Olympus
panorama mode puts up little boxes in the view finder, so that you can easily set your
overlaps. This gives you a 20% overlap. I stitched the same photos in both Camedia and
AS and got good stitching. I have to give Camedia the edge here, as it was slightly better,
even though it gives you fewer controls. What it did automatically seemed to be quite good.
Instead of taking lovely scenic panoramas, I looked around for something that had a lot of
horizontal and vertical lines, so that I could see the imperfections in the stitching easier.
I used my bookcase.
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taken in the Panorama mode on my C-700. |
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the seams are. This is from Camedia. |
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As you can see, I raised the camera a bit on each shot to emphasize the seams. Then I looked at both very closely and was able to find a spot where the difference in the software showed up. I found one, though it wouldn't be obvious without all the horizontal and vertical lines.
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Look at the evenness of the squares on the basket. Perfect, even though this area was stitched. |
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