r/postprocessing • u/level1807 • May 25 '25

Is this overcooked? Cinque Terre after/before

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My brain loves it but can it be improved? Also I just discovered how much better edited photos can look in HDR, but idk if Reddit supports it. I tried to make the SDR preview as good as I could, but please forgive the slight flattening of the details in the highlights.

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u/Imaginary_Garlic_215 May 25 '25

Masks 🤗 haha

Photoshop also can do it very easily

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u/level1807 May 25 '25

But what kind of mask do you mean? Just contrast?

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u/Imaginary_Garlic_215 May 25 '25

A literal mask on top of a level with the picture, black on the sea, white on the interested area. Select color range is your best friend for this but you can also paint masks. Then I would do some texture and clarity adjustments as they seem to affect mostly microcontrast areas, dehaze is too strong and messes up the color balance

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u/level1807 May 25 '25

Alright, thank you, I think I figured it out to some extent. Mind taking a look at the update? https://www.reddit.com/r/postprocessing/comments/1kuvy2g/is_this_overcooked_cinque_terre_afterbefore/mu7fnu7/

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u/Imaginary_Garlic_215 May 25 '25

Yes a little better and actually I prefer it since it's also a touch wamer