Simple Exposure Blend using the Tony Kuyper TK8 Panel
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- Опубліковано 14 лют 2022
- A short video going through using the Tony Kuyper TK8 panel to create a luminosity selection in order to blend two images together for an extended dynamic range. The 'select sky' button in particular makes it really easy to select an area accurately for blending.
Timeline
00:11 Start
00:49 Why Exposure Blend
01:35 Example one starting from Capture One Pro
05:22 Example two starting from Capture One Pro
07:45 Refining the mask with additional luminosity selections
11:35 Conclusion - Навчання та стиль
Thank you that is a wonderful way to blend. I have saved the video to watch many times into the future.
Thank you Emil. That's the most useful video I've seen on blending using the TK8 panel; succinct and comprehensive.
Thanks John! I appreciate that. Will try and do more when I have the time.
we subscribed based on this one TK8 tutorial,,,we are learning more and more on how we use this extremely efficient plugin
Thanks! hoping to do a few more when I get the time, and I agree it's an awesome little plugin.
Very helpful. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank so much for this tutorial excellent use of TK Panel!
Sharpness is excellent throughout. I'm sure that if I were to put it through a spectrometer I might get some change to acuity, but visually I couldn't see any difference. Of course, it is another air/glass interface and that means any dirt or sea spray is more likely to have an effect on the image. As long as you keep the glass clean it should be fine. My personal recomendation remains though: if you are looking for absolute IQ and are shooting stills, you'll have more success with a filter system and square filters. If you are doing run and gun work, and in particular shooting a mix of stills and video, then the VND is awesome. I did a documentary shoot for a client two weeks ago and had one camera rig to shoot stills and video while two other cameras shot time-lapses. The 1-5 VND stayed on the stills/camera rig permanently, allowing me to switch between stills and video seamlessly (well...a twist of the ring to get the exposure down to 1/60 for video)
Thank you so much Emil for the helpful and informative tutorial! God bless and good luck!
My pleasure!
Nice use of the TK panels. Thanks!
Thanks Stephen. It's a great tool. I still only scratch the surface compared to users like Sean Bagshaw.
Very good tutorial. Great explanations. Thank's a lot for sharing. 🙂
Glad it was helpful!
This is a great video for using TK8 for exposure blending.
Thanks Phillip - Glad it was helpful!
I use TK8 all the time and think there isn't much I don't know how to do. Well you just showed me a great way to clean halos. I collect methods for that and now have another one.
Awesome...glad that it's another use!
Excellent video! Thanks!
Thanks!
Cheers Emil! Great tutorial!
My pleasure!
excellent tutorial. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Really excellent info!
Thanks Jerry. I'm adding another one on blending this week sometime.
Very helpful !! Thank You !
You're welcome!
Love Tony Kuyper Tk9
An invaluable tool I think
Great video. I would be interested in learning more about how you use the TK8 panel.
Thanks Sam. I'm hoping to do some more little shorts like this.
@@emilvonmaltitz Check out Sean Bagshaw, he has been working with Tony
Google: TK8 Video Guide to the new TK8 Plugin for Photoshop
Thanks Jim, I actually mention in one one of the comment threads above that Sean Bagshaw is someone to look out for and follow for info on the TK8 plugin.
@@SouthernOregonCoast I'm also a Sean B fan, but can I add the joy of editing with dave kelly as a TK8 resource on youtube. A different style to Sean but both add great value as well as Emil's videos.
nice thanks man
Thanks Hani!
Great Vid.. How does TK8 Sky method compare to Pshop Sky Replacement? Have you compared?
Not much. TK8 is basically just using the embedded PS tools in this case. However, using it and then refining the mask is easier with TK8 IMO
Nice video, Emil. Why don't you use the TK Blend action?
Good point Peter. Million and one ways to skin the proverbial cat I suppose. I tend to prefer using the masks themselves as they give a cleaner result I find. the blend function uses Photoshop's blending tools I think - as opposed to luminosity masks - as far as I know (happy to be corrected), certainly the mask looks a lot clunkier than the smooth luminosity gradients. I'm also concentrating on one area of the blend, whereas the Blend function does a global blend (which you can admittedly mask thereafter).
Theoretically, then, you could use this process for refining any selection?
As far as I can make out yes
when I get to the end, how can we change it to a white background, e.g. the sky of the milky way that I made at night :)
Do you mean to blend a milky way shot with the foreground? It works in much the same way, but I would recommend shooting your foreground shot in the late twilight to get it looking as natural possible. You’ll probably still darken that later some to match the overall tone of the image…is that what you are referring to?
@@emilvonmaltitz Yes :) i shoot foreground in blue hours, its any possible you make tutorial woth stacking foreground with sky (its doesnt have must be with night sky ) :)
I know you have an excellent grasp of using exposure blending. I think you should slow down on your presentation. Especially at the end of the video, you speed up -- skipping over why you selected the steps you did. I missed the reason why you picked what you did with the tone ( infinity) mask picker. Just an observation. Your photos are always stunning.
Thanks for the tips!
Why not simply use Select Sky and apply it as a mask? I love TK8 and use it all the time. But the Panel simply activates the Select Sky feature.
It's essentially the same thing...Having the TK8 panel open next to the stage makes it a few seconds faster than menu diving through Photoshop though. Everything that the panel does (literally everything) can be done without the panel in PS. Years back I learned how to build my own luminosity actions and used them before I eventually bought the TK panel (I bought the TK4 Panel, but have been using luminosity masks since Tony Kuypers original panel was released; I just used my own actions - I finally figured that the panel shaved time of the editing process). The point of the panel (and why I showed it's use in the video) is that it is all the common luminosity actions and buttons in one space/panel, as opposed to spread out through the enormous plethora of options available to PS.
@@emilvonmaltitz For me select sky is struggling to make good selection even with simple images where's a clear line between sky and ground :(