duck

[Daniel Zuck]

Art
my duck was a combination of rgb and lab put on two separate layers and blended with a screen.  I used the lightness grid and put contrast points on it and then I curved it. I also saturated the colors.

I agree with you, that whether the bottom of the clock is "hot" or not is completely subjective.  But I heard designers use language like "hot" and "cool" colors.  8)

dan

[ggroess]

Hi Dan,

the tip to read Mr. Magulis, was the best I ever get.
Comes from a good friend and sometimes I wan't to kill him for that  ;D
How Dan himself describe his lessons: "This is not a beginner friendly course. This is not an advanced friendly course. This it not a friendly course at all." (But of course in better english  :D).
Hope you love him, like I do.
After more than one year, I don't understand the most of this stuff in his books. But I don't give up!

I can't translate your questions about the reference. My bad english.
You mean a book from him?
Don't know the english titles. Somebody has to help me out for that.

Greetings, Tanja

Tanja,
Dan has an impressive body of work.  He was the inspiration of much of Curvemeister.  I have read his books and I found a lot of interesting information in them.  Unfortunately, I will take issue with some of his methods...That is a topic discussion rather than a posting. 

Let's just say that I fear too many people are choosing to "follow" Dan rather than explore new ideas and lead for themselves; for now.

Greg

[Daniel Zuck]

Greg:
I see what you mean but I'm not sure where the screen shot is posted.  Am I missing something?

dan

[ggroess]

look again...refresh...it's there...
Greg

[Daniel Zuck]

Greg:
Thanks, got it, I see the red "highlight thresholds."  But I'm not sure what to do next.  Got to log off now, but I'll catch up again tomorrow.  Thanks again for your help.

dan

[ggroess]

No worries Dan.  Watch the hint video with the bumble bee. 

Greg

[imported_Tanja]

Hi Greg,

I'm just kidding. Of course no class revolte  ;)
But a little bit for forced own opinions mabe. My english is to bad for that, so I send the others  ;D
No, kidding again. Absolutly your opinion and hope that I'm sure enough later with a picture to discuss my points of view.
I'm absolutly not sure with this duck. I'm never that sure, but find, this is the only way for good teaching to force arguments.
Hope to find good arguments in the future and learn from thinking about that.
Now it's more a quiet thinking, because it's so hard for me to explain in english, what I don't really catch in my own language, while learning a program, which is not that easy.
Fishing always to a wood and you are real right don't give it to me.

And that's the reason, why I love Mr. Margulis. It's all hard learned, the little bit I understand.
Alsolutly no easy way for me. So it must be a good one  ;)
Think I know, what you mean.
Some people get's "holy", what mean, that there is no other way. Like sect. Of course stupid.
What I really love, is that there is no really cooking recipe like in lots of other books. That is a chance to get independance.
"Thrown into the water" is a hard way, but I think the only one. I hate that swimming, but I do.
Think you are a real good swimming teacher and definitely want to hear more about that, what you find out.
Hope there is place for.

Greetings, Tanja

[ggroess]

I try not to make it a sink or swim process.
I want you to try out things and explore the curves.

There are many things that seem hard at first because they are new or different.  having you work on these problems begins to change your mindset. 

What I really want you to learn is how to see.  I know that sounds odd but what I mean is if you can see the problem you can figure out a solution.  Your Photoshop skills are sold I can see that.  I want to push your color and tonality skills harder.  The curves tool is just one tool in the Photoshop tool box.  It is a very powerul tool that is at the heart of many color and tonality corrections within Photoshop.

Last but not the least, I do not give up. If you are willing to keep going I am willing to keep going.  Please try the rest of the images as well.  Not the numbers images so much as the statue and the flower...there is lots to learn in these simple images.

Greg

[imported_Tanja]

Hi Greg,

of course I don't give up!
That's exactly what I hoped to learn here.

Greetings, Tanja

[Daniel Zuck]

Greg, Tanja:

Maybe the enclosed pix is better.

dan