I have 2 photos: before and after. I've been trying to achieve this effect for two months, but every time something is wrong. Help please. Maybe, some special plug-in is used for this processing? Especially, I am interested in amazing sharpness, lighting, sunny tone.
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Where did the original photos come from? – mattdm Aug 17 '12 at 13:17
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3Personally, I like the before a lot better then after. – Jakub Sisak GeoGraphics Aug 17 '12 at 13:27
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2That photo shows distinct signs of at least being influenced by Kevin Kubota. (And I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that it used his actions/presets for LR and/or PS. They're nothing you can't create yourself, of course, but you trade money for time.) Have you watched his "Post Pro" series on YouTube? It starts here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HciuI39pbUs – Aug 17 '12 at 20:32
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1Sharpness is not noticeably different. I wouldn't try to replicate the sharpness, look at contrast instead. – dpollitt Aug 20 '12 at 16:14
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- Increase the contrast - globally and additional local contrast in the trees and other areas (when you say amazing sharpness I think it's a big boost in contrast that you're noticing)
Increase saturation
Warm the image - you can see the greens have gone yellow
Vignette
In addtion, looks like they've applied some "glow" to the image. You can do this by duplicating the layer, blurring it at say 20-25 pixels, then setting the blend mode to overlay or soft light. That will further boost saturation and contrast as well.
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1you're answer gave me much more ideas than most of the tutorials I've read so far... – woliveirajr Aug 17 '12 at 20:03
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This reminds me a great deal of the filter "Glamour Glow" which is part of a filter pack by Nik Software called "Color Efex Pro 4". They do have a free trial and this may be a good start to get the glow effect.
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