Reuters: The use of Photoshop

Muineach

From slashdot an interesting article on Reuters on what's allowed within photoshop and what's not, well I just broke about every rule they have

http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/01/18/the-use-of-photoshop

To Recap:

ALLOWED:

• Cropping
• Adjustment of Levels to histogram limits
• Minor colour correction
• Sharpening at 300%, 0.3, 0
• Careful use of lasso tool
• Subtle use of burn tool
• Adjustment of highlights and shadows
• Eye dropper to check/set gray

NOT ALLOWED:

• Additions or deletions to image
• Cloning & Healing tool (except dust)
• Airbrush, brush, paint
• Selective area sharpening
• Excessive lightening/darkening
• Excessive colour tone change
• Auto levels
• Blurring
• Eraser tool
• Quick Mask
• In-camera sharpening
• In-camera saturation styles

FX Meister

Zzzzzzzzzzz

Xios

FX Meister wrote:

Zzzzzzzzzzz

calm down there meister, don't get rowdy.

FreeAnd..

besides auto levels and some blur on portraits most of mine with be allowed. I'm might try stick to their rules in future...its gives me an excuse for being lazy with Post processing...something i am getting more bored with as time goes on..

Zillah

All very fair.

/me goes to find out how to make Reuters give me money.

Fionn

Muineach wrote:

NOT ALLOWED:

• Additions or deletions to image
• Cloning & Healing tool (except dust)
• Airbrush, brush, paint
• Selective area sharpening
• Excessive lightening/darkening
• Excessive colour tone change
• Auto levels
• Blurring
• Eraser tool
• Quick Mask
• In-camera sharpening
• In-camera saturation styles

oh!! and emm

• SMOKE (well, smoke what wasn't there)

:rolleyes:

tis a bit late to be bolting the stable door

i wonder what does "Careful use of lasso tool " mean exactly and why would you be using that tool?????? oh i know!! for removing the above-mentioned smoke

Zillah

Zillah wrote:

All very fair.

/me goes to find out how to make Reuters give me money.

I failed. How does this Reuters freelance malarky work?

Muineach

as for the lasso tool

The Lasso Tool should not be used when using a laptop to file pictures. It is essential that great care is taken with this tool to avoid the ‘halo’ effect which is produced when the feathering is too great and the tonal change ‘bleeds over’ into the unselected zone. Likewise, not enough feathering will produce a vivid jagged edge to the lasso area. Typically a feathering setting of between 5 and 20 pixels is used, depending on the size and positioning of the zone. Again we strongly recommend this is handled by desks.

Is it just me or did the photo with extra smoke in it look too obvious for the cloning.

mtracey

Thats a good list to use. I always try to keep to a minimum if possible