Is this attached image is worked out one or original am curious to know.

[zoe20]

Is this attached image is worked out one or original am curious to know. One thing am sure is they used pattern over it. I even tried to play with hues saturation photo balance etc.. with out success.

This is the image am talking about :




This is the original Image i found on Google wallpapers :

 

[IamSam]

Hey Zoe, after looking at them and some other examples, I think your right, the first image has been altered.

 

[zoe20]

Hey Zoe, after looking at them and some other examples, I think your right, the first image has been altered.

Absolutely yes IamSam and here's the original one . I searched on Google painstakingly and worked on it and i think i achieved what am looking for ? Thanks a ton gurus in here. Its a great place to experiment and learn and improve your skills. Once again Thanks a ton gurus!!

 

[Tom Mann]

Sorry, but I've got to disagree with you. IMHO, there is no doubt that both images have been altered for publication. At minimum, the gray sky version has the added texture, text, etc, and from its overall look, I can almost guarantee you in a twilight cityscape such as this, the vivid version would have come out of the camera needing major color correction, major tonality adjustments, etc.

In addition to my claim that both experienced serious PS work, I am quite sure that the gray sky version is much closer to the original than the brightly colored version. The clearest evidence for this is that the JPG compression block artifacts are vastly worse in the vivid version compared to the gray sky version, especially in the smooth areas like the water. This increase in JPG artifacts is exactly what one sees when you crank up the vibrance, saturation and local contrast to add "zing" to an image. This is one of the major stumbling blocks when preparing images like the vivid version. In contrast, if you go the opposite direction and reduce the vibrance, saturation and local contrast in an image, yes, the JPG compression artifacts do become less prominent, but not to the extent that is seen here.

Tom M





(The JPG compression artifacts are much more evident if you click on both to see them at full resolution instead of just looking at the in-forum preview versions)

 

[zoe20]

Yes both are different images

 

[MikeMc]

Hmmmmmmmm..

 

[zoe20]

oK This is the PSD i worked on !! Uploaded to mediafire as forum is not allowing me to upload psds

https://www.mediafire.com/?l459fgav0a8bsld

 

[IamSam]

Thanks Zoe.

I think the mystery is solved then.

The image your working with is not the full color altered version you posted in your fist post.



This starting image makes more sense now! LOL!!

 

[IamSam]

Zoe, I think your version is very close to the first image you posted. It looks better with the pattern overlay turned off and you may need to add some more gray to the sky.

 

[zoe20]

Zoe, I think your version is very close to the first image you posted. It looks better with the pattern overlay turned off and you may need to add some more gray to the sky.

ok let me try it

 

[IamSam]

Speaking of the gray in the sky, I see you used this.....


More than likely, a gradient was used with a mask.

More like this....


This is the cityscape with the gradient..


And now with a layer mask on the gray gradient...