TK FRIDAY (Making Waves) FULL EDIT

[@keithyates1399]

Well done Dave

[@altonmarsh]

I’ve been watching these for months now and I am finally getting past feeling overwhelmed. I have low brain wattage. Today I am not underwhelmed, I am just whelmed. Thanks.

[@jcollins9083]

Insightful, I’m slowly getting this.

[@stuartrharder8057]

The repetition of editing principles is very helpful. Thank you.

[@mozzamhosein6476]

First let me say thanks for using my picture. The TK panel continues to amaze me. Your videos make using the plugin so much easier and also have fun at the same time. The enhancements in TK9 adds so much more. Thank you for these Friday tutorials. Cheers

[@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly]

Thanks Mozzam and thanks for letting me edit your image. Happy editing.

[@tomp.7908]

Excellent as allways

[@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@samelogio7441]

Thanks Dave.

[@StephenEhrlichPhotos]

Happiness is TK Friday! Very helpful to watch a full edit. Great mix of techniques used. Thanks Dave!!!

[@lookforbeauty1964]

I keep learning from you, Dave. Thanks ever so much

[@proriyami]

Tjank you so much Dave

[@martinsanders5097]

Another great video. Thanks

[@mariolombardi4766]

Another great TK Friday! So many good lessons and techniques demonstrated in one video. Love how you used the vignette and applied the Blend If feature, TK9 makes it so much easier. Thank you Dave and Tony. I also appreciate the short TK9 videos midweek.

[@Ciomi50]

Amazing. Thank you Dave. It's another great friday !

[@bobm2410]

Excellent. I'll need to try some of these techniques on a sunrise picture I took in Kauai a few years back. If I can't make it work, I might send it to you for a possible TK Friday 'experiment'

[@robertolazary2807]

Great shot Dave. I think using it too in my way - of course with Tonys TK9

[@lillirod]

This is a gorgeous image, made even more so with the TK editing!.. Superbe work!

[@adrianbosshard9835]

Thank you so much so great editing

[@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly]

Thank you very much for the Super Thanks, much appreciated!

[@guitarman70]

Another great video Dave. I've been applying what I've learned here each week on my bird images using TK9 and really enjoying the process. Thanks so much.

[@slien93]

hey Dave, I can't thank you enough for these wonderful lessons, especially on this beautiful photo I have learned a lot, it is not easy, but step by step it gets better, I really want to master this, you are a great master at giving these lessons, tomorrow I will send you a real thank you ;) . Also a compliment to the maker of this beautiful photo. Greetings from Belgium, Patrick

[@doug.s6289]

I use TK9 and do a lot in Ps because ACR does have limits of capabilities. But, I have always understood that it is best to do all you can in ACR, before going to Ps, because we have more access to image data that we do not have in Ps, and once "converted", you can't go back. Comments on these thoughts??

[@photog1529]

I'm starting to get a bit more comfortable with TK9. I may have gotten a little carried away with my practice edit of a photo I shot last week with a Canon 5D4 at Artist Point in Yellowstone...by the time I got done playing with the image, I was unable to save it as a TIFF due to its enormous size. I'm curious what file size you started with in the Making Waves image and what file size you ended up with at the completion.

[@bobm2410]

Save as a PSB file to get past the size issue.

[@carlosestanguiortega6485]

Thanks

[@karlyblankenship8356]

super

[@steve2085]

Thanks Dave. Another great lesson. The blend if panel is one of my favorite features in TK9. I would like to hear your thoughts on saving photos too large for TIFF.

[@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly]

Steve you can save Tiff files up to 4GB. You can also use the Image Compression option in the TIFF Options dialog box to specify a method for compressing the image data. Some compression methods, such as LZW and ZIP, can reduce the file size without losing any quality. If your file is over 4GB, try the compression method to see if it can be compressed to under 4GB. Another alternative is to save your file a a PSB File (Photoshop Big).

[@steve2085]

Thanks a million, Dave @@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly

[@ArminSteiner]

Great video 😀 helps me with one of my images. Small question in my image I have a sky, beach, and water so should I make a separate channel for each? Also there is a boat in the water do I put that in a chalked also? Thx

[@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly]

Yes, then you can do a balance and contrast in each of the channels. I am not sure about the boat I would need to see the image.

[@philippeladouce6647]

Hi Dave, A video as stimulating as ever, with things we've already seen ( that's how it goes in ) and other nice little tips on Dodge and Burning. A quick question about the highest waves: why not use the add color tool, for example, to give a warm tone to the waves in the center, to match the sunset reflections? Just a suggestion, of course.

[@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly]

That is a great suggestion.

[@guitarman70]

Dave: I'm still not clear on one point: In your TK8 video edits your process was to save, for example, a sky and foreground channel. Then select each channel separately and apply a mid 3 and output to a color grading tool and adjust from there. In TK9 you are saving a mid 3 as a separate channel from the sky/foreground channels. Is this basically the same thing as in TK8? Just unsure why you are saving a separate mid 3 channel as opposed to the TK8 process. This seems like an extra step? Thanks in advance.

[@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly]

I'm doing a similar process in TK9, but there's a slight speed improvement in the method I'm demonstrating in the video. Instead of utilizing the "My Channels" button and the "Mask Calculator" within the "Multi-Mask" panel, I'm opting for the "Mask Calculator" within either the "Combo" or "Cx Panel." In TK8, my approach involved using the "My Channels" button to access the saved mask in channels (such as sky or foreground) and then intersecting it with a mid-tones 3 luminosity mask via the mask calculator, followed by outputting it to a Color Grading Tool. This same method can still be applied in TK9 as it retains these same functionalities and buttons.

[@guitarman70]

@@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly Thanks so much Dave, appreciate the clarification. Cheers.

[@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly]

Your welcome.

[@slien93]

Bedankt

[@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly]

Thanks so much for the Super Thanks!

[@slien93]

@@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly with pleasure ;)

[@photonsonpixels]

Hello Dave. I have a question for you and Tony. I am sure you are familiar with a feature found in Topaz B&W Adjust; it is called "simplify". As the name implies, it helps to simplify/reduce detail in an image as part of a creative workflow. I don't know what algorithm is behind the process, but I wonder if there is a way to do something similar with TK8. If so, I would appreciate you pointing me in the right direction. Thank you for your great tutorials!

[@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly]

I'm unable to replicate the effect in Photoshop exactly as you described it. However, you can achieve interesting results using the Oil Paint filter in Photoshop. To access it, go to the Photoshop Menu > Filter > Stylize > Oil Paint. Start by setting the Cleanliness Slider to its maximum value of 10, the Stylization Slider to 2, and uncheck the Lighting option. While you can experiment with the Scale and Bristle Detail sliders, they may not yield significant changes. For the most part, I recommend focusing on adjusting the Stylization and Cleanliness sliders to fine-tune the outcome. Increasing the Cleanliness slider can approximate a look similar to Topaz Simplify, and you might even prefer the result. If you wish to emphasize the paint strokes, you can enable the Lighting option, which is where the Bristle Detail and Scale sliders come into play. However, if you're aiming for a simplified effect, it's best to keep the Lighting turned off, as it will give you a more simplified appearance.

[@photonsonpixels]

@@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly Thank you so much for your kind advice Dave! I’ll make sure to try it out. 🙏

[@ruiflores7672]

Hi Dave. Thx a lot for another great TK Friday! I need a little help please... Let's say I colored grade (using the TK9 color grade tool), the darks to a saturated blue. It happens that the result doesn't please me at all and I want to reset just this darks color grade. How do I get the darks color grade dot back to the center of the color grade tool? Thx a lot!

[@thejoyofeditingwithdavekelly]

Good question and thanks. You will need to right click on the Black Button on the Color Grading Tool which will reset the Color Grade Wheel and also the brightness slider. If you just want to reset the color grade only then here is a tip: (This only works if you make an adjustment with the Brightness Slider First) After adjusting the Brightness Slider. Copy the Hex Code number before setting a Color Grade. If you don't like the Color Grade, simply paste the number you copied back into the Hex Code Field and click on the arrow above the Hex Code field and you will reset the Color Grade.

[@TonyKuyper]

You can right-click on the Darks button at the top of the color-grading interface. That will reset the color grading of the dark tones. You can also do that for the other tonal ranges if you want to reset them. You can also right-click on the Brightness slider to just reset brightness.

[@ruiflores7672]

Thank you very much. That thing was already driving me crazy. After all it is not a straight forward click as I thought it would be. Cheers Dave!

[@ruiflores7672]

Ahhhh thank you very much Tony!!!!!