Stern's Bridge

[Feralspirit]

Sorry, palehorse, I actually did lighten up that stone quite a bit from the last post in the WIP Thread. In comparison it seemed positively pale. I took that last image as a single layer and played with the levels dialogue. Is this better?

Stern's Bridge, 5-25-09@70%2nd.jpg

Edit; Boy, it's certainly lighter. I'm not sure if I like it quite as much, I guess I'm kind of fond of the dark tones. @Ascension, yeah, I wasn't ever sure about the white stroke, but without something places like 1J and 3B were nearly invisible.

[palehorse]

Sorry, palehorse, I actually did lighten up that stone quite a bit from the last post in the WIP Thread. In comparison it seemed positively pale. I took that last image as a single layer and played with the levels dialogue. Is this better?

That's looking more like it! You might try familiarizing yourself with the Curves tool. There's a great tutorial on using it in Photoshop, let me see if I can find it... It should be pretty much identical in GIMP.

Here it is! http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tut...hop-curves.htm

Levels is good for quick and dirty adjustments, and I use it a lot when I'm tweaking individual layers. But when you're adding the finishing touches to your finished image as a whole, Curves is really the way to go.

[Ascension]

Winner winner, chicken dinner; now my evening dance turned into siesta afternoon Totally kickin and snagged a copy for my Inspiration Folder.

[palehorse]

Edit; Boy, it's certainly lighter. I'm not sure if I like it quite as much, I guess I'm kind of fond of the dark tones.

That's where Curves really has an advantage over Levels, tools-wise. When you get your Curves mojo working, you have much finer control; you can bring in some lighter lights and darker darks and leave most of your middle tones untouched.

[Xyll]

This map is amazing very well done.

[JakeWoods]

Very nice work. I will have to look at getting a hold of gimp...

[torstan]

Really great. For those that are just seeing this version, Feral is being very modest. Have a read through the WIP thread, it's definitely worth it.

I like the lighter version. I agree that the curves are also a good tool to look into. Equally, light text on a dark background might work well. TheRedEpic does this to great effect with his maps.