Grad Filter needed

[greerd]

Bought and downloaded, thank you for the effort.

[elslunko]

Thank you very much! Made a quick post about it on my blog. When I saw the lighting conditions at the wedding a couple of weeks ago I knew I'd need the gradfilter for some of the wider shots.

http://www.edltphoto.com/gradfilter-pro-aftershot-pro/

[mindsocket]

Thanks all for the positive feedback, I'm glad it's making a difference for everyone

Thank you very much! Made a quick post about it on my blog. When I saw the lighting conditions at the wedding a couple of weeks ago I knew I'd need the gradfilter for some of the wider shots.

http://www.edltphoto.com/gradfilter-pro-aftershot-pro/

Thanks elslunko, that example before and after shot shows a huge difference.

- Roger

[WilsonC]

Very cool filter Roger, thanks!

[jochen-02]

Thanks all for the feedback. The plugin is now available for new users: http://bit.ly/gradfilter Spread the word!

Just bought. Thank you.

Ralf (with beers from Berlin, Germany)

[WilsonC]

Just one quick question (which I think I already know the answer to, but I'll ask anyways), is there a way to create a "Reverse GND" filter with this new plugin?

[elslunko]

Just one quick question (which I think I already know the answer to, but I'll ask anyways), is there a way to create a "Reverse GND" filter with this new plugin?

You can if you check "brighten" and change the color to white.

[WilsonC]

Just one quick question (which I think I already know the answer to, but I'll ask anyways), is there a way to create a "Reverse GND" filter with this new plugin?

You can if you check "brighten" and change the color to white.

That's a really exciting technique that will come in handy for sure! But what I'm talking about is a GND filter where it is darkest in the center and then fades up to the top (see link: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/2 ... AA300_.jpg). A lot of people use these for taking pictures of sunsets, where the brightest part of the image is near the middle of the frame. Does that make sense?

[madsec]

Didn't try it, but I think you can use two filters, one for doing the soft ege and one for the hard edge, and they meet in the center of the image...

[WilsonC]

That's actually not a bad idea, and it got me thinking. The best solution I've found so far (inspired from your post) is to create a soft edged filter on an Adjustment Layer, rotate it 180 degrees and then increase the offset. Then use the polygon tool to cut the filter out of the bottom portion of the image. Using the polygon tool's Feather adjustment, you can actually control the hardness of the dark portion of the filter. Cool!

[madsec]

I'm glad I could help Will try your idea sometimes!

[d-light]

Hi all,

I have been waiting a long time for this good news.

Gradfilter is a brilliant plugin which I used very often with Bibble and which fortunately now is also available for AfterShot Pro. One back draw has always been the "pink color cast" bug when you applied the highlight recovery on board of Bibble / Aftershot Pro or when you activated the grad filter effect. After that nasty bug has been addressed, the usage of GradFilter should now open up a few options with certain images (e.g. nature captures with very light skies or difficult and unbalanced light distribution).

After 5 minutes of playing around I uploaded two images to illustrate the effect of e.g. two grad filters applied http://flic.kr/s/aHsjzPjRDE

Cheers,
d-light

[WilsonC]

Nice example d-light! This is definitely gonna be one of my most used plugins. It's really useful for controlling were the viewers eye is drawn to. Here's a quick example I came up with as well (it is super subtle, so I recommend Ctrl+Clicking each image in a separate browser tab so you can flip back and forth to see the effect easier). I've found that using the Grad Plugin on an adjustment layer, and setting the grad to brighten you can Dodge away parts of the image using the region tools (like lightening the tree of the left of this train image).

Without Grad:


With Grad:


With Grad, plus Brighten Grad on tree to the left (not a perfect selection):

[d-light]

Thanks for your feedback Christopher! I see we both consider Grad to be a very useful tool
Your photo shows a quiet 'dramatic' sky even without Grad applied. However, using the graduated filter effect the clouds seem to be even more apparent (e.g. in the right hand side of your image). As you say - subtle but visible.
Cheers, Michael

[VIM]

I'm unable to find the plugin on the Corel Plugin webpage .