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Replacing a selection with a source - Photomatix Tutorial
From the course: Learning Photomatix Pro
Replacing a selection with a source
We took care of some ghosting, but there's still some problem areas that I'd like to replace. Well, fortunately, I have some additional controls that are useful. Working with the image here, I think some details enhancer would be nice. I like that a bit vibrant. In fact, I think that looks pretty good there with Contrast Optimizer. But what I don't like is the sky. Now, I could of course tweak this a bit by playing with the saturation, but everything else is getting over the top, and the sky just doesn't look that good. I don't like how it merged together. It was a very grey day. Well, fortunately, I have Selection mode here. And what I can do is start to drag through and make a basic selection. Note, in fact, you have a regular lasso, a magnetic lasso and a polygonal. I'll use polygonal here to make a nice rough selection. And as I go through and click, it starts to build out a selection. Now, the good news is, is you do not need to be incredibly accurate, because Photomatix has some…
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Removing color casts5m 15s
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Removing tough ghosts2m 54s
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Replacing a selection with a source6m 29s
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Refining performance with preferences6m 5s
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Automating with batch processing8m 27s
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Photomatix Pro and color management3m 12s
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Post-process in Photoshop5m 28s
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Sending an image to Photos for macOS4m 20s
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Making secondary color and tone adjustments3m 3s
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Using the Adjustment Brush3m 54s
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Blending an image to combine photos4m 40s
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