What am I doing wrong?

beerdrinker · January 10, 2019, 6:56pm

I used the control points to darken the sky in the attached image and I ended up with 3 blotches. Can some one tell me what I did wrong?

Pieloe · January 10, 2019, 7:04pm

They’re too small !
The circles can overlap.

A advice !?
If the goal is to obscure the sky, Graduated filter is a better tool

Pascal

jamhen2 · January 10, 2019, 10:34pm

I agree the graduated filter is the best for skies, but, if you press M after applying multiple points, the mask can be seen and the circles adjusted to merge the masked areas.

beerdrinker · January 11, 2019, 4:26am

I’ve lost the radial menu… where is it? Once I find it I will try the graduated filter on my pink sky.

JimScott · January 11, 2019, 4:54am

• In the upper menu~tool bar select the blue “Local adjustments” button.
• In the image, control-click where You wish to place the radial menu.

beerdrinker · January 11, 2019, 6:03am

Thanks Jim, found it and my pink sky is darker and looks good. I will re-read the manual and watch the videos again and keep plodding along.

Pieloe · January 11, 2019, 7:06am

It seems to me there is also a tutorial

Pascal

jamhen2 · January 11, 2019, 3:21pm

Here’s a link to all the PL tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dxo+photolab+tutorials