What is a good post-processing workflow?
[Tutorial] The making of an image [Editor’s note: Click on images for full-size versions.] I have been asked to reveal my secrets on the processing of this image I recently posted to the gallery; since there was nothing too different from my normal workflow involved in its creation, I decided to use it as an example in a tutorial about it. This is meant to help beginners at post-processing; experienced users might find it boring, redundant, and even inefficient in some of its stages. I’m posting it because it worked for me in this particular image, and it can provide helpful ideas for those trying their hand at post-processing. It is freely given, and no offense is taken if it is freely ignored. This is a long post, so brace yourself! The software I am using is Photoshop CS 2; you can do pretty much the same thing in older photoshop versions (except perhaps for 16-bit processing), PSP, GIMP and God knows how many other packages.
