Fairy-Tale, High-Key Photo Effect
Use the Camera Raw dialog box (even with JPEG images) to achieve a nice, high-key vintage effect on your photos.
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Pat
July 9, 2010 at 4:16 pm
I tried to open a jpeg photo in camera raw like the video (Fairy Tale High-Key Photo Effect said but it just keeps telling me that it cannot find the file ?? What am I doing wrong ?
Elizabeth
July 21, 2010 at 4:06 pm
I too tried to follow instructions and check the JPEG file I wanted to work on — then I checked camera RAW (yes, I had to “open as”; however it did open, but all I could see was the entire screen opening with what appeared to be a grey granular surface — the camera RAW dialog box never came up. Any help would be more than appreciated. I always shoot in JPEG, guess I should start shooting in camer RAW but it scares me — thinking I might crap up something and come home from a vacation with nothing to show for it. Oh, by the sway in answering Pat’s comment — I also am working in windows 7 with Photoshop Elements 8.
Thanks!
Betty
John
August 17, 2010 at 4:31 pm
I too am having the same issue with photos opening with the “grey granular” look.
Using PSE 8 with WIN7 Pro 64.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
John
August 17, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Uhhh…. never mind. I needed to “Open As” Camera Raw…. not Photoshop Raw.
Pat
July 9, 2010 at 9:01 pm
I figured out in Photoshop Elements 8, Windows 7
in order to open a jpeg file in camera raw, you have to
go to Open As, select the jpeg, then select camera raw format.
I was going to Open, selecting the jpeg, then camera raw format.
It kept telling me that it could not locate the file.
Going to Open As… solves this problem.
Bruce
July 10, 2010 at 8:04 am
I’ve been looking for something like this for a while. Thank you for the tools to at least attempt it now. This is a great effect.
Charlotte
July 11, 2010 at 8:03 am
This is a fantastic tutorial! I love the effect and can’t wait to try it. Thanks!!
Shawnette-Scott
July 11, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Thanks for your comment Pat. I have been wondering why elements 8 never let me open it in RAW.
Michael
July 12, 2010 at 12:51 pm
Great insight. Food for thought
Kim
July 12, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Great tutorial. Thanks for the insite!
Charlotte
July 13, 2010 at 12:31 pm
I tried this again and noticed that instead of +100 in the temperature box (white balance), mine reads
“50000″. I have version 5.6 of ACR and work with PSE7.
Rick LePage
July 14, 2010 at 10:56 am
Mine does too, Charlotte – I’m wondering if that’s a change in the latest version of Camera Raw. I’ll check into it.
Salvatore
July 15, 2010 at 4:54 pm
I found this video quite exciting due to its simplicity in achieving a most glorious effect!…
I do intend to follow all the directions and am looking forward to great results.
I also had to know who created this “simple masterpiece” and saw that it was done by
Matt Kloskowski who does know how to create a successful tutorial for the rest of us.
So, thanks Matt, and PLEASE keep more of these sensational tutorials coming!…
Amanda
July 21, 2010 at 10:51 am
Awesome tutorial!! I wish that PSE’s ACR would allow presets like full PS’s ACR does. This would be an fantastic preset to have.
Robert
July 22, 2010 at 11:57 am
Why can I view some of the videos on my iPad and not others?
Willem
July 29, 2010 at 8:38 am
This is a great tutorial I will certainly be trying it out. Thank you.
Hannah
August 16, 2010 at 2:05 pm
I was able to follow the instructions and created a loved muted photo. When I saved it, it was saved with the extension dng. When I tried to download the photo in iPhoto it did not recognize the format. I finally opened the image, saved it from the “File” menu as a jpg and was able to load it into iPhoto which is where I keep my images organized.
Joseph
September 5, 2010 at 10:24 am
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La Donna
September 6, 2010 at 7:55 pm
I have tried hitting DONE after following the instructions, in PSE 6 it worked, in PSE 8 it does not … hmmm .. need your help here
La Donna
September 6, 2010 at 8:50 pm
omg .. it was me, step one “open as” make adjustments, then “open” .. then we can save.
Laura
September 17, 2010 at 8:09 am
This is a brilliant tutorial. Excited to be applying this to my images!
Karen
October 12, 2010 at 5:10 pm
I have downloaded the trial version of PSE9. I would love to play with this but all I get is the open option not the open as option. Any suggestions?
Robert
September 6, 2011 at 10:42 pm
Thru personally experimentation in ACR, I’ve came up with similar stuff in a similar fashion, but Matt has simplified it so much here and it’s such a nice high key effect. Thanks very much!!!
Robert
September 17, 2011 at 3:26 pm
This was the first time I was made aware that I could open jpeg files in RAW format. I kept ignoring anything I saw that had anything to do with RAW because I thought it was only for “serious” photographers. This tut convinced me that at least I can be open to the possibilities.