0 Comments I’ll admit that today was the day I picked up the manual for my camera. I have done it once before but today I got very curious just what the Picture Styles feature on a lot of Canon DSLRs actually does. For the most part I shoot in RAW and it has no impact there. It is only set to make changes to JPEG images produced by the camera. But what real affect do the various settings like Standard, Portrait and, more so, the custom adjustments I can make, have on the final image if I want quick, out of the camera punch or neutral rendition? One note: A wide range of possibilities opens up to adjust Picture Styles on RAW images in programs like Canon’s Digital Photo Professional (DPP) software or BreezeBrowser, and that is a whole other ball of wax for another post.
Alice's fashion. What others are saying 'Inspired by Ashley Greene as Alice Cullen in the Twilight movie franchise.' 'Alice and Jasper were the only remotely good characters. I'd love the have Alice as my sister XD'. 'I watch Twilight just to get style ideas.' Picture Style Editor is a software application from Canon that allows you to create your own custom Picture Style files. You can select specific colours and change their hue, saturation and luminance.
Let’s take a look at the settings themselves first. This information is from a Canon 7D but is relevant to most of the DLSR line with the Picture Styles settings. From the left, those symbols represent the setting for Sharpness, Contrast, Saturation and Color Tone (Hue). All in this image have a setting of zero next to them. I’ll be using those settings in that order for the remainder on this post: Sharpness, Contrast, Saturation and Color Tone.
Now then, there are six preset modes: Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful and Monochrome (followed by Custom1, 2 and 3 in the image below). I will begin by showing representations of each of these settings and then dive into customization of just Standard mode. Otherwise this post would be filled with more than 50 screen shots and become confusing. All photos are shot at ISO 400, 130mm (28-300mm L lens), 1/5 and f/8.0. The images were given a small 1/3 of a stop bump in exposure.
Click on an image for a larger version. Standard Sharpness: 3 Contrast: 0 Saturation: 0 Color Tone: 0 Portrait. Sharpness: 3 Contrast: 0 Filtering Effect: none Toning Effect: none Each of the modes has a specific intent. Standard is set to give a lively view and a likely rendition that will appeal to most viewers. Portrait softens the sharpness while highlighting skin tones. Landscape will increase sharpness and increase saturation slightly, especially in greens and blues. Neutral attempts to make as little change as possible to make post processing easier.
Faithful takes this a step further and attempts to render colors as if under a 5200K light source. Monochrome opens up the possiblity of using Filtering Effects (Yellow, Orange, Red, Green) and Toning Effects (Sepia, Blue, Purple, Green) In this tutorial, I will use the Standard mode from which to start making adjustments. These adjustments are reached by hitting the Menu button and then finding and selecting the Picture Style item.
The default settings for Standard are then shown with an option to make adjustments using the selection wheel or pointer. Notice the Sharpness adjustment goes from zero to seven while the others have a midpoint and move from -4 to +4. Standard mode dictates Sharpness to +3. Let’s first take a look at what happens when this is jacked up to +7. Notice in the histogram the peaks are far more pronounced. Next, the Sharpness is returned to the Standard setting of +3 and Contrast is taken to +4, followed by Contrast at -4. Again, check the histograms for minor changes.
Returning Contrast to 0, it’s time to give Saturation a whirl. First +4 then -4. Here again, there is a wide range of effect which can be applied depending on your liking. Lastly, Saturation is returned to 0 and Color Tone is given a swing from +4 to -4. From here, each of the Modes has their own set of adjustments you can make with over 4,000 different possible combination (except for Monochrome, which is slightly less)! If you want to get a hands on feel for making adjustments to the sliders but just happen to be at work reading this and you camera is no where to be found, devoted to allowing free play of the settings.
If you regularly shoot in JPEG mode, play around with the settings and find a look that works for you. Most Canon cameras have the option to save these custom settings as one of three presets, perfect for a quick switch when the situation arises. Phil January 28, 2011 06:44 pm I've found the built in picture styles in the Canon 450D to be slightly undersaturated in the green channel. Even with the Landscape Picture Style, green grass doesn't look very green. You can increase the saturation level but I find the other colours like red, yellow or blue saturating earlier than green.
The best Picture Style I've found for the 450D is 'Autumn Hues' from Canon's Picture Style site Despite the name, you can use it for any season of the year, not just Autumn. Greens are stronger and reds are darker and accurate.
The colours are true to life and the saturation at 0 is spot on for natural colour. Skin tones are beautiful too. I use this picture style for everything now from Portraits to Landscapes. My settings for the Autumn Hues Picture Style are: Sharpness: 7 Contrast: -3 Saturation: 0 Color Tone: 0.
Charles taylor January 28, 2011 03:11 pm Great article - in fact, your comments resonate with me more than any other site, so thank you. For some reason, I can't 'see' the Canon link you referenced in your reply to Chuck (I am currently in Shanghai so maybe it is a Great Firewall issue). Anyway, I would love to be able to get access to other prefab settings such as the Twilight referrenced. Would you please repost the URL? While on the subject of Canon, I love their cameras and lenses (I have a 7D) but I hate their website. It is all product focussed and I have the devil of a time trying to find useful, help-the-photographer type information.
Would you also post any useful Canon URLs while you're at it? Quimico Esceptico January 28, 2011 07:54 am Just the other day I was reading about how to improve your landscape photography (I think it was in the Canon website), and I found a very nice tip related to the use of Picture Style while shooting RAW.
If you set the Monochrome Picture Style while taking landscape photographs you can work on your composition by looking at the B&W image on the LCD screen, instead of devoting all your attention to colors that are actually seen through the viewfinder. And since the images are taken in the RAW format, once you download them into your computer you'll see them in color without any problem (something that you won't be able to do if you shoot JPEG). I think the tip can be extrapolated to any kind of photography, not only landscape.
Kathy January 27, 2011 09:47 am I'm relatively new to photography, and Picture Styles is one of the first creative tools I found and used. I can change the mood easily, without having to know how to edit in PSE. I tweaked Standard's sharpness and saturation since most of my shots of my kids are mid day. Colors aren't as washed out. My favorite is Twilight (downloadable from the canon site) because it really makes bright colors POP! My teenage daughter loves being a model when I do this! It's a great tool for those intimidated by editing and post-processing.
We can have fun with moods and colors in our pictures, too! AND, like Steve said, if you tweak Shaprness, it really helps with bird shots! GET DAILY free tips, news and reviews via our RSS Feed Sign up to the free DPS PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE Subscribe. Guaranteed for 2 full months. Pay by PayPal or Credit Card. Instant Digital Download GET DAILY free tips, news and reviews via our Sign up to the free DPS PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE Subscribe. Guaranteed for 2 full months.
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Edward Cullen as portrayed by in the First appearance Last appearance Created by Portrayed by Information Alias Edward Anthony Masen (human name) Species Human (originally; formerly) Gender Male Occupation Student Family Edward Masen, Sr. (biological father; deceased) Elizabeth Masen (biological mother; deceased) (adoptive father) (adoptive mother) and (adoptive brothers) and (adoptive sisters) (father-in-law) (mother-in-law) Spouse Children Edward Cullen ( Edward Anthony Masen) is a fictional character in 's. He is featured in the books, and, and their, and the as yet unfinished novel —a re-telling of the events of Twilight from Edward's perspective. Edward is a who, over the course of the series, falls in love with, marries, and has a child with, a human teenager who later chooses to become a vampire as well. In the, Edward is played by actor. Contents. Concept and creation Stephenie Meyer stated that the original concept of Edward originated in a dream that she had, in which an 'average girl' and a 'fantastically beautiful, sparkly.
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Were having an intense conversation in a meadow in the woods.' In this dream, the pair 'were discussing the difficulties inherent in the facts that. They were falling in love with each other while. The vampire was particularly attracted to the scent of her blood, and was having a difficult time restraining himself from killing her.' She chose the name 'Edward' because she thought it was 'a name that had once been considered romantic, but had fallen out of popularity for decades'. Meyer says that Edward is a combination of her three favorite leading men - 's Edward Rochester, from, and from —particularly Edward Rochester, who, like Edward Cullen, sees himself as a 'monster'. A recurring theme in the series, especially in the first three books, is that Edward is constantly trying to avoid accidentally harming Bella, due to his vampire nature.
Appearances Twilight In, Edward meets, a human girl whose thoughts he is unable to read, and whose blood smells overwhelmingly sweet to him. Edward fights a growing attraction to Bella, but after saving her life on several occasions, he succumbs and eventually falls in love with her.
Edward admits to Bella that he is a, and that although he retains the physical body of a seventeen-year-old, he was actually born on June 20, 1901. His adoptive father, transformed him into a vampire in 1918 to prevent him from dying in the epidemic in by the request of Edward's mother who begged him to do whatever it took to save him. Carlisle instilled in him a sense of morality uncommon in most vampires, and central to his way of life is the refusal to consider humans as food.
However, Edward constantly warns Bella against being with him, perceiving her life to be at risk if she continues to associate with him. Bella's love and confidence in Edward's restraint cause her to ignore his warnings, even after she becomes the vampire target. Unlike the Cullen family, who are 'vegetarian' vampires (committed to only feeding on animals), James regularly feeds on humans and will not stop until he drinks Bella's blood. With his family's help, Edward is able to save Bella from James' predations, but how to assure Bella's continued safety remains an open question.
New Moon In, Edward's fears for Bella's safety intensify when she cuts her finger and is almost attacked by his brother. In an attempt to protect her, he convinces her that he no longer loves her, and moves away with his family, leaving Bella heartbroken. Edward finds it difficult to live without Bella, and becomes severely depressed at the prospect of an infinitely long and meaningless life. After he mistakenly learns from his sister that Bella has committed suicide, Edward attempts to convince a group of Italian vampires, the, to kill him.
Together with his sister, Bella rushes to Italy and stops Edward before the Volturi can destroy him. Edward explains why he left and apologizes to Bella. She eventually forgives him entirely, and they continue with their relationship as though Edward had never left, with the exception that Bella has ties that cannot be broken with a werewolf named Jacob Black. Bella successfully seeks the support of Edward's family on turning her into a vampire. While Edward is furious at the prospect, he later agrees to change her himself if she agrees to marry him first.
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Eclipse In, Bella agrees to marry Edward on the condition he will make love to her while she is still human. Edward eventually relents and agrees, on the stipulation it will only occur after they are married. The plot is driven by the machinations of the vampire, who, seeking revenge for the death of her mate James, is hunting Bella and creating new vampires to build an army. A grudging truce is made between the Cullens and the Native-American werewolf pack led by and, a friend of Bella's who was there for her when Edward broke her heart. However, the truce is endangered when Bella realizes Jacob means more to her than she thought. Ultimately, Edward accepts that Bella cares for Jacob and successfully destroys Victoria, and Bella acknowledges that Edward is the most important person in her life. Edward tells Bella that they may attempt making love before they get married, as he realizes that she spends too much of her life trying to please other people.
However, she refuses his offer and agrees to doing things the way Edward initially wanted: marriage, making love, and then becoming a vampire. Breaking Dawn sees Edward and Bella marry. Bella becomes pregnant on their honeymoon, and the rapid growth of the half-human, half-vampire fetus swiftly impacts on Bella’s health. Edward tries to coerce her into having an abortion in order to save her own life. However, Bella feels a bond with her unborn child and insists on giving birth. Edward comes to feel love for the baby as well, after he hears its thoughts and learns that the baby loves Bella in return.
Bella nearly dies giving birth in an emergency, but Edward successfully delivers his daughter and then injects Bella's heart with his venom, healing her wounds by turning her into an immortal vampire. During Bella's painful transformation, Jacob imprints on their baby daughter,.
After a vampire named Irina mistakes Renesmee for an immortal vampire child—a creation forbidden in the vampire world—the Volturi arrive to destroy the Cullens. Edward stands with Bella and their allies to convince the Volturi that Renesmee is not an immortal child and poses no threat to their existence. Once the Volturi leave, Edward and Bella feel free to live their lives in peace with their daughter. Characterization Edward is described in the book as being charming, polite, determined, and very stubborn. He is very protective over Bella and puts her safety, humanity and welfare before anything else. He often over-analyzes situations and has a tendency to overreact, especially in situations where Bella's safety is at risk. He retains some outdated speech from his human life in the early 20th century.
Edward sees himself as a monster, and after falling in love with Bella, he desperately wishes that he were human instead of a vampire. Physical appearance. Edward Cullen's skin sparkling in the sunlight Like all the vampires in the Twilight series, Edward is described as being impossibly beautiful. At various points in the series, Bella compares him to the mythical Greek god. His skin is 'like marble'—very pale, ice cold, and sparkles in the sunlight.
She describes his facial features as being perfect and angular—high cheekbones, strong jawline, a straight nose, and full lips. His hair, which is always messy, retains the unusual bronze shade that he inherited in his human life from his biological mother. His eyes, once green, are now described as topaz. His appearance changes if he goes too long without feeding: his eyes darken, becoming almost black, and purple bruises appear beneath his eyes. Edward is 6'2', and has a slender but muscular body.
Vampiric abilities and personal interests Edward, like all vampires in the Twilight series, possesses superhuman stamina, senses, mentality, and agility, as well as a healing factor. His allows him to subdue his prey, uproot trees, throw cars, and crush metal. His bodily tissue is stronger than, making him much more durable and tougher than humans as well as contributing slightly to his body weight. He is described as being inhumanly beautiful with refined and perfected features. His scent and voice are enormously seductive to Bella, so much so that he occasionally sends her into a pliant daze entirely by accident. In, Edward explains that like other vampires, he does not need to breathe, though he chooses to do so out of habit and because it is helpful to smell his environment. He cannot digest regular food, and compares its attractiveness for him to the prospect of eating dirt for a regular person.
Like other vampires, Edward is not able to sleep. In addition to the traits he shares with his fellow vampires, Edward has certain abilities that are his alone. He possesses superior superhuman speed compared to that of other vampires and is the fastest of the Cullens, able to outrun any of them. Edward is also, able to read the mind of anyone within a few miles of himself; Bella is the sole exception to this rule, which Meyer has stated is due to Bella having a very private mind. Edward also retains some of the traditional mindset and dated patterns of speech from his early-20th century human life. Edward is musical, able to play the piano like a virtuoso. He enjoys a wide range of music, including classical, jazz, progressive metal, alternative rock, and punk rock, but dislikes country.
He prefers indie rock to mainstream, and appreciates rock and classical music equally. He mentions in Twilight that he likes music from the fifties better than the sixties, dislikes the seventies, and says the eighties were 'bearable'. A hobby of Edward's is collecting cars. He owns a and an as a 'special occasion' car. He also gave his sister Alice a as a gift in Eclipse. He bought a motorcycle to ride alongside Bella, but gave it to Jasper after he realized that riding motorcycles was a hobby she enjoyed sharing with Jacob.
Film portrayal Casting Prior to the role of Edward being cast for the 2008, opined that, although Edward was 'Indisputably the most difficult character to cast, he is also the one that I'm most passionately decided upon. The only actor I've ever seen who I think could come close to pulling off Edward Cullen is.(drumroll).' When the film was optioned by in July 2007, Meyer stated that; 'The most disappointing thing for me is losing my perfect Edward', as Cavill was by then 24 years old, and thus too old to realistically fill the role. Meyer reported on her website that the four most popular fan suggestions for actors to play Edward were,.
On 11 December 2007, it was announced that Pattinson, known for his portrayal of in the, had been cast in the role., Summit Entertainment’s President of Production, stated: 'It is always a challenge to find the right actor for a part that has lived so vividly in the imaginations of readers but we took the responsibility seriously and are confident, with Rob Pattinson, that we have found the perfect Edward for our in Twilight.' Meyer stated that; 'I am ecstatic with Summit's choice for Edward.
There are very few actors who can look both dangerous and beautiful at the same time, and even fewer who I can picture in my head as Edward. Robert Pattinson is going to be amazing.' Twilight 's director, said of the casting process that 'everybody has such an idealized vision of Edward. They were rabid about who I was going to cast. Like, old ladies saying, 'You better get it right.'
She revealed that she was initially underwhelmed by a photo of Pattinson, but said of his audition, which was a love scene with co-star: 'It was electric. The room shorted out, the sky opened up, and I was like, 'This is going to be good.' ' Pattinson has admitted; 'I had no idea how to play the part when I went in, and it was a good thing to find during the audition.
I really wanted it after that, but I didn’t really even know what it was. I hadn’t really read any of the books. And just from that, ‘I want this job.’ It was pretty much because of Kristen.' In early 2008, Pattinson spoke of a fan backlash against his casting, disclosing that 'I stopped reading fansites and blogs after I saw the signatures saying 'Please, anyone else.' ' He revealed to the that; 'The books have a huge following, and I’ve already got bags of letters from angry fans, telling me that I can’t possibly play Edward, because I’m.
I hope I can prove them wrong.' Development Following an April 2008 set visit, Meyer opined that and had developed chemistry so good it 'may cause hyperventilation'. Pattinson revealed that Meyer had given him an early copy of —a re-telling of the events of Twilight, narrated from Edward's point of view. He explained that: 'That is what I liked about taking on the job, because the guy doesn’t really exist that much, so you can just create whatever you want. Then, when I found out there was another book from Edward’s perspective, I read it and it turned out we had the same perspective!' In preparation for the role, Pattinson wrote journal entries as Edward and distanced from his friends and family, explaining that he 'wanted to feel his isolation'.
Physically, he revealed that; 'I was supposed to get a six-pack. But it didn't really work out.' One scene in the story sees Edward, a gifted pianist, compose a for Bella. Pattinson was given the opportunity to submit a composition for consideration for this scene, with stating; 'I told him he should write one, and let’s see if we can make it work, because that would be really cool if it was Rob’s song. He’s a beautiful musician, a very creative soul, very similar to Edward. He just totally reads the most interesting stuff, and sees the most interesting movies, and is very introspective and diving into his existential self.' Meyer approved; 'If Robert could write a lullaby, that would definitely add to some of the mystique of the movie, wouldn’t it?'
While two of Pattinson's compositions do feature in the final film, the lullaby piece finally selected was composed. In April 2008, Hardwicke, in a turnabout from her initial underwhelmed reaction upon first seeing a photograph of Pattinson, enthused; 'The thing that’s great about him is he really does. feel like he’s otherworldly. I mean, he doesn’t look like a normal guy. And when you read the book, you think, ‘Who on the planet can live up to this description?’ But I think he does. He’s just got that chiseled face that photographs exactly like it’s described in the book.
When you read about the sculptured cheeks and chiseled jawbone and everything, it’s like, ‘Wow. Did she write this for Rob?' Pattinson, in a detailed interview on how he perceives the character, admitted to having incorporated aspects of into his portrayal of Edward, assessing; 'I guess kind of the thing which I found interesting is that he is essentially the hero of this story but violently denies that he is the hero. Like at every point even when he does heroic things he still thinks that he’s.
the most ridiculously selfish evil creature around. He refuses to accept Bella’s love for him but at the same time can’t help but just kind of needs it, which is kind of what the essential storyline is.' Appearing at in July 2008 while the film was in, Pattinson surmised the Twilight experience as: 'bizarre. You kind of know that it is essentially the book.
The book has so many obsessive, obsessively loyal fans. It's strange because people just immediately relate you to the character right away rather than you as an actor.' Pattinson reprised his role as Edward in all of the Twilight sequels. In an interview, Pattinson admits that he never had formal training on how to do his American accent; '.I just grew up watching American movies. I kind of learned how to act, or whatever, from American films.
Reception Larry Carroll for Movies deemed Edward and Bella 'an iconic love story for a whole generation', while cited Edward's portrayal in Twilight as being 'overly '. Edward Cullen was also ranked #5 on the list of Hollywood's 10 Most Powerful Vampires. Named him 'one of the greatest characters of the last 20 years' and described him as a 'literary influence and love of girls and women everywhere for a long time to come'. Since the release of the Twilight series, the character of Edward has developed somewhat of a cult following, with millions of devoted, mostly female, fans worldwide. However, while the character has been called the 'obsession of teen girls', several criticisms of his character, in particular accusations of sexism, have emerged. Dalfonzo of the described Edward's character as mentally unstable and a 'predator', using behavioral examples such as spying on Bella while she sleeps, eavesdropping on her conversations, dictating her choice of friends, and encouraging her to deceive her father as reasons why Dalfonzo believes he is 'one of modern fiction's best candidates for a restraining order.' Retrieved 2008-09-02.
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