Sunday, June 6, 2010

Tip of the Week - What is the Area of Influence?


We often get the question... when I use a Control Point, what does that circle do? Well, that circle is what we refer to as the "Area of Influence" because it analyzes color, tonality and detail within that area.

To demonstrate, it is sometimes easier to show how this works visually. I am using Viveza 2 to show how I use the Control Point to increase the Structure in my flower by increasing the size of my top slider to include the flower.
Area of Influence_01


By selecting the mask, (located in the Control Point List section), you can see where the white area has the filter applied to it and the black area does not. You can move your Control Point or increase and decrease your Area of Influence slider to change the area being effected.

Area of Influence_02b


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Posted at 10:36AM, 6 June 2010 PDT ( permalink | edit )