Equalize - Beetham Tower

[riversider]

Here are 2 pics of the Beetham Tower in Manchester, England. The first one is the original and in the other i just clicked on equalize in photoshop. I think it is a cool effect. I think it makes the tower stand out more.

Original:


Equalize:

[windrider86]

Great transformation. and the fact that it was as easy as a click makes it even better!

[wulf]

Neat. You could also do the adjustment on a new layer and then choose how much of the effect to blend in with the original.

Out of interest, what happens if you apply the same tool again? Nothing, because it detects the image is already equalised, or does it create an even more vivid result?

Wulf

[dblaveino]

Wow... good job on that find... dont get lazy though! Remember there are still ways that yo can make all kinds of customized adjustments!

Interesting question Wulf... I think it wouldn't do anything else, but Im just speculating...

[riversider]

I just tried the equalize again and you're right nothing happens. I dont usually use equalize because on most occasions i have used it it hasnt done much.

[donciakas]

nice and easy transformation which makes photo more alive

[Ecirish]

Wow, makes it look like its been painted or drawn.

[MrCastle]

That's pretty cool.

I'm guessing photoshop probably remaps the darkest/lightest pixels to black/white and then evens out the distribution of pixels per brightness value. I'm wondering, is the histogram flat afterwards??

Originally Posted by http://www.cellbio.duke.edu/faculty/klingensmith/Adobe%20Photoshop%207/Help/help.html

The Equalize command redistributes the brightness values of the pixels in an image so that they more evenly represent the entire range of brightness levels. When you apply this command, Photoshop finds the brightest and darkest values in the composite image and remaps them so that the brightest value represents white and the darkest value represents black. Photoshop then attempts to equalize the brightness--that is, to distribute the intermediate pixel values evenly throughout the grayscale.

[riversider]

Here's another example, i think this works well too:

Before:


After:

[MrCastle]

Again, very nice I might try this on some shots later. Seems to effect the contrast nicely.