{"id":13758,"date":"2024-07-19T15:42:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T15:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonschoenhoff.de\/?p=13758"},"modified":"2025-08-07T09:04:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T09:04:21","slug":"6-methoden-den-orton-effekt-zu-erzeugen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonschoenhoff.de\/en\/6-methoden-den-orton-effekt-zu-erzeugen\/","title":{"rendered":"6 methods to create the Orton effect"},"content":{"rendered":"
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6 methods to create the Orton effect<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn today\u2019s VLOG\/BLOG, I will give you a total of 6 methods on how you can quickly and easily apply the so-called Orton effect to your images using Ligh\u00adt\u00adroom or Photo\u00adshop. \n\nThe Orton effect is a fairy\u00adtale, pain\u00adterly look that gives your pictures a little glow and soft\u00adness. Mystical moods are enhanced, fog or haze appear a little stronger and more myste\u00adrious, struc\u00adtures in the water a little softer. The effect itself comes from the analog photo\u00adgraphy of Michael Orton. He needed two pictures for this. One sharp and slightly over\u00adex\u00adposed and another over\u00adex\u00adposed, blurred photo. He then super\u00adim\u00adposed these in the dark\u00adroom to create the look that is known today as the Orton effect. Thanks to digital photo\u00adgraphy, we no longer have to take these two shots, but can recreate the effect very easily and, above all, more precisely and finely in Ligh\u00adt\u00adroom and Photoshop. <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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You can see the VLOG to the BLOG at the bottom of the page or you can reach it via this button:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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When can you use the Orton effect?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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It works parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly well with strong contrasts and intense light, espe\u00adci\u00adally in forest and water\u00adfall photo\u00adgraphy. In my opinion, it is also very effec\u00adtive there and usually suits the mood in the picture. But it can also be used in large land\u00adscapes to create a more dreamy mood in the picture. It also enhances mystical moods, which is why it is parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly suitable for fog images.<\/p>

However, you should be careful, as the effect can quickly become too strong in the image. For me, if you can already see that the Orton effect is super\u00adim\u00adposed on the image, then it is already too much. Ever\u00adyone has to decide for them\u00adselves and for each image where the limits lie. So feel free to leave the image \u201clying around\u201d over\u00adnight and look at it again the next day. If it looks too arti\u00adfi\u00adcial, then it may be too much of a good thing.<\/p>

Of course, Michael Orton was less able to influence the strength of the effect in analog photo\u00adgraphy than we can today. As a result, his photo\u00adgraphs are usually much more strongly executed with the Orton effect than we would perhaps consider aesthe\u00adti\u00adcally plea\u00adsing today. In the follo\u00adwing, I will explain 6 methods of recrea\u00adting the Orton effect. In the end, I always turn the effect down quite a bit, so that it still has a slight effect at best, but is not obtru\u00adsive. Of course, you have to decide for yourself how much the effect should influence your recording.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In the follo\u00adwing, I will give you 6 methods on how you can quickly and easily apply the Orton effect to your pictures. The list is intended more as an aid to thought \u2014 a short summary. So be sure to watch the video below if the indi\u00advi\u00addual steps are not quite clear to you. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Method 1: In Ligh\u00adt\u00adroom: Create an area mask for the bright image areas (approx. 50\u2013100) Set the filter with the follo\u00adwing parameters<\/p>