Photo tweaking?

[ozark]

So how exactly does one tweak a test photo?

[CLH_X3]

When I tweak a picture.

I just upload it to a program such as photoshop, or you can use free online picture editing website and just play around with it basically

Zoom in/out
Change the colour / invert it
change the saturation
remove blemishes
cut/crop it
Grab colour from it

Just do what you think will bring the line out or try and pull pink/grey out of the line.

Heres a website I use online

http://fotoflexer.com/

[MaerynPearl]

What I do is a bit more complex, using photoshop, and depends greatly on the photo itself and the brand of test. Blurry photos need sharpened up a bit, yellow photos need their colors corrected, etc. Then I use various filters to see if I can pull anything out.

[finnegansmom]

I think the most important part of "tweaking" is taking a good picture to begin with....

not blurry, nice and crisp, good lighting, not blown out.

I am embarrassed to say, that I have probably taken 1000 pictures of HPT over the years.... (DURRRRRR)

[ozark]

Thanks everyone. I played around a bit with my pic in Photoshop and in Picasa (uh, which is amazing and I LOVE it, thanks FM). You can just barely see anything after tweaking and saturating, so I'm going to stay optimistic about testing again tomorrow with a FRER. I'm 12 DPO today, (after more fiddling with my temp-free chart) and AF is due Saturday. So that line will either darken, or I will surf the red tide.

[finnegansmom]

Good luck! Hopefully neither of us will be out surfing for a while.

[ozark]

Right on Finnegansmama! You're testing tomorrow, right? I guess whoever reports a solid positive first better be sending the other some sticky baby dust!

[finnegansmom]

Originally Posted by ozark

Right on Finnegansmama! You're testing tomorrow, right? I guess whoever reports a solid positive first better be sending the other some sticky baby dust!

I only have 1 more test and then a digital which I will only use once I am absolutely positive I cam pregnant (if the thing doesn't distintergrate by then). So maybe Saturday? Also, it might behoove me to use FMU since I didn't use that today, ooppsie.

Are you testing tomorrow?

[ozark]

I think I will test tomorrow (or maybe in like 10 minutes). I'll probably buy a three pack of FRERs tonight to get me through the weekend. Though, if I don't see much tomorrow I might try to out wait AF. I'm going to make the weekend REALLY busy so that I don't continue to obsess about it.

My first pregnancy was a complete surprise, so once I tested I was already barfing up a storm from the morning sickness. It was a dark positive and this time around my obsessive ways are really getting the best of me. Not to mention DH telling me constantly about his 'feeling' that I'm pregnant, and my best friend calling to tell me about her dream that she had the other night about me 'taking over' a pregnancy for her.

What's a FMU? I've almost got all of the acronyms down...

[finnegansmom]

FMU = first morning urine. It's supposed to be the most concentrated, which is helpful for those who test at 12 hour past ovulation (not mentioning any names but....me, LOL).

I try so hard not to get obsessed. CD2 I'm usually so serene and calm and then 10 DPO comes and I'm a trainwreck.

[Bendemolena]

I had NO IDEA I wasn't the only one to Photoshop HPT test sticks to bring out the line! HAHAHA! I have to tell DH in the morning, so he knows I'm not the only OCD POASer out there. Thanks ladies!

BTW, I tweak by cropping the image to just the test strip, the white and line areas. No background. Color correct if needed, invert color, and increase contrast.

[MaerynPearl]

Originally Posted by Bendemolena

I had NO IDEA I wasn't the only one to Photoshop HPT test sticks to bring out the line! HAHAHA! I have to tell DH in the morning, so he knows I'm not the only OCD POASer out there. Thanks ladies!

BTW, I tweak by cropping the image to just the test strip, the white and line areas. No background. Color correct if needed, invert color, and increase contrast.

LOL if you need good proof...

http://s235.photobucket.com/albums/ee67/psivampy/ (if you go past all the wedding stuff)

and the TTC Ladies folder on the left

has around or slightly over 100... of not only my own but those of other ladies I have tweeked!