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12/28/2004 04:27:56 AM · #1 |
This is my entry from wind. I was very happy with the final score and also pleased with most of the comments. A common line in the comments was about the green colour around the bottom of the face and hand. I saw it when i thought I was ready to submit, but I couldn't get rid of it so I submitted it with finger crossed. Anyway Ithought I would throw it out to the gurus out there and see if someone can fix it or tell me how to(in dumb person english please). [img]
Thanks
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12/28/2004 06:18:02 AM · #2 |
Easy enough.
Image>>Adjustments>>Selective Color
Colors: Greens
Cyan -100% (all the way left)
Magenta 100% (all the way right)
Yellow -100% (all the way left)
Black 100% (all the way right)
Click OK.
Feel free to experiment with different values/colors. Repeat as necessary. Perfectly legal for Basic Editing rules. Enjoy.
Edit>
Here's my take on it after tweaking the rest of the colors to relieve that blue-green color cast. Also applied USM of 5/50/0 to relieve some of the gray haze and to deepen contrast.
Message edited by author 2004-12-28 06:33:25.
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12/28/2004 06:32:56 AM · #3 |
Here's my reworking:
did this via adjustment layer, Cyan -57 Magenta -9. that's it.
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12/29/2004 04:44:37 AM · #4 |
Thanks guys that a real help. One more question. What is USM?
Paul
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12/29/2004 04:51:12 AM · #5 |
USM is the Unsharp Mask filter, from the filters menu under "sharpness". There are three fields you can enter values in; he used 5/50/0 in order.
You could very easily make a selection of the face and hand with the magnetic lasso tool, then apply the color corrections on an adjustment layer to those areas only, thus avoiding the extreme "throw" towards magenta/red evident in the bricks in the second examble. It is very rare for me to apply color correction (or levels correction) across an entire image; I nearly always select several areas and juggle them separately.
You could also select for the bubble (a harder job), combine the two selections, invert, and desaturate the background some if you wished. This might give you problems where the background is visible through the bubble, though, and THAT would be a tough area to work in...
(robt)
Message edited by author 2004-12-29 04:57:16.
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12/29/2004 05:28:47 AM · #6 |
these are great ps tips, bear_music, but, while this is allowable under basic editing
Originally posted by bear_music:
USM is the Unsharp Mask filter, from the filters menu under "sharpness". There are three fields you can enter values in; he used 5/50/0 in order.
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this is not allowable under basic editing
Originally posted by bear_music:
You could very easily make a selection of the face and hand with the magnetic lasso tool, then apply the color corrections on an adjustment layer to those areas only, thus avoiding the extreme "throw" towards magenta/red evident in the bricks in the second examble. It is very rare for me to apply color correction (or levels correction) across an entire image; I nearly always select several areas and juggle them separately.
You could also select for the bubble (a harder job), combine the two selections, invert, and desaturate the background some if you wished. This might give you problems where the background is visible through the bubble, though, and THAT would be a tough area to work in...
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12/29/2004 06:17:56 AM · #7 |
Correct, which is why I listed the "Selective Color" technique which is applied to the entire image and legal for basic editing. It also didn't give half of the reddish overcast in the 2nd example. In my final example I posted, I boosted the red just a bit and tweaked the other colors accordingly to give more of a natural flesh tone.
Happy editing!
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12/30/2004 05:06:28 AM · #8 |
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