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09/26/2007 08:49:21 AM · #1 |
I haven't had much luck correcting the color in this image with Photoshop CS2. May I have some help with this, please? I'd like to know how you do it, too. Thanks.
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09/26/2007 09:09:12 AM · #2 |
Here's my quick go at it.
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09/26/2007 09:18:52 AM · #3 |
| Cute shot. Must've been a nice warm sunset. I'm sure there are better ways, but here's a quickie: in levels, choose red from the pull-down and slide the left (dark) slider to the right a bit. Slide the middle slider (mids) back a bit too (but you'll notice that it already moves when you slide the dark slider). That will tone down the reds. Play around with it until you find a satisfying level. Curves would be an even better choice, so if your comfortable working in curves try that with reds selected in the pull-down. You might have to weaken the yellows after that, if so select yellows in saturation and pull saturation slider to the left. After that, try adding a slight blue gradient to the sky to give it a little something. |
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09/26/2007 09:20:51 AM · #4 |
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09/26/2007 02:08:40 PM · #5 |
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I set the color balance in a levels layer using the grey sample off of the boys shirt on far left. desate yellow a bit and brightened teeth.
Message edited by author 2007-09-26 14:10:00. |
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09/26/2007 03:18:12 PM · #6 |
I think it would be a mistake to completely neutralize this; the warm light is very appealing. CS2 has a nice adjustment that sometimes works wonders: "Match Color".
Open image, dupe base layer. Go to image/adjustments/match color. In the dialog box check the button for "neutralize". In this case I ran luminance at 200, color at 91, fade at 0.
Further adjustments, if you wanted it less warm, would be done with hue/saturation tweaks in the red and yellow channels.
R.
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09/26/2007 04:08:35 PM · #7 |
Quick try |
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09/27/2007 02:45:57 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I think it would be a mistake to completely neutralize this; the warm light is very appealing. |
I'm a little torn about this. On one hand, I like the natural tones in printer4u's post, though I think I would increase the saturation slightly. On the other hand, your post does a good job of capturing the sunset's warm tones. I should probably leave the final decision in the hands of my friends, since this is (potentially) their Christmas card photo.
Thanks to all for the edits and tutorials.
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