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10/14/2007 07:13:59 PM · #1 |
I have a photo with a portion of the sky which is a bit blown, I want to bring in some blue, What is easy and legal in Basic. anything? Ive searched the forums but had no luck. If someone knows of a thread with the answer or a tutorial, please point to it for me.
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10/14/2007 07:15:03 PM · #2 |
Image/Adjustment Layers/Selective Color/Whites...play with the sliders.
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10/14/2007 07:20:31 PM · #3 |
| Another idea: If you have CS3, try Image->Adjustments->Shadow/Highlight, and move Shadows to 0%, and play with Highlight around 1-10%. |
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10/14/2007 07:24:44 PM · #4 |
Under basic, you can change the exposure by playing with brightness/contrast, histogram adjustments, or curves. However, if the sky is actually blown, there's no way out. Shooting RAW will help with this sort of thing, allowing you to retain a smooth sky gradient while you drop the exposure, and possibly get a small amount of information back out of the blown sky.
I'm not 100% sure whether you can restrict your adjustments to the sky under Basic. You'd have to use a hue restriction, so select your blues, and adjust the brightness for the blues only. But this depends on whether your software can do this, and would also depend on whether this is legal in Basic. It would be close to the borderline, but I think it might be allowed. What editing SW are you using?
Message edited by author 2007-10-14 19:25:59. |
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10/14/2007 07:40:58 PM · #5 |
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10/14/2007 07:45:03 PM · #6 |
Shadow/Highlight is in CS2, as well.
Can't vouch for the methodology, just that you can testit in CS2.
Message edited by author 2007-10-14 19:45:15. |
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10/14/2007 08:16:02 PM · #7 |
| shadow/hilights is in CS also. |
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10/14/2007 09:36:12 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Judi:
Image/Adjustment Layers/Selective Color/Whites...play with the sliders. |
This is by far the best approach in basic editing, assuming there are no OTHER significant areas of the image that have gone pure white. I have done it many times. You can get a decent looking pale blue sky this way.
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10/15/2007 08:35:00 AM · #9 |
Yep it worked. Thanks guys.
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by Judi:
Image/Adjustment Layers/Selective Color/Whites...play with the sliders. |
This is by far the best approach in basic editing, assuming there are no OTHER significant areas of the image that have gone pure white. I have done it many times. You can get a decent looking pale blue sky this way.
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