 Dawn Penich |
How to get the most color from digital. How do I get the most color in my photo's? It seems like all the colors in my photo's are dull.
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Justin G. |
shoot in raw, adjust wb accordingly for the effect you want, do a saturation adjustment layer of about +5-+20. then lower your opacity as needed.
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Dawn Penich |
Thankyou very much, I will try that right away.
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Nancy Grace Chen |
To get truly optimal color, you will probably have to edit your photos in Photoshop or a different kind of software. Some people think that using any PS at all is cheating, but the truth is that what film developers do in the dark room, we have to do in software. You have to edit it to even get it to look like what you saw with your own eyes, because the camera doesn't always record the same thing. I use Curves adjustment on almost all of my images. In Photoshop, you go to Images > Adjust > Curves. Then fashion the curve into a slight 'S' shape. This will bolden the colors and improve the contrast of your image. Hope that helps,
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Dawn Penich |
Thanks!! I have used curves quite a bit as well. I am glad you mentioned that photoshop is not always cheating because I hear that a lot, however, I always wondered what the difference was with what we do in the darkroom. Thanks again.
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Justin G. |
Well Nancy I gotta go slightly against what you said. Yes curves is great but Dawn if you go to Images > Adjust > Curves, you're going to alter pixels, and if you've already done a bunch of steps you can't go back and change it if you want. I suggest creating an adjustment layer of Curves, that way it always stays on top, it doesn't alter your current pixels and you can change it later with a small double-click. Just a thought.
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Nancy Grace Chen |
Thanks for your input, Justin. I still recommend Curves... yes, it's going to alter your pixels, but what enhancement doesn't? It's a lot less damaging than using the 'Saturation,' 'Contrast,' or 'Brightness' tools. What I do is save the image every few steps when I am working on it. And NEVER save on top of your original image! Everyone has a different workflow and you have to figure out what works for you. Nancy
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Nancy Grace Chen |
Oh, I meant to save the image as a new file every few steps. Like save it as NC
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Justin G. |
No no I wasn't going against curves, I was just goign against using it directly on your image. if you do it that's going to directly alter your pictures. if you use an adjustment layer, you don't alter your pixels but it's the 'exact' same thing as curves. PS just uses calculations on how the image is displayed compared to actually changing your pixels. if anyone wants a .PSD example file, just lemme know and I'll email you the copy
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Dawn Penich |
Please do. I would love to see one. Email me at dawnpenich@truvuestudio.com Thankyou!!
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Daniel Diaz |
My understanding is that editing done on a RAW file does little to no damage at all to the image. It is only harmful to a JPEG. Is this not correct?
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Justin G. |
no all it's doing is just altering the pixels of the image while you're working on it. I mean really it's a simple concept. if you apply curves and happen to blow out highlights, then they're gone. granted you can close out without saving and open up the image again but you're starting over. to avoid starting over, use an adjustment layer so later if you want to change the value of the curves you can easily wihtout having to completely starting over. that's all, simple as that.
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Daniel Diaz |
Ahhh, that's what I thought you were saying, I got confused into thinking that the changes were diminishing the quality.
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Justin G. |
How perfect! I found this article without even looking for it!
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A C |
I agree with Justin! I do all my editing with curves in an adjustment layer. I also do most of my other editing in layers and adjustment layers so I can work in just one file and make as many changes as necessary.
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Robyn Gwilt |
Justin, pls could you email me as well - robyn@cinet.co.za. Another question (sorry Dawn!) How does one get a flow or 'recipe' going? If I'm working on a whole bunch of images, all of the same sort of lighting/colour etc., and they all need a similar adjustment or tweaking, is there not some way of saving this, and then applying to images? Please don't tell me to read the manual.... I'm a woman, I don't read manuals!!!
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Bob Chance |
Dawn: While everyone else is talking curves, pixels and software manipulation, I couldn't help but notice that no one asked what kind of printer/paper you are using to print your pictures.
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Nancy Grace Chen |
Robyn-- do you use Photoshop? If so, you can create an "action" and apply it to a bunch of images in a row. Here's a website I found that explains how to do this. Then you can apply that action (or set of commands) to any image you open. To do a bunch of images at one time, go to File > Automate > Batch. Make sure your action is the one shown, and then for source, choose the folder which contains the images you want that action applied to. Then click OK. It will probably take some experimentation. Just make sure none of the steps in your action are "Save," because it'll save over your original image, and then the original will be gone. (which will be unfortunate in case you didn't like what the action did.) Hope that helps,
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Robyn Gwilt |
Thanks a mil Nancy, yes I use PS, thats prob just what I; m looking for. Will check it out!
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