Help Please on solving a blue cast on photos.
Feb 8, 2016 20:06:00 #
Bill_de wrote:
Nice work Gene!
Thanks!.
I should have described what I did. First I opened the image in Photoshop. Then I used the Camera Raw filter to make the white balance and color tint corrections. Nearly all the way to yellow on WB, and to magenta on the tint slider. I then opened the hue saturation and luminance tab, and knocked down the blue and a little green. When I was satisfied with the color, I used a curves adjustment on the whole image to knock down the highlights and reduce contrast in the shadows which had gotten pretty dark.
Had I had a raw file to work with it might have been done in 1 step, with better results.
Feb 9, 2016 06:02:11 #
Haveago wrote:
...but all the photos have come out with a Blue cast.
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Simple. Too much blue in the pictures - the clothing on the people and the color of the carpet. Have the people wear colors other than blue. (Kidding, of course.) :D
Feb 9, 2016 06:06:43 #
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Feb 9, 2016 06:57:29 #
Haveago wrote:
Hi all, I have a question regards these photos. T... (show quote)
I used the method described in the article I posted a few days ago.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-365700-1.html
--Bob
Feb 9, 2016 08:27:16 #
Another easy way is to open in camera raw and adjust the blue-yellow slider to taste...
Feb 9, 2016 08:27:41 #
Hi, I would suggest when your inside and not sure of the lighting set your white balance at different settings and take sample shots to get the type of picture you like. Tony
Feb 9, 2016 08:32:55 #
kymarto wrote:
Another easy way is to open in camera raw and adjust the blue-yellow slider to taste...
That was my first thought, but it turned out that adjusting the color temp was not enough - you need to get the green out as well.
Feb 9, 2016 08:36:01 #
Tony.mustang wrote:
Hi, I would suggest when your inside and not sure of the lighting set your white balance at different settings and take sample shots to get the type of picture you like. Tony
It's hard to evaluate color on the preview screen. If you want to absolutely nail a neutral white and color balance, use this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDtebpvATzc
In over 6 years of using these, I have yet to encounter a color situation that it could not resolve to perfect neutrality. And of course the best way to use a ColorChecker Passport is to create a camera profile dng file that you can attach to all the images taken under the same light.
Feb 9, 2016 08:47:51 #
Gene51 wrote:
That was my first thought, but it turned out that adjusting the color temp was not enough - you need to get the green out as well.
Then adjust the green-magenta axis to taste :)
You can use the info window in PS to check whites: RGB values should be equal or nearly so.
Feb 9, 2016 08:50:56 #
Gene51 wrote:
That was my first thought, but it turned out that adjusting the color temp was not enough - you need to get the green out as well.
Then adjust the green-magenta axis to taste :)
You can use the info window in PS to check whites: RGB values should be equal or nearly so.
Another way is to hit Ctrl+m to open a Curves dialog. Select the grey eyedropper and click on an area you want to be color-neutral.
Feb 9, 2016 08:55:06 #
Haveago wrote:
Hi all, I have a question regards these photos. T... (show quote)
This is a pretty severe lighting mismatch. I would try auto white balance before anything else. It always works for me, even in mixed lighting. You definitely want the color right in the exposure. Fixing it later is never going to be as good. If auto WB doesn't get you close, you may have a repair need.
Feb 9, 2016 08:58:50 #
Custom white balance to start with otherwise IMAGE>ADJUSTMENTS>MATCH COLORS and if necessary play with the controls, especially FADE.
Feb 9, 2016 09:26:00 #
romanticf16
Loc: Commerce Twp, MI
Jim Bob wrote:
"About" is right because the skin tones are off.
Skin tones are off because the original jpeg was shot at the wrong color balance.The yellow and red needed for good color were deleted by the jpeg balance that was set. You could add the needed colors back by copying the image thru cc filters.
Feb 9, 2016 09:46:56 #
Erik_H wrote:
Shooting raw will definitely give you more control of your WB in post. It's quite easy in LR, just a quick adjustment of the WB slider.
With RAW images you can also use the pull down menu.
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