New Point Color Tool in Lightroom 13: Lightroom was very recently updated, and with this update is a new tool called Point Color which has great potential for pseudo color IR images.

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

Lightroom was very recently updated, and with this update is a new tool called Point Color which has great potential for pseudo color IR images. This tool is explained by Rob Shea is a very clear and easy to understand YouTube video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrlvQudp27E&t=2s

Attached is an example of using this tool to make my yellow a lot more interesting.

Give it a try!

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mvetrano2 Loc: Commack, NY

nice

DWU2 Loc: Phoenix Arizona area

What did "before" look like?

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

Here is another video on this new tool:

Everything You Need to Know About Point Color in Lightroom Classic
Julieanne Kost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzdg2ZXaKGo&t=14s

And this one is really good too:
Next-Level Color Control ACR 16.0 & Lr
f64 Academy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ9O9vZUIqo&t=13s

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

DWU2 wrote:

What did "before" look like?

Here is the Straight out of the camera. I was using a pale yellow filter with a Filter called The Tiffen Vari-Color and with an 80A filter. Certain combinations of filters can produce strange colors in which no channel swapping is necessary.

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DWU2 Loc: Phoenix Arizona area

JimH123 wrote:

Here is another video on this new tool:

Everything You Need to Know About Point Color in Lightroom Classic
Julieanne Kost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzdg2ZXaKGo&t=14s

And this one is really good too:
Next-Level Color Control ACR 16.0 & Lr
f64 Academy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ9O9vZUIqo&t=13s

I've learned a lot from Julieanne over the years, but in this case, I liked Rob's video much better.

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

Here is another using the 3 filter approach without channel swapping. This time, the pale yellow filter is replaced with an Asanuma YG filter. I like this filter better than the pale yellow filter for its effect.

Image 1 is the original straight out of the camera.

Image 2 is after working on the image with the point color tool.

I should also mention that this is an IR image. It was done on a full spectrum modified camera. The 80A filter being used is light blue, but it leaks considerable IR light which increases the red in the image. But the other two filters work together to maintain normal coloring on those parts of the image that don't respond strongly to IR light such as the wooden bridge.

original

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After using LR Point Color
After using LR Point Color...

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JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

Another example. This time my favorite 3 filter combo for this effect: The Asunuma YG(X0) filter, a KB20 filter, and the 80A filter. Note, there are 80A, 80B and 80C filters as well as an 81A, B, C family of filters and also 82A, B, C family of filters. The difference is mainly in the amount of IR light allowed into the image which will impact the red (or pink) that we see. The 2nd image is more along the Candy Pink look for an image.

Again, no channel swapping. This 3 filter approach is sort of how Kolari does their IR Chrome filter which also does not require channel swapping.

Original - a slight cranberry color

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After Color Point - Color shifted more to Candy Pink

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JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

Since I was using a home brewed, 3 filter solution, to produce results on a full spectrum modified camera, I thought it would be useful to show the Kolari Vision Filter where they have combined multiple filters into one which also allows the taking of IR based images without the need for channel swapping.

See:
https://kolarivision.com/product/kolari-vision-ir-chrome-lens-filter/

Using this IR Chrome Filter from Kolari Vision, here is a Straight Out Of the Camera result that I took using this filter. Refer to Image #1.

And then I touched up using Lightroom's Point Color. Refer to Image #2.

Adding a second example. Image #3 is the before. Image #4 is the after Point Color.

#1 Original SOOC
#1 Original SOOC...

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#2 After using LR's Point Color

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#3 SOOC
#3 SOOC...

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#4 After using LR's Point Color

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JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

This time, I used a 590nm filter and processed correctly which ended with the tree leaves in Yellow.

Using Point Color, I allowed it to shift a little into Orange giving the impression of late afternoon.

Original IR processing including channel switch and white balance which produced the yellow color.

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After Point Color shift towards a little orange

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dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Jim you walk us thru the procedure quite well.

Prediction 1...Fifty years hence Shea will be the Ansel Adams of IR photography... as Jim said, " This tool is explained by Rob Shea is a very clear and easy to understand YouTube video." Shea has given us many useful packaged "actions" to use.

Prediction 2... No camera will be needed, "Hal-9000 give me a colorful IR like photo of the Titanic sinking."

Prediction 3... The Hal-9000 program will speak thru the compute audio "Sorry JimH123 I'm afraid I not do that." Too many people died with the Titanic and that breaks one of the Robot Rules of behavior.

Space Odyssey 2001
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy4EfdnMZ5g

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

JimH123 wrote:

Lightroom was very recently updated, and with this update is a new tool called Point Color which has great potential for pseudo color IR images. This tool is explained by Rob Shea is a very clear and easy to understand YouTube video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrlvQudp27E&t=2s

Attached is an example of using this tool to make my yellow a lot more interesting.

Give it a try!

WOW

I'm sure getting motivated to pick up my IR camera once again

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

dpullum wrote:

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I remember that movie well. Came out in 1968 or 69 when I was in college and some of my friends spent a lot of time developing the so called the real meaning of the movie.

JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

joecichjr wrote:

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Please do, and share some results.