Re: colorize a photo.
by Moe Rubenzahl <moe(at)maxim-ic.com>
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Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:38:36 -0800 |
| To: |
"Donna Fose" <donna(at)webctr.net>,
<hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org> |
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That's what Photoshop lives for. The right answer is to hire a
graphic designer as this takes moderate skill to do well.
The basic steps are:
- Make a mask or selection that selects the sky. Various tools let
you select pixels based on their value and color and this would be
fairly easy for your picture.
- Sometimes need to do some hand painting to get the mask right. In
this case, not much if any.
- Feather mask slightly so you don't have a sharp edge.
- Tint the masked area, preferably as a separate layer. Several ways
to do this.
- Save result as JPEG.
Also: I would tweak the photo lighten some using Levels or other
controls. Midtones need some lightening and Unsharp mask would
improve it.
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Subject: colorize a photo.
Author: Donna Fose
Date: 2/16/01 12:14 PM -0800
>Morning,
>
>I have a picture that I need to adjust a color in. The sky appears very
>white and washed out and the client would like it to appear bluer. Is there
>a way to adjust just the color of the sky? What software would be best to
>use? Picture is at this url below.
>
>TIA,
>
>Donna
>
>http://www.webctr.net/temp.htm
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