Forum: Photography


Subject: Freshly Fallen.......

Michelle A. opened this issue on Dec 03, 2002 ยท 26 posts


Alpha posted Wed, 04 December 2002 at 9:09 PM

Dobby says he saw the green and just made a statement based on his perception of color. However, after reading the follow ups he downloaded the original scan and brought it into Photoshop. Then Dobby used the sampler tool (one of three choices for the eyedropper tool) to see if his eyes were decieving him. They weren't.

As Dobby moved the tool around the image green consistantly remained the highest value in the RGB numbers. This leads Dobby to stand by his original judgement that there is an overall green cast to the image. As we all know, Magenta is the opposite of Green, so adding more Magenta (not Red) will balance the color.

Dobby says the one thing to keep in mind is that all screen displays are based on light. The color of light is measured in RGB. If we were examining a print, then color decisions should be made on CMYK.

BTW... Dobby has been tested for color perception using a standardized test. His perception of color is excellent. His weakest point is where yellow and green overlap.

Please keep in mind that Dobby is not criticising anything here. A house elf mearly states what he sees, and forms no opinion.