Forum: Photography
Subject: Realistic Colorization.
Misha883 opened this issue on Jan 10, 2005 ยท 11 posts
Misha883 posted Mon, 10 January 2005 at 8:04 PM
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I recently misinterpreted a Forum question, and launched into a lecture about natural colorization. As I've recieved some questions about this, I'll add some detail. Please remember that fixes in Photoshop are no substitute for correctly lighting the original shoot. Even so, some of this may be useful when you need to adjust color.
Misha883 posted Mon, 10 January 2005 at 8:07 PM
The previous desaturatization step may not be necessary in every case. Or, since here the green is the complement of red, pasting a little green into the red would do the same thing. Next, want to pick up some of the reflected green light in the cloth highlights.
Misha883 posted Mon, 10 January 2005 at 8:09 PM
Here, I've left a bit too much of the green hue. But it illustrates the technique.
Misha883 posted Mon, 10 January 2005 at 8:10 PM
Next, I want to reflect the red color into the shadow area of the apple.
Misha883 posted Mon, 10 January 2005 at 8:11 PM
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Misha883 posted Mon, 10 January 2005 at 8:13 PM
Since the apple is a "shiny" surface with a spectral highlight. Some of the pure red will be reflected.
Misha883 posted Mon, 10 January 2005 at 8:15 PM
With this as the final result. [Again, here I have exaggerated the color in order to show the technique. In practice, only a very little change should be used.] I hope this helps?
cynlee posted Mon, 10 January 2005 at 11:17 PM
wow misha... excellent tut! even i could follow it :D
MaydaMason posted Mon, 10 January 2005 at 11:57 PM
thanks to help me Misha883! This is very helpful :)
Mayda
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deemarie posted Tue, 11 January 2005 at 3:24 AM
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Yummy :) That is amazing - Excellent tut! Dee-Marie
LostPatrol posted Tue, 11 January 2005 at 10:19 AM
Very impressive Misha as always
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