Forum: Photoshop


Subject: Desaturation or Levels? Neither seem to work for this project!

FutureFantasyDesign opened this issue on Mar 17, 2010 · 8 posts


FutureFantasyDesign posted Wed, 17 March 2010 at 11:31 AM

Hi I have some .png images that are basically white on white. Some of the white is very over saturated and looks bad... any ideas of how to balance the color and not have it look too "grey-ish" ?

Picture attached, any help appreciated! :)

Hugs

Ariana

Is there water in your future or is it being shipped away to be resold to you?
Water, the ultimate weapon...

www.futurefantasydesign.com


LaurieA posted Wed, 17 March 2010 at 12:44 PM

Try Curves.

Laurie



FutureFantasyDesign posted Wed, 17 March 2010 at 2:14 PM

I did I meant curves when I said levels... duh! Using curves gives it a dull or grey looking color.

Looks like I am rendering a new one using different lights... *sigh long project,i am just exhausted.

Thank you...

Ariana

 

Is there water in your future or is it being shipped away to be resold to you?
Water, the ultimate weapon...

www.futurefantasydesign.com


retrocity posted Wed, 17 March 2010 at 10:32 PM

 You can try the dodge and burn tool with varying opacity on a duplicate layer and change the color blend mode. I use dodge and burn for a lot of my highlights and shadows...

hope it helps,
scott


FutureFantasyDesign posted Wed, 17 March 2010 at 11:56 PM

ThanX Scott!

I'll give that a try... easier then doing a bunch of long renders and light tests! White is really a pain in poser!

Hugs

Ariana

Is there water in your future or is it being shipped away to be resold to you?
Water, the ultimate weapon...

www.futurefantasydesign.com


thundering1 posted Wed, 24 March 2010 at 8:21 PM

Yeah - sadly those aren't over"saturated" they're over"exposed". That's a lights thing I'm afraid. Gonna have to re-render.

Is it possible to tone down the specularity on the legs? Or render 2 versions - 1 so the back half of the tiger looks great, and turn of Specularity on the LIGHTS for the blown-out areas and merge them in PS?

I hope this helps-

-Lew


FutureFantasyDesign posted Wed, 24 March 2010 at 8:40 PM

Well the project is shelved for the moment... sad...

Hugs

Ariana

Is there water in your future or is it being shipped away to be resold to you?
Water, the ultimate weapon...

www.futurefantasydesign.com


thundering1 posted Wed, 24 March 2010 at 9:27 PM

Bummer - sorry. Good luck-
-Lew