It is long, but unlike most videos on white balance here, it is also accurate and extensive. Most videos here tell you to use a gray point in any image... Well folks, I HAVE no gray point in many of my images... So that sucks. This guy helps you find gray points... So it's a thumbs up from me - and thank you! To everyone complaining about the length here: this guy took just as long to upload this for you - so basically you are being pretty ungrateful and unfriendly...
The method described from 11:00 to 13:30 does find areas of neutral grey within the image, but it has no way of knowing whether or not those areas should be neutral grey. In fact, if the image does have a colour shift, the areas most accurately identified should not be neutral grey, and to use the mid grey tool on them will introduce a colour shift in the other direction.
The problem with the description of using the white point is that white point does not refer simply to a white object in the image. It refers to the minimum allowable percentage of neutral colour anywhere in the image. Proper use of the white point tool actually ensures that there will be always be a minimum dot (in printing) or percentage of colour. Nothing (other than a flash) should ever be “pure white.”
i think this is a great way to do it, i mean i've never tried it like this before, but i find it really technical~ relying so much on the numbers! which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but sometimes i prefer to play by ear (or eye, so to speak). but this is a good way to do it when i don't really trust my senses as much :)
Guys, if you haven't yet, you can check my tutorial for Color Correction. Its in the video responses by Karlobster. Its just 3 minutes long, though not in depth as this, it gets the job done.
Hi Nathaniel!!! Can you please make a CS3 skin color correction tutorial using a black person's photo next time, please? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
I've been basically using this guide to color correct images since first viewing this tut. My only question is, when I'm correcting african skin, often while I'm in RGB mode, but reading color in CMYK in the info palette, I find that it's difficult to change K, Black, without affecting CMY, and thus throwing everything off again?
15 лет назад
great tutorial, sir, thx. Just one minor comment, K in CMYK stands for "Key", which is black basicaly, so no mistake there. Just letting u know the name. :) T.
very clever, nicely done... where do you learn these techniques from? is it from experience and creativity or from less acessible or easily understandable tutorials.... lol i doubt he will ever read this
Hay for how long you are doing photoshop? From where did you learn this color correcting ways? Is there any School from where people can learn Photoshop?
@ashkibala1 go to his FIRST provided link, leads you to this video on his site, then look for the Resources tab, follow that, look down the list for Photoshop CS3: Color Correcting With Curve Layers, gives you .gif and a .pdf
great video. Question. when I color correct it auto style, i see a blue tint over my photo, but when i look at the rgb, it says all of the colors are even. Is it suppose to look more cooler when you use auto, o am I doing something wrong? if so, what would be the common mistake that i am making to get these results? Thanks.
very useful stuff.. been eyeballing it to cc, so it's good to know there's a more technical/precise way. where can i get a copy of that skin tone values chart? thanks!
I am not the guy from the video;-) But you learn this by practise. And there are a lot of books about photoshop. if you are a beginner, try books by scott kelby. And its just like learning the guitar, keep on trying, if you dont, it will never sound crystal. same for photoshop, but it wil not sound crystal, but look;-) Good luck! Laters
i'm pretty sure he's talking about Light color values not Paint color values. If you look at the three circles in the beginning when he's explaining this you'll find at the center there is white. White is what you get whn you mix the spectrum of the colors from light. not that fecies brown that you get when you mix all of your paints together.
@tetoadriancradleoffi there are no shortcuts man! i learned from it. all you have to do is patiently listen and observe. you'll see. this video is very helpful.
You are able to see how long videos are before clicking on them, maybe you should try that before attacking someone who is offering tutorials to help people.
