Comments on: Color Correction with Photoshop in 7 Easy Steps

By: anant singhal

anant singhal — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 09:05:41 +0000

“Choose Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Curves and click Ok. You’ll be correcting individual channels so from the Channel dropdown list select Red and then Ctrl + Click on the first point that you marked in your image. This adds a small marker on the curve line which shows you where this point in the image appears on the curve.”

Nothing happens when I ctrl+click

By: Abin J Arouje

Abin J Arouje — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 04:07:05 +0000

Its very intersting………

By: wazime

wazime — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:18:56 +0000

thanks for the tutorial I will have to give this a try.

By: Jamie H

Jamie H — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:49:10 +0000

A great method to use for accurate results, thank you. But for newbies – remember photography is an art form and use your eyes to get images YOU are happy with…….

By: Ruth

Ruth — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:26:43 +0000

yep–this link has a more fool proof method:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/photoshopsupport/discuss/72057594125375245

By: Ruth

Ruth — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:43:51 +0000

Didn’t work for me either.
when I move the curve for one sample the other one moves as well.
It’s easier to jsut type inthe corrct ‘output’ number such as 245 rather than move the curve but still this causes the other samples to move. would be nice to see a youtube video on it should anyone want to create one.
I am trying the instructions from another tutorial – it it works I’ll post the link.

By: murraysJ2

murraysJ2 — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:27:52 +0000

When you do a custom white balance, use a polarizer or set the camera to cloudy, you will get a better, less blue cast, picture outdoors to begin with, so you won’t have to mess with the color balance. Do it correctly when you capture the image and save a lot of post processing time. Another alternative is to change the camera settings using different white balance pre-set modes on the camera and select the best color and best exposure for the desired effect for the image from several shots when you upload them. Be sure your monitor is calibrated properly as well as your printer.

By: Fritters

Fritters — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:49:15 +0000

I am apparently Doin’ It Rong, because mine came out really weirdly colored.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:19:33 +0000

Yes, this procedure will find neutral gray in the UNcorrected photo. But that isn’t what you want …. you want what SHOULD be neutral gray once the photo has been corrected. Scott, Dave and the rest of the Photoshop guys are flat out wrong on this one. They have backed off in version two of their color correction using gray dropper …. saying to the effect “this method will often get you close.” When you click on gray eye dropper, you are telling PS to “make this color neutral because it should be neutral …. that is, it should be gray. Gray is an equal mix of R, G, and B.
Anyway, this is something that got started … and wasn’t thought through all the way. While it may get you close, it’s logical is wrong. Think through it yourself to understand the flawed logic. Anyway, …… good day.

Jeff

Good article. I would also like to share a genious tip on how to find neutral grey (50% grey) in a picture:

1) Make a new layer.
2) Fill with 50% grey
3) Set blending mode to DIFFERENCE on the grey layer.
4) Add a THRESHOLD adjusment layer. Drag the slider all the way to the left and start dragging it to the right. The first black areas that first appear on the image are 50% grey in your image. Add a marker with the Eyedropper tool as explained in the article above on one of these black spots.

By: gtvone

gtvone — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:09:05 +0000

Hi Bode, You should, err, try this one Have a look around in the forums, there are many people that can help you in there.

Best,
Sime