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amrbekhit
Joined: 14 Jun 2010
Posts: 1
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 Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:27 pm Post subject: Transferring white balance from one photo to another |
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Hello all,
I have two photos, both of the same subject. The colours in the first photo are perfect, but the subject is blurry. The subject in the second is sharp, but there is too much orange in the image. I've tried doing some manual adjustments in the Colour Balance and Levels dialogs, but I just can't get the same colour levels as the blurry image. How can I somehow "transfer" the white balance and colour levels onto the sharp one?
Thanks
--Amr |
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Myer
Joined: 05 Jun 2010
Posts: 10
Location: South Florida
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I hate to do this to you. I'm sure there are many approaches to this problem.
I use a little known area of PS called LAB. The reason I use it is because of the total separattion of Luminosity (light/dark) from color. I can adjust one without touching the other.
I would open both images and go into LAB in both. Image --> Mode --> LAB.
Then on the "good" color image I would select one or two spots using the Color Sampler Tool that you have determine visually should be "white". If in fact they are white then the "a" and "b" channels will be "0" (or almost). If they are then you know they are truly white.
Select the same spot with the Color Sampler in the clear but "orangy" image.
Using Curves go into first the "a" and then the "b" channels. Taking the center point of the curve move it up or down until each channel is almost (or exactly) "0" (zero). That will make the selected spot white (or more correctly neutral).
The rest of the image will probably fall into place.
Then go back into RGB and save the image. |
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30APhotographer
Joined: 06 Aug 2010
Posts: 4
Location: Destin, Fl
PS Version: CS5
OS: Windows XP
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| Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:28 pm Post subject: Here's a simplier way... |
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If I've got a warm hue on an image, I have always found that going to:
Image -----> Adjustments -----> Photo Filter
Then, you select the color opposite your problem. On a color wheel blue is opposite of orange so the two cancel each other out in this situation.
Hope this helps! - 30APhotographer |
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mkmcdermott
Joined: 23 Aug 2010
Posts: 9
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| Posted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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ah thanks this helps me too! |
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