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jack2359
Joined: 04 Nov 2014
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 Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 12:37 am Post subject: How to salvage 'super vivid' pictures ? |
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Hi
for reasons too boring to get into, my Canon D30 camera got stuck on the preset 'super vivid colors' and overexposure by +2/3.
Is there any way to salvage these (underwater) pictures? I have fiddled about with the saturation, colors; levels; exposure and brightness (in PS CS6), but couldn't get anything decent out of it.
Can anyone provide an idiots' guide for me?
Here's an example, attached
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thehermit
Joined: 05 Mar 2003
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Location: Cheltenham, UK
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What format did you shoot in? Raw? or JPEG? or other? If RAW then probably, yes.
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jack2359
Joined: 04 Nov 2014
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 4:03 am Post subject: |
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| thehermit wrote: | | What format did you shoot in? Raw? or JPEG? or other? If RAW then probably, yes. |
No, jpeg. It doesn't do RAW. |
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thehermit
Joined: 05 Mar 2003
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Location: Cheltenham, UK
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Do you have a reference image that members could use as a guide if they took up the challenge?
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jack2359
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| Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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| thehermit wrote: | | Do you have a reference image that members could use as a guide if they took up the challenge? |
Hi
thanks for the reply. Does 'reference image' mean "what I would like to output/result to look like"?
In this attachment, the top row is what I 'normally' get from this camera. Top left is how a normal picture (jpg) comes out of the camera. Top right is a little better (after I have tweaked the levels in Photoshop).
The bottom row is of a similar scene from this batch of "problem" shots that I am trying to fix. Bottom left is how it comes out of the camera. Bottom right is the best I can do with it. But I think it must be possible to do better - I just don't know how.
I guess what I am looking for is a 'recipe' of changes that I can make to all my 60 'problem' pictures. Something like:
-Image>Adjustments>Exposure: turn down the exposure to 1.14
-Image>Adjustments>Colour: turn up the red color balance to +75
-Image>Adjustments>Contrast: turn down to -7
-Image>Adjustments>Saturation: turn down to 16
et voila - the picture looks 'normal' again!!
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Frank1263
Joined: 09 May 2012
Posts: 221
Location: Spain
PS Version: CS6
OS: Windows 7
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Could you upload a full resolution image? |
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jack2359
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