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help w/ photo retouching
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I have a friend whose parents are putting together a slideshow for a party for him and his fiance. I was asked to provide a photo or two and the best one I have of him was never developed properly and I do not have the negative. The photo has an orange tint to it due to something that must have happened in the development process.
I have since scanned it and played around in photoshop with it but I am not too talented with image retouching. I was going to see if I could hire a third party to do it but they are charging outrageous prices for the work and really there is nothing wrong with the photo that couldn't be fixed with someone who knows more about filters and desaturization than I do. Plus this image would only be flashed for 5-10 seconds so it needs to look decent not crystal clear image quality.
So I was hoping to find someone around here who could help me out or walk me through the process. Please drop me a PM or an email if anyone can please lend me a hand.
thanks
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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go to color balance and take out some reds, you should be all good. going to curves and toning down your reds will work too.
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Saw that before I posted, and I don't think so.
This is not a $75 task. If look at the thread you found that link on you'll notice it relates to why no one is giving him any business. There is a definite reason why that is and it is his price point.
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Edit: and now for the english version........
Top menu bar >>>> Image >>>> Adjust >>>> Variations
Sorry have to translate from a Dutch version of Photoshop (6)........
Go to the the third menu item from the left, (picture?) choose the second item (corrections?) then go to the botom, (variations) that could be the best option for what you need to do.
(Last edited by skalie; Oct 13, 2003 at 03:01 AM.
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Try using Levels. It will help both the color balance and the tonal range in a few steps. In Photoshop Elements, it's under Enhance>Adjust Brightness/Contrast>Levels, but it's probably under a different menu in Photoshop. When the dialogue box opens, look for the "Channel" menu, which will be set at RGB. Scroll down that menu and select red, green or blue. A new histogram (the graph that looks like a craggy mountain) will appear for that color. There is often a gap between the edges of the histogram and the black and white arrows at the edges of the box. If so, drag those arrows until they are at the points where the histogram ends (i.e. the left and right edges of the "mountain"). This might screw up the colors in the image, but don't worry. Do the same thing for the other two colors and your problem could be solved. If the result is what you want, hit OK and you're done. If it still looks bad, play with the center arrows of each histogram and see if it improves the color balance.
If that doesn't work, try the hue/saturation command. Play with the hue slider either in the Master position or in one or more of the color channels.
If you don't like the results, you can always Undo them from the Edit menu. Better still, always use a duplicate image rather than the original.
Good luck.
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