Help needed to color-correct blue photos
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From: <a> on 25 Dec 2007 02:41 Hi all, My sister-in-law had a bunch of photos of her baby ruined by a photo outlet, and was wondering if I could help to color-correct them in any way. Below is a cropped example of one of the photos that I scanned in. I've played around with Paint Shop Pro XI but can't make the image have normal colors. So does anyone have any tips on fixing them? They're all blue like in the example. I also have access to Photoshop CS2 if that can help me in any way. If all else fails, I'm thinking of just grey-scaling them all because at least they look better than blue that way. :( Here's the direct link to the cropped example: http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8734/badphotowa0.jpg Thanks.
From: thanatoid on 25 Dec 2007 03:13 <a> wrote in news:4770b429$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au: > Hi all, > > My sister-in-law had a bunch of photos of her baby ruined > by a photo outlet, and was wondering if I could help to > color-correct them in any way. Below is a cropped example > of one of the photos that I scanned in. I've played around > with Paint Shop Pro XI but can't make the image have normal > colors. So does anyone have any tips on fixing them? > They're all blue like in the example. I also have access to > Photoshop CS2 if that can help me in any way. > > If all else fails, I'm thinking of just grey-scaling them > all because at least they look better than blue that way. > :( > > Here's the direct link to the cropped example: > > http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8734/badphotowa0.jpg > > Thanks. I don't use either of your programs, but color, gamma, hue, map, balance or any combination of these words is what you should look for in the menus of whatever image editor you end up using. The photo is pretty bad color-wise and gamma-wise, but it MIGHT be salvaged with a lot of patience. Converting to greyscale might be the only way to make them really decent. Are you sure the NEGATIVES are that bad, or did they just screw up the prints? If the negs are OK, just have them redo the prints FOR FREE. Anyway, I'm gonna play around a bit with the one you linked to and see if I can do something. If I can, you can. -- The only cure for stupidity is death. The only cure for brilliance is death. The only cure for love is death. The only cure for hate is death. Indifference needs no cure. {� 2007 thanatoid}
From: thanatoid on 25 Dec 2007 03:15 <a> wrote in news:4770b429$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au: > http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8734/badphotowa0.jpg PS You need to clean your scanner glass. Use a slightly damp soft cotton cloth. :-) -- The only cure for stupidity is death. The only cure for brilliance is death. The only cure for love is death. The only cure for hate is death. Indifference needs no cure. {� 2007 thanatoid}
From: <a> on 25 Dec 2007 03:27 "thanatoid" <waiting(a)the.exit.invalid> wrote in message news:Xns9A11171B691C3thanexit(a)66.250.146.158... > Are you sure the NEGATIVES are that bad Yes, the negs were ruined. The place says they have no idea how it happened. They didn't charge her for the prints, but that's really no consolation. She has invested in a digital camera since. :) I'm going to keep playing too, to see what I can come up with. I've downloaded a few trial "color correction" apps and plug-ins, but they haven't helped either, although I realise this is partly due to my lack of expertise in color correction. I'll clean my scanner lens too. ;)
From: paul on 25 Dec 2007 05:16
are these scans? or jpgs of digital camera? either way of course this is a very low res photo. if real photos then i assume the negatives are at least ok if digital ones, and the camera was set wrong re white blance then thats a different matter. the only was to correct colour is of course to colour balance it, but its always going to be a compromise with this level of no details its going to be a well that'll do, with out doinf some serious work with masking etc i tried a fair bit here but the quality of the photograph isnt that good to work on, including photo filters, colour balance , curves, hue, and a whole bunch of stuff good luck On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:41:31 +1100, <a> wrote: >Hi all, > >My sister-in-law had a bunch of photos of her baby ruined by a photo outlet, >and was wondering if I could help to color-correct them in any way. Below is >a cropped example of one of the photos that I scanned in. I've played around >with Paint Shop Pro XI but can't make the image have normal colors. So does >anyone have any tips on fixing them? They're all blue like in the example. I >also have access to Photoshop CS2 if that can help me in any way. > >If all else fails, I'm thinking of just grey-scaling them all because at least >they look better than blue that way. :( > >Here's the direct link to the cropped example: > >http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/8734/badphotowa0.jpg > >Thanks. > |