Image Help - - pb with washed out color

sylvia1065 · #1 04-01-2007, 08:00 PM

Hi,
Does anybody know how to fix the arm of this lady in a realistic way??
What's the best way to fix washed out colors??
Thanks for your help/suggestions,
Sylvia

Frank Lopes · #2 04-01-2007, 08:08 PM

Not very good since most of the color is gone due to the blown highlights.
But ... you already knew that

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Originally Posted by sylvia1065

Hi,
Does anybody know how to fix the arm of this lady in a realistic way??
What's the best way to fix washed out colors??
Thanks for your help/suggestions,
Sylvia

sylvia1065 · #3 04-01-2007, 08:28 PM

Thanks, Frank. I got the same result as yours.
I was hoping to get a better result, but when the color doesn't exist to start with, it's pretty tough...
Sylvia

DCobb · #4 04-01-2007, 10:11 PM

I don't know if the correction that I made on the arm is acceptable or not. I used the plugin-Color_mechanic Pro.

dc

Just remembered--There was a small area near the sleeve that didn't fill and I cloned it in. Did the color change on a separate layer and reduced the opacity.

sylvia1065 · #5 04-01-2007, 10:13 PM

dc,
Yep, that's a lot better. I've never heard of this plugin, I'll check it out. Thanks!
Sylvia

Frank Lopes · #6 04-01-2007, 10:18 PM

I thought you only wanted the arm processed... sorry :-)

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Originally Posted by sylvia1065

dc,
Yep, that's a lot better. I've never heard of this plugin, I'll check it out. Thanks!
Sylvia

sylvia1065 · #7 04-01-2007, 10:25 PM

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I thought you only wanted the arm processed... sorry :-)

Oh no, don't apologize, Frank, I do want to fix only the arm !
Sylvia

chillin · #8 04-01-2007, 10:27 PM

I tried to keep it in the same tone

sylvia1065 · #9 04-01-2007, 11:17 PM

Not bad at all... And how did you do that? Did you just paint over or did you use curves or whatever other layer?
I know how to fix colors and stuff but I'm not too good when it comes to washed out colors...
Sylvia

Swampy · #10 04-02-2007, 01:16 PM

First used Shadow/Highlight on a duplicate to bring back some highlights. Masked that so it only applied to the arm area.

Selected the S/H mask and added a skin tone color fill layer above the S/H layer. Needed a tad more color so I duplicated the color fill and lowered that duplicate's opacity till I got something I liked better.

Adjust to taste.

KR1156 · #11 04-02-2007, 01:51 PM

try going into lab and messing around with the luminosity channel for the arm area. i think i inverted the information, then brought it back into rgb and layed it over with multiply. then adjusted highlight & shadow. i did it very quickly, but there is some information hidden in the blown out areas to play with.

sylvia1065 · #12 04-02-2007, 04:16 PM

Thanks Swampy and KR, I really appreciate your input!

Sylvia

chillin · #13 04-09-2007, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by sylvia1065

Not bad at all... And how did you do that? Did you just paint over or did you use curves or whatever other layer?
I know how to fix colors and stuff but I'm not too good when it comes to washed out colors...
Sylvia

Thanks
I’m sorry for the late response; I didn’t look at your question.
At first I adjusted the levels to bring all hidden details, and then I lower saturation & used masking + layer blending with a color sampled from the face.
All that I had to do with my old laptop & PSP8, I was out of the country at that time.