The Jacob’s Ladder Color Correction Technique

[Gewuerz]

Hello,

i found this very,very interesting correction method "The Jacob’s Ladder Color Correction Technique" in
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~jrus/colortheory/jl.html
and a discussion in
http://www.curvemeister.com/forum/in...p?topic=2056.0

Best greetings

Wolfgang

[pixelzombie]

looks interesting, but most people i know don't understand how to color correct in cmyk let alone in LAB...

[Holidaydoe]

hello I am Doe. I am in college learning how to become a great graphic artist. My assignment is to research on color correction involving with the photoshop.

[stopa]

I use Lab correction always with success- I recommend it.

[crazyfly1]

I have found color correction to be like chess openings, it pays to have more than one method in your bag of tricks. The same method dosn't always work on skim, old photos, landscapes, over exposed. learn all you can and choose the best one for the job.
My $.02

[DCobb]

The books by Dan Margulis are excellent for color correction

dc

[P_fuzz]

Originally Posted by pixelzombie

looks interesting, but most people i know don't understand how to color correct in cmyk let alone in LAB...

count me in on the group that dont understand what happened there!
but I really like the result and I am interested in learn a bit...

can someone point me to a good direction? (book, website) I dont want just to run that action.... it would be great to understand what is happening and add some different steps!

cheers,

[Holidaydoe]

Originally Posted by stopa

I use Lab correction always with success- I recommend it.

So how do we do that? I already studied on how to use curves in RGB but I dislike that. Because its alrdy a powerful tool but... its somewhat awkward. I know theres number limit like shadows should be at 20 and highlights should be at 250. However I have found some areas that seem to need more contrast. The teacher already told me that I am wrong to think like that.. hmm... but I have eyes and my eyes don't lie to me now do they? hahaha.

Anyway any advice is always appreciated.

Doe

[Markzebra]

Your eyes don't lie, but sometimes your judgement does

[Holidaydoe]

now thats interesting thought... I realize that sometimes I fight with my judgement of the color correction. Now my assignment is due on the 21st of this month and I better gather things together to prepare for the presentation.

[L33t]

Lab is the best! I use it always... it's easy :S