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Subject: [Leica] Saturday Dog (Now: Color Adjustment in PS CS2)
From: rbaron at concentric.net (Robert D. Baron)
Date: Mon Mar 6 11:35:04 2006
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I wrote:

> I am slightly but 
>>not completely color challenged and I thought it was a gray rather than 
>>a blue tinge.

And then Eric wrote:

> If you're not sure, you could always use the eyedropper tool in Photoshop,
> along with the info palette.  It'll show you the r/g/b values as you move
> the eyedropper around.  Neutral colors should pretty much have the same
> value for red, green, and blue.

Thanks, Eric.  My one friend here in Oklahoma City who can both spell 
and use Leica, Canon and Photoshop suggested the same thing.

First, I am curious as to why the added (multiplied) part took on the 
blueish tinge; I wonder if it was because the dog was photographed in 
the shade and the color there tended toward the bluer part of the spectrum.

More to the point, however, is how to fix it. I thought cutting way back 
on the opacity of the blended layer would work but apparently not.  I 
now wonder if - assuming there is no way to correct the color before the 
multiplying - I could select the blue tinged area and color correct it 
using channels.

Something else to fiddle with next weekend, I guess.

Thanks,

-Bob

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