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you wouldn't happen to have a list of Steps for this so I can have open in a window on my desktop while i follow them?
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Jake simply have this on screen and switch between Photoshop and maccaddict's fine tutorial for each step.
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Great! my colours certainly popped. Great tutorial, fun layout above, like it alot. Well done
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You know i did that i actually saved it as a web archive and was able to put it in a small screen in the corner. I also used a Curves layer and used the opacity box to lessen the effect to my tastes.
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simplyjake edited this topic 74 months ago.
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I use curves and levels adjustment layers to do the same thing all the time, but I've never looked at lab color before. Can someone say a little more about what this is and why one might want to use it? I'm missing something.
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@ ryran.: lab Color is not an adjustment layer, it is a color format. it is in the same family as RGB and CMYK. so when you use an adjustment layer like Curves or levels it has different tools or effects within the adjustment.
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Here's what happened w/this technique, the left is the original.
Whats so great about Photoshop is there are so many different ways to achieve a goal. Each way having different benefits and drawbacks.
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LAB is an awesome colorspace to work in - If you want more information and examples, head over to the Dgrin Photoshop Forum. They have a reading group set up for the Dan Margulis book on LAB color.
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One thing to bear in mind is that if you intend printing your images, it's very easy in Lab mode to obtain colours that are not achievable in CMYK; depending on your print method this may make your onscreen images look nothing like the final print.
Great and clear tutorial though, I'll have to have a play!
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thanks simplyjake but I understand that already.. I guess I'm not actually missing anything.
thanks for the link dave and the additional pointer robw. think I'm not gonna worry about it atm. another niiiice tutorial though dave!
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Just finished reading through that Dgrin group.
Wow.
And film people say digital editing is the easy way?! Is it even possible to be an expert at everything in Photoshop all at the same time?!
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-RobW- edited this topic 74 months ago.
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This is what mine looked like with the above technique. Left is original.
Since the photo was already bright from the daylight, I didn't have to modify the Lightness channel so much.
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macaddict, thanks bunches. This is something I've been wondering how to best approach for some time, and this technique is really working well for me. I'm deeply appreciative. Here are some before/after examples, with before on the left.
 
 
 
Thanks again.
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all of your photos look great! I am going to try this when I get a chance... thanks. Where did the tutorial come from?
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i think macaddict mentioned that it was from the Dgrin Photoshop Forum
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or the tutorial at the top of the thread.
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Before
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d zine r - I made the tutorial in Comic LIfe after learning the LAB technique in Dan Margulis' book, "Photoshop LAB Color : The Canyon Conundrum and Other Adventures in the Most Powerful Colorspace." I highly recommend his book - this is just a simple recipe from a huge closet full of techniques!
Here's a set of other tutorials I've put together with Comic Life.
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Macaddict [Back to the Future] edited this topic 73 months ago.
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Yeah, after reading your tutorial above, I did a little web searching on Lab color and discovered Mr. Margulis' book, so I put it on my Amazon wish list.
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Glenn Loos-Austin edited this topic 73 months ago.
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I have been playing with Lab colour since I read ths thread, and I have to say that it is absolutely unbeatable for colour cast corrections, and the unsharp mask on the Lightness channel is a great tip as well.
It is also fantastic for giving a healthy "glow" to colour portraits.
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I heard that if you sharpen the lightness channel it doesn't effect the color, meaning that you know how you get that funny looking fuzzy, WAY too sharpened sharp photo HA! because you aren't adjusting the color channels, which are A and B you can get away with sharpening your photo a lot. Try it out..
Thanks MAC ADDICT
ok one more thing... is there a way to turn this process into an action... ?
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theMrsWife edited this topic 73 months ago.
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@d zine r
"is there a way to turn this process into an action"
There sure is - first thing I did!!
Don't forget to include the change back to rgb as well.
Just a point - if you duplicate the original image, you can apply the action to the duplicate, and then adjust the new layers opacity if the results are a bit strong!
I believe I read that about the lightness channel in Deke Mclellands book!!
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Harry Limey (a group admin) edited this topic 73 months ago.
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love this tutorial ..soo helpful=D
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i posted the original in the comment section
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Kristopher_Fritters edited this topic 73 months ago.
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Hey Macaddict,
I had seen your comic style tut and thought that is a great idea for a tut presentation, so I was making one and did it using the "comic book" look. I thought you might wanna see it. Thanks for the inspiration!
 -- from Serrator - (?)
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well. I think he took it from here.Here you also can download the action in different intensity for this effect,
www.thelightsrightstudio.com/home.html
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This is a great tutorial. My only question is at what point in the post processing should you use it? Do you still make color adjustments with curves, etc?
Thanks!
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Thank you so much for this!
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This was great!! Thanks!
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I'd echo what RobW said as well. While it's a fun technique for images heading to the web, I don't think some of the effects would be great for print. The shift in the whites to cyan in Corn's example is a good illustration.
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Thanks a lot macaddict for this easy and great method!
Before -> After:
 
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very nice, artfully done tutorial.
I like "fauvist" color (ie. bright & weird, lol) - I'm going to try LAB on my next image.
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Wow
Thanks for this tutorial
i would never have known this option exsisted
Great one
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Beware, this is my very first time ever doing anything with Photoshop....I'm a total newbie! =)
Here's my after, (on top) and my before (on bottom)....I think I may have over done something in the after pic, but I do like the way it pops!
What should I have done different?
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Try it without the lightness step.
you can also try halfing the B & A Steps.
I use the tip as a general steps and ad lib and experiment to get a better fit.
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Oh wow...when you line them all up the difference is quite amazing. The first one I did was um, BRIGHT. lol Does this one look any better?
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I tried it--loved the result. Thanks!
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Great simple tutorial that really makes a difference. Thanks for sharing.
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Wow - that's a big difference wcamlin. Nice shot!
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It's my first experiment :-)
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Thanks, I use this as one of my standard actions now!
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Kevin Kujawa edited this topic 69 months ago.
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great tutorial macaddict, but what if ur a knucklehead with photoshop 6.0? thanks mike
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Dude ~ can't help you there! Photoshop 6? That was like five years ago! You can snag a trial version of Photoshop CS2 off adobe.com :(
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Very intersting...
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Ha! Dude it was free ! I'll check it out thanks
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Thank you so much for this tip!
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Thanks for this super tutorial!
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You're great
Thank u so much !!!!!!!!!!!
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this is nice!
thanks for the tip...
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Thanks for the tip!! Can't wait to try it. :)
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Thanks for the tip!
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Thank you!
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Looks great on screen (which displays in rgb), just be aware that if you're printing at a commercial printer they are most likely printing in 4 color process (cmyk) not lab color. But...that is definitely a great way to make colors pop a bit more, as a start. I can't tell you how many times I've had people complain that their proofed image doesn't have the "pop" and saturation that their supplied rgb file had and that's because cmyk will never have that. You just can't get many of those colors in cmyk mode.
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Don't think I got this right. My grids looked different (spaced apart more) than what shows in the tutorial.
...but then, it's after 5am and can't sleep, so here I am.
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History 2 [deleted] says:
Thank you! I just try it, what a differents :O)
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Works a treat - thanks for the tip
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Nice technique, works wonders.
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i do not obtain this tutorial. somebody helps me pleeease
do one psd for me?
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A psd would be worthless for this tutorial, all you are doing is changing the mode, using curves to alter the colors, and then going back to RGB for a final result.
Open image>
Image>mode>lab color
Ctrl-m (in windows)
dropdown to channel b
pull curve in on both sides evenly
dropdown to lightness
pull curve in on both sides evenly (but less than in channel b)
Image>mode>RGB
You have to look at the tutorial for how far in to pull the curves to give you an idea, and of course it is supposed to suit your image so you have to decide.
Hope that helps.
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Kris Kasprzak [deleted] says:
great tip! Fast and easy to do
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Excellent! Thank you for this tutorial!
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Is there a way for us element2 users to get around Lab Color as I do have downloaded curves?
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Good stuff! Thanks!
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Did a pic, but does not want to save as jpeg, anyone else run into this? Any suggestions??
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Make sure you convert it back to RGB, make sure it's in 8-bit mode, make sure there's only 1 layer, and make sure that layer is the background (layer->new->background from layer, it's only there if there is no background, otherwise it's "layer from background").
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Thanks.. It really helped me...
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