Questions tagged [color-correction]
The process of making an image appear natural to the eye, either by changing the lighting or by changing the white balance or tint of an image after the fact.
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Why does white balance knob have green and purple setting?
I first saw this in a camcorder knob and later saw it in a DSLR screen. .
Why add tint control to a camera and merge it with WB knob?
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What causes blue tint of my photos and how to get rid of it?
I am trying to make a 3D model of a building using a series of photos.
This is a photo I took yesterday:
This one I took today, when I was trying to continue from that point:
Yesterday's sky was ...
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It is necessary to create your own profile for camera in product photography?
I'm trying to understand how necessary are the camera profiles (own) in a commercial shoot/product photography. I photograph clothes on a white background on a model (to make it clearer, something ...
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What is the technique called where you "simplify" a photo through reducing the complexity of colors in it?
Years ago, I read a blog entry about a photographer whose style included the "reduction of the complexity of colors" in the portraits that she took. It somewhat involved taking the three primary ...
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Are there examples of food products that appear more attractive in low-CRI lighting?
I am sure shops generally choose lighting carefully to make products appear the most attractive. And I know that low-CRI often make some products appear dull and unattractive. But is high CRI always ...
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When is color over done
So Ive been working on a few landscapes recently and the colors were something that Id been focused on - however, after working on images for too long, I find myself over using color and the images ...
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Mobile photography and color chart
I have read online that to get colors right in photo you need to use color chart.
I have searched online, but have not found any information if color chart is used(should be used) also when taking ...
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What readily available items can be used for color correction or reference?
Are there any easily available things I can carry with me, that I probably have already, that I could use as a rough color reference card while taking photos with a phone?
I realize that most phones ...
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How to change saturation on a curve in RGB mode, in Photoshop?
In Lab mode it's easy to change saturation independently of luminosity, by using curves on the a and b channels, but how can you do it in RGB mode? In RGB mode it's still easy to change luminosity ...
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Color Calibration on Sharp LC-32LB370U monitor
I'm having trouble trying to fix the color for my Sharp LED monitor. This has been an issue for about a year or so, and I'd still like to use it, but the wrong colors are too distracting.
I've gone ...
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How to edit photos shot in fluorescent light
I recently shot a series of pictures (portraits and group shots) in a room with bad (fluorescent) light. I had no possibility of changing that lighting situation.
Now back at home and in Lightroom I ...
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How are the turquoise / blue sea and warm sand tones achieved in this photograph?
It seems as if the white isn't really white, but then also the lowtones seem special.
I love the way everything looks so warm, but at the same time the blue is blue.
Any idea how this artist achieved ...
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Relationship between tint-temp and magenta-green-blue-amber white balance corrections?
In some tools, like Photoshop, the white balance adjustment is two sliders: tint and temperature.
In many cameras however, a 2D grid is used with one axis being magenta-green, and the other blue-...
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Color temperature changing with altitude?
After 50+ years of traditional photography, I went 6 months ago for drone video&photography. Incredible what the change in perspective can do... Anyway, the question is now related with a dominant ...
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How to find a pictures properties?
I took a picture and I really like the color and lighting in it so I was wondering if there is anyway to find out the properties, like the contrast/saturation/ tint etc, of it so I could replicate it ...