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FreddyC — Photoshop Colour Tutorial
Published: 2005-07-02 00:18:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 3245; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 1676
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This is my first tutorial, I made this mainly for the total beginners, I hope the more advanced users can learn something from this too.Any questions, suggestions, disagreements, corrections and comments, please feel free to share with me, I really do need to know how you honestly think about this tutorial.
If you do want to work through this step my step, you can find the original full size photo here: [link]
Update: corrected the link above, sorry.
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Interesting tutorial and a great method to add spice to photos. The only question I have is how can I replicate this in the GIMP? As far as I know there's no handy Color Matching plugin... Could you describe what those "subtle" differences between using hue/saturation and using this plugin? Thanks and great work!
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Hey, I never used gimp before, alhtough I have heard about it. you can certainly use hue/sat if you want, colour match (CM) is just a easier tool, I can't really put into words the differences, so I showed it through picture. You'll get an idea of the differences if you use it.
Well, my attempt to discribe the differences would be that it gives a much more subtle boost of colour, of course this can be achieved through hue/sat, but it requires a bit more of work. I see CM the same as when you increase the colour of your tv screen - more natural.
I would really advice you to get PS if you're interested in photo tweaking. CM is also a great way of setting a foundation for other tools such as Selective Colour in PS
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Thanks for the description, I'll try and play around a little.
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i enhance a lot of my digital photos like this too but in paint shop pro.. and sometimes i think its kinda cheating. cause if you enhance them so much its more like digital art and not really photography anymore.. 
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Well, You still need a good photo to change.
Thing is, I'm limited by my compact digital camera, if I get a nice camera, I may not need to do this, but until then, I will.
But I personally have boundries in which if ?I cross, I will class it as digital art - photomanipulation.
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It seems like a good tutorial but I only have 7.0 (not CS). I usually edit using curves, levels, and selective color.
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Thakns, I usually do that too, but since there's far better tutorials on those tools, and not enough on Colour Match, that' what I decided to do.
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Ahh I see. I'll have to look up some of those then. I can never get my photos looking really good. Like yours.
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Awwww, that is so nice of you to do that Fred
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Nice to see the way other people do things... I use basically the same meathod but it varys from picture to picture...thanks for sharing
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Nice to see the way other people do things... I use basically the same meathod but it varys from picture to picture...thanks for sharing
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Just wanted to say lovely tutorial. I've been using CS2 for corrective coloring, though I've never used the Color Match before. I'll have to try that sometime.
And now... off to critiqueyness!
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Ahhh... so thats how you get your lovely images coloured!
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Don't forget to delve into "selective color", too!
-Matt-
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Yup, that would b talked about in my next tutorial.
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Nice tut.
Never thought about using colour match...usually I use a combination of curves, levels and hue/saturation.
Will try it out on next piece.
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Thanks, this was a tutorial for the beginners, levels I thought may put them off, Colour Match is a easy one step tool
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Thank you! I always loved the colors in your photos
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it wont let me see it, says the link is forbidden
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Hmmm, not sure why, everyone else seems to be ok, would you try again, might be something to do with DA.
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naw it still says "Forbidden
You don't have permission to access the page at [link] Please consult our help library if you need any assistance." but dont worry about it >_<
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Oh I see, that's the page where you can edit my deviation, that's why you are forbidden.
Try: [link]
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I saw that one lol but how am i meant to learn anything from looking at a photograph? :S
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The photo is meant for people who wants to work through the tutorial. So is it the tutorial link that doesn't work for you or is the the photo's?
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Wooh, very nice. I usually use psp7 for fixing up my photos... maybe I'll try this with some of them in photoshop.
One very small typo under 'colour match in action' it says "The Colour mathc tool...."
Very nicely done though!
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That's a very informative and well structured tutorial.
Good job.
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