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Soft-Proofing, Now What?
I've been soft-proofing my photos for awhile, mainly to ensure I'm not going to lose a lot. Up to this point the amount of color I've lost has been small and I haven't worried too much about it.
I did some fall color shots at sunrise this past weekend, colors are beautiful, and vibrant. As you can imagine, when I soft-proof and show my out-of-gamut colors, 80% of my image turns gray! What methods can I use to help retain the feel of my images but bring the colors back in? I've tried using lightness or saturation layers but it tends to wash out the image.
For those interested, the gallery is here: http://photos.rpsommers.com/gallery/6181408_r3SEo//389832025_YneC5
Here's a sample:
I did some fall color shots at sunrise this past weekend, colors are beautiful, and vibrant. As you can imagine, when I soft-proof and show my out-of-gamut colors, 80% of my image turns gray! What methods can I use to help retain the feel of my images but bring the colors back in? I've tried using lightness or saturation layers but it tends to wash out the image.
For those interested, the gallery is here: http://photos.rpsommers.com/gallery/6181408_r3SEo//389832025_YneC5
Here's a sample:
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Want to easily tame out-of-gamut colors with Photoshop CS4? I just posted an illustrated tip that shows how to tame them quickly and easily with a combination of the Select|Color Range command and a Vibrance (or Hue/Saturation adjustment layer.
http://www.thelightsright.com/TameOutOfGamutColors
I posted a tip last night about using the Color Range command and a Vibrance adjustment layer to tame out-of-gamut colors.
http://www.thelightsright.com/TameOutOfGamutColors
One big question was, what about pre-CS4?
Well, this tip uses Gamut Warning and a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer. So it works fine with CS4 or with previous versions of Photoshop.
http://www.thelightsright.com/TameOutOfGamutColorsRevisited
Cheers,
Mitch