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Posted on 11/01/10 04:14:19 AM |
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mheardiv
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Color blindness issues
I am color blind and have trouble with trying to match skin tones. Is there a way to select a color from one person and apply the color settings on the other to make them match for a montage? I know this is a pretty big handicap! |
Posted on 11/01/10 09:24:17 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 4059 Reply  |
Re: Color blindness issues
Good morning Milton, There are a couple of books that might help you with this; 'Professional Photoshop' & 'Photoshop Lab Color'; both by Dan Margulis. Be prepared for some serious 'Brain-ache' with both books as they delve into some quite complicated issues and concepts, particularly in Lab. As a first choice I would go for 'Professional Photoshop' where Dan actually mentions the problem of colour blindness in Chapter 3. Gordon _________________ Why isn't 'phonetic' spelled the way it sounds? |
Posted on 11/01/10 09:24:39 AM |
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maiden
Golden Gif Gagster Posts: 471 Reply  |
Re: Color blindness issues
Well that is a difficult problem, not being colour blind myself I would probably have great difficulty trying to work around such a problem. One way you could get a better colour match is to create a new layer with a selection made from the skin tones of the person you want to replicate - only select the tones you want to copy so for example a face or body area but not include any item of clothing they are wearing as that will throw off the overall tones. Then when you colour correct the target's skin tones use Image/Adjustments/Match Color... and it will approximate the tones from the source to the target (both the target and source have to be in the same document but the source can be a hidden layer). Also another good way to check tonal values is to use the Color Sampler Tool (I) and drop up to 4 color sample points on the source's skin tones and use those 4 values (displayed in the Info Palette) to see if the tones match up with the target's skin tones using the Eye Dropper Tool (I) - it can be painstaking to get the values matching but you will know with 100% certainty that the tones between the source and the target will be matching. Hope that's helpful, Becky |
Posted on 11/01/10 7:47:13 PM |
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tank172
ThreeDee Thriller Posts: 692 Reply  |
Color blindness issues
I read an article in After Capture magazine that interviews a commercial photographer, Joel Grimes, who embraced his color blindness and produces stunning imagery. You can read his full article on the After Capture website (PDF): http://www.aftercapture.com/storage/articles/AC1209_Grimes_Bleich.pdf The end of the article lists his website and email address. Try sending an email and he may be open to suggesting some tips for you. Hope this helps, -Chris |
Posted on 11/01/10 7:47:14 PM |
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tank172
ThreeDee Thriller Posts: 692 Reply |
Color blindness issues
Didn't realize you're in Macon. I'm in Monroe - albeit about 2 hrs away. 
Cheers, -Chris |
Posted on 11/01/10 10:41:43 PM |
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mheardiv
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Re: Color blindness issues
Thank you for all of the advice and information. An impressive forum! Milton |