vrillco says: "This is such a lame gimmick! The reason the images are so "improved" is because Photoshop's color matching algorithm does basic color-balance normalization in addition to the "matching". All it does is look at the color gamut in the 2nd picture and stretch/compress the color range accordingly. This is no different than what can be accomplished through Auto-Levels or manual level adjustment."Absolutely correct. This is a very lame trick, and often makes photos worse than the original.
Here's the way I look at it...Are the original images a bit poor? yesCould they be vastly improved through proper post shooting techniques? yesIs it an interesting technique to play with and potentially use very sparingly? Hell yes.If you can't read stuff like this without bitching about how it conflicts with your ultra efficient photography "workflow" then you are far too far up your own asses to be real artists or photographers that do anything beyond relying on their own equipment.The great painters, designers, artists, and photographers think of new ways to do things, they see things and ask how it can be done better, they experiment. So drop the holier than thou attitude just cause some guy that found a new way to enjoy photography is doing something different than you are.
you are right and wrong. Some colours ARE copyright, colours in this instance however are not.Examples of brand colours would be coca cola's or mcdonalds red. A hard thing to enforce but they'll try to.
grizMay 3, 2007
I guess it's more for visual effect than it is for accuracy.
roywaitsMay 3, 2007
sorry, but what is High Pass?
iloveweedMay 3, 2007
if i could digg this more then once i would
blankjamesMay 3, 2007Submitter
I have tweaked the apache server and it seems to be running a little better now.
jellbellMay 3, 2007
Well thanks for the tip, I think it is one of the most useful tip in PS if used correctly
Closed AccountMay 3, 2007
vrillco says: "This is such a lame gimmick! The reason the images are so "improved" is because Photoshop's color matching algorithm does basic color-balance normalization in addition to the "matching". All it does is look at the color gamut in the 2nd picture and stretch/compress the color range accordingly. This is no different than what can be accomplished through Auto-Levels or manual level adjustment."Absolutely correct. This is a very lame trick, and often makes photos worse than the original.
jonesybMay 3, 2007
this is awesome.
mjesalesMay 5, 2007
wow this is great! thats so useful - I wish I had this in college...
letsmakeartMay 27, 2007
Here's the way I look at it...Are the original images a bit poor? yesCould they be vastly improved through proper post shooting techniques? yesIs it an interesting technique to play with and potentially use very sparingly? Hell yes.If you can't read stuff like this without bitching about how it conflicts with your ultra efficient photography "workflow" then you are far too far up your own asses to be real artists or photographers that do anything beyond relying on their own equipment.The great painters, designers, artists, and photographers think of new ways to do things, they see things and ask how it can be done better, they experiment. So drop the holier than thou attitude just cause some guy that found a new way to enjoy photography is doing something different than you are.
letsmakeartMay 27, 2007
you are right and wrong. Some colours ARE copyright, colours in this instance however are not.Examples of brand colours would be coca cola's or mcdonalds red. A hard thing to enforce but they'll try to.
clee525Jan 16, 2008
I never knew what that feature was for. Brilliant examples. Thanks!