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LauraGigs:

--- Quote ---I thought that the prg might have had the ability to let me 'point' to an area of consistent color and then adjust ONLY that color.

I have used that magic wand on occasion but find it unwieldly at best at exactly what it selects.  Is there a sensitivity control for this tool?
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Yes, it is called "Tolerance".  Enter a number from 0 to 255.  The higher the number, the greater the tolerance (the wider the range of color it will select).


Alternately, you can use the Color Range command under the Select menu.

[The following is from Photoshop Help]

Position the pointer over the image or preview area, and click to sample the colors you want included.

Adjust the range of colors using the Fuzziness slider or by entering a value. To decrease the range of colors selected, decrease the value. The Fuzziness option partially selects pixels by controlling the degree to which related colors are included in the selection (whereas the Tolerance option for the magic wand and paint bucket options increases the range of colors that are fully selected).

Br. Patrick:
Here is an example of the 'yellow skin' that we have been talking about.   When I make her skin flesh tones her hair changes too - for the worse.

LauraGigs:
Color film in the late 50s, 60s and early 70s tended to print with a yellow cast. (Color photos of people today are enhanced toward a yellow or red cast, for a healthy look.)

Keep in mind, this Marilyn photo has probably been retouched quite a lot. Were you trying for a more natural look? What is your goal with this? (not that I mean it argumentatively — I'm just saying that someone has taken pains to do the opposite with this image, and that you will be working to 'undo' this, more than if this were a "from-scratch" photo.)

Anyway, blondes and grey-haired folks are tough; the hair will go green or cyan in a second if you're not careful. I would select the hair carefully (either with the lasso or a pen-tool path) and save the selection so you can always go back to it. Then mask it off as you correct the skin.

= if you're correcting for color this carefully, I trust you've calibrated your monitor carefully, right? =

LauraGigs:
I'm on a better screen now: I see what you're saying. This photo was modifed and the contrast turned way up, so her skin color jumps from a natural color in the midtones, to a vivid reddish-yellow in the shadows.

This is a tough one, Patrick. Tough for even a pro to retouch it the way you want it, I think.

Br. Patrick:

--- Quote from: LauraGigs on November 25, 2006, 05:00:34 pm ---= if you're correcting for color this carefully, I trust you've calibrated your monitor carefully, right? =

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No, I don't know how to do this.  In Control Panel, Displays, Advanced; I have installed the Color Management files that came with my monitor.  Monitor = Dell 2007fpw 20.1" WS; Video is ATI Radeon 256mb; digital connection.   In my startup folder, Photoshop has it's "Adobe Gamma Loader.exe" loading.   FWIW, with any photo editor my system has just about the same color.  This wasn't true with my last system.  In it, files saved in photoshop had to be corrected by 'over correcting' the color.

This pic that I attached, although typical, does not have any background color which would be overly yellow as well.  I just assumed the problem was with the first scanners.

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