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Agnese Freimane

Posts: 139

Chesterfield, England, United Kingdom

This what it needs to look like

https://content21-foto.inbox.lv/albums/m/miiluliite172/12-06-2012/photo-zely-water.jpg

This is my try...

https://content21-foto.inbox.lv/albums/m/miiluliite172/12-06-2012/IMG-13731.jpg

And this is the image original that needs to have the colors like the first one

https://content21-foto.inbox.lv/albums/m/miiluliite172/12-06-2012/IMG-1373.jpg

Jun 12 12 05:45 am Link

Photographer

Julian Marsalis

Posts: 1191

Austin, Texas, US

Jun 12 12 05:54 am Link

Retoucher

Agnese Freimane

Posts: 139

Chesterfield, England, United Kingdom

Julian Marsalis wrote:
Try http://www.davidkennardphotography.com/ … shop.xhtml

Thanks, but im searching for a solution without the need to match every single colour.I wish somebody would tell me how the first image was done, i doubt it was by matching colours...

Jun 12 12 06:17 am Link

Retoucher

bobbydolan

Posts: 168

San Francisco, California, US

why not just ask the retoucher/??
AMarfoog is really wonderful and has been a great help to me, also very accessible to reach out to for questions

Jun 12 12 06:55 am Link

Retoucher

Agnese Freimane

Posts: 139

Chesterfield, England, United Kingdom

bobbydolan wrote:
why not just ask the retoucher/??
AMarfoog is really wonderful and has been a great help to me, also very accessible to reach out to for questions

Well in this matter looks like that didnt work our else i wouldnt be here asking.

Jun 12 12 07:03 am Link

Photographer

Image Magik

Posts: 1515

Santa Cruz, California, US

I've been working on this same effect myself. You have the colors close. It looks like you need to screen a darker color on top and desaturate a little. Sometimes putting a fill color on top with darken mode for the layer works too.

Jun 12 12 07:15 am Link

Photographer

Image Magik

Posts: 1515

Santa Cruz, California, US

I'm assuming you used curves to get these colors yes?

Jun 12 12 07:17 am Link

Retoucher

AMarfoog

Posts: 68

Honolulu, Hawaii, US

Agnese Lupike wrote:
Well in this matter looks like that didnt work our else i wouldnt be here asking.

I haven't received any questions/messages from you, so I don't know why you're saying "it didn't work". If you are referring to me not releasing PSD files for TF work (as this was), that still doesn't mean I couldn't have told you how I did it.

If you had asked me directly, I would have tried to help.

Jun 12 12 07:25 am Link

Photographer

Julian Marsalis

Posts: 1191

Austin, Texas, US

Agnese Lupike wrote:

Thanks, but im searching for a solution without the need to match every single colour.I wish somebody would tell me how the first image was done, i doubt it was by matching colours...

The sand on a curve and sky and girl on a curve masked would end up fairly close with just three pts and masked to taste actually from the looks of it to me. where's peano lol...

Jun 12 12 07:31 am Link

Retoucher

Peano

Posts: 4106

Lynchburg, Virginia, US

I used curves and selective color (and S/H to open shadow details). Link to a layered tiff. Let me know if the link doesn't work.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4d6khk8y9orlgna/beachgirl.tif

https://img715.imageshack.us/img715/8673/beachgirl2.jpg

Jun 12 12 07:33 am Link

Retoucher

Agnese Freimane

Posts: 139

Chesterfield, England, United Kingdom

Image Magik wrote:
I'm assuming you used curves to get these colors yes?

yes but that didnt gave me that bluish colour in the darks.

Jun 12 12 07:35 am Link

Retoucher

Agnese Freimane

Posts: 139

Chesterfield, England, United Kingdom

AMarfoog wrote:

I haven't received any questions/messages from you, so I don't know why you're saying "it didn't work". If you are referring to me not releasing PSD files for TF work (as this was), that still doesn't mean I couldn't have told you how I did it.

If you had asked me directly, I would have tried to help.

Sorry i guessed Jen asked you everything cos she wanted the effect, i guess its a problem in the comunication.

Jun 12 12 07:38 am Link

Retoucher

Agnese Freimane

Posts: 139

Chesterfield, England, United Kingdom

Peano wrote:
I used curves and selective color (and S/H to open shadow details). Link to a layered tiff. Let me know if the link doesn't work.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4d6khk8y9orlgna/beachgirl.tif

https://img715.imageshack.us/img715/8673/beachgirl2.jpg

Thanks, thats close smile

Jun 12 12 07:39 am Link

Retoucher

Eclipse - Retouching

Posts: 53

Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa

There are a lot of different ways to create colour schemes for an image.  I'd use the Photo Filter Adjustment Layer with a custom colour and play around with the Density.  Also using Curves and/or Levels to make the colours pop.

You can also just use curves, adjusting the Green (whatever colour you need) channel to taste.

Another is Colour Balance or a Gradient Map.  The best is to experiment with the different Adjustment Layers and see what they can do.

Don't forget to play around with the Opacity of the layer to bring whatever colours you want to from the original.

If you don't play, you don't learn.

Jun 12 12 07:47 am Link

Retoucher

bobbydolan

Posts: 168

San Francisco, California, US

Agnese Lupike wrote:

Well in this matter looks like that didnt work our else i wouldnt be here asking.

it's called being proactive and a go getter...don't just post something an assume and wait some one will see and tell you. this forum is great for that stuff but each person should be out actively searching them selfs and seeking whatever it is they're looking for. even if it comes down to contacting the person directly...if there's the will, there's a way

Jun 12 12 12:50 pm Link

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Agnese Freimane

Posts: 139

Chesterfield, England, United Kingdom

bobbydolan wrote:

it's called being proactive and a go getter...don't just post something an assume and wait some one will see and tell you. this forum is great for that stuff but each person should be out actively searching them selfs and seeking whatever it is they're looking for. even if it comes down to contacting the person directly...if there's the will, there's a way

I asked how that colour effect is made other then that,please mind your own business, thanks.

Jun 12 12 01:30 pm Link

Retoucher

bobbydolan

Posts: 168

San Francisco, California, US

Agnese Lupike wrote:
I asked how that colour effect is made other then that,please mind your own business, thanks.

all i have to say is... don't go about saying a specific retoucher _______ wouldn't help when you never asked.
the end

Jun 12 12 02:14 pm Link