Deep colour saturation

[jasonco]

Hi Guys,

Using photoshop, how would I acheive really deep green colour saturation without afecting the rest of the photo?

Or should I say using the 10D what settings would I use to start with?

Enclosed is a sample of what I want to do. I can do it with film no worries but not to this extent with digital.

http://www.marknewsham.com.au/weddings/album1.html

Cheers
Jason

[Roger_Cavanagh]

Jason,

The link seems to be mostly duotones, so I'm not certain what you mean to give as an example of deepy saturated greens, but...

If you are shooting JPG, then using the Adobe RGB colour space will give a wider colour gamut and more room for saturated colours.

If you are a raw shooter, you will have more latitude for adjustments in post-processing to enhance colours.

If you are a Photoshop user, here's a plug for my scripting tool that works nicely to boost colour:

http://www.rogercavanagh.com/actions/variations/01_velvia.htm

There's a free and a donation-ware version.

Regards,

[jasonco]

Roger,

Thanks, I will download the script :-)

Now since your a script man... you wouldnt be interested in writing me a script that bring the lowtones up to the start ofthe Histogram curve in the levels box would you? I would be happy to pay for this as I would use it a lot.

Refer to this link for a more detailed explanation of the issue.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=27010&highlight=jason

Cheers (and thanks!)
Jase

[jasonco]

P.S. Which script is the saturation script since none of them actually say the word saturation? I am fairly new to Photoshop (only about a year).

Cheers
Jase

[Roger_Cavanagh]

P.S. Which script is the saturation script since none of them actually say the word saturation? I am fairly new to Photoshop (only about a year).

Cheers
Jase

Jase,

I was referring to Velvia Variations (http://www.rogercavanagh.com/actions/variations/01_velvia.htm).

Regards,

[Roger_Cavanagh]

Roger,

Thanks, I will download the script :-)

Now since your a script man... you wouldnt be interested in writing me a script that bring the lowtones up to the start ofthe Histogram curve in the levels box would you? I would be happy to pay for this as I would use it a lot.

Refer to this link for a more detailed explanation of the issue.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=27010&highlight=jason

Cheers (and thanks!)
Jase

Jase,

I read the thread. My immediate reaction was the same as several posters: use Levels>Options to set 0% clipping and monochromatic contrast. Setting black and white point output levels is an additional option; not sure that I would include it in a batch action - it's easy to add afterwards, but not reversible.

What is it about this solution that doesn't satisfy your requirements? The one obvious thing that scripting would allow is the conditional application of edits, as demonstrated in this script:

http://www.rogercavanagh.com/actions/06_hilofix.htm

which relates to the same topic.

Regards,

[jasonco]

Hey Roger,

How do I donate!!! I LOVE that Velvia script... :-) Paypal?

Yep I can definately do it in the levels box and thats fine. What I would like to do able to do is batch it on a stack of photos. that would save me a stack of time. But im sure you can understand you can't just do one level, Action it, and expect it to work on all photos as all photos are different.

Hence my need for a script ;-)

Cheers
Jase

[iwatkins]

Jase,

Pay the money (yes, PayPal) and get the Plus version. I can't live without it. So much so, I actually paid for the whole suite as I use the B+W and Temperature scripts as well. :)

Cheers

Ian