"...give us those nice bright colors ...."

[VegasGeorge]

Ah, Kodachrome, ah Cibachrome, ....ah phooey! :confused:

Why can't I get those great, heavily saturated, 'greener than green, bluer than blue, redder than red' colors out of my 20D? I like exaggerated color. So, how do I get it? Any ideas will be tried immediately. Thanks!

[PacAce]

Have you tried setting the saturation in your processing parameter to a higher value? Or even cranking up the saturation during post processing?

[robertwgross]

Shoot Velvia 50.

---Bob Gross---

[Monito]

Post-processing with GIMP or Photoshop is very effective.

[mbze430]

Bob got the right idea. I have been complaining about the same thing with digital camera. You just can't get film like colors.

[Bodog]

Try this: In PhotoShop, make a duplicate layer. Invert, then de-saturate the new layer. Run the Gaussian blur filter on the new layer; use a value somewhere around 40-50. (Experiment with this. Start low and work up). Change the blend mode to overlay. Experiment with the amount of blur and and the layer opacity. The colors will really pop!

[Sydor25]

What kind of pictures are you trying to get over-saturated? Landscapes? Macros?

I've been very happy with the 20D for sunset pictures (my favorite subject).


http://sydor25.com/Pictures/Sunset_1_18_05_681.jpg


This was taken with the "kit" lens at 18mm. 1/50 sec @ f/4. Other than the border/sig/re-size, I only applied a minor levels adjustment. No hue/saturation edits.



Try this: In PhotoShop, make a duplicate layer. Invert, then de-saturate the new layer. Run the Gaussian blur filter on the new layer; use a value somewhere around 40-50. (Experiment with this. Start low and work up). Change the blend mode to overlay. Experiment with the amount of blur and and the layer opacity. The colors will really pop!


Sounds interesting, I'll give it a try to see the effect.

[mbze430]

Try this: In PhotoShop, make a duplicate layer. Invert, then de-saturate the new layer. Run the Gaussian blur filter on the new layer; use a value somewhere around 40-50. (Experiment with this. Start low and work up). Change the blend mode to overlay. Experiment with the amount of blur and and the layer opacity. The colors will really pop!

I don't know...all it does is give it a glow like image.

[neil_r]

Try Velvia Vision (PS Plug In) from FM

http://www.fredmiranda.com/shopping/catalogue.php

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[VegasGeorge]

OK - I'm working with Bodog's layers thing, so far I can't quite get it right. At the risk of revealing myself as a lightweight, I can't use Velvia because it won't work with Elements 3. I have cranked up the camera's saturation (1:1,1,2,0). I like that better than the defaults. But, I imagine that shooting at a 0 setting, and making adjustments in editing would be better. Or, would it be better to pick up the additional saturation out of the camera?

[cactusclay]

I think there was a tread around here about Velvia CF cards. Smiles

[mbze430]

Uping on the saturation on the camera doesn't give you Veliva 50 like color reproduction. Ask anyone that shoot Velvia 50.

[VegasGeorge]

Has any one tried the PS (and Elements) action add on from http://bleicher.home.comcast.net/?

How is it compared to Velvia Vision?

Thanks

[chris.bailey]

Try

Duplicate Background Layer
Change Blending mode to Soft Light
Adjust Blending Opacity to Suit (Typically 75%)
Add a VERY gentle S curve adjustment layer and then finally a hue/saturation adjustment layer and bump up saturation by about 15%
The resulting image may be a little dark so add a levels adjustment layer and move the central output slider to lighten it a touch.

I reckon the above gets pretty close to the deep contrast and vivid colours that Velvia produces.

[Chazs]

For Photoshop users, here's another method. Sometimes it's effective, sometimes not.

1) Copy the Background layer to a new layer
2) Set the active layer to the copy and click on Filter -> Other -> High Pass...
3) Change the radius anywhere from 10 to 40 or more (you need to experiment)
4) Change the layer blending to soft light (or try other modes)

Sometimes you can get a nice "pop" to the saturation.

CHUCK

[CyberDyneSystems]

Digital camras capture accurate color,. not the highly saturated and frankly 'exagerated" color we grew used to and love from Velvia.

But this accuracy leaves us the full potential for whatever options we desire in post processing.

Tweek stauration in both your RAW conversion and in PS,. you'll find you have about 5 TIMES as much leeway doing it in your RAW conversion...