Fashion "look" (green / purple hue) How to???

[XpLoiT]

Hey guys one thing has plagued me with this style is that how to get it look good. all mine look absolutely rubbish, to give you an idea this is what im talking about (plus these are fantastic shots)

1:
http://modelmayhm-3.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/081211/06/4940fc968ef6b.jpg

2:
http://modelmayhm-3.vo.llnwd.net/d1/photos/081111/21/491a3ea0166d8.jpg

3:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3291/3128919669_5aa85ce540_o.jpg
i understand that all these shots are "dans (cre8tivepixel.com.au) " shots, however i think he does it the best...
just my opinion id love to try this treatment on some of my shots, and see what i can get.

Any help i can get much appreciated.

[camerageorge]

Try messing about with the different colour curves and reducing the saturation :)

[HSK]

That kind of washed out, retro look? I've been trying to get that right as well. trying to find a tutorial, also to add some grime/grain/gritty/broken look to it too.

As mentioned above, play with the curves and desaturate. I've seen alot of photohop actions around on the net to get those looks also.

[Nortelbert]

Hmm... I think I just saw that in a book I borrowed from the library last week. When I get home from work i'll look it up for you.

[Coastwatch203]

Checkout a Lightroom "plugin" called "300" - do a google search for it.
It is used often for similar results by some people in the "people" section from time to time.

[Nortelbert]

I found my book... the effect wasn't what I was thinking of, it was too gaudy :-)

[speedster00]

look at this weeks video episode on photoshop user TV. just google it. about half way through they give you a quick tutorial on how some of that is done with a quick layer blending.

[dave_p]

I'm interested in this too. I've played around with desaturation, hue, lightness and curves (doing this in Elements 6 with Grant's Tool's Curves plug-in, so I'm not completely crippled) but just can't get exactly what I want.

Anyone who has more Photoshop skillz than myself care to give some additional hints?

[dave_p]

I've discovered that using a cooling filter and doing a little desaturation helps, but I've hardly perfected the technique.

[inthedeck]

Thought I saw mentioned somewhere that split toning in ACR was how this was produced. Works best with natural light shots...though. HTH.

[Perry Ge]

Play around with blending modes ;).

[Karl Johnston]

I remember how to do this in film... it's pretty common actually, lots of ways to do it, just google it. It's basically layers in photoshops and color manipulation.

Cyanotype look or something i can't remember

[GeorgeSibley]

Speedster00 do you happen to remember what is the episode number. I have looked through a few episodes but can't seem to find the tutorial.

[speedster00]

Speedster00 do you happen to remember what is the episode number. I have looked through a few episodes but can't seem to find the tutorial.


Its episode 169 from last week. MAtt does it with a picture of a football player starting at minute 3:30.. He goes into just bringing the color back from BW, but at the end talks about the saturation of the background. The only tips I can suggest is duplicate the later, change the type of layer, then adjust the curves/sat/hugh to you liking. Then use the opacity slider and over lay the 2 pictures together to your liking. Using layers you can do it over and over again by trashing the layer you just made and quickly redoing it.

[Kagemaru]

Its episode 169 from last week. MAtt does it with a picture of a football player starting at minute 3:30.. He goes into just bringing the color back from BW, but at the end talks about the saturation of the background. The only tips I can suggest is duplicate the later, change the type of layer, then adjust the curves/sat/hugh to you liking. Then use the opacity slider and over lay the 2 pictures together to your liking. Using layers you can do it over and over again by trashing the layer you just made and quickly redoing it.

Interesting.. That's now how I do it.

[Bartek]

I think what you're looking to do is "cross process" an image. In film, all this meant is that one would use chemicals to develop an image which are meant for a different type of film!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_processing

Here's what I do :)

http://www.layersmagazine.com/curvy-cross-processing.html

On top of this, you can use a b&w layer and adjust it's opacity to desaturate the image while cross processing it.

[M Powered]

Another way of doing it in CS3 is through Color adjustment. Its a way of changing colors through tones (shadows, mid tone, highlights) Its great for B&W.

Best is if you have an vision of what look you are going for and using the brush tool.

[XpLoiT]

thanks everyone, given me a much better understanding

[winkles]

In lab colour I apply the lightness channel then blend normal to an opacity that gives the strength I am looking for. It might not give you the colours you want but it has a kind of destaturated/cross processed look

This example is quite subtle (maybe 10 -15%) but it might give you the results your looking for; and its quick and easy :)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3247/3103194329_18b5d96f58_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/essox/3103194329/)

[cdifoto]

First two look like split toning to me. Something I haven't quite gotten the hang of yet.