Tips for Vibrant Colors?

It was amazing to sit in on a seminar with him recently at a CPS event. He shoots exaclty what I want to shoot. Everything.

cdifoto wrote in post #4009878
No, it doesn't leave skin tones alone. There's nothing selective about the Vibrance slider.

From Martin Evening's book on LR:

Both the Vibrance and Saturation sliders can be used to boost the saturation of an image. The difference between the two is that the Saturation slider applies a linear adjustment to the colour saturation, whereas a Vibrance adjustment uses a non-linear approach.

In plain English, this means that when you apply a Vibrance adjustment, the less saturated colors will get more of a saturation boost than those that are already saturated.

The other benefit of working with Vibrance is that it has a built-in skin color protector that should filter out colors that fall within the skin color range.

Glenn NK wrote in post #4015191
From Martin Evening's book on LR:

Both the Vibrance and Saturation sliders can be used to boost the saturation of an image. The difference between the two is that the Saturation slider applies a linear adjustment to the colour saturation, whereas a Vibrance adjustment uses a non-linear approach.

In plain English, this means that when you apply a Vibrance adjustment, the less saturated colors will get more of a saturation boost than those that are already saturated.

The other benefit of working with Vibrance is that it has a built-in skin color protector that should filter out colors that fall within the skin color range.

Keyword here being in that very last sentence.

"SHOULD"

Try it once.

cdifoto wrote in post #4015202
Keyword here being in that very last sentence.

"SHOULD"

Try it once.

Just tried it with a pic taken this afternoon of my grand-daughter.

Vibrance to 100 percent intensifies the skin colours, but leaves them quite natural.

Saturation to 100 percent intensfies the skin colours, but adds a reddish/orangish cast; particularly to her blonde hair.


Perhaps there should be a caveat added to the statement written by Martin Evening: That not all skin colours will be treated the same; it may be that it works best with Caucasion skin tones, but even there, major colouration differences exist.

cosworth wrote in post #4010786
Get a Lightroom or ACR preset that is a profilf for your camera. Load the shots with the profile, nail the white balance then +10 on vibrance and +10 on saturation gives images a good punch.

The above is the colour work flow for Vincent LaForet. Very simple

http://www.laforetvisu​als.com/

I took a look at his pictures, and I have to say wow.

But uh, you kinda lost me on setting up a profile... Care to explain? Or is there a thread on this I could check out?

Thanks again.

JimT wrote in post #4003774
warming filters are really nice for reds and golds in Fall.

Or give one of these a try...
http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …_491_Enhancing_​Glass.html

This is one of my favorites for New England foliage in the fall.