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I receive many emails about how to get good color, so I am reposting this post.
In one of my posts last week I talked about color - creating an image with the colors you like, as opposed to accurate colors.
I took the image above in Death Valley, where I am doing a
workshop next year. I hope you can jon the fun.
The colors you see, created in
Nik Color Efex Pro, are not the natural colors, they are the painterly colors I wanted in my image. The original image is below.
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Of course, getting accurate color is important, too. That's what I was striving for when I was working on my iPad app,
Flying Flowers.
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For accurate in-camera color, I use the Passport Color Checker.
Click here to read about this essential accessory for getting accurate color on site. Check out the sale price and save a few bucks.
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Passport Color Checker |
For accurate color on my desktop and laptop, and even with my printer and digital projector, I use the ColorMunki.
Click here to read about this cool color tool. Check out the sales price for this product, too.
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Here's a link to a
free webinar that my friend Joe Brady is hosting on color!
Here's a
short movie I did on getting accurate color. If you like HDR, you'll like this movie.
Here's a
post on changing colors in an image using the Color Replacement tool in Photoshop.
Explore the light,
Rick