Re: [OM] Using FL-50R, wedding sample pictures, Eneloop batts, etc...

[Chuck Norcutt]

Whatever you might have said about color match (actually, look for 
"match color" or you won't find it in PS help) has been lost to my leaky 
memory since I
   a) didn't remember such a thing existed and
   b) haven't been able to figure out how to use it.

Using curves is actually pretty simple and can be done in about 30 
seconds.  But (short of understanding match color) I would more likely 
have done it with painting into a selection.  Select the area to be 
fixed and use the paint brush.  Select the color from an appropriate 
source and paint into the selected area.  The selection will prevent the 
brush from painting where it's not wanted.  Use a low opacity and flow 
rate if desired to approach the color gradually and/or vary it from 
place to place.

Chuck Norcutt

Moose wrote:

> 
> I don't know if the E-3 has more or less RAW headroom. As Chuck has 
> pointed out, these and other highlights are completely blown, so the
> E-1 didn't have enough headroom. What the E-3 does have are lower
> noise and greater overall DR, so it should be easier to use EV
> compensation to protect the highlights without running into noise
> issues on the bottom.
> 
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> I think maybe you need some friends with more hair!  :-)
>> 
>> The man's head ... are truly blown in the raw file (all channels at
>> 255) and simple recovery is not possible. any attempt to lower it
>> just returns a noticeable gray tone. The only way I have found to
>> fix these photos (short of painting or cloning) is to select the
>> area to be fixed with the magic wand and then adjust just the
>> highlights end of the individual RGB channels downward by differing
>> amounts and proportional to the surrounding colors.
>> 
> 
> As I've shown before, an easier way with probably better color match
> is to use color matching between a matching, but properly exposed,
> portion of the skin and the blown out area. On this one, I've matched
> from another part of the man's head to the blown area and from the
> woman's arm to her upper chest. I think it works rather well, and
> doesn't involve time spent playing with individual channel levels. 
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Others/Irisarri/Wedding&image=0003a.jpg>
> 
> 
>> Photo nº0004    In this picture both of them are burnt and
>> highlight detail cannot be rescued back.
>> 
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