Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:02 pm
Onward....
Next I will increase the contrast further in the L channel of LAB this has multiple effects.
The way that I increase the contrast was to use a "Contrast Pin" the contrast pin is created by hovering the mouse over the image until you find an area that has a long color worm. You then right click on the image at that point and select Contrast Pin from the menu.
Here is an article about the color worms
http://www.curvemeister.com/wiki/index.php?title=Color_Worms
The next step is to place the mouse in the frame of the curve window below the grid right in the 75-50 numbers. Your mouse will turn to a double arrow and you can adjust the contrast.
Here is a article on Contrast Pins
http://www.curvemeister.com/wiki/index.php?title=Contrast_Pinning
After adjusting the contrast a bit you can increase the saturation using the slider some more. The saturation values in the box in my screen shot are "false" because I had to close CM and reopen it during the process of creating these screen shots. Yours will be different unless you also close CM and come back in.
This basic sharpening and saturation increase have a dramatic effect on the image.
Greg
Next I will increase the contrast further in the L channel of LAB this has multiple effects.
- It increases the contrast
- It add some sharpness to the edges of the leaves.
- It allows me to increase the saturation further without blowing out the colors on the leaves.
The way that I increase the contrast was to use a "Contrast Pin" the contrast pin is created by hovering the mouse over the image until you find an area that has a long color worm. You then right click on the image at that point and select Contrast Pin from the menu.
Here is an article about the color worms
http://www.curvemeister.com/wiki/index.php?title=Color_Worms
The next step is to place the mouse in the frame of the curve window below the grid right in the 75-50 numbers. Your mouse will turn to a double arrow and you can adjust the contrast.
Here is a article on Contrast Pins
http://www.curvemeister.com/wiki/index.php?title=Contrast_Pinning
After adjusting the contrast a bit you can increase the saturation using the slider some more. The saturation values in the box in my screen shot are "false" because I had to close CM and reopen it during the process of creating these screen shots. Yours will be different unless you also close CM and come back in.
This basic sharpening and saturation increase have a dramatic effect on the image.
Greg