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I have Photoshop CS2. I suspect Photoshop can do this (match color function?) but I can’t get it right.
I have a JPEG from a compact digicam that has bad color balance. The digicam (a Casio EX-S500) doesn’t have outstanding color rendition in any case, and I screwed things up badly by choosing the wrong white balance setting on the camera. In particular, I set the color balance on the digicam to "sunny" and took pictures in the late afternoon, outdoors. I think I should have used the "shade" white balance on the Casio.
I tried Photoshop’s "photo filter"/"warming" functions, but none of them solved this problem.
The bad JPEG features the face of a woman, and this woman’s face is also featured in a second picture I have, which I will call the "good JPEG." This photo was taken with a Canon S80 and has very appealing colors.
What I would like to do is capture some color statistics from the woman’s face in the "good JPEG." I would like Photoshop to compute a color transformation that, when applied to the woman’s face in the "bad JPEG," causes the statistics of the two faces (bad JPEG and good JPEG) to match.
Finally, I would like to apply the computed color transformation to the ENTIRE bad JPEG (not just the woman’s face).
Is this what Photoshop "match color" is supposed to do? I tried it, but it did not result in a good looking picture.
If you have read this far, I thank you for your time and consideration. —
David Arnstein
arnstein+
I have a JPEG from a compact digicam that has bad color balance. The digicam (a Casio EX-S500) doesn’t have outstanding color rendition in any case, and I screwed things up badly by choosing the wrong white balance setting on the camera. In particular, I set the color balance on the digicam to "sunny" and took pictures in the late afternoon, outdoors. I think I should have used the "shade" white balance on the Casio.
I tried Photoshop’s "photo filter"/"warming" functions, but none of them solved this problem.
The bad JPEG features the face of a woman, and this woman’s face is also featured in a second picture I have, which I will call the "good JPEG." This photo was taken with a Canon S80 and has very appealing colors.
What I would like to do is capture some color statistics from the woman’s face in the "good JPEG." I would like Photoshop to compute a color transformation that, when applied to the woman’s face in the "bad JPEG," causes the statistics of the two faces (bad JPEG and good JPEG) to match.
Finally, I would like to apply the computed color transformation to the ENTIRE bad JPEG (not just the woman’s face).
Is this what Photoshop "match color" is supposed to do? I tried it, but it did not result in a good looking picture.
If you have read this far, I thank you for your time and consideration. —
David Arnstein
arnstein+
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