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First, I’m no expert, so I don’t know what I’ve done. I just purchased Scott Kelby’s Photoshop Book for digital Photographers, and it’s got a bunch of really neat info. However, when I went to the print at my local lab (twice at two locations), my images were so dull and dark and colourless, I fear I’ve messed up my whole system.
In the book, he tells you to make a couple of adjustments. First, to switch the RGB colour space to Adobe RGB (1998). Second, he asks us to change the auto colour algorithm throught the levels dialogue/auto/find dark & light colours and change the target colours as follows:
Shadows: R=20, G=20, B=20
Midtones: R=128, G=128, B=128
Highlights: R=240, G=240 B=240.
These values are also recommended when colour correcting using curcves, which he guides us through.
So after making all these changes, my output was, well, awfull.
Have I screwed up my photos? Did I set my settings for the wrong output? Should I re-install Photoshop and go back to the factory presets, which, frankly, seemed OK to me?
In the book, he tells you to make a couple of adjustments. First, to switch the RGB colour space to Adobe RGB (1998). Second, he asks us to change the auto colour algorithm throught the levels dialogue/auto/find dark & light colours and change the target colours as follows:
Shadows: R=20, G=20, B=20
Midtones: R=128, G=128, B=128
Highlights: R=240, G=240 B=240.
These values are also recommended when colour correcting using curcves, which he guides us through.
So after making all these changes, my output was, well, awfull.
Have I screwed up my photos? Did I set my settings for the wrong output? Should I re-install Photoshop and go back to the factory presets, which, frankly, seemed OK to me?
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