Can PS save this Purplish Picture?

bigfatfish · 18th June 2004

Hi Clubsnappers,

I have a picture that was taken under purple light ( my folly...didnt adjust the White Balance) , now the entire picture looks too purplish to me.

Is there a way to correct it such that it looks like natural colors under white light? Or any where closer to that?

You can see the picture here.

PURPLISH PICTURE

Patryk · 18th June 2004

Woot that's mighty purple...well photoshop can help to a certain limit...just try to get the best result with the colour balance....drop the blues...i think...or u can go to selective colour and try your luck there.... =p

LiOnElLiN · 18th June 2004

apart from the face, everything else is of about the same color in different hues and shades. to really go all out and save this shot depends on whats in it for you...
your best bet is to convert it to monochrome...

LiOnElLiN · 18th June 2004

i tried...

...and failed

onlock · 18th June 2004

Next time, set ur camera to RAW format, the white balance for RAW images can be adjusted using Photoshop CS.

clive · 18th June 2004

can try make it more purple thou

tokrot · 18th June 2004

Sorry that's my best...

tky · 18th June 2004

My attempt.. This is really tough. Turning it to b&w is a good idea.

togu · 18th June 2004

My try,

bigfatfish · 18th June 2004

wow. thanks to everyone who helped to edit this for me.

i am touched man

anyway, tokrot and tky :what did you all do to acheive that colors?

THanks

tokrot · 18th June 2004

Originally Posted by bigfatfish

wow. thanks to everyone who helped to edit this for me. i am touched man

anyway, tokrot and tky :what did you all do to acheive that colors?

THanks

Run PS and Go to Image->Adjustment->Match Color-> Click on Neutralize

Here's my older thread on white balance

zaren · 19th June 2004

another try....

CaeSiuM · 19th June 2004

How abt discarding the colors since it's really hard to salvage? Well not exactly but I tried to fake a "platinum tone".

willyfoo · 19th June 2004

Here's a quick try..

Image->Adjustment->Match Color-> Click on Neutralize
Use curves (Ctrl-M)
Bump up Green Channel & Pull down Blue Channel...

Tried this 'correcting by numbers' method. Skin tone is high on Red, then Green and blue slightly lower than Green.

Try opening up a properly white balanced image of a person with the same skin tone. Read the information palette while moving mouse over skin area and you can see the RGB values changing. What you have to do is to figure out which colour is too high/too low in relation to each other and pull that curve up or down.

tky · 19th June 2004

I didn't have any specific methods. I did a process similar to what willyfoo described. Then tweak further with curve to bring down the purple, push up the red to bring up the skin tone a little. Hope it helps.

Cheers!

StreetShooter · 19th June 2004

How's this?

Photoshop has a built-in filter called "Depurple" (Filters > Artistic > Streetshooter > Depurple) which will do just what you need.

Please don't confuse this with the DeepPurple filter which will do just the opposite.

By the way, it would help if you could tell me the original colour of his Tshirt.

khairi · 19th June 2004

Originally Posted by StreetShooter

How's this?

Photoshop has a built-in filter called "Depurple" (Filters > Artistic > Streetshooter > Depurple) which will do just what you need.

Please don't confuse this with the DeepPurple filter which will do just the opposite.

By the way, it would help if you could tell me the original colour of his Tshirt.

dude...i think you r having a third party plug-in?! PS CS?

bigfatfish · 19th June 2004

Originally Posted by StreetShooter

How's this?

Photoshop has a built-in filter called "Depurple" (Filters > Artistic > Streetshooter > Depurple) which will do just what you need.

Please don't confuse this with the DeepPurple filter which will do just the opposite.

By the way, it would help if you could tell me the original colour of his Tshirt.

wow! which version of PS is this? I dont have depurple. anyway it was a brown shirt and the soundproofing materials on the wall behind him was greyish. drumset was black and chrome. Johan is abit more tan.

is that possible?

StreetShooter · 19th June 2004

All you need are the proper parameters for the Depurple function.

Wanna make Johan a blue-eyed blonde?

bigfatfish · 19th June 2004

Originally Posted by StreetShooter

All you need are the proper parameters for the Depurple function.

Wanna make Johan a blue-eyed blonde?

hey, these are the closest colours to the real thing!
no...Johan is true blue asian, so no need the angmoh "plug-in".

How did you manage to do that. Dont mind can tell me the version or plug-in for PS ? and the parameters you set?

18th June 2004	#1
bigfatfish Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 998	Can PS save this Purplish Picture? Hi Clubsnappers, I have a picture that was taken under purple light ( my folly...didnt adjust the White Balance) , now the entire picture looks too purplish to me. Is there a way to correct it such that it looks like natural colors under white light? Or any where closer to that? You can see the picture here. PURPLISH PICTURE

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Patryk Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 661	Woot that's mighty purple...well photoshop can help to a certain limit...just try to get the best result with the colour balance....drop the blues...i think...or u can go to selective colour and try your luck there.... =p __________________ if my camera is there at the right moment, click, all I have to do is accept it. -edouard boubat

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tokrot Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,238	Sorry that's my best... __________________ Colors of Photography through my eyes...

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willyfoo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: North Posts: 2,085	Here's a quick try.. Image->Adjustment->Match Color-> Click on Neutralize Use curves (Ctrl-M) Bump up Green Channel & Pull down Blue Channel... Tried this 'correcting by numbers' method. Skin tone is high on Red, then Green and blue slightly lower than Green. Try opening up a properly white balanced image of a person with the same skin tone. Read the information palette while moving mouse over skin area and you can see the RGB values changing. What you have to do is to figure out which colour is too high/too low in relation to each other and pull that curve up or down. __________________ Singapore Wedding Photographer Willy Foo on Twitter & Facebook Last edited by willyfoo; 19th June 2004 at 07:57 AM.

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LiOnElLiN Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 813	apart from the face, everything else is of about the same color in different hues and shades. to really go all out and save this shot depends on whats in it for you... your best bet is to convert it to monochrome...

18th June 2004	#4
LiOnElLiN Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 813	i tried... ...and failed

18th June 2004	#5
onlock New Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Jurong West Posts: 17	Next time, set ur camera to RAW format, the white balance for RAW images can be adjusted using Photoshop CS.

18th June 2004	#6
clive Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 2,573	can try make it more purple thou

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tky Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 143	My attempt.. This is really tough. Turning it to b&w is a good idea.

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togu Moderator Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: ToFusland Posts: 5,563	My try,

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zaren Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 7,689	another try....

19th June 2004	#13
CaeSiuM Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Singapore, Bedok Posts: 660	How abt discarding the colors since it's really hard to salvage? Well not exactly but I tried to fake a "platinum tone".

19th June 2004	#16
StreetShooter Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Katong Posts: 4,702	How's this? Photoshop has a built-in filter called "Depurple" (Filters > Artistic > Streetshooter > Depurple) which will do just what you need. Please don't confuse this with the DeepPurple filter which will do just the opposite. By the way, it would help if you could tell me the original colour of his Tshirt.