How would you color correct this?

MalcolmOng

MalcolmOng

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Hey guys, i'm not very proficient in color correction....Just wanna get some feedback on this pic, and how you'd color correct it. I've posted what i've done, but i hope some of you have input on what could be done....Thanks alot!

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What's the setting? Nightclub?
I think you're headed in the right direction. The blacks are crushed a bit too much. If the setting is supposed to be a night club you might try adding in a color cast (blue or whatever feels right, have fun with it). You might want to distress the image to give it a grundgy feel. Perhaps add a thin smoke layer (top and bottom) to frame the shot and give it some depth. my 2
 
To me your subjects are submerged in the black. I would try to seperate them from the black a little more.
 
this is my attempt. i raised the whites and the mids, crushed the blacks. pushed the mids towards blue and the whites towards green. that's about it.
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i wanted the backlit silhouette look. Its no real setting - just a photo for a poster, and i wanted to make it look arty - its supposed to advertise a music concert
 
jenningsp said:
this is my attempt. i raised the whites and the mids, crushed the blacks. pushed the mids towards blue and the whites towards green. that's about it.
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Try working in 16 bit mode and/or Lab mode, and you wont get those pixelations on their shirts. Well, not as bad anyway.
 
tommyinla said:
Ooh... Lab... :love4:

Hey Matt, you ever read the Lab book by Dan Margulis?
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Not yet, though I do own a few of the titles I found when I looked that up on Amazon. I have more Photoshop books that any one person needs. Got to "review" them when I was a Photoshop/Graphics Instructor. One of the percs, and I have indulged in as many as I could.
 
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