Duck_Gary lesson1

[Gary]

Did this in LAB then RGB as per Wizard, I liked the LAB a bit better. The RGB came out a little bit warmer however I found when setting the neutral point the coloring tends to change a fair amount with very small movements. My selector is set to 3X3.

Gary

[Gary]

LAB  How do you put two images on the same page, thanks.

Gary

[ggroess]

In the additional options area of the posting you can click on the "more attachments" link and add a second or third line to the posting.

The ducks are still a bit dark on my monitor but if you are satisfied you certainly did the assignment.  Good work

Greg

[Gary]

I guess I did not look close enough, sorry about that. I have version 3.0.12.0 of of CM and I find that when I set a point and try to drag the curser around the little circle seems rather sticky and does not always follow very well is it the program or my machine I don't normally have any problem in other programs. Also I notice in example #1 at the bottom of the curve window the numbers go from 0 to 255, mine shows as a percentage 0 to 100 even though the radio button in settings is 0 to 255. These are no big deal just curious.

I agree the duck looks a bit dark, I thought it looked a bit brighter in photoshop.

Gary

[ggroess]

try re-setting the radio button and let me know if it works...
You might need to re-install the program...

1 step at a time...

Greg

[Gary]

I tried both of your suggestions above but everything remains the same.

Gary

[ggroess]

Could you screen shot the settings tabs from within CM so I check out what you have selected?  Click on the wrench icon in the upper right of the curve window.

here are mine...actual mileage may very.....

Greg

[Gary]

Screen shots coming shortly, thanks for your help, I see a coup;e of things different.

The kite image the only way I could get anywhere was to use highlight & shadow first then I adjusted it CM wizard and added a bit more lightness and Saturation.

In the merry go round I used the wizard and also added a little lightness & colour.

Gary 

[ggroess]

The kite fliers are one of the toughest images we have so if it continues to mess with you don't worry too much about it...
The real issue is the skin tones once you get the color cast out of the image.  May people have used multiple color spaces on tis image to try to get it right...

as for the merry go round...

There is more detail in the shadows you could recover try the Lizard Tail. See separate post for links....

I'd go after the shadows and then pump up the color until it is almost over the top...

Greg

[Gary]

Here are my screen shots, I have not changed any yet as you see.

Gary