Red and Black Mix

"Bill Newton" wrote in
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I recently took some digital photographs at a wedding, and on producing the first printout, I see the dark suits worn by the men are littered with scattered red pixels.

I would be very grateful if one of you enthusiasts out there could offer me some advice as to what the cause of the problem is, and maybe how it could be rectified.

Thanks in anticipation of a helpful response.

Regards.

Bill.

Confetti!

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Can you point us to the pic via a web URL, so we can take a look??

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"Bill Newton" wrote in
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Confetti!

I wish it was that easy :-))

Bill

In article <dclfki$cpi$>,
"Bill Newton" wrote:

I recently took some digital photographs at a wedding, and on producing the first printout, I see the dark suits worn by the men are littered with scattered red pixels.

I would be very grateful if one of you enthusiasts out there could offer me some advice as to what the cause of the problem is, and maybe how it could be rectified.

Most likely just noise, which tends to be most noticeable in shadow areas. Try the Dust and Scratches filter; if it softens the image too much try using it only on the channel that’s most affected.

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Odysseus

In article <dclfki$cpi$>,
says…

I recently took some digital photographs at a wedding, and on producing the first printout, I see the dark suits worn by the men are littered with scattered red pixels.

I would be very grateful if one of you enthusiasts out there could offer me some advice as to what the cause of the problem is, and maybe how it could be rectified.

Thanks in anticipation of a helpful response.

Regards.

Bill.

Bill, you don’t, by chance, have View > Gamut Warning turned on do you?

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"Jason Warren" wrote in message

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Bill, you don’t, by chance, have View > Gamut Warning turned on do you?

Hi Jason, thanks for your comment. I have checked and found that ‘Gamut Warning’ is not turned on. I also went to the help file to read up on the subject but I only confirmed what I already suspected, namely that I am unable to comprehend the information in the help file:-(

A number of folk have tried to help me for which I am very grateful, however I really need to wise myself up a little more so that in future, when I ask a question, I should be able to at least comprehend any responses!

Thanks for your interest.

Regards.

Bill.

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"Jason Warren" wrote in message

In article <dclfki$cpi$>,
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Bill, you don’t, by chance, have View > Gamut Warning turned on do you?

Hi Jason, thanks for your comment. I have checked and found that ‘Gamut Warning’ is not turned on. I also went to the help file to read up on the subject but I only confirmed what I already suspected, namely that I am unable to comprehend the information in the help file:-(
A number of folk have tried to help me for which I am very grateful, however I really need to wise myself up a little more so that in future, when I ask a question, I should be able to at least comprehend any responses!
Thanks for your interest.

Regards.

Bill.

Bill,

That is one of the uses of a NG, like this one – to help every subscriber " wise up." None of us know everything. At least once a week, I see something that I had no clue of, and I’ve been using PS professionally, since its introduction for the PC. I also admit that the Help files can be sorely lacking, at best, plus one has to know the exact namining conventions, to even ask the question.

Many have added their thoughts and comments on your problem. All that I have seen have been good possibilities. If someone has responded with terms that are now beyond your knowledge, or comprehension, don’t fear, just ask them for clarification. I’ll bet that they will be glad to help. It’s not uncommon for some of us, myself unfortunately included, to give a response based on our knowledge of the product/problem, and not write it for someone, who may have just picked up PS. That isn’t bad, necessarily, but can be confusing for the person, who asked the question. Most responders, will list the steps, as we’d do them, hoping that the logical progression of steps will be followed, with the intended results. Sometimes, we don’t list the *WHY* of the steps, but if questioned will try our best to explain it. Remember, most of us are not teachers, nor are we technical writers. There are some wonderful exceptions in this group, but most of us are *visual* people, who work all day in images.

If you need particular help with some of the suggestions, just post back to the thread, and ask for clarification. You will get it.

Lastly, thanks for following the thread that you started. Too many people do not, and the NG never knows if they hit on the right solution. Thanks for giving us food for thought.

Hunt

In article <dclfki$cpi$>,
says…

I recently took some digital photographs at a wedding, and on producing the first printout, I see the dark suits worn by the men are littered with scattered red pixels.

I would be very grateful if one of you enthusiasts out there could offer me some advice as to what the cause of the problem is, and maybe how it could be rectified.

Thanks in anticipation of a helpful response.

Regards.

Bill

Back to your problem. I’ve followed the thread, and have seen some good possible causes. I am at a loss, as to how I can add anything, but would like to see one of the images to explore. It doesn’t appear that you have posted any to the Web, so I’d like to offer to view one, if you would e-mail it to me. As I get enough spam already, I’ll encrypt my e-dress: 49830$29 All you have to do is remove everything before the "i" in info, and change biz to com. Please send a large, fairly low-compression JPG, if possible, so I can see as clearly as is possible, the problem.

Thanks, and good luck,
Hunt

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In article <dclfki$cpi$>,
says…

I recently took some digital photographs at a wedding, and on producing the
first printout, I see the dark suits worn by the men are littered with scattered red pixels.

Back to your problem. I’ve followed the thread, and have seen some good possible causes. I am at a loss, as to how I can add anything, but would like
to see one of the images to explore. It doesn’t appear that you have posted
any to the Web, so I’d like to offer to view one, if you would e-mail it to
me. As I get enough spam already, I’ll encrypt my e-dress: 49830$29 All you have to do is remove everything before the "i" in
info, and change biz to com. Please send a large, fairly low-compression JPG,
if possible, so I can see as clearly as is possible, the problem.

Hi Hunt, I found your recent comments very encouraging. It’s good to know that there are some skilled folk about who are prepared to share their knowledge with less talented bods such as me.

Fortunately for me, a colleague of mine came visiting just yesterday, and although he’s no PS expert, he was knowledgeable enough to (I think) solve my problem. He showed me how to adjust my colour settings (Shft/Cntrl/K) in PS, along with the Adobe Gamma settings on my monitor.

I realise these are subjects that I could have read up on, but I must confess that I have always found ‘help files’ rather confusing. Strangely though, once I am shown, and understand how to do something, the ‘help files’ make perfect sense to me!

Hope you know what I mean:-)

Many thanks to yourself and all other folk that helpfully responded.

Regards.

Bill.

in article dd1kvm$cv7$, Bill Newton at
wrote on 08/05/2005 11:22 PM:

I realise these are subjects that I could have read up on, but I must confess that I have always found ‘help files’ rather confusing. Strangely though, once I am shown, and understand how to do something, the ‘help files’ make perfect sense to me!

Reading comprehension problem.

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"Hunt" wrote in message

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Hi Hunt, I found your recent comments very encouraging. It’s good to know that there are some skilled folk about who are prepared to share their knowledge with less talented bods such as me.

Fortunately for me, a colleague of mine came visiting just yesterday, and although he’s no PS expert, he was knowledgeable enough to (I think) solve my problem. He showed me how to adjust my colour settings (Shft/Cntrl/K) in PS, along with the Adobe Gamma settings on my monitor.

I realise these are subjects that I could have read up on, but I must confess that I have always found ‘help files’ rather confusing. Strangely though, once I am shown, and understand how to do something, the ‘help files’ make perfect sense to me!

Hope you know what I mean:-)

Many thanks to yourself and all other folk that helpfully responded.
Regards.

Bill

Bill,

The most important thing is that you have a solution. When you have ironed it all out, please let the group know what you discovered, as several of the earlier replies had some good thoughts, even though some may have been divergent, because they were speculating on the possible cause. I, for one, would really like to know what was causing the problem to begin with.

Hunt

On Sat, 6 Aug 2005 06:22:47 +0000 (UTC), "Bill Newton" wrote:

I realise these are subjects that I could have read up on, but I must confess that I have always found ‘help files’ rather confusing. Strangely though, once I am shown, and understand how to do something, the ‘help files’ make perfect sense to me!

Help files should generally be renamed Hinder Files. 🙂

That’s why there’s such a market in Photoshop books 😉

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This sounds like the kind of single-pixel noise you get at high ISO settings. Pixels get stuck "on" and record as a bright colorful spot.

Individual pixels are easily tamed with the Clone Stamp or Spot Healing Brush tools. Large areas are nearly as easy to fix.

Duplicate the background layer. Set the blend mode for the new layer to "darken." With the Move tool active, press any arrow key on your keyboard to move the copied layer 1 pixel. The spots (being 1 pixel in size and all brighter than their surroundings) disappear.

You may find that fine dark detail (eyelashes) gets widened unnaturally. Use a layer mask to exempt those areas from your treatment.

Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson Photography
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In article <dclfki$cpi$>, Bill
Newton wrote:

I recently took some digital photographs at a wedding, and on producing the first printout, I see the dark suits worn by the men are littered with scattered red pixels.

I would be very grateful if one of you enthusiasts out there could offer me some advice as to what the cause of the problem is, and maybe how it could be rectified.

Thanks in anticipation of a helpful response.

Regards.

Bill.