making a photo more "green"

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GISDude
Mar 27, 2006
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Let’s say I have a photo of a "wilderness" area that doesn’t have much wilderness. I have some forestry areas, that are a lovely shade of green, but I have some open pasture areas area drab brown and a little magenta. This photo is an aerial photo of a project I’m working on, but the photo looks, in a word, "ugly". I want to make the desert/pasture areas more green, but I’m having a problem getting the desired effect.

I have tried levels, to try to make it the photo more green. I have tried curvers to try to make it more green.

Both techniques haven’t been able to do exactly what I’m looking for. Considering the photo is 400 megs and 1 foot pixels, it’s hard to work with, but i got a little time before deadline. The resolution of the photo is perfect for me.

Any ideas out there?
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Mike Russell
Mar 27, 2006
"GISDude" wrote in message
Let’s say I have a photo of a "wilderness" area that doesn’t have much wilderness. I have some forestry areas, that are a lovely shade of green, but I have some open pasture areas area drab brown and a little magenta. This photo is an aerial photo of a project I’m working on, but the photo looks, in a word, "ugly". I want to make the desert/pasture areas more green, but I’m having a problem getting the desired effect.
I have tried levels, to try to make it the photo more green. I have tried curvers to try to make it more green.

Both techniques haven’t been able to do exactly what I’m looking for. Considering the photo is 400 megs and 1 foot pixels, it’s hard to work with, but i got a little time before deadline. The resolution of the photo is perfect for me.

Any ideas out there?

Convert the image to Lab mode, type ctrl-M, and invert the ends of the a curve.
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Mike Russell
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KatWoman
Mar 28, 2006
"GISDude" wrote in message
Let’s say I have a photo of a "wilderness" area that doesn’t have much wilderness. I have some forestry areas, that are a lovely shade of green, but I have some open pasture areas area drab brown and a little magenta. This photo is an aerial photo of a project I’m working on, but the photo looks, in a word, "ugly". I want to make the desert/pasture areas more green, but I’m having a problem getting the desired effect.
I have tried levels, to try to make it the photo more green. I have tried curvers to try to make it more green.

Both techniques haven’t been able to do exactly what I’m looking for. Considering the photo is 400 megs and 1 foot pixels, it’s hard to work with, but i got a little time before deadline. The resolution of the photo is perfect for me.

Any ideas out there?

you may prefer to work with selective color in the adjustment menu or select specific areas with a lasso feathered and then adjust each area separately (if you didn’t try that first)

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