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Aug 23, 2004
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How can I use Photoshop to correct the greenish tint in some photographs that I have? They are some 50 years old, but are viable except for this.
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Kevin
Aug 23, 2004
Go to the "levels" command in an adjustment layer and at the top there is a drop down menu…go to green and adust away….Hope the scan of that 50 year old pic will allow you to do that.
"HugYourPug" wrote in message
How can I use Photoshop to correct the greenish tint in some photographs
that I
have? They are some 50 years old, but are viable except for this.
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Mike Russell
Aug 23, 2004
HugYourPug wrote:
How can I use Photoshop to correct the greenish tint in some photographs that I have? They are some 50 years old, but are viable except for this.

This is typical of old images – of the three dyes making up a chromagenic image, magenta and yellow are the first to go, and the result is a cyan or green cast. If an image is left in the sun for several years – a favorite decoration of American druggists – the cyan alone remains. Lab is usually the best color mode for restoring faded color images.

Convert to Lab, run Curves, and alter the Lightness curve to restore the image’s overall contrast and detail. Then carefully adjust the end points of the a and b channels to get rid of the greenish cast. When the cast is gone, increase the overall color saturation by steepening the a and b channels.

Post an url pointer to your image, and perhaps some of us will take a crack at it.
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Hecate
Aug 24, 2004
On 23 Aug 2004 03:25:25 GMT, (HugYourPug) wrote:

How can I use Photoshop to correct the greenish tint in some photographs that I have? They are some 50 years old, but are viable except for this.

Use channels. You’ll find that the colour tinge is almost certainly only present in one channel. Use the channel mixer to balance the image.

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nomail
Aug 24, 2004
HugYourPug wrote:

How can I use Photoshop to correct the greenish tint in some photographs that I have? They are some 50 years old, but are viable except for this.

Yet another solotion: Use ‘Levels’ and choose the individual channels. For each channel, set thec sliders at the beginning and the end of the histogram.

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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/
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Robert Feinman
Aug 24, 2004
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HugYourPug wrote:

How can I use Photoshop to correct the greenish tint in some photographs that I have? They are some 50 years old, but are viable except for this.

Yet another solotion: Use ‘Levels’ and choose the individual channels. For each channel, set thec sliders at the beginning and the end of the histogram.
I have a short tutorial on fixing faded photos that may help you posted on my web site.
Just follow the tips link on the home page.

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Robert D Feinman
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Mike Hide
Aug 25, 2004
Yes I get better results using your approach than the channels approach . I think I originally saw it in one of Wayne’s suggestions….mjh

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"Johan W. Elzenga" wrote in message
HugYourPug wrote:

How can I use Photoshop to correct the greenish tint in some photographs that I have? They are some 50 years old, but are viable except for this.

Yet another solotion: Use ‘Levels’ and choose the individual channels. For each channel, set thec sliders at the beginning and the end of the histogram.

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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/
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Mike Hide
Aug 25, 2004
when looking at the levels RGand Blue histograms I am assuming in a normal situation they would span the whole length of the base line . With a faded photograph they the levels are grouped in the center. Am I to assume the lack of anything to the left and right of the center grouping is basically a lost data…mjh

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"Mike Hide" wrote in message
Yes I get better results using your approach than the channels approach .
I
think I originally saw it in one of Wayne’s suggestions….mjh
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"Johan W. Elzenga" wrote in message
HugYourPug wrote:

How can I use Photoshop to correct the greenish tint in some
photographs
that I have? They are some 50 years old, but are viable except for
this.
Yet another solotion: Use ‘Levels’ and choose the individual channels. For each channel, set thec sliders at the beginning and the end of the histogram.

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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/
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nomail
Aug 25, 2004
Mike Hide wrote:

when looking at the levels RGand Blue histograms I am assuming in a normal situation they would span the whole length of the base line . With a faded photograph they the levels are grouped in the center. Am I to assume the lack of anything to the left and right of the center grouping is basically a lost data…mjh

Exactly, but the data aren’t really ‘lost’. You still have as many pixels as before, but because the color faded, they have shifted. That’s why setting the sliders works: you simply redistribute those colors over the entire range.

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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/

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