I’m trying to match the colors of these cabinets…???

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Andrew_Angell
Oct 13, 2005
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Take a look at the following pic: Cabinets <http://www.angelleye.com/temp/testShot.jpg>

I’m trying to make the blue island cabinets match the color of the cabinets behind it. I’ve been using replace color but I’m not very good with it and have trouble finding the correct color. I notice there are Save and Load buttons within that dialog but I’m not sure what these are used for. I’m thinking/hoping these might be some tools to help match the color exactly.

I also see a match color option in the same menu as replace color. I had even less success with this tool.

Any links to tutorials, tips or other information I can get on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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Cybernetic Nomad
Oct 13, 2005
Oups, double post
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Cybernetic Nomad
Oct 13, 2005
Use the eyedroper tool/colour sampler tool to get a typical RGB (or CMYK) value(s) for the blue cabinets.

Try adjustment layers to approach these values

You will need to make a selection of the cabinets. Hue/Saturation, curves and channel mixer are what I would try first
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chrisjbirchall
Oct 13, 2005
Assuming you are using CS2, try the "Match Colour" tool under IMAGE>ADJUSTMENTS
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deebs
Oct 13, 2005
The color sampler in PCS has 3 option regarding the tool tip single pixel
3 by 3 average
5 by 5 average

Try some of these other options – the cabinets are not uniform in color so it MAY be difficult selecting a single pixel that is representative.

Using a larger sample size at the tool tip may return an average that appears more representative 🙂
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deebs
Oct 13, 2005
Oopps: note to self – must fully read original post first

I have a few ideas I’d like to try out – is it OKto download the image and have a go?
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RobertHJones
Oct 13, 2005
Andrew,

The match color command usually does a reasonably good job for things like this. I’d try that.

I assume you’ve read the instructions for match color in Help. What you will need to do here is make a selection of the blue island cabinet (the target) and match it against a selection of the cabinet you want to match (the source).

While match color can work with layers within the same image, since you’re not familiar with the command, it’s easier to work with separate files — use Image>duplicate to create a duplicate from your open file.

In the first file, select the blue cabinet — this will be your target file. In the second file, select a portion of the cabinet you want to match — this will be your source file. I’d use the large vertical lower cabinet door to the right of the island. The color and intensity of that door looks to be appropriate for use with the island.

Now make the target file active and invoke the match color command. Leave the image options alone and do not check the "ignore selection" box. At the bottom, click on the "Source:" selection box and choose your source file. Leave the two check boxes in the Image Statistics area checked. As soon as you select the source file, the color will change in the target file. You can tweek the change in the "Image Options" area, if needed. Click OK to exit the command.

I find it sometimes helpful to apply a curves adjustment to the altered area. If you want to try that, after you exit the match color command press ctrl-J to make a new layer from the selection. Set the blending mode of the new layer to luminosity and then apply the curves adjustment to that layer.

Bob
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Andrew_Angell
Oct 13, 2005
Deebs: Be my guest. If you’d like a larger version of it to play with I can supply that.
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Phosphor
Oct 13, 2005
Andrew…

The following may inspire some new learning:

Phosphor, "Matching Color Between 2 Images" #, 25 Oct 2003 10:01 am </cgi-bin/webx?50>
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deebs
Oct 13, 2005
Interesting! Image color matching is a pretty neat tool for sure – I seemed to lose a bit of texture though.

Some of the edges in this are a bit scrappy but a result of sorts is do-able

< http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1amRO2S2lGj8ay5Qj5 fNoBrk2iPjX>
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deebs
Oct 13, 2005
Cropping the blue box out of the seems to help?

< http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1wuk0qgJFc47KpXtkN BOAj3wFQ9yd>
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glen_deman
Oct 13, 2005
Wow, excellent job Deebs! How’d you do it? (I tried it, but had problems with the darker areas).
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deebs
Oct 14, 2005
I won’t go into all the nitty-gritty details – here are the essentials:

– source for color match is the left hand cabinet (the base unit under glass fronted doors)

– select the blue cabinet onto 2 layers

– apply color match to both layers but tweak things so there are differences (these were separate attempts neither of which worked satisfactorily. I kept the best settings on these then … )

– used layer blends Multiply on first one and Linear Dodge on second with incredible fine tuning (there seems to be a cusp effect)

Thanks for your kind compliments gd – it was a very interesting project

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