My new color selection plugin…
I had an idea about using specific hue ranges to make cool b&w images. It didn’t pan out… but I learned a lot about light and why digital imagery may never fully replace film AND color optical filters. Not saying digital can’t be good… but it can never be the same. It’s a long story… and I’ve only started to scratch the surface, really.
Anyway, while coding my idea I changed gears and produced a selective desaturation tool. It’s called “Pog’s Color Filtrator”. The current version (0.032) is at Re: [FYI] Pog’s Color Filtrator v.032 alpha…
In case anyone’s wondering, I’m definitely no pro at this. Some people do crossword puzzles… I write plugins… occasionally. That’s all.
Have fun!
Probably won’t be the same. But can be better. You can selectively ‘goose’ up or retard a specific color before applying a conversion method. This is the language, and it must be learned to comfort. Then open a hue/saturation layer and do nothing but click OK. Then open a channels layer, click monochrome box, and tweek the channels to your liking. Then activate the hue/saturation layer and fine tune here by ‘eyedropping’ where the colors were . . .
Once comfortable, write your plugin; something you do so well.
Sheldon Buckman www.buckmanphoto.com
SHELDON BUCKMAN said this on December 2nd, 2006 at 9:51 am
Color and other filters doing what digital cannot do, I had a big frustration about that until recently.
Photoshop 7.0 using. Creating a new layer. Opening color selection, and paint bucket filling it in with any color wanting from there. Opacity adjusting with layers tool box, and Normal or Overlay or other of options there is working major better than just okay.
Tom said this on December 4th, 2006 at 10:56 am