Colour correction by the numbers & Jean Chrétien circa 1996
We looked at photo today where a face was much too red. It is possible that it could not have been saved but there are certain things worth trying besides converting to black and white (the cheap way of salvaging a noisy or weirdly coloured photo).
At the 15:04 mark in this video produced by The Radiant Vista, the narrator explains ways to colour correct “by the numbers“. This isn’t fool proof but it can be useful when you need to accurately correct an image that’s too rich in one colour or another. has too much of one colour.
The video also starts by explaining how to improve features using the Liquify tool and goes into detail about adding catchlights into dark eyes but these parts aren’t really that awesome.
On that note, since I am in Europe and am trying to teach my Euro-friends a thing or to about Canada, I leave you with an image from 1996 of former Canadian Prime Minister, Jean Chrétien, strangling activist Bill Clennett:
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