now we make a curve adjustment layer:
take the neutral color picker (the middle one) and click anywhere in the brownish area
(marked with the X) - voila, your brown shows as neutral gray:
here how this simple move applies to the RGB channels without me (or you) touching a single curve:
now you can simply deactivate (or toss) the middle layer to see the final result - pretty cool, huh:
The easy way out: If you go into the curves "options" dialog you'll find a "Snap Midtones" option which works almost (but only almost, depending on the image) as good:
Comments (13)
Really, really cool. Thanks a lot.
Posted by franx | December 18, 2006 10:21 AM
Posted on December 18, 2006 10:21
Thanks! why did i never think of that??
Posted by jacob | April 27, 2007 9:00 AM
Posted on April 27, 2007 09:00
dear sir,your guidence is very simple and easy to understand,I believe every one will be helped.thanking you.tapanC
Posted by tapan chandra chandra | April 29, 2007 8:50 AM
Posted on April 29, 2007 08:50
Very helpful tutorial and a GREAT site. Inspiring . . .
Posted by Mark Goode | June 13, 2007 8:46 AM
Posted on June 13, 2007 08:46
This doesn't work right for me. Did everything as said and does what you said but I get a massive green cast to final image. There is a large red flag in the image though - so I gather this only works when the image is pretty much neutral on average to start with? Or maybe I'm missing something?
BTW Found some cool tips on your site. Thanks!
Posted by Chris Savery | August 9, 2007 7:38 AM
Posted on August 9, 2007 07:38
Hi,
i discovered your fantastic site while i'm looking for leica's info on google. Your an a great street photographer, your photos are full of meaning...so intense. I like very much your work.
Bye.
Fabrizio
Posted by fabrizio | November 7, 2007 7:57 AM
Posted on November 7, 2007 07:57
Thanks mate thats works really well :D
Posted by Patrick | November 16, 2007 1:22 PM
Posted on November 16, 2007 13:22
This is so great! Thank you for this information. It works just perfectly.
Posted by Ann Chaikin | April 14, 2008 2:00 AM
Posted on April 14, 2008 02:00
next time i go to new york i'm buying you a drink. thanks a ton!!!
Posted by Anonymous | June 10, 2008 10:03 PM
Posted on June 10, 2008 22:03
Many thanks mate for sharing your wealth of knowledge on photo shop.
Cheers
Kevin Clogstoun
Australia
Posted by Kevin Clogstoun | July 4, 2008 11:20 PM
Posted on July 4, 2008 23:20
Thanks a lot Markus , from today I´ll be using this tip as I´m a bit colorblind and got some trouble with some greens and reds...
Posted by Hikari | November 26, 2008 11:12 PM
Posted on November 26, 2008 23:12
Thank you so much for this Markus. Reading through this before trying it, I didn't think it was going to work; it just seemed too simple, espescially condsidering the amount of grief this issue has caused me. However, it works fantastically,
BTW, I've been a big fan of your work for a while now.
Thanks again.
Posted by Gerald Greenwood | December 6, 2008 10:02 AM
Posted on December 6, 2008 10:02
There's another one for a macro. Cheers!
Posted by Alan Rossiter | August 18, 2009 5:58 PM
Posted on August 18, 2009 17:58