Compare image with colorcast and without colorcast

Usually, when you scan an image or use a photo from a digital camera, you may find out that the image shows a colorcast. It is because of improper lighting, white balance settings, and other factors. A colorcast can make your photo look dull. It will give you a bluish, reddish, or greenish tint in the whole of the photo. If you want to improve the overall colour of your photo, remove the colorcast can be a good step.

With this Photoshop CS3 tutorial, you will learn that Photoshop has many tools to remove colorcast. You can use the white balance setting in camera raw. You can also try a different way, depending on the photograph itself. However, using match colour command is the simplest and easiest way to remove colorcast. If you are able to do this Photoshop CS3 tutorial correctly, you will learn about how to match colours between two images using brightness, colour saturation, colour balance in the image as well as using the layer’s opacity slider to fade the effect to get the best colour you want. Here is how to remove a colorcast.

1.    Open the image. Duplicate the background layer.

2.    Click image – adjustment – match colour. The match colour dialog will appear.

3.    Click neutralize to remove a colorcast.

4.    You can click and drag the fade slider to the right if you want to reduce the effect.

5.    You can click and drag the colour intensity slider to the right if you want to increase the colour range.

6.    Click OK.

Congratulations, now you are able to remove the colorcast in your photo. Your photo will look more natural. The key in here is about the adjustment level. This Photoshop CS3 tutorial will mean nothing if you do not play with the fade slider and colour intensity slider to find the perfect combination for your photo. Different photos need different adjustments. Do not be afraid to try new combinations and you will get the best results.
See you in the next Photoshop tutorial.
M.A.H.

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