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Re: any actions in photoshop for infrared?

2003-08-03 by markroth61

Yes, and you can take the effect one step further by then creating a 
hue/sat adjustment layer and tweaking further.
Mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "nsams2002" 
<normsams@w...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jtaylor1120" 
> <jtaylor1120@c...> wrote:
> > I have scanned through the archives and could not find any 
thing.  
> > Does anyone have a good action for infrared in photoshop?  We 
have 
> > tested several but can't find any thing we find satisfactory. It 
> > seems as tho if it is good in one area it is bad in another. 
Thanks 
> > in advance!
> 
> You might give this a try.  It's from the book "The Photoshop Book 
> for Digital Photographers" by Scott Kelby. It's labeled "The Ansel 
> Adams Effect," but depending on the image you are working with, 
might 
> provide what you're seeking:
> 
> Use the Photoshop Channel Mixer.  Click on monochrome.  Adust red 
to 
> +160, green to +140, and blue to minus 200.  You can tweak these 
> adjustments, of course, trying to stick to a total of 100.  (Why 
100 
> is such a magical number, I don't know.  Would welcome an 
> explanation).
> 
> 
> Norm

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