This is what you would have seen if you have visited this site until a few moments ago. I blacked out the site in support of the movement against SOPA.
STOP SOPA
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The pack of Photoshop actions from DBox is fun to use. I put this shot through several of them in succession.
The actions are free to download, which is a definite plus.
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This is a test I did to compare various color tools in Photoshop.
Here are the test results.
First of all there is the whole frame optimised at ‘normal’.
Then there is a series of crops from the left side of the frame. I chose that part because it has some natural and man-made parts and covers the color spectrum.
Also, as well as covering the blue road sign, the greenery, and the reddish-orange brickwork, it includes a part of the white-fronted building.
I’ve included a crop with maximum Saturation to complete the set.
This is not the Saturation slider that you will find in Image > Adjust > Hue/Saturation.
It is the Saturation tool that is in Image > Adjust > Vibrance, which brings up the Vibrance tool and a Saturation tool.
Conclusion
The thing that stands out for me is that the Color Intensity tool has brought out the color that is hidden in the cottage wall.
Sometimes that will be desirable, and at other times it will not.
Cottages
Crop - Normal
Crop - Maximum Vibrance
Crop - Maximum Color Intensity
Crop - Maximum Saturation
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Vibrance, Saturation, And Color Intensity
Talking about vibrance versus saturation, Antoine commented in the previous article here that another saturation tool – “Color intensity” in the “Match color” function – was often more useful to boost colors than the Vibrance tool or the Saturation tool.
Here is the result of using the Color Intensity tool, and I believe you can see that it does a good job. In case it is not clear, I made a composite image with the ‘normal’ image at the top and the adjusted image at the bottom.
The leather button looks a bit rich in color, but then I slid the slider all the way to the right for the test. But it’s clear that generally speaking the lightness across the images has been lifted nicely.
Normal and High Setting for Color Intensity
To find the tool, go to Image > Adjust > Match Color. That brings up this menu:
Color Intensity Slider
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This is a test showing the Vibrance sliders in Photoshop Camera Raw set to maximum, minimum, and mid point.
Please refer to this article here on PhotographWorks about the Vibrance versus Saturation sliders for the background to this test.
The final shot here is a superimposition of all three shots showing the effect side by side.
Man's Face With Photoshop 'Vibrance' Slider Set At Maximum
Man's face with Photoshop Vibrance Slider set at Minimum
Man's face with Photoshop Vibrance Slider set at Mid Point
Photoshop Vibrance Slider Effects At Normal, Maximum, and Minimum
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