Bangemout Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Hi, I've been watching the AP tutorials on YT. The gentlemen narrating the videos is awesome, as I am learning a lot, much more easily than I've ever learned on Photoshop. So now I've come across a picture that I want to restore, but I don't know how to approach this task, as the photo has many color distortions. Can someone take a look at it and steer me to a video or start me off with some instructional support? Would really appreciate it... :) The file is too big for this forum, so here's the direct link from my server. http://bangemout.com/ap Thanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larsh Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Hi, may be it is better to start with the RAW. I´m astonished that magenta is (for me!) only very few to reduce in AP. Regards lars Quote all Aff 2.2: Capture One+ 23 pro; MacBook Pro, OSX 10.15.7, Fuji X-Pro2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVDB Photography Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 It's better to provide a link to the original JPEG or RAW !!! Quote Affinity Photo 2.3.1 Laptop MSI Prestige PS42 Windows 11 Home 23H2 (Build 22631.3007) - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.00 GHz - RAM 16,0 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangemout Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 OK... I've uploaded the original RAW file. Same place as the other file (see link address above) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEcHNOpls Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 I can only see the .afphoto file there. Quote "I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK, I sleep all night, and I work all day..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbst Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 You could try doing a levels adjustment but switch to CMYK and then switch master to magenta and with black slider reduce the magenta colour in picture and then do the same with yellos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 sth. like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smadell Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 First, I should say that I am NOT a "retoucher." Second, I found it nearly impossible to work with the RAW file and get to a point that was much better than the original .afphoto file you posted. Anyway, here's what I did. In order, I added the following adjustment layers: 1 - Selective Color - There is a really weird set of color casts, plus those yellow stripes or shadows on the left arm are strange 2 - White Balance - warm it up (I didn't go as far as the solution just above) 3 - Added a PIXEL layer and set the Blend Mode to Color. Used this to "rosy" up the cheeks a bit, and tone down the yellow arms 4 - HSL - increased the saturation slightly Then I did a "Merge Visible," duplicated the layer, and did a Frequency Separation. I worked mostly on the Low Frequency portion to smooth out some of the texture. The result I got: Quote Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larsh Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 That´s fine! But the first one has not so much magenta as I see. AP and Pixelmator can´t open the NEF, Gimp does: 120x160 px (29 MB). It is to see the same color problem as in the afphoto. But the problem is not longer one. I saved the report (to apple) after break of AP, if someone want it, please tell me. Best lars Quote all Aff 2.2: Capture One+ 23 pro; MacBook Pro, OSX 10.15.7, Fuji X-Pro2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smadell Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 One more go-around. I added another White Balance layer on top, but masked it so I could warm up just the skin. Quote Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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