allan
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Post by allan on Mar 29, 2018 22:24:13 GMT
Are there any plugins which allow you to measure the LAB color values of areas of your image in PSE?
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Post by Sepiana on Mar 29, 2018 22:55:56 GMT
Allan,
I may be wrong but it is my understanding that Adobe disabled LAB in PSE at a pretty deep level. Yes, there are plug-ins out there but I am not sure how effective they will be in adding this ability to PSE, i.e., to truly make this program render (understand?) this color space.
I remember a similar question was posted on the Adobe Photoshop Elements forum and the suggestion was to use the SmartCurve plug-in. It has a setting which will simulate what you would get with LAB. I do have this plug-in. The problem is that it is available only in a 32-bit version. This means it won't work in PSE 13 (a 64-bit app). Do you also have an earlier version of PSE? A 32-bit one?
www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Plugins/SmartCurve.shtml
Here is some more information on this plug-in. Hope this helps!
members.chello.at/easyfilter/curves.html
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Post by Andrei Doubrovski on Mar 30, 2018 3:39:59 GMT
Allan, As Sepiana said, the LAB mode can't be enabled in PSE. However, in many Photoshop tutorials, this mode is mostly used to adjust the image lightness without affecting its color. In PSE, you may achieve this by changing the adjustment (e.g., Levels or Curves) layer's blending mode to "Lightness". Just in case you need a video instruction: youtu.be/D2lY2V22N7E?t=121 |
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Post by Sepiana on Mar 30, 2018 5:30:01 GMT
Andrei, thanks for your feedback! I do appreciate it. I didn't think LAB could be enabled in PSE; I was not sure though.
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allan
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Post by allan on Mar 30, 2018 21:22:51 GMT
Thanks Sepiana and Andrei.
I actually do not want to work in LAB mode. I only wish to read the LAB values using the info pane.
I just finished watching a series of videos on Luminous Landscape about master photographer and printer Charles Cramer and how he works. This is an excellent series. In post processing he shows how he uses LAB values in different areas of an image to predict how it will print. He is working in an RGB color space but full Photoshop gives you an option to read the values in LAB as well as RGB.
LAB values for "L" of 4-6 are the deepest tones that will show any detail in a shadow. I have since learned that RGB values of 10-25 are roughly equivalent.
Yes, I have PSE 12 and have used SmartCurves plugin in LAB but I wish to work 64 bit editions of PSE now.
Allan
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