I just discovered what I believe to be a superior way to color balance images in PS. I have not seen it discussed in any if the many books I have.
>From Image>Mode convert to LAB mode so that you can adjust Luminosity and a and b channels. a and b channels are the color channels. They are totally orthogonal (there is no interaction). Go to Image>Mode>Adjustment>Levels to adjust these values. As an aid, before hand, you can set the color sampler on some points you believe to be white of gray and use these as a guide. (a and should b zero for any shade of gray. Or just adjust the picture until you're happy.) You will note how narrow the a and b histograms are. This is because the LAB gamut is much wider than any RGB gamut. Let me know what you all think. Al Loeb =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
