Saturation

This might be a general Mac question. A friend sent me a photo taken with his Leica D-Lux 3. With in Apple Mail on my MacBook Pro and my iPhone, the colors look okay; though there is an intentional orange or red tint to it. However, when I import it into iPhoto, the colors become over saturated. Why does this happen and how can I keep it from happening?
It actually seems to happen in any app I use to open the photo. I just noticed it in iPhoto first.
Thanks

I'm having the same problem the minute I fired up iPhoto 7.1. It is not a screen nor settings problem. Otherwise, I would have the same color problem in every application and nowhere else does this happen.
I have opened an old library in a 6.x version and color is just fine. So . . . .

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In Photoshop CC (2014), Hue/Saturation adjustment layer properties disappear

I am running Photoshop CC (2014) under Windows 7 Professional. The program is up to date.
Today, while editing an 8-bit image, I added a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer. Then, in the properties panel for this layer, with the on-image adjustment tool selected, I clicked a color in the image to get a range of colors whose saturation I wanted to adjust. Next, using the saturation slider in the properties panel, I increased the saturation of this range of colors. Finally, I closed the properties panel by clicking on the double arrow in the upper right corner.
Later, I wanted to modify this adjustment layer. I double-clicked on the layer thumbnail to reopen the properties panel, and found that, although the previous increase in saturation was still operating, the saturation slider was back at its default position, and the range of colors that I had previously established was gone. Thus, I could not make further adjustments to this range of colors.
I then did some further experimentation: I deleted the first Hue/Saturation adjustment layer, and created a new Hue/Saturation adjustment layer. I then again established a range of colors as above, again increased the saturation of these colors, and then again closed the properties panel by clicking on the double arrow in the upper right corner. This time, however, when I wanted to try to modify this adjustment layer, instead of double-clicking on the layer thumbnail to reopen the properties panel, I right-clicked on the layer and then clicked on "Edit adjustment..." This opened the properties panel, which, this time, correctly showed my original adjustments -- the saturation slider showed the positive adjustment that I had previously made, and the range of colors established earlier was still shown. But then, on a hunch, I added a Curves adjustment layer above the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer. Now, when I again opened the properties panel of the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer (by right-clicking on the layer and then clicking on "Edit adjustment..."), my previous settings were gone -- the saturation slider was at its default position and the range of colors was gone! (But the increase in saturation was still operating.)
Thus, it appears that there is a bug in the functioning of the properties panel of the Hue/Saturation layer: In short, once you have added a further adjustment layer, you can't then go back and make changes to the properties of the Hue/Saturation layer. I would be interested to hear if others have noticed this. Also, is Adobe planning to address this?

OK, I am not entirely sure I have understood your post completely, but when you edit a colour range with a Hue/Sat layer, and click off and back on again, it will default to showing the RGB values, which you may not have made any adjustment to. If you pick the previous colour from the image, or a similar colour, it _will_ show you the adjustments. So long as your picked colour is contained within the range of the previous adjustment.
Ypu could also use the RGB drop down (actually they call it Master nowadays), and chose the colour that is closest to your previously picked colour. I expect you are away that you can edit the colour range being operated on by dragging the four sliders on the two colour bars at the bottom of the Properties panel.
Does that make sense, or am I going in the wrong direction?

Loss of saturation in Save for Web

Hi,
Objects that I export as PNG24 files using Illustrator's "Save for Web" feature result in files that a considerably less saturated than they appear in the Illustrator file (I'm working in RGB).
What's up? Is there a quick/easy way to make sure the raster files look just as saturated at the Illustrator objects?
Thanks!

calibrate and profile your monitor to the Web standard 2.2 gamma, not the Apple default of 1.8.
create your Web artwork in the sRGB color space (not Adobe RGB)
Save for Web.
You may still see some color shift when you save the image with no profile, but the above steps should minimize it.

How can I get hue, saturation & luminance visible in the Loupe?

For the life of me I can't figure how to get visible in the Loupe - Hue, Saturation, Luminance as I move the Loupe around a photo.
I can get R,G,B,L. Is there a secret to get the Hue in it? I checked preferences and even searched in Aperture Help. NO luck.
I'm in Aperture 3.0.3
Thanks

It is a tad secret.
Make sure colour value is set in the Loupe menu then:
In the Adjustments inspector choose a color value option from the Adjustment Action pop-up menu (with a gear icon). HSB i smiling at you in that list
Then it'll appear as a colour value in the loupe.
BTW You'll find all this in the Displaying a Pixel Grid and Color Values section of Aperture help.
HTH
M.

How to tell if you are saturating g5 bus

Hi,
I went ahead and hooked up an OWC Enterprise RE SSD 50 gb drive on the board controller. I am still hoping the Delock Sata2 adapter will work but I thought i would try it with out to compare, After instal I xbenched it, and got a combined score of 152.53. Although It seems as if I remember xbench getting some criticism for its accuracy I will post the report anyway. Does this show the sata1 bus being saturated by the SSD or is this not the correct way to test for it.

Ya, I was just B**ch7678. I just needed a big drive to park info on so i could re-initialize on of the 2 tb drives that went into the following RAID 1 numbers of my 2320.
Here are the numbers:
Results 114.36
System Info
Xbench Version 1.3
System Version 10.5.8 (9L31a)
Physical RAM 12288 MB
Model PowerMac11,2
Processor PowerPC G5x4 @ 2.50 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (instruction), 32K (data)
L2 Cache 1024K @ 2.50 GHz
Bus Frequency 1 GHz
Drive Type HPT DISK 1_0
CPU Test 150.40
GCD Loop 114.56 6.04 Mops/sec
Floating Point Basic 167.56 3.98 Gflop/sec
AltiVec Basic 329.42 13.13 Gflop/sec
vecLib FFT 127.92 4.22 Gflop/sec
Floating Point Library 129.97 22.63 Mops/sec
Thread Test 214.66
Computation 259.53 5.26 Mops/sec, 4 threads
Lock Contention 183.02 7.87 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads
Memory Test 159.90
System 167.87
Allocate 233.98 859.24 Kalloc/sec
Fill 238.67 11604.71 MB/sec
Copy 106.30 2195.67 MB/sec
Stream 152.64
Copy 150.05 3099.29 MB/sec [G5]
Scale 148.01 3057.84 MB/sec [G5]
Add 154.55 3292.18 MB/sec [G5]
Triad 158.38 3388.14 MB/sec [G5]
Quartz Graphics Test 175.72
Line 137.63 9.16 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 171.84 51.30 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 157.76 12.86 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 149.77 3.78 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 424.90 26.58 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 103.90
Spinning Squares 103.90 131.81 frames/sec
User Interface Test 155.62
Elements 155.62 714.22 refresh/sec
Disk Test 45.64
Sequential 123.53
Uncached Write 122.19 75.02 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 175.98 99.57 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 69.20 20.25 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 246.06 123.67 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Random 27.99
Uncached Write 8.70 0.92 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Write 65.66 21.02 MB/sec [256K blocks]
Uncached Read 128.51 0.91 MB/sec [4K blocks]
Uncached Read 200.07 37.12 MB/sec [256K blocks]
So sorry, about the PC people poke as I have always(cough) gamed on a PC. Mac actually, after all, first went usb on imac g3's and dumped the floppy drive.

Why are saturation results different than Matlab's imhist() function?

We have a machine vision application where we had set some threshold levels in Matlab, and had planned on applying them to NI's IMAQ libraries. However, when trying to reproduce a set of Matlab results to verify our VB code was working, we found that we could reproduce Matlab's results on the R, G, B, and H planes, but not the S plane.
For example, if you take the 50% red image at http://www.cae.tntech.edu/~mwr/red-50.png and load it into both Vision Builder and Matlab, you get the following results:
Matlab:
rgb=imread('red-50.png');
hsv=rgb2hsv(rgb);
[hist_s,bins]=imhist(hsv(:,:,2),101);
bins(find(hist_s==max(hist_s)))
ans =
0.5000
Vision Builder 6.0.5:
Load red-50.png
Extract Col
or Planes: HSL - Saturation Plane
Histogram -> results in a peak in bin 64 on a 0-255 scale.
How many different ways are there to calculate saturation? So far, Matlab and Corel Photo-Paint agree on their calculations, and Vision Builder is the odd one.

Mike,
Thank you for posting on the forum. We spoke regarding this question, but I wanted to reply to this post with some information for other readers. You can see how we are calculating the HSL plane by examining the equations in the Vision Concepts Manual. Using the formulas, I was able to confirm that we are calculating the value for the HSL plane from the equation listed there:
S = 255(1-3min(R,G,B)/(R+G+B))
where R, G, and B in this equation are normalized. So given an RGB image (255,127,127) then we get the following values:
S = 255(1-(3*.5)/(2))
S = 63.75
I also created an image in just MS Paint with the RGB values of (255,127,127) and that gave me HSL values of (0,240,180) -- or in MS Word HSL values of (0,255,191). These latter values match
ed the HSI values returned from LabVIEW (using the IMAQ ColorHistogram VI).
Regards,
Michael
Applications Engineer
National Instruments

BUG: LR5 Quits when I use keyboard arrows to adjust saturation of Split Toning colors.

File: Canon .CR2 raw
LR Module: Develop
When attempting to adjust saturation of colors in Split Toning, LR immediately stops working. Specifically, when attempting to manually select a Split Toning color --> Click Color Box to open full range of Hue & Saturation options --> Click numeric box to adjust saturation --> press arrow keys on keyboard to adjust # up or down --> LR IMMEDIATELY LOCKS/QUITS.
A closer view:
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Lightroom version: 5.0 [907681]
Operating system: (Build 9200)
Version: 6.2 [9200]
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Logical processor count: 8
Processor speed: 3.0 GHz
Built-in memory: 16270.8 MB
Real memory available to Lightroom: 16270.8 MB
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Memory cache size: 399.8 MB
Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 4
System DPI setting: 96 DPI
Desktop composition enabled: Yes
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Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5
Library Path: C:\Users\Matt\LR_Catalogs\LR-CAT_2013\LR-CAT_2013-2.lrcat
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Installed Plugins:
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I have verified this and agree it is a bug. A bug report has been filed.

Images in Bridge preview too red and saturated

I have used Adobe Bridge CS3 successfully for many years. Now all of a sudden all of my images in Preview appear very red and overly saturated. Can anyone tell me what has gone wrong?? thanks.

I did ALL those things and the problem remains.
Just to be sure about ALL, you followed the KB article with removing cache
and plist etc also?
Strangely images look okay in
the "content" area but overly saturated in preview.
Could you provide more detail about the file types you are using for this
(maybe even provide a screenshot to clarify better) and OSX you are using.
And are you using High Quality settings for preview?
Do you think this means my Bridge is cooked
No, I can't think of that, it must be a setting (or rather resetting)
problem and should be possible to solve to my opinion.
and i'll have to upgrade?
That's entirely up to you, I can only tell you that Adobe has a 3-version
upgrade policy, after this you need to buy a full version to keep on track.
But you surely benefit from CS5 Bridge that is much faster and more stable
then the CS3 edition

How can I discover a color saturation in an image?

My name is Eduardo, from São Paulo/Brazil. I'd like know how can I discover a color saturation in an image? For example, I open an image in photoshop CS6 and I'd like to know what a color is more saturated for after to do a treatment with color balance. I tried to use a Color Sample Tool in Photoshop, tried to find some articles and techiques on Google, but without success.
Somebody help me?

Hi Eduardo,
Try looking at the Color window. You can find this by going to Window -> Color. In the Color window, you can use the eyedropper to select a color and see the color information displayed. See the screenshot.
Hope this helps!

Photoshop Elements 6: Hue/Saturation as a basic layer?

When creating a hue/saturation layer in Photoshop Elements 6, is it possible to have it act as a basic layer, adding and removing from the selection, rather than a mask layer?

The simple method is to place your selection on a separate layer and clip the hue/saturation mask to it.
In this example I selected the sky and pushed up the saturation to really exaggerate the blue color.
Click to view
1. Make your selection
2. Press Ctrl+J to place it on its own layer
3. Add new adjustment layer (hue/saturation) and click OK to close the dialog
4. Hover your mouse over the dividing line between the adjustment layer and selection layer whilst holding down the alt key. Click when you see two small connecting circle appear. A downward pointing arrow will appear to show the adjustment layer is clipped to the selection layer.
5. Double click the thumbnail icon on the adjustment layer (not the white mask thumbnail) and that will bring back the dialog box.
6. Now use the sliders to make your selective adjustments.

JPEG Export Looks Saturated in Internet Explorer

I see this question in many forums and online but without a solution.
JPEG exports (sRBG) look overly saturated when viewed in Internet Explorer browser, including when uploading/viewing in Facebook, etc, etc. In other words, the colors looks different between Lightroom and Internet Explorer. (Colors looks the same between Lightroom and Photoshop though.)
As point of reference, when you download a sample JPEG image from Canon EOS's website (used to show sample images from their cameras) you see that those images also use sRGB profile. They also look exactly the same no matter how you view them (Lightroom, Photoshop, Internet Explorer, Safari, etc.).
What is Lightroom doing to photos upon export to JPEG and you need Lightroom or Photoshop to see the same colors?
I saw some talk about it had to do with Lightroom presets and that you had to zero those out? Any ideas from Windows users?

Have you got Firefox or Safari on your machine? In which case, how do the images look in either of those browsers? Or, if you're using Windows 7, how do the images look in Windows photo viewer?
Also, can you say what monitor you are using please?
I think it might be a colour management issue. Internet Explorer is not colour managed (not even IE9), Lightroom and Photoshop are colour managed, so is Windows 7 photo viewer (but not the XP equivalent), so are Firefox and Safari (but not Chrome). When there's a difference between how something looks in an non-colour-managed program and colour-manged programs then it's worth checking for colour management issues.
If your monitor has a wider gamut than sRGB, then you would expect IE9 and other non-managed programs to look over-saturated.

What video effect for color desaturation? (e.g. Hue/Saturation in Photoshop)

Hi all,
What is the Premiere equivalent of the HUE/SATURATION adjustment layer found i Photoshop ? I am trying to slightly desaturate (about -53%) my movie to give it a more gritty look. I could easily get the look I wanted in Photoshpo by going to NEW ADJUSTMENT LAYER-->HUE/SATURATION.
Is there a similar approach for Premiere? In the Video effects folder somewhere? Thanks!

Use the "Fast Color Corrector and "Saturation".

Hue/saturation eyedropper not available

The eyedropper tool in the Hue/Saturation adjustment window (Photoshop CC) is grayed out and unavailable. What do I need to do to activate it?
Thanks!

Great! Glad to know you are on your way.
Gene

The eyedropper tool does not work with a hue saturation adjustment layer

I am using PS CC 2014, and the problem I am having is that when I want to use the eyedropper tool to adjust the colour range affected by a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer, rather than selecting the colour in the Properties window for the adjustment layer, use of the eyedropper closes the properties window and changes the foreground colour in my palette.
Here's the real hitch... the same thing happened to me at school last night where a) the Mac's are older and b) CS6 is still used.
It's something with my user settings, to be sure, because the prof logged into his account on the Mac I was using in class to test it out, and it worked for him; we logged back into my account and it still did not work for mine.
Any ideas?
Thanks for any insights.
RP

Indeed Trevor, that did solve the problem. Clearly it was something I changed... wish I knew what. But, I have a list of all the settings changes I made before, so I can figure it out by making one at a time then checking...
RP

Images look less saturated in Photoshop CC 2014

I import my RAW images into Lightroom 5 and make some basic adjustments. Then I edit the image in Photoshop with the Lightroom adjustments. I clean up the images and crop to the size I like and then I use the Perfect Effects 9 plugin to do some more edits. I finish my edits in Perfect Effects 9 and save them which brings me back into Photoshop CC as a new layer. In Photoshop the image looks less saturated than it did in Perfect Effects 9. I then save the Photoshop file and exit. When I look at the PSD file in Lightroom 5 browse window, it looks the same as it does in Perfect Effects 9. Why does it look less saturated in Photoshop CC 2014?
Here are my colour settings:
Lightroom 5:
External Editing:
     Edit in Adobe Photoshop CC 2014:
     File Format = TIFF
     Color Space = AdobeRGB(1998)
     Bit Depth = 16
     Resolution = 240
     Compression = zip
Additional External Editor:
    Preset = Perfect Effects 9 Suite
    File Format = PSD
    Color Space = AdobeRGB(1998)
    Bit Depth = 16
    Resolution = 300
Perfect Effects 9:
General:
     Working Color Space = sRGB IEC61966-2.1
Files:
     Copy Options:
     File Format = PSD
     Color Space = sRGB IEC61966-2.1
Plug-ins:
     Lightroom:
     File Type = PSD
     Color Space = Adobe RGB 1998
Photoshop CC 2014:
    Color Settings: Custom
    Working Spaces:
    RGB = sRGB IEC61966-2.1
    CMYK = U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2
    Gray = Dot Gain 20%
    Spot = Dot Gain 20%
What color settings do I need to use so that the images have the same saturation look in all three programs? How do you know which image in which program is showing as the correct saturation?

No, just keep it at sRGB. As long as you have the "preserve" policy, the working space actually isn't all that important. The embedded document profile will always override it (as it should).
I had to read this a couple of times to follow the trail properly. Leaving Perfect Effects (which I don't know at all) out of it - does the very same file iteration, with the same edits, look different between Photoshop and Lightroom? Did I get that right?
In that case you have a bad monitor profile. This can sometimes throw off one application but not the other. Recalibrate, or if you don't have a calibrator go into Windows color management and set sRGB IEC61966-2.1 as default display profile. When done relaunch all applications so that they can pick up the new profile at startup.

Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer

I am a Photoshop beginner working on a class project. In the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer box, what number value will give me a "cool blue" for the Hue slider? Thank you.

"Cool blue" is as specific a color as "Yummy Purple". Wikipedia took a shot at defining cool blue here:
Cobalt blue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
which it displays as this:
and your sliders in Hue/Saturation set to:
H20 S0 L34 will put you in the ballpark.
I suggest that when it comes to color spec you familiarize yourself with the Pantone Matching System, for starters.
Good luck.

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