Tag Archives | Color

Preset: Purple Fixer – For Fixing a Purple Cast on Images

By on October 7, 2011 in Presets

For some reason some cameras have a tendency to tint images a strong colour purple when taken in areas of shade when the camera is set to daylight white balance. If you’re out walking and constantly moving between sunny areas…

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Aperture’s Handling of Colour in 5D Mark II Files, and a Preset to Fix it

By on April 27, 2011 in Blog, Presets

For the longest time I’ve been unhappy with images from my Canon 5D Mark II. On the one hand the resolution is great, and you can certainly get some great images from it, but on the other, I’ve found that…

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Some Colour Calibration Tips

By on April 18, 2011 in Blog, Hints

this is more of a general tip and in that it applies to more than just Aperture, but I thought I’d share some of the lessons I’ve learned recently regarding colour calibration. If you’re serious about your photography, and if…

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Using Curves to Add Warmth to an Image – Plus Bonus Preset !

By on March 15, 2011 in Blog, Hints, Presets

Here’s a handy trick for you. If you want to add some warmth to an image you’re probably automatically going to go for the white balance control. While this is fine for most situations, there are other ways to warm…

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Quick Tip: Make Sure Your Images are set to use the right colour profile when outputting to the web

By on March 10, 2011 in Blog, Hints

I was uploading to my Photoshelter account yesterday, and when I went to look at the images on the web they looked dull and flat, yet they looked fine in Aperture. I knew immediately what was wrong as it’s something…

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