I need your help please

[Horoscope Fish]

Is this closer to what you want? It looked a bit "blue" to me as well, so I reduced that, sharpened it a notch then cut the gamma just a smidge since some of the colors looked a little "washed out" to me. That gave everything a little more "pop", I think...

 

[Lillygirl7]

Is this closer to what you want? It looked a bit "blue" to me as well, so I reduced that, sharpened it a notch then cut the gamma just a smidge since some of the colors looked a little "washed out" to me. That gave everything a little more "pop", I think...


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Yes that looks much better to me.
How do I reduce just the blue?
And the Gamma? (I don't even know what this is? I'm such a noob)
I know that is probably a lot to explain...so if you have any recs of videos etc to check out that would cool. I understand if you don't want to go into detail too. I can try and figure it out.

I just want to say thank you to everyone here for all your help too I really appreciate the tips A LOT!!

 

[Horoscope Fish]

Yes that looks much better to me.
How do I reduce just the blue?
And the Gamma? (I don't even know what this is? I'm such a noob)
I know that is probably a lot to explain...so if you have any recs of videos etc to check out that would cool. I understand if you don't want to go into detail too. I can try and figure it out.

I just want to say thank you to everyone here for all your help too I really appreciate the tips A LOT!!

I use a photo editing program called Irfanview. You can download it for free (no nag screens about upgrading or anything like that either) from here: IrfanView - CNET Download.com

I'm probably at risk of being laughed off the forums for telling you this, but I use Irfanview for a lot of Q&D edits when working with .jpg's because it's SIMPLE and FAST, while for heavier, more precise work on RAW files and such I break open Photoshop. Anyway, once you open a file in Irfanview you simply navigate to: Image/Color Corrections in the toolbar and use the sliders for the different color (R, G, B) corrections , the "Gamma" slider, etc. and then apply the changes when you're happy. There's a separate menu item for "Sharpen"; click it repeatedly to increase the sharpening effect; more than two clicks will promptly ruin most pics in my experience.

Furthermore, if you're going to use Irfanview, you'll want to download the "Plug-ins Pack" from the homepage: IrfanView - Official Homepage - one of the most popular viewers worldwide
As well as the Microsoft Camera Codec Pack: Download Microsoft Camera Codec Pack from Official Microsoft Download Center if you play with RAW files. Also, all of the above assumes you're playing on a Windows PC; if you're a Mac user I have no suggestions for you...

And now you know my dirty little secret!! Hope it helps.

 

[Lillygirl7]

I use a photo editing program called Irfanview. You can download it for free (no nag screens about upgrading or anything like that either) from here: IrfanView - CNET Download.com

I'm probably at risk of being laughed off the forums for telling you this, but I use Irfanview for a lot of Q&D edits when working with .jpg's because it's SIMPLE and FAST, while for heavier, more precise work on RAW files and such I break open Photoshop. Anyway, once you open a file in Irfanview you simply navigate to: Image/Color Corrections in the toolbar and use the sliders for the different color (R, G, B) corrections , the "Gamma" slider, etc. and then apply the changes when you're happy. There's a separate menu item for "Sharpen"; click it repeatedly to increase the sharpening effect; more than two clicks will promptly ruin most pics in my experience.

Furthermore, if you're going to use Irfanview, you'll want to download the "Plug-ins Pack" from the homepage: IrfanView - Official Homepage - one of the most popular viewers worldwide
As well as the Microsoft Camera Codec Pack: Download Microsoft Camera Codec Pack from Official Microsoft Download Center if you play with RAW files. Also, all of the above assumes you're playing on a Windows PC; if you're a Mac user I have no suggestions for you...

And now you know my dirty little secret!! Hope it helps.

Ok thank you for the info!