October 27, 2004

Simulating Velvia in Photoshop

Velvia is wonderful to use. The bright rich colors it produces is hard to duplicate with a digital camera. So when I came across this article I was eager to try it out. It is very simple.

Select Image->Adjustments->Channel Mixer.
For Red Channel, choose +120% for Red, -10% for Greeen, -10% Blue (Total 100%)
For Green Channel, choose -10% for Red, +120% Green, -10% for Blue, (Total 100%)
For Blue Channel, choose -10% for Red, -10% Green, +120% for Blue (Total 100%)

Voila!

Note: You can increase the strengths of the adjustments, making sure you total 100% total. See effects below.



# posted by Madhan @ 10/27/2004 08:38:00 PM  
Comments:
Neat little trick.. The 120% -10% -10% is actually
quite good. Thanks for the tip!
# posted by Anonymous : 10/29/2004 10:14:49 AM
 
You may want to look at http://www.fredmiranda.com/software/ -- his Velvia plug in is really great --- also, WP Pro is fantastic at resizing -- I would be lost without it...

bob
www.notraces.com
# posted by Anonymous : 11/08/2004 08:40:18 PM
 
Nice! I've been looking for a description of this technique. One typo though,
"For Green Channel, choose -10% for Red, +120% Green, -20% for Blue, (Total 100%"
-10+120-20 doesn't equal 100. :p
# posted by marc : 6/01/2005 11:14:42 AM
 
:) Good catch, Marc. Corrected!
# posted by Madhan : 6/03/2005 07:45:13 AM
 
Completely BLOWN AWAY with your suggestion. My images came out stunning...thank you!
# posted by Anonymous : 8/28/2005 01:52:34 AM
 
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