Colour of photos

[garywjs]

Hi,i,m a newbie.How can a photo straightout from camera with rich in colour without photoshop processing?

[Dirt_Bike_Ryda]

set it to high saturation.... or take a photo of something colour rich.. but generally the image sensors don't produce such a colour, due to the way they work. although manufactures are getting around that, there is now a camera out that will do HDR's in camera. what camera do you own ?

[dcclark]

Setting high-saturation can help, as can using a polarizing filter (in some circumstances). However, in general, almost all digital images still require some basic levels or curves in Photoshop to truly stretch out the contrast, and get that "pop". It's unfortunate but true. There is nothing wrong with using Photoshop (or Gimp, etc.) on your images -- cameras don't see the same way as the human eye, so sometimes digital images need a little help to look "right"!

[serametin]

i think most camera have some kind of vivid mode setting if u shoot in jpeg.

i m using a nikon system and if i shoot in jpeg, i am able to select vivid mode and the colors will turnout richer.

[mschwarz]

Agree with everyone that beyond the vivid setting, or managing the subject & light - you're really looking at post-processing

If getting Photoshop is daunting, or out of your price range for now - you can also consider using Picasa. It has some basic image adjustments, including saturation.

[denja]

Originally Posted by mschwarz

Agree with everyone that beyond the vivid setting, or managing the subject & light - you're really looking at post-processing

If getting Photoshop is daunting, or out of your price range for now - you can also consider using Picasa. It has some basic image adjustments, including saturation.

If anyone is intimidated by the cost of PhotoShop, I strongly recomend that they look at PhotoPlus X3 by Serif. It will do everything PhotoShop will at about one tenth the cost. It can even use plugins developed for PhotoShosp, and it can read and edit PhotoShop files. You can see it at Digital Image & Photo Editing Software – PhotoPlus X3 from Serif.

[wulf]

I think you are better letting your camera take slightly duller pictures and then processing them to get exactly the effect you are after. Typically, the more you rely on in-camera settings, the less room for manouevre you have later on.

Have a play with what is on hand though - if you always want to boost the colours then a small boost with whatever setting your camera has may be worthwhile.

BTW, what camera do you have?

Wulf