deur1
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posted on March 13, 2004 10:51:23 AM new
This is a real puzzling problem (at least to moi. When I photograph an article of clothing that is purple it always comes out blue! EVERY TIME! I have a pretty good digital and this has happened with all my cameras. Am I cursed by some "PURPLE PEOPLE EATER VOODOO"?
Seriously can anyone suggest a solution?
Thanks in advance
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sanmar
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posted on March 13, 2004 12:18:49 PM new
This is a problem with your software, not the camera. I don't know what software you are using, but you may have change. I use Adobe Photshop & never have color definition problem.
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classicrock000
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posted on March 13, 2004 12:18:56 PM new
did he have one big horn and one big eye?
was he pigeoned toed,under toed, flying purple people eater??
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deur1
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posted on March 13, 2004 12:28:19 PM new
thanks Sanmar - this is very aggravating and is ongoing with either digital I use. It makes sense it possibly is the software -I use Picture It
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sanmar
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posted on March 13, 2004 12:34:04 PM new
You answered your own question LOL
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cta
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posted on March 13, 2004 01:03:22 PM new
Maybe you could play with your lighting as well. If you can't get a good photo with your flash, maybe an outside shot might work. But like sanmar said, it's probably the software. I use ArcSoft Photo Studio and have never had a problem with colors. But does Picture It have any settings where you can adjust color?
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deur1
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posted on March 13, 2004 01:09:09 PM new
no San, I never equated the color with the software until you mentioned it. I got my
Picture It in the Microsoft Publishing Suite ..had it at least 4 years.
[ edited by deur1 on Mar 13, 2004 01:11 PM ]
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kiara
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posted on March 13, 2004 01:11:55 PM new
I use a Sony Mavica camera and I still use Picture It. These are pics that I just took of some purple items and I used natural light coming through the window.
I notice that blue and purple are harder to capture at times, depending on the light. Artificial lighting and a flash can also distort the colors.
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amber
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posted on March 13, 2004 02:21:23 PM new
I often sell yarn, and I find that blue and purple are really hard to get the color correct.
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mcjane
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posted on March 13, 2004 02:29:26 PM new
The truest blue or purple I can get is outside.
That goes for white too, inside it comes out pink, outside nice & white.
I have a bracket on my deck that holds a hanging plant & use that with a hanger when I'm selling clothing, which is not too often.
I can't remember if I take the pictures in the sun or not, try it both ways & good luck.
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photosensitive
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posted on March 13, 2004 02:50:19 PM new
Sounds like a color balance problem. Although you would expect to see color shifts in other colors as well. What light source are you using? On camera flash or light bulbs? If it is a problem with all purple objects and more than one camera do you use the same light source? Have you tried purple objects outside in open shade?
Is this happening with garments from different manufacturers? There are some dyes that do not record the same as they look to the eye. I remember when I was still reading professional photography magazines there was a a green tux (yes that does sound tasteful doesn't it!) that was popular and drove the photographers wild because it always photographed brown. The brides and the photographers were screaming but the company renting them kept showing them pictures from the supplier that looked right. One of the photographers called the supplier and asked what kind of film they were using to get the color right and was told that all the pictures had been air brushed green.
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glassgrl
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posted on March 13, 2004 03:14:33 PM new
A green Tux at a wedding? What were they thinking??? Uck! Leprechauns?
Anyway...I have a crystal ball in my kitchen window. But I thought it was something magical because during the day it was blue and then at night it turned purple.
I took it over to ltray's house to show her and she figured it out.
During the day I had natural sunlight and at night I turned on the overhead fluorescent lights...which made it turn purple.
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Roadsmith
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posted on March 13, 2004 03:39:27 PM new
Some professional photographers have said that purple is one of the hardest colors to photograph. If you look at a garden catalog, frequently the flower they call purple appears to be blue.
What I would do here is to use my photo editing program to add more red to the blue-appearing item. That'll purple it in no time. Perhaps you have that capability with your program.
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stonecold613
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posted on March 13, 2004 10:17:55 PM new
You should also try reducing the amount of flash you use and add an outside light source. I never have a problem with purple.
One more thing to consider is your monitor that you have. Your photo's might actually be purple, but if your monitors settings are off, your color will be off. At work, we even had some computers where the monitor simply couldn't see some colors. I would post some items and come home to see if the pictures were good.
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cta
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posted on March 14, 2004 07:43:07 AM new
Just playing around with your photo of the purple fabric. I adjusted my hue and saturation levels a bit with my ArcSoft software to make the purple look more like blue instead. I didn't spend more than about 30 seconds with it, but as you can see, it does look quite different. Can you make any color adjustments with Picture It?
[ edited by cta on Mar 14, 2004 08:02 AM ]
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neglus
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posted on March 14, 2004 07:46:36 AM new
Must be monitor differences because Kiara's purple fabric example looks more purple to me than yours cta (she isn't the one with the purple problem BTW)
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kiara
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posted on March 14, 2004 08:37:28 AM new
cta, Picture It has "Paint and Color Effects/Change Color". There is a color wheel where you can change your pic to any color you wish so I suggest that deur1 perhaps gives it a try to get the fabric more purple. It's very easy to use as you only have to slide the dot along the wheel or you can choose tints or tones from the inner wheel.
I took cta's pic of the fabric that they changed to blue and quickly changed it back to purple (I see a slight pinkish tint). I also changed it to green and aqua blue.
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deur1
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posted on March 14, 2004 09:14:27 AM new
Picture It has "Paint and Color Effects/Change Color". There is a color wheel where you can change your pic to any color you wish so I suggest that deur1 perhaps gives it a try to get the fabric more purple. It's very easy to use as you only have to slide the dot along the wheel or you can choose tints or tones from the inner wheel.
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If I do that the entire photo , the background and everything in the photo is tinted if I use that mode.
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