Change the Colors from Dawn into daylight

[d_animality]

Hello all.. its been a while... i need some help here.. the last time i made this i used a simple software and i cant remember now what software it is...

can you teach me how to change the color from dawn to daylight perfectly as this picture (attached pic) in the simplest way? cause i remmber the last time i did was just to drag pointers here and there and voila..!! without any layers and sorts... thank you...

 

[MikeMc]

Hues adjustment, may need a levels tweak also

 

[IamSam]

Can you show us Mike?

 

[Tom Mann]

@OP - The example you provided is far from being a good example of what you are looking for. Specifically, there is still a magenta color cast on the buildings and the pavement / stonework underfoot has taken on a color that would never be seen on Planet Earth ;-).

To do this right, one would have to separate out the various components of the image and treat each separately.

T

 

[ALB68]

Couple of sliders in Camera Raw.

 

[IamSam]

I checked and this is Bridex Hall. My question is, are those steps supposed to be that violet hue?

 

[iDad]

It is now,Sam :mrgreen:

 

[IamSam]

I agree with Tomster on this one, I had to separate out several areas of the photo using the Pen Tool and masks, and treat them individually.

Again, done fast so don't look to close. I took the violet hue from the steps.

 

[Tom Mann]

I was just about congratulate Sam on the very nice daylight look he achieved when I decided to try to find other pix of that venue (ie, in daylight).

Just take a look at the colors of the marble in photos like these:
http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/109321/nd093234.jpg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wuUoxyO0BNI/S19Yqw3FExI/AAAAAAAAHBY/uIM8Ujn4ax8/s400/P1010117.JPG

Wow! I guess that shows why one can't make assumptions. :-( .

BTW, ALB's approach (ie, using the color sliders in ACR) is exactly the same approach I would use. It works better on a RAW file, but certainly works adequately on a JPG.

Tom M

 

[IamSam]

Tom, your first link does not work for me (403-Forbidden). The second does work and it shows the marble in front of the dome. I still wonder about the steps.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vF_HamHK-l0/TFLumVf14zI/AAAAAAAAH68/t9wjmDGuaNo/s1600/CF6Bridex-7.JPG

 

[ALB68]

The Color Replacement Brush works pretty well on this one. Saves any masking. The brush only acts on the initial color it is applied to.

 

[d_animality]

wow tahnk you for those responses but it would be very helpful on ways to change the skies to that daylight blue... and as for your question Sam... those steps are marble and it is exactly that color ... the original pic during the dusk is the actual...

 

[Tom Mann]

Tom, your first link does not work for me (403-Forbidden). The second does work and it shows the marble in front of the dome. I still wonder about the steps.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vF_HamHK-l0/TFLumVf14zI/AAAAAAAAH68/t9wjmDGuaNo/s1600/CF6Bridex-7.JPG

Hi Sam - I'm not sure why you are getting a 404 error and I'm not, so I attached screen grabs from my computer.

Given how colorful they appear in these photos, and how different the image you found looks, I'm not sure what color they should be.

T

 

[Tom Mann]

...it would be very helpful on ways to change the skies to that daylight blue... snip... those steps are marble and it is exactly that color ... the original pic during the dusk is the actual...

In general, the best way to *realistically* change the color of an object photographed under non-daylight conditions is to use the approach that ALB suggested, ie, the color temperature sliders in either ACR or in Lightroom.

However, there are many times where this approach often needs to be supplemented with more manual, less automatic means such as a "Hue/saturation" adjustment layer, curves adjustment layers, etc..

Such exceptions usually arise when the color spectrum of the illuminating light is not a smooth curve, but has multiple peaks. This can occur either from artificial lights such as fluorescent lights, mercury arc, and sodium vapor lights. This can also occur under mixed lighting conditions (eg, part daylight, part tungsten lights) and unusual meteorological conditions where part of the sky is one color and another part is another color.

With respect to the color of the steps, you say that they are exactly the color they are in the twilight photo. If so, I presume it would be OK if we did absolutely nothing to them? ;-) Somehow, I doubt you would like the result of an approach where we only changed the sky but not the steps.

Tom M

 

[d_animality]

In general, the best way to *realistically* change the color of an object photographed under non-daylight conditions is to use the approach that ALB suggested, ie, the color temperature sliders in either ACR or in Lightroom.

However, there are many times where this approach often needs to be supplemented with more manual, less automatic means such as a "Hue/saturation" adjustment layer, curves adjustment layers, etc..

Such exceptions usually arise when the color spectrum of the illuminating light is not a smooth curve, but has multiple peaks. This can occur either from artificial lights such as fluorescent lights, mercury arc, and sodium vapor lights. This can also occur under mixed lighting conditions (eg, part daylight, part tungsten lights) and unusual meteorological conditions where part of the sky is one color and another part is another color.

With respect to the color of the steps, you say that they are exactly the color they are in the twilight photo. If so, I presume it would be OK if we did absolutely nothing to them? ;-) Somehow, I doubt you would like the result of an approach where we only changed the sky but not the steps.

Tom M

LoL... yea i just want to make the skies look daylight and obviously with some brightness and contrast to the picture.. it would look real.. i like how IamSam changed the color of the skies.. how did you do it?

 

[ALB68]

Why not just select the sky and add a curves adjustment layer and then boost up your blue channel
Or add a hue saturation adj.

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[d_animality]

ok will try that later thanks!!

 

[Tom Mann]

...i like how IamSam changed the color of the skies.. how did you do it?

I imported your dusk photo into ACR and moved the ACR sliders to the left, as shown in the attached screen grab.

Since you said the copper color of the foreground is ok, I left it essentially untouched. However, may I ask why your memory of the colors doesn't match up with the photos of that location that I posted earlier?

From other photos of this location that I've seen, I know that this isn't the way it really looks in daylight, so what do you think is wrong? You tell us. For example, if you think it's a bit too dark, why don't you brighten it up?

T

 

[d_animality]

OMG thats perfect skies... well i dont have or ever try "ACR" is it bundled with adobe photoshop or is it different apps? and to answer your questions... my picture was taken a very long time ago.. and now theres many changes been made makes my ori pic looks different that what u have posted... uve been to this place? cause u seems to know where it is

 

[Tom Mann]

ACR is "Adobe Camera Raw". It has been bundled with Photoshop since around 2001 or 2002. Most people use it as a RAW converter, but it works equally well on jpgs and other file formats as a quick way to make image-wide changes.

The same algorithms and controls, but with a different user interface gives Adobe Lightroom its image processing capabilities.

HTH,

Tom M