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ricky i was gonna post a tutorial of my version of color correcting to your question but it was a lil long and complicated, but it really does the job.. ohwell here it goes:
1) open image you want to color correct and create new layer
2) target the new layer and go edit > fill > use 50% gray
3) in the layers pallete, change the blend mode from normal to difference
4) in the layers pallete, click on the cookie looking icon (half black half white) and click on threshold
5) drag the slider all the way to the left then slowly to the right until some black dots appear
6) when the black dots appear, drag your cursor over one of the black dots and hold shift and click on the black area, a marker thing will be put there (thismarks an area containing neutral gray)
7) go back to threshold window and go cancel
delete the extra layer made
9) in the main menu, go to image > adjustments > curves
10) double click the black eye dropper (on the left) and enter 20, 20, 20, for R, G and B then click ok
11) double click the gray eye dropper (middle) and enter 128, 128, 128, for R, G, and B then click ok
12) double click the white eye dropper (on the right) and enter 240, 240, 240, for R, G, and B then click ok
13) click once on the black eye dropper and drag cursor to the image, and click where you want the blacks in the image to be black
14) click once on the white eye dropper and drag cursor to the image, and click where you want the whites in the image to be white
15) now click once on the gray eye dropper and drag cursor to the image, and click in the center of the marker you made earlier
16) go ahead and click ok and now you're done color correcting
hope that helps bro.. another thing you can do is while shooting indoor w/ artificial light, try using the custom white balance setting if you have it
let me know how it works out for you
1) open image you want to color correct and create new layer
2) target the new layer and go edit > fill > use 50% gray
3) in the layers pallete, change the blend mode from normal to difference
4) in the layers pallete, click on the cookie looking icon (half black half white) and click on threshold
5) drag the slider all the way to the left then slowly to the right until some black dots appear
6) when the black dots appear, drag your cursor over one of the black dots and hold shift and click on the black area, a marker thing will be put there (thismarks an area containing neutral gray)
7) go back to threshold window and go cancel
delete the extra layer made9) in the main menu, go to image > adjustments > curves
10) double click the black eye dropper (on the left) and enter 20, 20, 20, for R, G and B then click ok
11) double click the gray eye dropper (middle) and enter 128, 128, 128, for R, G, and B then click ok
12) double click the white eye dropper (on the right) and enter 240, 240, 240, for R, G, and B then click ok
13) click once on the black eye dropper and drag cursor to the image, and click where you want the blacks in the image to be black
14) click once on the white eye dropper and drag cursor to the image, and click where you want the whites in the image to be white
15) now click once on the gray eye dropper and drag cursor to the image, and click in the center of the marker you made earlier
16) go ahead and click ok and now you're done color correcting
hope that helps bro.. another thing you can do is while shooting indoor w/ artificial light, try using the custom white balance setting if you have it
let me know how it works out for you
