First work in LAB land

[johnastovall]

Been reading the Canyon Conundrum by Margulis and did my first work in LAB. It was quick and it was strong. Then put the original back in a layer with a black mask and changed the martian back to to a little girl in pink but left the dark landscape.

Original

[evil4blue]

Take this with a grain of salt, but I have to say, I like the colors of first one better. Turn it down a notch.

LAB editing is pretty powerful stuff but can be easily overdone. When I first started learning LAB editing, the most important step was to learn when not to use it.

[johnastovall]

I was wanting a dark forboding feel to come out and the original is just to washed out... I'm fiddling with taking to sky to black.

[evil4blue]

Well if you tweak long enough, you can get whatever color you want. That is the real power of LAB, making the impossible possible.

[swanny338]

what is this LAB you speak of?

[PeteQ]

Yeah, the Canyon book is fascinating. Once you get the feel for the images it works well with LAB is a very cool way to get things sorted out colorwise....

[johnastovall]

Originally Posted by swanny338

what is this LAB you speak of?

Here are some links about LAB color space.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lab_color_space

A review of the book that got me started with it.

http://designorati.com/photoshop/200...hop-lab-color/