Man From Mars and V12?

Andy_L wrote on 10/4/2012, 7:58 PM

Anyone figured out a way to use the LAB color plugin to get the "Man from Mars" color effect in V12? It's such a great way to boost a shot's impact, but as far as I can tell, you can't make it happen with the current V12 tools.

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Duncan H wrote on 10/5/2012, 4:06 AM

Any hint as to what "Man from Mars" colour effect is, I'm afraid I'm based on earth, so a bit unfamiliar.

Duncan

Grazie wrote on 10/5/2012, 4:49 AM

Duncan, you read my mind.

G

Andy_L wrote on 10/5/2012, 9:38 AM

sorry!

http://www.peachpit.com/podcasts/episode.aspx?e=49a4bdde-6795-4ac9-9265-0abea3978e41

I thought it looked kind of gimmicky at first, and then I tried it in photoshop. For the right scene, it works miracles.

Grazie wrote on 10/5/2012, 9:55 AM

Andy, I'm viewing the tutorial in Photoshop using LAB, done by Dan Margulis. Is that correct?

G

Grazie wrote on 10/5/2012, 10:32 AM

Well, that would be very nice indeed!

There isn't anything like that colour pick - save 2nd colour corrector - that gets close to the type of manipulation. However here's a clue . . . .

Grazie

Andy_L wrote on 10/5/2012, 3:49 PM

It is a pretty remarkable little technique, isn't it? I think it has to be done in the LAB space, and as far as I know, the LAB plugin isn't enough on its own to do this. But maybe there are workarounds that at least get close to matching it.