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    #1

    Requested Enhance Colors improvements

    Hi people!

    I´d like to suggest some improvements of the "Enhance Colors" function.

    The previews are too small & can not be zoomed & the window can´t be resized/maximized.

    Correcting colors by dragging RGB sliders is difficult & time consuming, so an easier way to do this would be nice. Auto-corrections don´t work well in most cases.

    I use Photoshop 7 for color corrections & a very useful & quick way to do this is the Levels/Curves "Set white/grey/black point" function.

    Just choose one of the "white/grey/black point" color-pickers & then click on a corresponding spot on an image. Done!

    Also the option to let the user change the RGB-values for the color-pickers is useful. For example, sometimes you don´t want black to be pure black (RGB 0,0,0) ...

    An example:
    Many digital photos have a blue color cast. If you have a photo of a guy in a white t-shirt, but the shirt looks blueish, select the "Set white point" button & click on the t-shirt. Tadaa! It´s now white & the whole photo should have accurate colors.

    After that, the final adjustments can be done with RGB & gamma-sliders. Very quick & easy.

    Some more examples:
    Advanced Color Correction with Levels Photoshop Tutorial
    http://photoshopcafe.com/tutorials/eyedropper/eyedropper.htm
    Photoshop tutorial: you will learn how to instantly add punch to washed out images by use eyedroppers in Levels. Fix color casts and quickly adjust images with this advanced Levels tutorial


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    #2
    Hmm, There has been threads here about improvements of the Enhance Color dialog before.
    First, it has to be said again, IrfanView is not a big painter like the P'shops. And I don't expect it to be.
    Of course I can agree with:
    The previews are too small & can not be zoomed & the window can´t be resized/maximized.
    but for most jobs of color-correction this sneak preview is quite sufficient imo.
    Correcting colors by dragging RGB sliders is difficult & time consuming
    Come on, it's not that bad. Dragging a slider is only difficult if one demands some precise value in one action.
    But dragging is a rough method. So for precision it's better to put the focus on the slider and use the L-R arrows.
    Or, if the desired value already has been chosen, to edit this directly in the value box.
    Auto-corrections don´t work well in most cases.
    If you mean Shift+U, it depends of the material. Sometimes the result is ok, but I agree, it's a bit of a lucky shot.
    But this is another function of IV with no connection to the 'Enhance Colors' dialog.
    As a matter of fact, it would be a nice improvement if the resulting values of the Shift+U calculations would be transferred to the Shift+G dialog.
    Just choose one of the "white/grey/black point" color-pickers
    IV doesn't have a color-picker tool, only the Paint-plugin has.
    But, also a color-picker has no functional connections to the Enhance Color dialog.

    The 'set white point' issue has also been discussed in a thread about decreasing the number of colors.
    (If a picture is 8Bpp or less, there is a palette, which can be edited or replaced by a file.)

    OT. I still can't cope with the desire to want things being 'quick and easy', while at the same time the demand of keeping quality.
    Because I think it's a contradiction. If one wants quality, it needs an investment of extra work.
    Finetuning, testing, using three tool to get the final result.
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      #3
      Well, it was just an idea & this is the Feature Requests forum so...

      Maybe a more advanced color correction tool is better as a plugin. I still think it´s a very quick & simple way to fix colors, but I don´t now how difficult it would be to add a Levels tool to Irfanview.

      Originally posted by Sam_Zen View Post
      OT. I still can't cope with the desire to want things being 'quick and easy', while at the same time the demand of keeping quality.
      Because I think it's a contradiction. If one wants quality, it needs an investment of extra work.
      Finetuning, testing, using three tool to get the final result.
      That´s why I like the PS Level tools "Set white/grey/black point" thing. It combines 'quick and easy' & quality.

      Anyway, this is a function/plugin I´d use a lot, together with the RIOT Image optimizer. And then I could uninstall the bloated Photoshop for good.

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        #4
        Yep, the RIOT is a nice one too.
        Whether you can get rid of the bloated one depends on the personal demands of things I guess.
        I still keep PSP in the background in case I have to do something with layers..
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        Rest In Peace, Sam!

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          #5
          Well, I´ll probably keep Photoshop no matter what, but I´m using Irfanview far more than PS.

          When it comes to my IV requests, they still remains, even if I´m the only guy who wants them :-)

          Edit: Here is an image of an improved "Enhance colors" or plugin. The RGB sliders has been replaced with a "Level-tool"
          Last edited by 4eyes; 18.05.2008, 01:07 PM.

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