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Tutorial: Colourising the solar image using PS

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 10:43 pm
by Merlin66
Recent posting by Alexandra Hart:
Randall asked in a PM how I colour my images, I'll post it here in case anyone else wants a try :)

Have your B&W image and make sure to check in Photoshop

Image - Mode - RGB (it won't work in Grayscale)

Then click

Image - Levels

(I think you need to click on the images to see the full picture ;) )
Levels.jpg
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change to Red and in the central box put the value 1.7
change to Green and add the value 0.6
change to Blue and add the value 0.2
OK

Then go to
Image - Color Balance

Color Balance.jpg
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and change to 'Highlights' and shift the 'yellow'
in fact you can shift all the sliders to yours hearts content but this amount leads to the image shown :)

Re: Tutorial: Colourising the solar image using PS

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 10:23 am
by Dinozorr
Thanks Merlin66 I’ve had a go at this with great results.cheers👍

Re: Tutorial: Colourising the solar image using PS

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 5:28 am
by 04Stefan07
Thank you for this reference, I will try it this weekend on some of my sun shots.

Re: Tutorial: Colourising the solar image using PS

Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 12:14 am
by PilotAstronomy
What #s are y'all using for Cak?

Re: Tutorial: Colourising the solar image using PS

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2020 9:16 pm
by solarnoob
Thanks for the tip, I will give it a try.

Frank

Re: Tutorial: Colourising the solar image using PS

Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 3:29 am
by DeepSolar64
I have started using GIMP to colorize the B&W GONG images that I don't download from DayStar. It's easy and effective.