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Channels Power Tool v.1.1 available as a free update.

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FP2

Free extension for Adobe Photoshop CS6 Beta version.
An utility panel to improve and speed up your photo workflow assigning false profile to yours images in a fast, easy and “intelligent” way: a practical solution and a useful tool for all of you who are involved in color correction.
Either the False Profiles panel and a set of RGB false profiles (ICC) will be automatically installed avoiding manual creation/positioning.

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ALCE and 360° panoramic images avatar
ALCE and 360° panoramic images

by Davide on 30 January 2012

Equirectangular image © Alfonso Grotta

Two suggestion for ALCE processing of equirectangular images to be used building 360 degree panoramas

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Davide’s got a brand new (personal) blog avatar
Davide’s got a brand new (personal) blog

by Davide on 22 November 2011

Photoshop and Coding

Besides this shared RGB blog (my very first love), I’ve finally opened a personal WordPress website! It’s called Photoshop & Coding, and I’ll be posting there (guess what) my photoshop related *and* coding thoughts - mainly the kind of coding I’m doing for Creative Suite extensions. Plus some personal stuff that it’s more or less interesting. Few post [...]

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In-A-Gamma-Da-Vida (part three) avatar
In-A-Gamma-Da-Vida (part three)

by marco on 11 September 2011

Same as above, but the right version has had the mask blurred.

The final discussion about how false profiles interact with Blend Modes is carried out. With a final surprise: why some modes work and why some other don’t…

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In-A-Gamma-Da-Vida (part two) avatar
In-A-Gamma-Da-Vida (part two)

by marco on 9 September 2011

This curve mimics the assignment of a 1.5 gamma profile to an sRGB file.

Carrying it further: the curves used to mimic false profiles are shown and discussed, as well as the meaning of the gamma parameter. All in preparation for the final step – the horrendous reply to Davide Barranca’s original question.

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In-A-Gamma-Da-Vida (part one) avatar
In-A-Gamma-Da-Vida (part one)

by marco on 9 September 2011

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A false profile (that is, a profile with a non-standard gamma value) can be expressed as pencil-drawn curves generated by Photoshop. While this has little practical relevance, it allows us to understand what assigning a false profile actually does to an image by simply inspecting the shape of a curve.

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Closing time? Not so! avatar
Closing time? Not so!

by Davide on 8 August 2011

Summertime, and the living is easy… Gershwin’s song says, but in the RBG – Roberto Bigano’s Group it’s time to elaborate new projects, seek new horizons, and let our thoughts wander freely. Read along to know what we’re up to!

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Color Correction Cosmos (a manifesto) avatar
Color Correction Cosmos (a manifesto)

by marco on 21 June 2011

CCCosmos_final

“…believing that what waits for us is the cosmos compared to the dust of the past.” Long ago and far away. Or once upon a time, if you prefer. I was a young kid, about three- or four-years-old, and my dad had a camera. Well – he had many, indeed: he was an amateur, yet [...]

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Dan Margulis invented back in 2001 a way to use in color correction the so-called “false profiles” (custom ICC profiles made in Photoshop, which settings may seem weird). More recently, he’s add to the usual arsenal the Multiply step. Used in combination, the two techniques lead to very interesting results.
This post shows some examples, and is an ideal companion for the free Photoshop CS5 extension “False Profiles” by RGB co-blogger Giuliana Abbiati.

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