Anyone else have this challenge?
#1
And how do you fix it?
Most times when I use my camera to take photos of quilts, quilt blocks, fabric postcards, fabrics etc I often cannot get the correct color. Even with 'editing', enhancing, color balancing etc. the colors either come out too dark, wrong shade etc etc etc. Usually it is blues and reds but it happens with other colors too. And I have a new digital camera, so it isn't an issue of using an old camera.
I've tried it with flash, without flash, in natural light etc.
Any other suggestions?
thanks
Most times when I use my camera to take photos of quilts, quilt blocks, fabric postcards, fabrics etc I often cannot get the correct color. Even with 'editing', enhancing, color balancing etc. the colors either come out too dark, wrong shade etc etc etc. Usually it is blues and reds but it happens with other colors too. And I have a new digital camera, so it isn't an issue of using an old camera.
I've tried it with flash, without flash, in natural light etc.
Any other suggestions?
thanks
#2
Check out your machine to see if it is using automatic filters. In the old days, the color intensity could be varied by adding different colored filters to the lens to get the problems you are describing.
I would check your manual (may be online these days :)) and take some test photos of colors against white background and play with the settings until they come out right. It may mean your factory settings were installed incorrectly (or a piece of plastic got left over the lens to keep it from getting scratched -- and that plastic needs to be removed to get true colors).
Good luck!
I would check your manual (may be online these days :)) and take some test photos of colors against white background and play with the settings until they come out right. It may mean your factory settings were installed incorrectly (or a piece of plastic got left over the lens to keep it from getting scratched -- and that plastic needs to be removed to get true colors).
Good luck!
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I try to take pictures outside on a cloudy but bright day, and I do a bit of Photoshopping to get the colors adjusted and true.
Another possibility is that it's not your camera at all, it's your monitor.
Another possibility is that it's not your camera at all, it's your monitor.
#7
Originally Posted by ckcowl
it is probably the computer- not the camera...the colors on the computer being adjusted will probably solve your problems
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