G3 Skin tones

Giulio Sciorio126984 · Jan 1, 2003

Greetings,

I've had a G2 before but let it go because I was not too happy with the skin tones lookiing "digital." I was wondering if it was the analouge to digital conversion. Most 5 meg cameras have a 12bit A/D and that was what I was used to before I had a G2.

Now after my Nikon 5700 died I realised that although a great camera it was not worth the extra $480 to me and I got a G3.

What tips can you give me about post processing images to achieve clean, low key colors, that are not overly saturated.

Can you give me some samples?

BTW I own a mac with OSX so any PC software tips won't help me.

Thanks and have a killer 2003 when we'll all get personal jetpacks!
Giulio

Marc Jutras131333 · Jan 2, 2003

If you haven't done this yet, set your G3 to shoot in "neutral" colors. Check your manual at p.89.

Out or the box, your G3 is set to what Canon's marketting department considers normal colors (saturated with strong reds supposedly being more appealing to the masses).

The neutral setting is described as lowering contrast and saturation. This gives the impression you'll get a washed out picture. They should have written "This is the real normal setting".

Switch to neutral and you should be happy and save a lot of time in post trying to get skin tones back to normal. It worked for me.

--
Marc Jutras
G3 + 420ex
http://www.marcjutras.com

Jack Michaud · Jan 2, 2003

Marc Jutras said:
If you haven't done this yet, set your G3 to shoot in "neutral"
colors. Check your manual at p.89.

Do you know if there is a similar setting in the S45?

Giulio Sciorio126984 · Jan 3, 2003

Funny marketing people.

Thanks Marc.
Giulio

Marc Jutras said:
If you haven't done this yet, set your G3 to shoot in "neutral"
colors. Check your manual at p.89.

Out or the box, your G3 is set to what Canon's marketting
department considers normal colors (saturated with strong reds
supposedly being more appealing to the masses).

The neutral setting is described as lowering contrast and
saturation. This gives the impression you'll get a washed out
picture. They should have written "This is the real normal
setting".

Switch to neutral and you should be happy and save a lot of time in
post trying to get skin tones back to normal. It worked for me.

--
Marc Jutras
G3 + 420ex
http://www.marcjutras.com

thang · Jan 3, 2003

Shoot everything in RAW so you have the option to change the settings later on your MAC.

Thang.

Giulio Sciorio said:
Greetings,

I've had a G2 before but let it go because I was not too happy with
the skin tones lookiing "digital." I was wondering if it was the
analouge to digital conversion. Most 5 meg cameras have a 12bit A/D
and that was what I was used to before I had a G2.

Now after my Nikon 5700 died I realised that although a great
camera it was not worth the extra $480 to me and I got a G3.

What tips can you give me about post processing images to achieve
clean, low key colors, that are not overly saturated.

Can you give me some samples?

BTW I own a mac with OSX so any PC software tips won't help me.

Thanks and have a killer 2003 when we'll all get personal jetpacks!
Giulio

Marc Jutras131333 · Jan 3, 2003

Jack Michaud said:
Marc Jutras said:

If you haven't done this yet, set your G3 to shoot in "neutral"
colors. Check your manual at p.89.

Click to expand...

Do you know if there is a similar setting in the S45?

Since the G3 and the S45 seem to share the same guts, I guess they have it too. In the G3, it's in the "photo effects". It's probably the same in the S45. It's where you can set "vivid", "sepia", "b&w", etc.

--
Marc Jutras
G3 + 420ex
http://www.marcjutras.com

Doug Lankler135363 · Jan 3, 2003

Marc Jutras said:
If you haven't done this yet, set your G3 to shoot in "neutral"
colors. Check your manual at p.89.

I almost only use the G3 for "people pictures." Is there a way to get the camera to remember the neutral setting so that when I turn it back on, it's already set there?

Thanks,
Doug

Lexx · Jan 3, 2003

Doug Lankler said:
I almost only use the G3 for "people pictures." Is there a way to
get the camera to remember the neutral setting so that when I turn
it back on, it's already set there?

Yes. In P, Tv, Av, and M mode, the setting stays there once you set it. In Auto mode, you can't set anything and it won't remember any thing.

In custom modes (C1 & C2), set the effect you want (i.e. Neutral) and press Menu, go to Save Settings and chose C1 or C2.

--
Chankit

hana · Jan 3, 2003

Gee.... everytime I read these boards, I learn something new! Thanks Marc!

This tip would have really helped me at Christmas - one shooting event where I had people in front of a dark red velvet wearing USC Trojan red jackets. The resulting pictures really did need some help!

Marc Jutras said:
If you haven't done this yet, set your G3 to shoot in "neutral"
colors. Check your manual at p.89.

Out or the box, your G3 is set to what Canon's marketting
department considers normal colors (saturated with strong reds
supposedly being more appealing to the masses).

The neutral setting is described as lowering contrast and
saturation. This gives the impression you'll get a washed out
picture. They should have written "This is the real normal
setting".

Switch to neutral and you should be happy and save a lot of time in
post trying to get skin tones back to normal. It worked for me.

--
Marc Jutras
G3 + 420ex
http://www.marcjutras.com

tch · Jan 3, 2003

As far as fixing after the fact Play around with hue/sat adjustment layers and selective color adjustment layers (try turning down the black setting in the red channel).

Giulio Sciorio said:
Greetings,

I've had a G2 before but let it go because I was not too happy with
the skin tones lookiing "digital." I was wondering if it was the
analouge to digital conversion. Most 5 meg cameras have a 12bit A/D
and that was what I was used to before I had a G2.

Now after my Nikon 5700 died I realised that although a great
camera it was not worth the extra $480 to me and I got a G3.

What tips can you give me about post processing images to achieve
clean, low key colors, that are not overly saturated.

Can you give me some samples?

BTW I own a mac with OSX so any PC software tips won't help me.

Thanks and have a killer 2003 when we'll all get personal jetpacks!
Giulio

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