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OhYeahItsAmy
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June 5, 2018
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Enhancing a photo of a rainbow?

  • June 5, 2018
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I recently took the panorama photo of a rainbow below using my iPod (you can see that some part of the rainbow has faided). I would like to somehow enhance the colors of the rainbow to make it more vibrant. Is there any way to go about doing that?

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Correct answer KShinabery212

Theoretically one could go into Camera Raw, use the adjustment brush to highlight the rainbow and then edit it... see example below.  That was just done quickly... one could be more precise. 

Regardless the way.... it is fun to toy around with a picture and see all the different solutions offered.

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KShinabery212
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KShinabery212Community Expert
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June 7, 2018

There is always a million ways to do things in Photoshop.

I used the CAMERA RAW filter to quickly edit the photo.

I felt the buildings were too dark at the bottom, so I fixed that.  Then I decided to make the sky a little less dismal and gave it a little blue.

With Camera Raw you can really experiment and come up with hundreds of ways to edit the photo.

Let's connect on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kshinabery/
joanH
joanH
Inspiring
June 7, 2018

Yes, I enjoy the many options offered in Camera Raw. To my eyes, I think the darker sky takes away from the rainbow colors that is the primary concern. Sure is fun to have so many tools. Love Photoshop. : + ) JH

KShinabery212
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KShinabery212Community ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
June 7, 2018

Theoretically one could go into Camera Raw, use the adjustment brush to highlight the rainbow and then edit it... see example below.  That was just done quickly... one could be more precise. 

Regardless the way.... it is fun to toy around with a picture and see all the different solutions offered.

Let's connect on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kshinabery/
    Norman Sanders
    Norman Sanders
    Legend
    June 5, 2018

    Convert to Lab Color. Curves with a 10x10 grid and scale highlight end in the lower left corner.

    Duplicate the layer.

    Rotate the a and the  b curves 4 boxes counterclockwise to increase saturation. Straight-line Curve. The center point must not move. Colors will scream with saturation.

    Important: Gaussian blur to soften the rainbow. Reduce Layer opacity slightly.

    Add a mask and with a soft brush bring back the non-rainbow area

    Reduce the opacity of the rainbow a bit more to keep the rainbow-red from appearing too intense

    Change mode back to RGB

    A somewhat similar effect can be obtained in RGB via  Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation: duplicate layer, over saturation, blur and masking.

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    OhYeahItsAmyAuthor
    Participant
    June 5, 2018

    Thank you. This definitely helped.

    Norman Sanders
    Norman Sanders
    Legend
    June 5, 2018

    Happy to help. Good luck.

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