Strong Color Cast Removal

This DDQ (Digital Darkroom Questions, www.timgrey.com/ddq) Video Answer shows you how to correct a particularly strong color cast in an image using a quick and easy technique.

[@Morbius1963]

Great! I can follow it. A lot of tutorials are too fast and "Look at how clever I am" using shortcuts etc. Speaking to people who hardly need this level of advice. Tim is a genuine teacher. Thank you.

[@dansabedra5478]

Thank you very
much for speaking perfect English. Easy to follow instructions. This is simple. Other videos are 10 minutes long for the same effect. Would love to had you as a teacher in college.

[@Flux_One]

Using the complimentary color is a great solution 👍

[@magazinekitchen]

One of the best tutorial videos I have seen. It is quick, clear, concise, and to the point. And this method is better than any other I've seen on other videos about removing color cast with Photoshop. Thanks for sharing!

[@TheKittydew]

This is the most useful tutorial on the entire internet. Thank you so much for sharing this! :D

[@dragonthc]

simple, easy and precise. Thank you for not wasting my time.

[@metometo7792]

I know the video is kind of old but it is one of the best and most informative videos that I have watched. Thank you very very much.

[@Knightmessenger]

I agree. Without it, I wouldn't have had a clue where to start with Gimp.

[@MrJono1999]

I find this to be one of the hardest issues to resolve. This video has helped a lot.
Thank you.

[@TheThinkersBible]

This is a useful technique I'll utilize along with using Curves and Levels to do color balance. Thanks for sharing!

[@sonyapencheva5240]

This is amazing! Thanks for sharing this technique, it works great!

[@cyrildadunn4978]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. Many of my children"s photos have turned this exact color. Now when I'm scanning I can fix them. 🌸

[@miketurner3065]

Brilliant. By far the simplest and most effective solution I have seen.

[@enthusiaticbeginner]

For whatever reason, Tim, I have not yet been able to work it's magic on my particular image. Having watched carefully your procedure, I have faith in it. There does not appear anything more recent on the subject, except those concentrating on the face. Best regards, Jim

[@songmaster143]

Wow...many thanks Tim - you're 'The Man'. I'm a long-time user of PS but only know a fraction of it's capabilities and people like you are a godsend to us lot...thanks again!

[@uniquetorres4305]

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[@peterdavidson5489]

Very helpful Tim, I can think of dozens of photos from the 70's that can benefit from your advice, thank you.

[@ckelin13]

Thank you so much for this extremely helpful and concise video. I have been trying for some time to find help with this in my balancing of colour negatives after capture. I have had some reasonable success with taking a shot of a blank portion of the negative and white balancing on the positive of that but I think your way will be better.

[@mrshill424]

Thank you! This has helped me greatly in editing an old family photo. However I did have a slight issue while following your direction. In PSE 10 the invert button was found under; Layer, New Adjustment Layer and Invert. Once I figured that part out, everything went very smoothly.

[@MelanieKiernan01]

Great clear video! thanks

[@timmis1971]

Short, sweet and spot on!! Top job!!

[@AndrewWayneV]

Thanks a million. I know this was made in 2009 but it is still relevant today and help me a lot.

[@snakeblade88]

Okay Tim that was WAY too easy!! Thank you sooooo much for this amazing tip! I've been messing around with channel mixer, hue/sat adjustment layers ad nauseum all to no avail, this did the trick, you saved our family portrait (next time I'll pull out the gray card instead of just leaving it in the bag...

[@Mirekklimas87]

Simple great tip and straight to the point . TY

[@lowbar77]

Quick, simple, and too the point. Great video! Thanks.

[@JimRobbinsPhotography]

Quick and easy, AND IT WORKS! Thanks.

[@iRahz.]

Amazing tutorial. Helped me so much. Thank you!

[@CraftsDotCupCake]

OMG, Simply Awesome. Thank you for this quick and easy tutorial!!!

[@reygood1]

Wow! Thanks! One of the most valuable short videos!

[@gregneilson2253]

Brilliant - simple and works remarkably well. Why isn't this a standard feature in PhotoShop?

[@sam_6480]

WOW thanks!!! the result is amazing, I almost give up for that photo,

[@mwroberts]

What a great method of removing the color cast. Thank you.

[@NIKONGUY1960]

very impressive. I'll have to work on old family fotos using this method. Thanks for posting this.

[@ColonelKlink100]

Very useful! Wish I had come across this much earlier. Thanks for making this VERY useful video.

[@PhaBaria]

Nice thinking, Tim-thanks.

[@Knightmessenger]

I have found that you can also get good results by using "Grain Merge" or "Overlay" with the layer mode in addition to the "color" one for your solid color mask. Overlay can also adjust the exposure but it's not as strong overall as color.

[@GetBusyLiving]

Super helpful! Thank you so much!

[@tkbelll]

Thanks, seven years old, and still helping people!

[@Teeb2023]

Really? He looks at least thirty.
;-)

[@sanjaymj]

Nicely explained. It worked very well. Thank you Tim .

[@brianarsenault9281]

Excellent tutorial! Thank you so much for sharing such a valuable piece of information.

[@hafizshakeelahmad5289]

short and easy, thanks for sharing.

[@janw.9890]

Thanks for such a straight forward explanation. Worked brilliantly.

[@theBigNine]

thank you!

[@christiantakata8855]

Wow, I had an image that was so hard to edit with the recent youtube tutorials, and this 12 yr old video saved my photo hahahha, thanks.

[@natebot321]

SUPER helpful and such a quick, straightforward guide. Thank you!!

[@Picotee810]

Wow, I didn't know it can be done this way, thank you.

[@HealthBook-wg4oi]

wow very nice and easy and best

[@owensavill429]

Wow! So simple but so brilliant

[@debz6110]

THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

[@johneymute]

yeah sure the original looked very monochrome but the adjusted version looks good.
maybe id you,re also able to adjust each color individualy,you can get great results either.

[@WorldFederal]

best Color Cast Removal video

[@bennjanse]

Thank you so much - This is the correct process, but i am too stupid to figure it out myself - thanks for the guidance - Ben, South Africa

[@kphodges2]

This was an excellent video and I learned a lot. Looking forward to more. Keep up the good teaching.

[@geraldoluiz55a]

Wow, very simple! Thanks a lot.

[@bettywisse]

Very cool !!!

[@uniquetorres4305]

Betty Wisse v.
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[@jctalk18]

so if my negative films have strong green colour casting, i just have to use the opposite color like red ?

[@Jackques]

Excellent!

[@orbart5757]

cool technique . easy to make an action for too

[@malikg4u]

Superb easy

[@lil----lil]

THANK YOU> Amazing tutorial. One that ACTUALLY WORKS!

[@CynicalCadaver17]

This was extremely helpful! Thank you so much!

[@homemovies751]

Very clever.

[@cathymackinven714]

This is really good, thank you for sharing

[@DanishWidow]

Your tutorial really helped me with a difficult assignment. thanks.

[@mallan6277]

That is brilliant, man. Thanks for the tip!

[@billarasz]

amazing and easy tutorial, thanks

[@Live_for_Learn_everyday]

Thank you so much

[@bt10ant]

Great....thanks

[@grace4et]

is there a way to get a stain out of a picture that was caused by the pic soaking up color from colored candles that it was laying between?

[@VanEssa-ox9dm]

Thank you sir Tim for an easy to follow tutorial, very helpful.. godbless :)

[@LeeKlement]

Holy Crap! That's brilliant!

[@onegist]

Thanks so much!

[@TomGibson7777TG]

I wonder if this would also work with adjusting night star images or any night images were there is a shift in WB?

[@klarab3599]

wow!!! this is brilliant. thanks.

[@00963mhy]

Amazing result :) thanks

[@erfut]

Great tip man, thank you

[@juliemaresco821]

Mine made the color look a lot better, but it made the image look a little less defined. Any reasons for that?

[@ChadWork1]

Cool tip Tim!
Mark Larson told me about it.

[@carolinavelazquez2826]

Amazing!! Thank you!

[@qbukhari]

Thanks alot !!!!

[@mendreva]

Many thanks.

[@Francisco23997]

Thanks, man!! This is a never ending learning process. I thought the only way was using curves. BTW, in this case, do you think this approach is better than using curves?

[@eevagirl]

Fan-Blooming-Tactic!

[@Mr18101983]

Superb

[@leythecg]

amazing, thanks a lot

[@maharshi3180]

Much better way

[@rezajafaripaneza3607]

Thanks Tim

[@christinahammond8954]

Thank You! This was so easy :)

[@RedbullandTwizzlers]

Thank you so so so much!

[@jfoxxieluv07]

what program are you using?

[@wildernesswordsmith]

Yeah, Wow! I did this using PS Elements 6. Thanks very much, W.

[@113dmg9]

Awesome

[@prashantshah9090]

Thank you! @UCJn08bLgaU0HShvRMBrxdDw This has helped me greatly in editing an old family photo. However I did have a slight issue while following your direction. In PSE 10 the invert button was found under; Layer, New Adjustment Layer and Invert. Once I figured that part out, everything went very smoothly.

[@stu6097]

"varial print using flatbed scanner" What was the last part you said? What does that mean? "varial print" and is there something wrong with flatbed scanners?

[@kentitto9181]

your video is amazing but i cant understand which app were u using can u plz tell me the app plz i have a lot of pics with strong color cast which need to be restored immediatey

[@crecart2889]

He is using Adobe Photoshop.

[@FacebookandCrmSpecialist]

GOOOd

[@FashionGHANA]

Wow, you are a legend!

[@tomcruz3774]

This is genius

[@LaughingPsycho]

Now that is a crafty way to do it. :)

[@angeloviedo7156]

11 years old and still better than lots of videos now.

[@kentitto9181]

sir can u tell me which app he was using

[@kentitto9181]

the reason why i ask u is becoz all comments were years back comment ur comment was new

[@angeloviedo7156]

Photoshop

[@BigRob1962]

How would I do this with GIMP?

[@atropicali]

Very informative