Help, my Auto Level is giving me a red gradient! Most of the time when I do some color adjusting I use curves and levels. Sometimes I like to see what effect I get when clicking on, Image>Adjustment> Auto Levels and very often liked the result.
Now when I try Auto Level my image is turning red on me (a "red" gradient). I've been trying to resume the default feature and correct this problem to no avail. I haven't a clue as to why this would change on me.
Any suggestions as to what is wrong, I've never had this problem before?
2007-10-28 16:00:40 · 2 answers · asked by Incognito 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Daniel b - not the image as this has been going on continuously with any image I try. I'll try your suggestion and go into Levels and take a look...
2007-10-28 16:14:15 · update #1
A gradient might be the wrong word....red overlay?
2007-10-28 16:15:01 · update #2
fphotoace - I do use Levels and Curves and 9 times out of 10 definately prefer the result. But once in a while I come across an image that looks better using the Auto Level Adjustment....take my word for it.
Since it worked before and with the cost of PS I would think all my adjustments would work and I am trying to find out why it doesn't work now.
Also, I discovered tonight I get that same red overlay/gradient or whatever when I click on Auto Color. Perhaps one of the options in the layer blending mode is checked and shouldn't be?? Don't know, that is why I asked this question because so far nothing I've tried works.
2007-10-28 17:24:20 · update #3
PS has some many little nuances involving key strokes or settings that you hit by mistake and don't even know it. It's almost impossible to figure out what is wrong.
If you've already spent too much time trying to figure it out, cut your loses and simply uninstall and reinstall it. Why waste much more time figuring out a problem that has a simple fix?
Save your Actions and Plug-ins somewhere, reinstall, then pop the Actions and Plug-ins back.
99.99% of the time, this fixes quirks like this one.
(Just a thought - The only thing I can thing that would give a red overcast, would be Quick Mask. How Quick Mask would be applied after doing Auto Levels, I'm not sure, but that's what would give a red overcast, if this helps at all).
2007-10-29 01:43:27 · answer #1 · answered by DigiDoc 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It might be the image. If your image is deficient in one of the channels, it might be overcompensating. Looks at your 3 channels and see if one is not there, or very limited.
A gradient though? That's weird.
Or go in to regular levels and adjust each channel individually and see if one kicks up the same weird result.
2007-10-28 16:06:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋