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Give Your Photos a Velvia® Touch

Published by:  Luminous-Landscape
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Fuji® Velvia® remains a popular color slide film. It is a slow film -- ISO 50 – that is popular among landscape, macro, and nature photographers because of its fine grain and highly saturated colors. Action photographers would have none of it because of the slow speed, but among most outdoor photographers, Fuji® Velvia® was a favorite.

When people ask in Internet discussion groups how to get the bright, saturated colors they associate with Fuji® Velvia® slide film, the frequent answer is to “boost the saturation with the Hue/Saturation command.” Many Adobe® Photoshop® actions that promise a digital Velvia effect also rely on the Hue/Saturation command.

The advice on Internet discussion groups is well-intentioned. It is a quick and easy solution, and with many images, you can get acceptable results with a saturation boost that way (especially if you are a novice to digital photography and have not yet developed a discerning eye). But there are problems with trying to make colors “pop” with Hue/Saturation.

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