Action to correct Color/Purple Fringing

[road runner]

Does anyone know of an Action that is available and working in PSE-6 that will correct Color/Purple Fringing?

I have PFKILLER in PSE-3 that works great, but it doesn't work in PSE-6. I used Graffi's Auto Install, and everything went where it was supposed to. When I tested it, it just kept giving me a message at every step along the way that indicated that particular command was not available. At the end, all I had was a plain white layer?:eek: :mad:

So does anyone know if Panos or someone has a working Action for this purpose in PSE-6. I would eventually like to take PSE-3 off my system to free up space, but I want to make sure all Actions on PSE-3 will run in PSE-6 first.
road runner

[hotstuff]

If you have a picture I can work on, I'll create an action to see if it works.

[TonyW]

Not even sure you need an action - try this method.

http://www.great-landscape-photography.com/remove-purple-fringing.html

Tony

[road runner]

Thanks for the feedback Hotstuff and Tony!

I already have all my images cleaned up. I usually do not have the problem, but when I submit my stock images, one or two can be a problem.

I am familiar with the other methods of cleaning up the Purple fringing, but htis action really worked great. It isolated all the problem areas (even the ones I overlooked) in the image, and then took the steps to correct the problem regardless of the colr that was fringing.

Hotstuff - maybe you could download the Action (PFKiller.zip) and open it up on your full Photoshop version to see the commands which may give you an idea. The Action works with PSE 2 through 5. It works with no problem on the full version of Photoshop - guess you simply put it in the Actions folder.

Here is the link - http://www.dream-fusion.com/mkII/pics/pfkiller.zip (http://www.dream-fusion.com/mkII/pics/pfkiller.zip) and the instructions for installing for various versions of PSE 2-5 is - http://www.hiddenelements.com/index.html (http://www.hiddenelements.com/index.html) .

road runner

[TonyW]

That's odd - I took a look at that action and it wouldn't work in any version of Elements that I know of because it uses Color Range which is only available in Full Photoshop. Is there another version for Elements?

Tony

[road runner]

That is the only one that I know of. I have worked with it in PSE-3 for about a year.

Minor glitch - the first step it takes it gives me a message that some command is not available. If I click on "Continue" it goes through the process and seems to do the job. Two images that were rejected for microstock were resubmitted after using pfkiller, and they were then accepted.

As it goes through the process, you can see the changes taking place. The next to last step, I see a black and white image. Then when it finishes, I can see the marching ants over the area that was corrected. So I just hold down the "Control + D" keys to get rid of the ants. Then I flaten the image. Done!

To install it, I just followed the directions on tht site I gave you above. I'll have to keep an eye on that site to see if thy come up with instructions for PSE-6.

Hope that helps!
road runner

[hotstuff]

Like tony said it dose'nt like PSE5, it runs ok on CS3.
I created a couple of actions lastnight that run on elements.
Not as fancy as PF Killer, I'm not a pro and they are my first attempt.
Having said that they work as good on the Images I found on the net.

R.R. if you have an image I could try them on, it would be nice.

[Benny Pedersen]

The "Color Range" could be substituted with the wand tool.
The "Select Background" would fail if your image is not flatten.

Benny,
PS:
Action: purple fringe killer
* Stamp visible (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E)
Make layer
Set Selection To: all
Copy Merged
Paste Anti-alias: none

* Set foreground #8562C8
Set Foreground Color
To: RGB color
Red: 133
Green: 98
Blue: 199.996

* Set background #9D3E78
Set Background Color
To: RGB color
Red: 157
Green: 62
Blue: 120
* Select foreground (use the Wand tool instead)
Color Range
Fuzziness: 160
Minimum: Lab color
Luminance: 48.85
A: 31.41
B: -48.83
Maximum: Lab color
Luminance: 48.85
A: 31.41
B: -48.83

* Desaturate a modified selection
Expand By: 3 pixels
Feather Radius: 2 pixels
Desaturate
Set Selection To: none

* The desaturated layer with gauss blur and mask has blendmode color
Gaussian Blur Radius: 25 pixels
Set Selection To: previous
Make New: channel
At: mask channel
Using: reveal selection
Set current layer
To: layer
Mode: color

* Repeated with background color
Stop Message: Press continue if there is red-tinged fringing left.
With Continue
Hide current layer
Select Background
Exchange Swatches
Color Range
Fuzziness: 86
Minimum: Lab color
Luminance: 41.36
A: 44.94
B: -12.73
Maximum: Lab color
Luminance: 41.36
A: 44.94
B: -12.73
Smooth Radius: 1 pixels
Expand By: 3 pixels
Feather Radius: 2 pixels
Show layer "Layer 1"
Select mask channel of layer "Layer 1"
Fill Using: white
Opacity: 100%
Mode: normal
Set Selection To: none

[road runner]

Benny,

Thanks for the tip! I am going to try to apply the wand to select the fringing areas and flatening the image before using the action. If it works, I can close up PSE 3.

Thanks for the help!

road runner