Add Curves and Channel Mixer to PSE3!

[robwill]

You can add Curves and Channel Mixer to PSE3 by going here:
http://www.earthboundlight.com/photo...ts-curves.html
I got this download and they work great!
While you are there check out the rest of his site, lots of nice photos and other info!

[Wendy]

There are several ways of adding these features to Elements ... including one that is free.


Wendy

[robwill]

I did not mention it in my original post, but the download from eathboundlight.com is free also.

[Wendy]

Thanks for that tip ... I didn't spot that it was free.


Wendy

[ChrisWPG]

I tried adding the earthbound add ins into Photoshop elements 3.0 and they worked perfectly.

Thanks alot for the info. I was starting to get annoyed when looking at tutorials that ask to add layer masks and not having the ability to do it.

[MikeH]

...but for those who don't want to add Photoshop tools to PE3, there are workarounds for things like the layer mask and channel mixer.

If anyone wants help with these please post. :wink:

There are many workarounds in PE3 for things you only thought possible in full Photoshop 8) :wink:

Mike

[Teys]

help! i was able to download it to pse3 into the effects folders (it did show this name: ebl-effects inside pse3) but when i tried to use it, there was nothing inside - no effects to choose.. what did i do wrong? pls. help


confused & clueless

teys

[philcoo]

Hi everyone,
I've downloaded the Earthbound Light add-ons and they seem to work great. However I'm not sure how these equivilent tools work in photoshop cs - can anyone help?
I do have a more specific explination which I'm sure will help!
I've been trying to follow a workflow on Infrared Photography provided on this web site:
http://victorpinto.smugmug.com/gallery/407270
I'm fine until I get to step 4, applying the channel mixer. With the add-on in PSE3 it creates a new layer. This can't be edited it seems once it's created. I also can't then carry out step 5, Hue/Saturation on that new layer. If I go back to the background layer the Hue/Saturation is available but the effects aren't the same.
Can anyone show me another way of carrying out the Red/Blue channel swap without creating this new layer with the add-in?
I hope all this makes sense, but appologies if it doesn't!

[Wendy]

Phil,

I am not using the same add on (I'm using Grant's free tools) but the problem is that with CS there are two ways of using the Channel mixer. One is directly on the image itself and the other is via a new layer ... the tutorial uses the first method but the add ons use the second method.

The way round it is to merge down before trying to do the Hue & Sat ..

By the way what does apply a red/blue channel swop mean ??

Wendy

[luckyjon]

Treys Like you Im also confused & clueless. Lets hope someone here can help us.

I followed the download instructions. When opening PSE3 I have in Effects Earthbound and see the new curves button.

But when I try to use it and I get a PSE warning message

Could not complete your request file could not be found

Wish I had left well alone, now what do I need to do?

help please

john