7 Replies Latest reply: May 18, 2010 1:22 PM by Christian Davideck RSS

    recreating merged curves layer by guesswork

    Christian Davideck Community Member

      Hi folks, I have a picture I once added a curves adjustment layer to. Unfortunatley I don't have the .psd anymore, only a composite .png (the final image) and the source image.

       

      I tried to recreate the curves adjustment layer on top of the source image and compare it to the final image, but I don't get anywhere close to it. I must say though, that generally speaking I have decent curves skills I would say, I intuitively know how they react and affect the output. But the curves layer I used back then involved independent R,G and B curves plus a RGB curve, with about 3 to 4 control points each.

       

      So intuition and guesswork didn't get me anywhere, that's why I was wondering if there was something like a more strategic method defined by rules which would inevitably lead to the correct result if followed correctly ?

       

      If not, is there a different way of recreating the final image from the source image?

      Many thanks.