Spring for a Tree
Creating a Palette in Kuler
Last time, I moved the points, but here I was satisfied with the Kuler choices and used the hex values to create a new palette in GIMP. Then I used the software's Palette Map operation to change the colors of the photograph which I featured in a recent post. It also happens to be the base image for the header of my main blog Bill's Thingees.
A Bridge on a Trail
A Change of Color
While the results of Palette Map don't always look good, the operation can lead to interesting images. Here's a look at an phograph I shot several years ago of downtown Boston.
Boston from the Charles River
Downtown Boston in New Hues
That's definitely a view I wouldn't have envisioned.
Stop by Rosie's blog and check out the other Color Me Weekly photographs and palettes.
Thanks Bill for joining in this week and for being so creative. I used to let kuler do it's own thing aswell as it was always interesting to see what it picked out on its own. I've never taken it that step further and let the map then alter another image..........and I wouldn't have a clue how to do it either.
ReplyDeleteThe first time I used Kuler I wasn't happy with the choices so I moved the points more to my liking. Though this time I noticed it has some auto options with styles which you can change.
ReplyDeleteIn GIMP, I have to imput the palette, but altering an other image is very easy. There is an option called Palette Map. Click it and the software replaces the colors in the orginal with one in the active palette. Photoshop probably has something very similar. Plus you can save from Kuler and import the palette directly into Photoshop.
Thanks Rosie for visiting and for the activity. Color Me Weekly is interesting and you have a lot of good photographers linking to it.