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Match the color of a scanned watercolor wash to how it looked in the studio under daylight.
2 ready prompts
Written for the moment this actually comes up.
Execute — do the immediate task
+Match the scanned watercolor wash to daylight by correcting white balance, then use selective color…
Execute — do the immediate task
+Match the scanned watercolor wash to daylight by correcting white balance, then use selective color adjustment to nudge the midtones and highlights until the sample swatch reads neutral under sRGB daylight.
Pasted it? When the reply comes back, push once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part. — Did this prompt help?
Improve — make it easier to accept
+Recreate the studio daylight look so the client recognizes the wash — set white balance to…
Improve — make it easier to accept
+Recreate the studio daylight look so the client recognizes the wash — set white balance to neutralize paper cast, use selective color to recover warm pigments in highlights and cool the shadows slightly, compare against the photographed studio swatch, and save both corrected TIFF and a before/after PNG for review.
Pasted it? When the reply comes back, push once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part. — Did this prompt help?
Who does this, and with what
The same task is different work inside a different job.
Illustrator / Digital ArtistAdobe PhotoshopAdobe Lightroomalso: Match Watercolor Coloralso: Calibrate Scan To Daylight
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