Color Depth - Photoshop Contest [27 entries]

Winning entry, with a score of:

65.4%

Contest goal:

Take any of your own photos and decrease the color depth anywhere from 2 to 16 colors (1-4 bit). In the description, mention how many colors you decreased your photo by. Experiment with your favorite photos and upload the most artistic one.

Status: finished. Check out the winners below!

Suggested by: k5683

pingenvy: This is something I've never tried. How is this approached in Photoshop? ( 5 years and 3035 days ago )

CMYK46: Ummm...yeah, what's the technique here? ( 5 years and 3035 days ago )

Chalty669: Image/Adjustments/Posterize.......Not much of a photoshop contest. ( 5 years and 3035 days ago )

k5683: Chalty669, I didn't know whether to put this in the photography or in the photoshop. Mr. Monty would have changed it if he thought it would have better suited the Photography section. I use PSP and in the Color menu, you can either increase or decrease colors used. PSP is most like PS. Not sure if Posterize is the same but would suppose it is---can you tell how many colors you decreased it by when using Posterize?
( 5 years and 3034 days ago )

ibmaxed: I thought about posterize but didnt seem right. Adobe version is to change from rgb to index and adjust fron there. Keeping in mind that adjusting to 2 is BW. When you change to index you get the options and can play around a little to view the results. Any imaging software that handle index files should do it.You do have to change the finished image back to rgb to save as jpeg. The results are a little to posterization as you have to dither or use one of the other options to make up for the lost colour. ( 5 years and 3034 days ago )

arca: This is fun ... I did what ibmaxed suggested and changed image to index mode and spent 2 hours playing with a variety of settings and photos. Great! ( 5 years and 3034 days ago )

DanLundberg: The drama/composition of the starting photo seems to be key while the subsequent manipulation is secondary, i.e., it merely enhances/emphasizes what is already there to make the image that more compelling. ( 5 years and 3033 days ago )

k5683: ibmaxed, thanks for the explanation for the other type of program. I am surprised there isn't more entries already since it is a simple one. ( 5 years and 3030 days ago )

Contest Moderator: Any entry submitted after 2000hrs GMT Friday 22nd July will be removed ( 5 years and 3027 days ago )

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Tulips - created by Bambi

Favs: 5

SBS: 1

Hi-res

Rank: 1/27

Score: 65.4% (36)

8808 views

8 colours used here. (5 years and 3029 days ago)

8 Comments

Tulips

bottled - created by iquraishi

Favs: 0

SBS: 3

Hi-res

Rank: 2/27

Score: 63.7% (30)

8942 views

I like this technique.. enjoyed it.. I've used 8 colors. (5 years and 3030 days ago)

4 Comments

bottled

Pink FLower - created by loriann88

Favs: 2

SBS: 2

Hi-res

Rank: 3/27

Score: 62.4% (25)

10391 views

(5 years and 3028 days ago)

2 Comments

Pink, FLower

The Painted Gull - created by arca

Favs: 0

SBS: 3

Hi-res

Rank: 4/27

Score: 62.2% (20)

8334 views

Cropped image and changed to Indexed colour -10 (5 years and 3027 days ago)

2 Comments

The, Painted, Gull

Camo-flowers - created by Dejamort

Favs: 0

SBS: 1

Hi-res

Rank: 5/27

Score: 61.9% (15)

7230 views

4 colors (5 years and 3034 days ago)

1 Comment

Camo-flower

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