Elevate a simple nature photo with a few tweaks in Photoshop. Learn the benefits of using dodge and burn with curves layers in Photoshop. In the video below, I run through this image from start to finish, from Lightroom to finishing touches in Photoshop.
When I first started using Photoshop, the Curves adjustment was a mystery to me. But after I started playing with it and started to understand how it worked, it became one of my favorite tools to use in nearly all of the editing apps I work with. Knowing how to
You can perform selective coloring in Premiere Pro. If you want to change the color of an object in your video, simply use the Lumetri Color panel. Select the clip and open the Hue Saturation Curves section of the panel. You’ll find a number of available curves, but the Hue
If you’ve been editing for a while, you probably know what terms like Exposure, White Balance, Contrast and more are. But what about some of those more “advanced” terms? 1. Camera profile Camera profiles are relatively new to software programs. These let you edit the overall “style” of your image.
What seems to be a misused phrase in the photography community is being made increasingly more confusing by those who don’t understand what they’re saying. In a conversation I had with an aspiring photographer about his editing process on a particular image, he shared some usual color correction tips and
I adore using curves and using curves layers in Adobe Photoshop. I think I use that one tool more than any other! It’s quick and easy, and can make such a difference with little effort. Going beyond the ‘S’ curve But don’t just stop at adding an ‘S’ curve to
In this tutorial we’re going to take a quick tour of an undocumented feature — a hidden gem of sorts — in Photoshop’s Levels and Curves. I’ll be using Levels but it’s the same in curves too. A little introduction Here I am in Photoshop. I’ve got an image from
Most advanced users skip the Auto command. And I admit, in the past, Auto wasn’t nearly as useful. But hidden within Auto are multiple methods for automatically analyzing and solving problems. One of those problems is color cast. And an adjustment layer with Auto curves has the ability to fix
Most people think of a curves adjustment layer as being used for contrast. And built-in, are several recipes that you can try out, both presets and auto methods that are worth looking at. Let me show you. Now, the same process you learned for fixing color contrast issues also works
Find Curves a little confusing? Try this simple tip. Most users will either use Curves a lot or they won’t use it at all. The Curves interface is more complex than Levels, which scares away many users. A Curves adjustment allows for up to 16 control points. This can significantly open
Curves layers are one of the most misunderstood, yet more powerful adjustments you can make. Our images are all made up of pixels, which each have values for color and luminosity. With Curves adjustments, we can remap the pixels’ values for these, changing them to be brighter or darker, or
The only constant thing in Apple is change, and thankfully– one of the biggest changes to macOS includes an update to the Photos app! There’s a lot more for us to play with now, but the biggest changes include a more logical organization, more tools to use while editing, and
