Application of Photoshop Overlay mode in adjusting image

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Superposition mode definition: Composite or filtered colors, depending on the base color. The pattern or color is superimposed on an existing pixel, while preserving the contrast of the base color. The base color is not replaced, but the primary color is mixed with the blend hue to reflect the brightness or darkness of the original color. Example diagram

Observation Image: Image color is too saturated, thick and cloudy. The image appears to be covered with a layer of dust, not clear. The whole picture is very not refreshing, in actual shooting, will often encounter such a film. This is because of the black field offset is the reason for the lack of darkened. The normal adjustment method is to adjust the color order first: The Black field is more positive, but after adjusting we found that the histogram appears a lot of fracture, this is also the reason for the image does not look good, because the color adjustment will sacrifice some details, so there will be fracture.

Here we try to use the layer blending mode to adjust the image, in practice, this is also a common method. We see some photo-processing tutorials on the common adjustment layer and layer blending mode to achieve the effect of beautifying the photo. First copy a layer, shift+ctrl+u, go color.

Set the blending mode of the upper layer to overlay

Then we observed the histogram of the image and found no fracture. This means that the details of the original artwork are well protected.

On this basis, we can further adjust the color from the already liked. After the layer is merged, add a color balance adjustment layer, set the blending mode to soft light, add curve adjustment layer and hue saturation adjustment layer, and adjust the parameters as follows: (Each person likes only for reference.) Note that the adjustment of the middle harmonic darkened, if you keep the brightness of the hook removed, you can get a stronger contrast, but the details of the loss of a little more. ）