Digital Darkroom: 3 strokes with color transfer level

The level of the image is the key to the perfect effect of the photographic works, can be divided into light and shade levels, color levels, the depth of the scene and so on. Here, we will be through the color level to improve the lack of light and shade levels, to achieve the ideal color effect of the image.

Often, we get the imaging, due to exposure control or shooting objective reasons, in the image of the light and shade levels of performance are different, in many cases may be dark area easily lose levels, and the formation of dead ends, on the contrary, the bright part of the area exposure, loss is difficult to find. So, in a picture of the dark and bright part of the excessive phenomenon, how to balance this contrast? What is the level of retention? Let the dark part will not die black, light is not pale, conventional methods, or through the dark part of the light, the dark way to restore the loss of the level, but not necessarily very effective, may be lost, In particular, the loss of more and more, in addition, color also with different deviations, affecting the overall effect.

Color is a can not be ignored in detail, in addition to its own level of rich, but also can effectively adjust the image of the light and shade levels, improve the image of the deficiencies in color, to foil the effect.

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So, how to use color to pull out the image of the level of light and shade? Here, we use a photo of three methods to achieve the color level of the image of the rich and the level of elevation, there is a new understanding of it, without the need to establish any constituency can produce different color effects.

First trick

As we all know, mention of color will think of warm and cold, advance and retreat, soft and hard sense of change, who do not know can also play a change in light, cool colors can reduce the color of images, and warm colors can improve the color of the image, then the brightness of the color can play a role in the image to improve the effect of light and shade. Here, we use the optional color command to create a coordinated color change, refining the level of light and shade, the performance of fresh and beautiful feeling.

Steps overview

First, the implementation of the optional Color command, respectively, adjust the image of black, white, green, cyan and neutral color, separate the color layer color, and finally, adjust the color of local decorative costumes, the final effect as shown in Figure 1.

Operation detailed

1, open a single wedding photo, green grass strewn with pink petals, lying sweet bride, beautiful, such as sweet. A bit dark around the screen, the character's white yarn level is not very obvious, as shown in Figure 1-1, below, for this to improve and refine the color effect.

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2, the "Optional Color" command, in the pop-up "Optional Color" command dialog box, "Color" Choose Black ", click" Absolute ", set" cyan "value to" 100% "," magenta "value" 10% "," yellow "value"-10% ", attach dark Color," black "value" 3% ", Because of the gray color produced, but does not affect the proposed level, at this point, you can see the dark side of the picture and the character of the hair part of the show level, as shown in Figure 1-2.

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