Photographer's most commonly used 8 PS palette you used a few

In the late processing of the picture, color matching is often a very important link, it determines the whole set of photos of the tone and atmosphere. So photographers also spend a lot of time on tonal adjustments. So what are the most common Photoshop tools that photographers use in post-processing? Let's take a look!

1. Curve

This tool is very familiar to everyone, it is a very basic tool, but also a very powerful tool. Many effects are based on curves, and can be achieved with a lot of effects only through curves. In the color adjustment, the same is true. By adding red, green and blue to the Curve tool, you can add other colors: yellow-red plus green or blue, cyan-green with blue or minus red, purple-red plus blue or minus green.

　2. Hue/saturation and natural saturation

On the surface, hue/saturation and natural saturation are two very simple palette tools, but in fact, the learning of them is very deep. When using the hue/Saturation tool, you can change the overall color of the picture, can also choose a single color to change, and in the use of natural saturation to adjust the image, will automatically protect the image of the saturated parts, only the small part of the adjustment, and focus on the adjustment of the unsaturated parts; just like adjusting the saturation to the highest value, When the skin color becomes ruddy, it still retains its natural and real effects.

　　Target adjustment tool in 3.Camera raw

The toolbar in camera raw can be found that the target adjustment tool is a set of tools to which to hit. It is in the top of the camera Raw toolbar fifth position, with the mouse click, you can start to adjust the color. It is the right side of the toolbar in the tonal curve and hsl/grayscale, as long as the left mouse button to live in the photo color area, and then around or up and down to pull, you can change the selected color.

　　4. Gradient Mapping

A gradient map maps an equal grayscale range of images to a specified gradient fill color. For example, specify a two-color gradient fill, the shadow in the image is mapped to one of the endpoint colors of the gradient fill, the high light maps to the other endpoint color, and the midtones map to the gradient between the two endpoint colors. Create a new gradient map layer in the adjustment layer, and then select the appropriate color to change the opacity and flow of the layer to achieve your desired effect.

　5.Lab mode

If the problem with the photo is darker, it can be solved quickly through lab mode. Open the picture, select Image > Mode >lab color, then create curve adjustment layer, respectively, under A and B channel adjustment curve, because a, B channel only affect the color of the curve, do not affect the brightness of the curve, and finally adjust the curve in the brightness channel. After you finish the above steps, select the image > mode >rgb color to convert back to RGB mode.

　6. Optional color

If you just want to change a particular color, the choice of color is a very useful tool. Create a new optional color adjustment layer in the adjustment layer, and then select the color you want to change, then change the color changes only when you adjust it. Note: Minus cyan is to increase the red, minus magenta is to increase the green, minus yellow is to increase the blue, black slider is to control the overall brightness of the color.

　7. Match Color

Color matching can be a picture of the color plate, redeployment in another picture, can be used as a unified tone, to correct the color and even make the day scenery into sunset and so on, but also to add a unique color to your photos, especially if you like those interesting use of color. The steps to use matching colors are as follows: Open two pictures in Photoshop, open one image > Adjust > Match color, select another photo at the source of the pop-up window, and then click OK to complete.

　8. Color Search

Adobe has added a color lookup feature to the Photoshop CS6 version. Although "Color Lookup" is not the best fine color adjustment tool, but it can be in a few seconds to create a number of color versions, it is as good as the filter in the United States Map tool, what the Japanese small fresh, a po-color, the old film effect is nothing. And itself is the adjustment layer, if coupled with the mask can also be more refined color.

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