Photoshop Channel Application Series 4: How to choose the channel with the best effect

The importance of the channel is needless to say, the U.S. PS experts said: "The channel is the core, the mask is the soul", enough to explain the channel in Photoshop important position.

The calculation method itself is not complex, is currently some foreign PS experts like to use the method, summed up it has four main advantages:

One, provides the operator maximum operation space, may choose two channels in three channels to carry on the combination;

Second, the free combination of channels, to provide us with different effects for a wider range of options;

Third, can avoid the most headaches and annoying individual channels, so that the picture can be better than the original image quality and effect;

Free choice of a variety of mixed mode and opacity, in short, you feel the effect reached you want to pursue the results on the line.

It is no wonder that Mr. Scott Kelby, President of the United States Phtoshoph magazine and chairman of the Phtoshoph National Professional Association, praised the "calculation" method for converting black and white, and wrote: "The most troublesome thing in Photoshop is the Calculations dialog box." The simple feature of mixed channels is that the layout is too complex, but that's what this dialog box is all about. Once you have mastered this technology, you can improve your reputation by using it. For example, if you're talking about converting from color to grayscale, just inadvertently show: I don't use a channel mixer, I'm using a computational method for conversion. Other people will certainly give you the admiration of the eye. ”

In fact, the biggest advantage of this approach is that it provides a wider range of space and free choice, but it is also its biggest difficulty.

Related tutorials:

1, Photoshop Channel Application Series 1: What's in the channel

2, Photoshop Channel Application Series 2: Channel is a constituency

3, Photoshop Channel Application Series 3: Use Lab lightness channel to convert black and white

4, Photoshop Channel Application Series 4: How to choose the best effect channel

5, Photoshop Channel Application Series 5: The most commonly used channel mixer method

6, Photoshop Channel Application Series 6: Using CMYK black channel plus sharp