Photoshop brings up portrait photos and quiet Japanese-system effects

Japanese photos of the style and kind of more, but more to still life, characters mainly, the use of side backlight or backlight, low saturation, low contrast, coupled with the use of reasonable light and white treatment, the overall tone elegant, screen clean, give a quiet, serene feeling. The following effect belongs to the Japanese style of the backlight class, simple four steps can create some effect.

First look at the effect and the original film contrast.

Effect Chart:

Original:

The first step: adjust the overall tone and environment color

Adjust the overall tone and ambient color with the curve, the dark part is suitable to lighten, the high light is suitable to darken, the middle adjusts with the dark part and the intermediate point of the center tune and the highlight is appropriate control, the aim is to reduce the contrast.

Select the red channel, the dark part of the point to the right, to increase the dark green components.

Step two: Reduce the degree of saturation

With a black and white gradient mapping adjustment layer, padding 30%, reduce saturation.

The third step: to create the effect of exposure

Add a curve adjustment layer, highlight the middle tone, appropriate to highlight the dark part, slightly lower the high light, so that the film slightly exposed phenomenon.

Fourth step: Create side backlight effect

Finally add a border, text, finish the final effect

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