PS High saturation gorgeous fantasy color portrait

about high saturation photography:

In recent years, the small fresh low saturation portrait has always been popular aesthetic love, the Japanese color in portrait photography is indeed a pivotal position, the pursuit of Japanese-tone photographer is more and more. But I prefer color-rich exaggeration, images can be impressive high saturation portrait photography, high saturation portrait brings the color shock has a unique charm. To shoot high saturation photography, the early stage of the props and the selection of the scene will try to choose colorful clothing, props, makeup surface. Good light is also very important. May "Go outing", June "Summer flower Addiction", The July "Love Summer Catalogue" These three works, are full of light, the environment and the bright colors of people's clothing high saturation example. These three groups of works because of environmental clothing and light conditions are very good, so in the late stage, as long as the contrast of saturation and color balance to do a slight strengthening on it. This is a relatively conventional earlier period of successful, relatively simple later high saturation portrait. Everyone as long as the preparation is sufficient, the intention to shoot, the later saturation of the contrast is a little higher, such a high saturation later is not difficult.

Summer Addiction Author: Peny Alex

And to this group "both white Flow Fire" met the Beijing Cloudy + haze of the double impact of the weather, the original film color is not enough to meet my requirements. In this bad weather situation, but also want to maintain the usual high saturation dream portrait, there is no previous three groups so easy. On the internet also saw some so-called cloudy late-stage tutorials, are not very satisfied, so I decided to use the multiple exposure has been very favorite with their own later build some dream light to complete this group of works.

　　The first step: the late multiple exposure overlay makes the picture rich.

On multiple exposures, I wrote a tutorial last year that covered most of the multiple exposure modes I could think of, a total of 12, which you can look at. Of course, as we continue to create, there will be more superposition mode, such as the "white flow of Fire" is the number of people and animals exposure, has not done similar before, so it will be very fresh. However, two images in the late superposition of ideas are generally the same: in the expression of personal thoughts, remember to clear the idea, do not let the screen messy, lack of primary and secondary contrast. In the selection of scenes to be as simple as possible, although multiple exposure is additive production, but the picture is still to follow the principle of subtraction photography. But the later superimposed process is also a constant test, each time the superposition of objects, the process must be adaptable, local conditions. This superposition is like last year's tutorial, to focus on the content of the consideration, the expected, the emphasis on "leaving white." And do not forget the sentence I often said: the effect of multiple exposure often with the expected a certain distance, this time to take this effect, the next time in the same way, may not be able to shoot out. So you have to play with the mentality to fold out the fun things out.

Picture of the crop two times the composition of the skin liquefaction what the primary steps here do not repeat. Preliminary portrait decoration, the horse's head close-up picture dragged into the layer, so that the model's face stacked in a more shaded position, the layer after the initial effect of stacking:

After stacking, select the horse's layer, with an eraser to wipe out the model's face, so that the character's main position more prominent. With the lasso selection after feather Delete also can, this is to see the personal habits. See the horse's part is not strong enough, then strengthen contrast. In order to highlight the White horse, the fog of gray forest with the curve to draw dark, pull out a dark angle effect, but also to highlight the White horse. At this point, the initial multiple exposure section was completed:

　The second step: soften the effect of creating a dream atmosphere.

The simplest method of softening is to make the softening effect with Gaussian blur. Gaussian softening technology some similar to the soft Coke effect, will make the image lose some texture, so can make the picture a hazy feeling, to create a dream atmosphere can play a very important role.

Copy a layer, do Gaussian blur processing, the specific value to see the feeling. We got such a fuzzy layer on the original layer:

Adjust the transparency to a suitable degree and get the following softening effect chart:

To the small fresh aesthetic, such effect should be able to haha.

　　Step three: Dream tones begin with bright saturation.

Before someone asked me how high saturation portrait later how to do, in fact, high saturation as the name implies is a very high degree of saturation, the actual step is this-to pull the saturation of the explosion. I used to look at the small fresh works and then look at my high saturation portrait may feel too much hue, but this is the personal style of aesthetic problems. Aesthetic this thing is very subjective, want to make their own style in photography unique, some things are mixed, we must learn to adhere to their own style.

Generally I will increase the saturation of more than 20, contrast plus 10 or more. This is why bright, of course, people do not learn me, to stop haha. Then make a fine selection of color and color balance adjustments. This subjectivity is also very strong, the value is to see the feeling, but according to their own preferences have a general direction, color to the trend to adjust, to have the approximate estimate. Specifically to this group of works, mainly to the main body of the red make an adjustment. After adding saturation and adjusting the color, we got the following picture:

This adjustment after the combination of multiple exposure has reached the conventional dream of aesthetic standards, but not enough to make people feel unique degree. So we have to continue to add the dream color, the rest is to rely on their own subjective to build.

　　Fourth step: Draw color block with different thickness of lines to create Brussels light.

Haha in fact I do not know what the name of this light should be, in order to facilitate the memory, because it is just back from Brussels on business when I try to draw some of the computer randomly painted some such color light to add to the portrait of the effect of adding fantasy, so call her "Brussels Light" bar ( Of course do not care about the name of these details, I have been black accustomed to haha).

Create a new layer with a black background. On the black background to build a layer, with different flow of different levels of the brush paint on the layer, a little art better. Note that every time you use a new color, create a new layer to make it easier to change the adjustment when the effect is bad. The number of colors should not be too many kinds, too much of the last folded out will be very messy very non-mainstream feeling. So analyze the portrait of the picture, already have a red. Let's add two more colors: orange yellow and agate blue. So the whole picture has three different main colors, if more will be disorderly.

To explain why it is orange and agate blue bar. By looking at the original picture, I found that there were some very nice spots in the tree shadow on the left side of the horse, and it would be nice if he could turn into a sunset projection. Of course, if catch up with the early days is sunny words this step can be easier, like this cloudy situation will be the concentration of orange yellow to deepen a little, you can also use a call knolllightfactory automatically add the Sun plug-in, for the later foundation of the general friend such a light is also very easy time-saving method. The main reason for the use of Agate Blue is because of "flow of Fire", the heart of the two moving westward, in my mind the stars should be bright blue agate, and should be flowing, may be so think a little subjective but later this thing is not very subjective? haha.

In the process of painting should pay attention to the color change and transition, the brush to soften a little, the transparency of 20%-30%, slowly smear, of course, what the picture is entirely by feeling. After the initial smear, get the following rough figure:

Draw the approximate color block range, after that is the continuous refinement of the details, so that the color block more natural, it takes some time. But for the ultimate dream effect, I still enjoy it haha. After applying the soft steps to add some Gaussian blur layer, adjust the transparency, make the painting more natural. The final smear of the large color block is completed:

Draw more detailed lines: Use some more detailed brushes and brushes to make more detailed lines superimposed on the original large color block. Color should also be consistent, on the original basis, more detailed lines of color to be brighter. Now there are many styles of brushes and brushes on the web, and here I use a brush effect that is close to the effects of meteors and flames.

The effect after the final smear is completed. Of course it also takes some time to refine the details:

Finally, the graph cascade is added to the treated portrait, and the Brussels light rendering is complete.

In fact, we have guessed that this is also a late multiple exposure of another hidden version: The shooting of the scene and the mouse painted patterns, color blocks, lines superimposed. Plus last year summed up 12 kinds of superposition method, now has two more, and so save enough 24 kinds of I will be a multiple exposure advanced tutorial The second episode of Haha (I am really more and more will be from the black). But take a closer look, this on the black bottom smear bright lines and color block way, in fact, if we pay attention to, in the night in the use of defocus or blasting and other early shooting techniques to shoot some lights can also create a similar effect. This is extrapolate's divergent thinking haha. The ultimate goal is the same: by stacking colors to make the theme more dreamy, more gorgeous. So as long as we can achieve this goal, let the final film to achieve the desired effect, the various processes are worthwhile, various ways can also find a similar replacement and simplified version of the way, which requires our continuous thinking, and this process of trying and thinking may take a long time, do not fear failure.

It is my pleasure to share with you the late course of this group of "White Stream fire". Finally summed up: in the process of late repair, through their own subjective painting overlay some color block or color lines, with a variety of layers of mixed mode, sometimes can break the limitations of the original film, more creative to create their own gorgeous dream color. "Both white flow of fire," the specific idea is four steps:

The first step: the late multiple exposure overlay makes the picture rich.

The second step: soften the effect of creating a dream atmosphere.

Step three: Dream tones begin with bright saturation.

Fourth step: Draw color block with different thickness of lines to create Brussels light.

I hope this post-example tutorial will bring some inspiration and reference to the later stage of our future, thank you.

Both white stream fire Author: Peny Alex

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