PS teaches you to use curves to create a sense of color

As there are many movies in the world, the so-called "movie sense" (cinematic) tone does not have an absolute answer, but the mainstream of European and American films, the Blue and blue image is very common, but also become a lot of people in the minds of "very cinematic sense" of the tone, such as Harry potter:

The Lord of the Rings:

Why do they often have this kind of blue? One reason, according to Photoshop training Channel, is that cyan and blue are just "complementary" to the color of people's orange-yellow complexion, and that the blue background makes the character's face more distinguished; Cool colors can also bring different atmospheres and feelings, which can be useful in sci-fi movies or specific plots.

But if you want to get this hue, not the white balance to the blue can be, because one of the key is to keep the skin color is still natural, there are many methods, the following is described in Photoshop to the curve (curves) to deal with, the advantage is that the elasticity is good, can be based on the best

Note: Each piece and each photographer's feelings are different, the following only to explain the principle, the treatment should be adjusted themselves.

Select a picture, and then follow these steps:

1 Open two adjustment layer, all are curves.

2 Two curves use different blending mode, one is color, one is luminosity, control color and light and dark respectively, then change their name for them, in order to identify.

3 in the Color curve, adjust the red channel, fix it in the middle, and pull the shadow portion to the right (pictured below) so that the shadow color decreases red, which is more cyan, and the high light position stays the same (because of the middle point).

4 to the green channel, the same middle point, and then the shadow up.

5 to the blue channel, the same middle point, the shadow increased, as for the high light part can slightly pull a little more, see the figure below.

6) then to luminosity, using an S-shaped curve can increase the contrast and make the image stronger; many people like to adjust the shadow position, so that the screen looks like a more dynamic range of feeling, of course, can only strengthen the contrast, or even strengthen the black, so that the picture appears more "strong", Depending on your preferences.

7 If the face is a bit too red, you can open another adjustment layer, this time is the use of channel mixer (Channel Mixer).

8 Choose Orange Filter, the screen will become black and white.

9 and then the Opacity to 0, that is, change back to color, and then slowly add, until you feel that the skin color become more natural.

Some people like to cut the photos into 16:9, add the black side, and so on, the steps are simple, so not redundant. In addition, if you still want to add a dark corner, you can go to filter–> Lens correction

After opening the adjustment Halo (Vignette), you can increase the dark angle.

Finally, in the curve of small Xu fine-tuning, the results are as follows:

Use the above method to try another photo:

The picture below is another one, because the backlight photo itself is more movie sense, so it feels like a different atmosphere.

In other words, "movie sense" itself is a complex, but also includes composition, scatter, story and other elements, not just tonal enough to decide, and not necessarily applicable to all photos.

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