PS Tutorial: Using the PS curve to pull out the picture movie sense tone

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:

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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.

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But if you want to get this hue, not to 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 introduced in Photoshop to the curve (curves) to deal with, the advantage is that the elasticity is good, can be based on the

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:

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1 Open two adjustment layer, all are curves.

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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.

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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).

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

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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.

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2 Adjust the color of the screen

6 and then to luminosity, using the S-shaped curve can increase contrast, make the image more intense, and many people like to adjust the shadow position, so that the screen looks like a dynamic range more wide feeling, of course, can only strengthen the contrast, or even strengthen the black, so that the picture seems more " Strong ", depending on your preferences.

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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).

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

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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.

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

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

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

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Use the above method to try another photo:

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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 only tonal is enough to decide, and not necessarily applicable to all photos.

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• PS Image Processing