PS Use external filters to create the atmosphere of the autumn landscape blockbuster

With the help of external filter color is very fast, many classic tones are one-step, but beginners can not rely on plug-in, as far as possible in PS try to complete, so as to improve their design level.

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Final effect

This photograph was taken on the hillside on the side of Wuyuan village, about 7:15 in the morning, and the sun just came out from the side of the mountain. The original slice is opened through ACR, and the parameters are at a glance (as shown in Figure 1). The shooting model Canon 5D III, aperture f/8.0, shutter 1/200, using the lens data is the tripod-supported small white Rabbit's 85mm focal segment.

Chengcun every morning in order to deal with the friends from all over the world, families have to smoke at the door (in the village to know the field, they are in the brazier in the middle of a local plant shell, in the case of insufficient burning, will produce smoke-filled scene, because it is man-made "fog", so we see the haze is similar.

By observing the original film, it is not difficult to see that, in addition to slightly less exposure, the whole picture looks very opaque, hair gray. How to adjust it? My idea is to improve the original slice of the contrast pattern, including light and shade contrast, color contrast, the should have to restore the autumn. The next stage of the adjustment process.

First, ACR simple adjustment.

As shown in Figure 1, as shown in Figure 2, the main piece of the original film for 16:9 of the two composition, a slight reduction of some color mild tone, the appropriate increase in exposure, increased contrast, clarity and saturation, and the blue primary color saturation pull to the maximum (specific parameters such as above).

In fact, there are a lot of things to continue to adjust in ACR, but today I use the more convenient Goole nik filter plug-ins to quickly achieve the goal, so we directly into the PS to adjust.

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Second, the PS adjustment:

1, in PS, we first copy the background layer, in the new layer, through the imitation Stamp tool, the screen interference in the removal of debris. As shown in Figure 3.

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2, after the disposal of debris, we will call PS has been installed in the plug-in filter plug Google nik in the color Efex Pro 4 (as shown in Figure 4).

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3, open color Efex Pro 4 interface, we choose the "film Effect: Retro" filter tool, by adjusting the saturation and moderation, to extract the warm colors in the photos. Same parameter set, repeat two times.

It is important to note that each time you use the filter to create a new layer, be sure to cooperate with the Mask tool, the screen you think is too blue parts to keep the same color, in order to more in line with the normal aesthetic (parameters as shown in Figure 5, layer mask, such as Figure 6).

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4, after the above steps, we found that the original film permeability increased a lot, color is rich a lot, but the effect is not obvious enough. So, after stamping the layer, add a brightness contrast adjustment layer (brightness unchanged, contrast adjusted to 40), then add a black and white adjustment layer, and change the layer mode to soft light and adjust the layer transparency (Figure 7), further enhance the screen contrast level.

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5, after the above several steps, the screen has been greatly improved, continue to repeat the previous steps, and then call the color Efex Pro 4 Plug-in "film Effect: Retro" filter, using the same parameters with the mask continue to strengthen the screen color level (Figure 8).

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6, after the completion of the above steps, we found that the overall picture is relatively warm, but I would like to slightly strengthen the contrast of warm and cold, so that the picture looks more solid. After all, the main body of the screen is affected by the surface and there is no light.

So, for the 4th time in the last step, call the "film Effect: Retro" filter in color Efex Pro 4, unlike the first three times, this time the moderation is reduced to-100%, which is to go to the cooler (Figure 9).

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7, then, reverse-phase mask, wipe out the picture is not part of the light, let the cold tune a little more prominent in the screen. If you feel that this step is not enough, you can repeat the call to the filter and match the Mask 1-2 times (Figure 10).

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At this point, the screen adjustment is completed, the final option to direct the drawing.