Rendering soft portrait effect with PS Plugin

If the work is done fully, the exposure is accurate and the focus is clear, then there are few places to adjust later. Most of the time, if you want to fix it, may also be spent on toning, or rendering the atmosphere. Here, portrait photographer Road Cold on the work of "ups and downs of the sea" in this diagram, to simply explain the application of PS Plug-ins. In general, the content involved in the later period has PS optional color, and PS Palette plug-in nik Software Efex Pro, as well as the light plug-ins red Giant Knoll Light, to analyze the later ideas and process Oh ~

Before and after the photo before this before before and after the treatment of contrast map, to observe the crux of the original film, and have a destination for related replenishment.

Shooting EXIF:

Camera: Canon EOS 5D

Aperture: f/1.4

Shutter: 1/2000s

iso:160

Focal length: 35mm

The original film, you can see the whole picture color hair gray, the other atmosphere is also more insipid

After a series of treatment, the whole picture becomes soft and moist, the aesthetic atmosphere also presents

The first step in the specific later steps, we first use PS Open RAW format file, because it is the side of the backlight shooting film, so that the sky has some exposure, so in the adjustment appropriate to the high light recovery, so that the sky cloud detail a little more. Then in PS appropriate to the characters face light, rub skin and so on, here will not elaborate.

The second step, we create a new layer of adjustment layer-"optional color", respectively, red, white, black to make adjustments, the relevant settings are as follows. This step is to allow the skin color to appear a faint warm, sky high light transition natural.

This step out of the effect, such as figure, the color of the figure highlighted out, the sky part also a bit more level.

The third step, the next use of Plug-ins red Giant Knoll Light Factory for PS, the position of the sun to further render, so that the backlight effect further enhanced. The effect is many, I usually only use one, the following figure.

The color of the light can be changed according to their own needs, the intensity of light can be adjusted below. What needs to be explained here is that even the latter should follow the laws of nature, where the sun is, and where we add the light. Our aim is only to strengthen the intensity of their own light, many people use this plug-in, at random add light position, often caused by strange picture.

After this light effect plug-in processing, get the following effect, to the right side of the screen plus a natural backlight.

The fourth step, sometimes because the light effect plug-ins adjust the light color is too heavy, in addition to the adjustment, I generally use a palette plug-in nik Software Efex Pro 4.00来 to the screen to add dark angle, so as to depress the edge of the intensity of light, this can also increase the atmosphere of the picture.

After the use of the effect, at the same time the dark angle also allows the viewer to visually focus on the effect of the screen:

The fifth step, the sky cloud detail and the level strengthens again, we continue to use the palette nik Software efex Pro 4.00 "Tonal contrast" to the sky processing, may use the control Point + to need to revise the sky to choose, thus only adjusts to the sky, This feature is a bit like the U-point feature within the Nikon NX software, very handy.

The effect is as follows

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