The method of the Japanese style in the late PS class

Japanese-style photographs are more of a still life, characters for the theme, attention to capture details, good at building atmosphere, the early stage to large aperture shooting, coupled with the use of reasonable light and white processing, as well as the blue, the use of green color, can give a clean, peaceful and full of life fun feeling.

The use of Japanese style more skillful photographer has Kanoeron, small Lin Jiqing, rock Tian Junji, Nakajima This quick sand, bin Tian Tanying, and so on, interested in their own to read some of their works.

　The Japanese style is roughly categorized as follows:

One: Backlight type

This kind of photograph has the common point is the ingenious use side backlight, is the backlight and so on photography technique, the overall color is light, has leaves the white treatment. For example, the works of bin Tian Tanying:

　　Second: Film category

The specific feature is the black-and-black, contrast is high. For example, the works of bin Tian Tanying:

　Third: Environment class

This kind of picture with the pure scenery or the character and the scenery unifies the way to express the sentiment, the overall tone elegant, the saturation degree is low, the color is warm, has gotten rid of the big aperture the limit. For example, the works of bin Tian Tanying:

　Four: Still Life class

This category overlaps with the first class because some still life can be expressed in the form of backlighting.

Therefore, the still life here refers not to the use of backlighting photography of Still Life, and, the object is also a broad concept, which also contains characters, the screen features is clean, low saturation, elegant, large aperture.

Some people praise the Japanese style of tranquility and artistic conception, some people criticize the Japanese style is a cataract photography, personally, this style in the expression of life emotion above still has a very unique advantage, but see more also do aesthetic fatigue.

Before the end of the Japanese system, let's talk about some corresponding relationships:

Elegance--Saturation

Over exposure--curve

Quiet-low-light compression

Focus--Pointe-noire

Film--contrast

Cool--Color temperature

Look at one more schematic:

What is the low light compression curve?

This is the low light compression curve, which is characterized by the move up on the left end of the curve.

It can be used to create a sense of air, film, Tranquility, is a very high frequency of the use of a curve.

It allows the leftmost pixel of the histogram to move to the right, similar to compressing the entire histogram to the right, so it is named a low light compression curve.

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Let's take a look at a photo (the picture comes from Unsplash):

After processing is:

How are we going to achieve this picture effect?

First of all, we highlight the original, this step is to create a slight exposure of visual effects:

Screen effect as shown:

Curve tool is one of our most commonly used tools, its original form is a straight line, if we need to highlight the picture, we can stretch the curve to the top left.

You can add multiple anchor points to adjust the exposure in different areas, such as:

This means that you can only highlight the lower part of the screen, and ensure that the highlights are not affected.

Then, we reduce the saturation of the picture and increase the natural saturation (brightness):

Screen effect as shown:

Saturation tool in the late days of the use of high frequency, in general, the lower the saturation of the color, the less aggressive, the more people can feel comfortable, and vice versa.

Natural saturation can be regarded as "intelligent saturation", which is widely used in later stage.

Natural saturation protects already saturated pixels when adjusting image saturation. That is, when the adjustment will greatly increase the saturation of unsaturated pixels, but the already saturated pixels do little, very small adjustments, especially for skin color has a good protection, so as not only to increase the color of a part of the image, But also can make the whole image saturation normal.

Then we add a gradient filter, as shown in figure:

Let's increase the exposure to the screen:

Effect as shown:

Can see the picture has already had the light feeling, if you think the desktop color is somewhat rich, destroys the overall color balance, we can also use the HSL tool to reduce the desktop saturation, the HSL tool relative to the saturation tool, its characteristic is can carry on the finer adjustment:

Effect as shown:

We can also use a low light compression curve:

Picture as shown:

Then we use the detach tone tool to add some cyan to the shadow:

Effect as shown:

Let's go back to the main points:

1, the characteristics of the Japanese style.

2, the Japanese style representative photographer.

3, the Japanese style classification.

4, the Japanese style of the early shooting points.

5, the Japanese style may use the late tool.

6, the Japanese style of processing process.

The later ideas of Japanese style are as follows:

1, the first to create exposure tone, that is, first adjust the basic exposure.

2, according to the needs of the adjustment of saturation, natural saturation (brightness).

3, create light.

4, adjust the saturation of local color.

5, according to the need to use the low light compression curve.

6, adjust the color (separation tonal tool).

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