The most beautiful color of the day to create a sunset with Photoshop

The low angle of light coming into the atmosphere makes the sunrise and sunset the most beautiful color of the day. In these two moments, the color of the sky is the most changeable, every day is different, is the photographer most yearning challenge.

We found that the sun before the sunset, the light is soft, but still violent, shooting out is a white. If it is forced to retain its color, the sky and the future will become dark. Only waiting for the sun to leave the red shadow, can be photographed salty egg yolk, but at this time the light has lost the dramatic contrast.

So this article will demonstrate the sunset atmosphere before the sun goes down, making the sunset photos more beautiful and good-looking.

Before making any repairs, it is best to refer to the real masterpiece of nature first. Picture is the photo before sunset, the light is so strong that even the sun is bleached, and the sea is light yellow. Simply put, one is that the Sun's center is grossly albino (which is not the ideal situation, and therefore appears in this teaching). The second is the sky and the foreground are yellow.

Before you start, compare the original and complete diagram.

Original

Note: In this paper, the center of the sun to adjust the weakness, we can adapt to their own preferences, this is the later great place.

Completion diagram

The original image is the scene of the sun just downhill, the sky with a bit of yellow, but the sea has changed back to the Blues.

　　Step 1: Adjust the hue

If the photo has been orange yellow, you can skip this step, otherwise we have to turn the screen back to orange tone.

The easiest way to adjust the hue is to use the photo filter.

This example uses the "Heating filter (85)" and sets the strength at 72%, but you can adjust it for your own photos.

The whole surface of the picture turned orange.

　　Step 2: Make the Sun

The most wonderful part is to make the sun. First, select gradient. Notice that the "gradient" and the "gradient map" of the end two are two different things.

When you select Gradient, the following options appear. Everyone's color level may be different from this article, it does not matter, we will eventually adjust it to the correct color.

Please change the style to radial, because the sun is round.

The next step is to imitate the sun's color bands. The window pops up after the levels are pressed. Once again, everyone's color may be different from this article, but it doesn't matter.

Now to change the color of the color scale.

The top of the color block is control transparency, and the lower is the control color.

First, set the lower left color block to White (FFFFFF), and the lower right is set to Black (000000).

Please check the transparency at both ends.

The transparency value on the left is 100%, and the transparent value on the right is 0%.

In addition to black and white, we have to insert other colors.

Below the color level (approximately in the red circle position below) Press the left mouse button, the color is Ffeebb, position is 10%.

Repeat the previous step and insert two more colors.

Their color and position are "ff9222,50%" and "992200,75%" respectively.

You should draw a picture like the following.

Change the pattern of the layer to color filter. The effect is much more natural now.

The sun goes to the mountains, but how do you change the position of the sun? You have to use the mouse double press the "gradient fill" layer to move the sun's position, for example, to increase it a little.

In order to make the sun more natural, you can press the layer mask Small icon, and then select the menu image > Application image.

After selecting the applied image, the effect is shown below.

For best results, you can also adjust the angle of the gradient fill. On the diagram, double-click the mouse to enter the set layout. This example is 45 degrees, we can choose the most suitable angle for the situation.

Finally, remember to store the newly established sun levels to facilitate future use.

On the gradient fill diagram, double-click the mouse to enter the layout, and then press the color order, and then press the New button.

Complete the diagram.

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• PS Image Processing