We have discussed various methods of adjusting color in images before. Today we are going to explain one more extra option to alter color in images within least possible time and higher precision. We are going to use adjustment layers for color correction. This may not be new to some of us, but for those who don’t know, you will surely appreciate it. All that’s involved in this case is to create a black and white adjustment layer; then change the blend mode to Luminosity, and finally using the sliders to make the desired alternations on colors. That’s it. Adjustment layers are usually better than using other options because they will remain editable in later days after changes are made

Changing color of image is not a new thing we do in Photoshop. When we have to change color of image to specific color value, we often don’t get exact color shades in a product that we are looking for. To get exact value, we need to work around different tools like shadows, highlights, etc. In this article, we will look into a different technique to overcome this issue. This technique is more effective when we have to change image having different shades of same color. We have taken image of already cutout car as our sample. We will change yellow car to green car. Change color mode of raw file to lab color. In a different layer, make a

Adobe has updated it Photoshop CC with the new feature of Camera Raw Filter. In past Camera Raw was used by Photographers for editing Raw Images. Now Adobe has introduces its new filter which can not only edit Raw/DNG, Jpeg or Tiff format but can edit in Layer type. Editing an image using different adjustment layers can take longer time / hard work where Camera Raw Filter stands alone for overall image editing in limited period of time. This can impact a huge difference in quality output. This filter can also be said as nondestructive filter as it be used on Smart Objects, preserving the original beauty of an image. Let’s begin by selecting an image on Photoshop, I selected

Imagine you did 360 degree photo-shoot of a product and now you are not happy with the lightning, color, sharpness and size of your image. Will you work on 360 images individually to do same thing? Answer is a big “NO”, if you know about automating feature in camera raw settings available in Adobe bridge itself. Adobe bridge has a “Save Settings” feature that can copy settings applied to one image and apply to multiple other images with one click. To save Camera Raw Settings, open the corrected photo in Adobe Bridge. Then go to edit menu in Adobe bridge on develop Settings choose “Copy Camera Raw Settings”.   Once you have copied settings; select those images that you want similar

Understanding blending modes in Photoshop is essential for image editing and manipulation. Blending modes in Photoshop CC determine how the pixels on one layer interact with pixels on lower layers and how painting tools interact with pixels already present on the active layer and layers below. It is one of the easiest and fastest ways to tweak and enhance photos.  Applying these blending modes is very easy, experimenting with different modes is fun and easy as well. Here are some of example files done with the help of blending options in Photoshop. Raw files:               Output files: Using Color Burn Mode: Using Lighten Color Mode: Using Overlay Mode: Using Color Mode: Using Multiply Mode:

With CS6 color look up adjustment, changing the color effects of your photo is just a matter of seconds. This is a really helpful tool especially for photographers to quickly apply professional color effects to any images without any adjustment layers or actions. Open image in Adobe CS6 and go to Windows> Adjustments> Select Color Lookup Tool > Select the color profile as per your requirement. It wasn’t as easy as this before, isn’t it? Raw Image: End Result: