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Enhance color and create color effects in Photoshop and Camera Raw. Learn how to change the color of objects in a scene, convert photos to black and white, and more.
Working with color can be an amazing journey, and Photoshop is a great vehicle for taking the trip. In this course, photographer and educator Chris Orwig teaches a variety of ways to create captivating color in photographs. Chris goes beyond the basics by showing how color can profoundly affect a photograph's impact. He demonstrates adjusting color and tone to make images more vivid, changing clothing and background colors with Photoshop and Camera Raw, working with color saturation, cross-processing, removing color, and more. The course includes real-world challenges that showcase the techniques Chris has shown for creating intriguing and beautiful color photographs.
Overview
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Changing colors with adjustment layers
- Changing clothing color
- Hue/Saturation color controls review
- Masking in color changes
- Changing hat color
- Changing scarf color
- Three ways to change eye color, part 1
- Three ways to change eye color, part 2
- Two-step approach to improving color
- Customizing background color
- Adding a new background color
- Challenge: Color change
- Solution: Color change, part 1
- Solution: Color change, part 2
- Creating vivid color with adjustment layers
- Using multiple adjustment layers for better color
- Using Curves and Color Balance together
- Creating awesome sunrise or sunset colors
- Going from mediocre to magnificent
- Improving an image from start to finish
- Challenge: Improving an aerial photograph
- Solution: Improving an aerial photograph
- Learning how to change color with Camera Raw
- Changing the color of a shirt
- Using a two-step Camera Raw approach to create a color look
- Using Camera Raw and masking for professional results
- Fine-tuning color to match your vision
- Creating a magical color palette with the Basic controls
- Creating epic color with Color Balance
- Using Camera Raw to create vivid and magical color
- Challenge: Camera Raw color change
- Solution: Camera Raw color change
- Removing color with Quick Select and masking
- Using Hue/Saturation and Color Range to create a fun color effect
- Advanced color removal, part 1
- Advanced color removal, part 2
- Challenge: Color removal
- Solution: Color removal
- Fine-tuning the color of a portrait
- Fine-tuning lipstick color
- Fine-tuning a surfboard color
- Fine-tuning hair color
- Advanced fine-tuning with multiple adjustments
- Fine tuning the color of a kayak
- Challenge: Fixing a family portrait
- Solution: Fixing a family portrait
- Crafting a blue underwater look
- Adding cinematic style to an ocean scene
- Creating a vintage look
- Creating looks with soft light blending, part 1
- Creating looks with soft light blending, part 2
- Creating a classic sepia-toned image
- Advanced color toning
- Next steps
