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iAldutaijb — Dark Color Effect

Published: 2009-03-17 00:11:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 3583; Favourites: 45; Downloads: 227
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  • First of all, we open the photo we'll use. Then we make a New Adjustement Layer > Selective Color with this settings;

    Reds: -41 +25 +10 -27

    Yellows: +4 -4 +13 -5

    Greens: -28 +14 0 0

    Neutrals: -1 -2 -10 +17

    Blacks: +4 -8 -3 +16


  • Now we make a New Adjustement Layer > Color Balance layer with this settings;

    Shadows: +11 0 -6

    Midtones: -37 -17 -2


  • Well, you understeand everything 'till now?. Ok, that's great. Now we make a New Adjustement Layer > Brightness/Contrast with this settings:

    Brightness: +18

    Contrast: +14


  • Now we Duplicate the Background layer and we'll put it on the top, then we touch Control+I and we'll put that layer on Saturation.


  • And now we'll do the last layer, this will be a New Adjustement Layer > Channel Mixer, and we'll put to that layer this settings;

    Red: +100 -12 +12

    Green: 0 +100 0

    Blue-: +100


  • For finish we'll Merge all the layers and we'll put to them Sharpen (this is optional).


  • I hope you like it, and you'll understeand me .
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    Comments: 4

    DimedRolKa [2009-11-06 09:07:55 +0000 UTC]

    thanks a lot!
    so useful & so easy!

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    campa [2009-08-13 08:34:54 +0000 UTC]

    thank you, i find it usefull

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    Kitty-of-Troy [2009-03-18 07:02:57 +0000 UTC]

    "
    # Well, you understeand everything 'till now?. Ok, that's great. Now we make a Brightness/Contrast with this settings:

    Brightness: +18

    Contrast: +14"

    do you mean make a new layer and do this? i dont understand.

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    iAldutaijb In reply to Kitty-of-Troy [2009-03-18 17:01:03 +0000 UTC]

    ohh.. i noticed that i said that now O.o i mean to say "make a new adjustement layer > Brightness/Contrast". I will edit that now xd

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