From the course: Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Fundamentals
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Using Color Balance - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Fundamentals
Using Color Balance
In this exercise, I'm going to show you how to neutralize a colorcast using the Color Balance Command, which offers the advantage of being available as an Adjustment layer. In the next exercise, I'll show you what I consider to be a more satisfactory command variation. However, you have to apply it as a static adjustment. I've gone ahead and opened this image called Tough boys.jpg. It is of course my two boys as captured in the cabin of a cruise ship. And the image photographed under incandescent light is too warm. What I need to do is cool it down. So take it away from the reds and the yellows and so on. And I'm going to do that using Color Balance. So I could either go up to the Image menu, choose Adjustments and choose the Color Balance Command right there. Or my preferred way of working is to go over to the Adjustments panel here, and click on this little guy. I don't think that icon could possibly make any more sense. It's obviously a balance. Go ahead and Alt+Click on it or…
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Making drab colors look better1m 20s
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Brightness and contrast4m 10s
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Adjusting numerical values4m 26s
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Introducing adjustment layers5m 17s
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Editing adjustment layers2m 51s
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Saving adjustment layers4m 35s
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Adding a quick layer mask4m 23s
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Introducing the Histogram4m 34s
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Working with the Histogram panel6m 27s
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Using Color Balance7m 18s
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Introducing the Variations command4m 50s
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Luminance and saturation controls3m 54s
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Fading a static adjustment3m 21s
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How hue and saturation work4m 28s
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Rotating hues and adjusting saturation6m 4s
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Creating a quick and dirty sepia tone4m 41s
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Adjusting hues selectively5m 32s
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The Target Adjustment tool4m 24s
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Photoshop CS5 Target Adjustment enhancements53s
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Adjusting the color of clothing8m 44s
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Enhancing a low-saturation image4m 23s
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Refining saturation with Vibrance5m 1s
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