In this exercise I'll show you how to correct color modeled skin tones using the Hue Mode.…I am working inside of a file that's called Average hue.tif.…It's found inside the 08_component folder.…This is a photograph that I shot of my son Max.…You can see how his skin tones waver from oranges and pinks into this sort of…yellow region up here, and in this particular case, it's because the camera…misread the actual colors.…However, you might run into situations where you're looking at a person who has…modeled skin tones and you want to correct for them and here's how.…
First thing you want to do is mask the subject of your image and in the case of…this photo, it's pretty easy.…I am going to switch over to the Channels Panel here.…Notice that I've created a mask in advance, but we are going to create it…together using a slightly different technique than we had in the past.…If you take a look at the independent color channels, you will see that we don't…have much contrast going on where Max's face is concerned, in the Blue channel.…
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11/28/2011- Assembling dynamic Dissolve effects
- Filling and stroking with Behind and Clear
- Cleaning up and compositing scanned line art
- Understanding the darken, lighten, and contrast modes
- Refining a mask with Multiply and Screen
- Creating a glowing, soft-focus effect
- Blending images with textures
- Comparing two seemingly identical images
- Creating type that inverts everything behind it
- Colorizing artwork with layers
- Achieving greater control with the Blend If option
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 43s
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1. The Power of Blending
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When in doubt, blend2m 20s
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27 blend modes, 6 groups4m 23s
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Opacity vs. Fill Opacity4m 41s
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The "Fill Opacity Eight"4m 59s
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Blending adjustment layers4m 43s
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2. The Revelation of Blending Math
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Contrast mode formulas7m 28s
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3. The Normal Modes
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4. The Darken Modes
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Darken vs. Darker Color4m 25s
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The Multiply and Burn modes6m 27s
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Cleaning up scanned line art7m 30s
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Colorizing comped line art5m 15s
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Masking with a darken mode3m 59s
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5. The Lighten Modes
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Lighten vs. Lighter Color2m 29s
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The Screen and Dodge modes4m 35s
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Making dark line art bright5m 11s
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Refine, filter, and blend6m 39s
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6. The Contrast Modes
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The amazing Hard Mix mode3m 51s
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Turning flesh into stone4m 48s
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7. The Inversion and Cancelation Modes
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8. The Component (HSL) Modes
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9. The Luminance Sliders
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Conclusion
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