…This is a photograph of Emily.…And Emily has these bright, vivid blue eyes.…This is the color as it appeared straight out of the camera.…It hasn't been modified at all.…What I want to do with this photograph is…I want to create this color splash effect where…we're highlighting the color that we have here in the eyes, and also, on the flower.…And in this movie we'll look at how we can do so by combining…a few different techniques together which involve…making some selections and creating a mask…so that we have certain areas in color and the rest of the image in black and white.…
Well here, let's begin by creating an adjustment layer…which will convert the entire image to black and white.…To do so, we'll navigate to the adjustments panel, and…here we'll click on the black and white adjustment layer icon.…The great thing about creating black and white images with this adjustment is it…allows us to change the brightness or…darkness of different areas of the photograph.…For the skin tones, we can brighten…those up by increasing the reds there and the yellows,…
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1/10/2014- Isolating color
- Removing and highlighting color
- Selectively desaturating an image
- Hand painting in color in a specific area
- Posterizing an image
- Creating a sepia-toned look
- Colorizing an entire image
- Changing the background color
- Creating vibrant color with adjustment layers
- Copying and reusing color adjustments to a new photo
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome56s
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1. Creating an Attention-Grabbing Color Effect
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2. Hand Coloring Your Photographs
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Desaturating the background5m 36s
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Hand coloring the dress5m 1s
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Coloring the face5m 44s
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Adding color to the lips5m 32s
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Painting the eyes blue5m 20s
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3. Creating a Colorful, Posterized Look
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Coloring the face and shirt4m 14s
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4. Colorizing the Entire Image
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Having fun with colorizing5m 50s
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Creating vivid colors4m 22s
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5. Changing Colors in Your Photographs
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Making subtle color changes2m 34s
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6. Creating Vivid Color
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Conclusion
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Next steps43s
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