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Creating a desaturated effect

Creating a desaturated effect - Photoshop Tutorial

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Creating a desaturated effect

In this movie we'll take a look at how we can use HDR Toning in order to create a really unique and distinct look when we're working with color photographs. And I really like this technique. It's one that I use quite often. It begins by duplicating our image. Then adding a bit of that HDR tone look to the photograph and desaturating the color. And then bringing that file back and changing the blending mode and creating a few other adjustment layers, alright? Well, let's begin. We'll begin by taking the first step which is to go to the Image pull down menu and then here choose Duplicate to create a duplicate version of this image or of this document. Zoom in on that one. Press Cmd + Plus on a Mac or Ctrl + Plus to do so. Next navigate to the image pull down menu, choose adjustments, and then select HGR toning. Now in the HGR toning dialog the first thing you want to do is get rid of the color. So go ahead and remove the color. Next, crank up the detail. We're going for a look here…

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