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Introducing the Variations command - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Fundamentals
Introducing the Variations command
In is exercise, I am going to show you how to approach that very same image using an entirely different command, Variations, which provides the advantage of a highly visual approach. One that I think helps to illuminate our discussion that much better. I saved the results from the previous exercises Better balance.psd. And now, I am going to return to Tough guys.jpg, the original image with the pronounced orange colorcast. And I'll go to the Image menu, choose Adjustments and choose Variations. Now Variations is not available to us as an Adjustment layer. So we have to apply it as a standard command. Still I like it so much that if you loaded dekeKeys, you'll find that I've given it a keyboard shortcut of Ctrl+Alt+V, or Command+Option+V on the Mac, which I stole from the Vanishing Point Filter which is a cool Filter, but I don't use nearly as much as Variations. So I'll choose the command to bring up the Variations dialog box. Notice that it provides you with a series of thumbnails…
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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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