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Photoshop for Photographers: Creative Color

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Overview

Enhance color and create color effects in Photoshop and Camera Raw. Learn how to change the color of objects in a scene, convert photos to black and white, and more.

Working with color can be an amazing journey, and Photoshop is a great vehicle for taking the trip. In this course, photographer and educator Chris Orwig teaches a variety of ways to create captivating color in photographs. Chris goes beyond the basics by showing how color can profoundly affect a photograph's impact. He demonstrates adjusting color and tone to make images more vivid, changing clothing and background colors with Photoshop and Camera Raw, working with color saturation, cross-processing, removing color, and more. The course includes real-world challenges that showcase the techniques Chris has shown for creating intriguing and beautiful color photographs.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
1. Becoming an Expert with Changing Colors
  • Changing colors with adjustment layers
  • Changing clothing color
  • Hue/Saturation color controls review
  • Masking in color changes
  • Changing hat color
  • Changing scarf color
  • Three ways to change eye color, part 1
  • Three ways to change eye color, part 2
  • Two-step approach to improving color
  • Customizing background color
  • Adding a new background color
  • Challenge: Color change
  • Solution: Color change, part 1
  • Solution: Color change, part 2
2. Creating More Vibrant and Vivid Colors
  • Creating vivid color with adjustment layers
  • Using multiple adjustment layers for better color
  • Using Curves and Color Balance together
  • Creating awesome sunrise or sunset colors
  • Going from mediocre to magnificent
  • Improving an image from start to finish
  • Challenge: Improving an aerial photograph
  • Solution: Improving an aerial photograph
3. Creating Awesome Color with Camera Raw
  • Learning how to change color with Camera Raw
  • Changing the color of a shirt
  • Using a two-step Camera Raw approach to create a color look
  • Using Camera Raw and masking for professional results
  • Fine-tuning color to match your vision
  • Creating a magical color palette with the Basic controls
  • Creating epic color with Color Balance
  • Using Camera Raw to create vivid and magical color
  • Challenge: Camera Raw color change
  • Solution: Camera Raw color change
4. Removing Color for Impact
  • Removing color with Quick Select and masking
  • Using Hue/Saturation and Color Range to create a fun color effect
  • Advanced color removal, part 1
  • Advanced color removal, part 2
  • Challenge: Color removal
  • Solution: Color removal
5. Fine-Tuning Color
  • Fine-tuning the color of a portrait
  • Fine-tuning lipstick color
  • Fine-tuning a surfboard color
  • Fine-tuning hair color
  • Advanced fine-tuning with multiple adjustments
  • Fine tuning the color of a kayak
  • Challenge: Fixing a family portrait
  • Solution: Fixing a family portrait
6. Creative Color Looks
  • Crafting a blue underwater look
  • Adding cinematic style to an ocean scene
  • Creating a vintage look
  • Creating looks with soft light blending, part 1
  • Creating looks with soft light blending, part 2
  • Creating a classic sepia-toned image
  • Advanced color toning
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Chris Orwig

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