There are many features, new and old ones that make Photoshop standout from the rest of popular photo editing tools. Photographers, web designers and graphic artist, to name a few, benefit from using the Creative Cloud version of Photoshop.
This graphics designing software will help every user edit pictures depending on the purpose, its demand and supply analysis for career and business. One of the best ways to earn income is to begin using your technical skills in photo editing. It can be done either in an offline or online operation.
Because it is important to promote products online, you can also consider designing your own website. When you fully developed the skills necessary to master photo editing, you can also apply for online jobs for related projects. These projects can also be done either in an online or offline basis but most web design companies prefer offline work because of then use of the printing press, photo studio and related offline design works.
From the advantages mentioned, everything boils down to color grading, adjustment and manipulation in photo design and editing. When using Photoshop CC, it is a requirement to know the basic skills and techniques in white balance and color correction. It is for a fact that in order to make a correct balance, it is very important to know the different aspects of setting and familiarize white balance using a camera.
Five Color Correction Techniques Using Photoshop CC
Our eyes are very similar and in a way, comparable to a camera. Our eyes are excellent when it comes to making an automatic white balance. But cameras are not as good as our eyes in doing this. Below are five color correction techniques using Photoshop CC.
1. Add the Threshold Adjustment and Curves for color correction
When creating a new layer, go to Edit and Fill then select the layer with 50% gray. The layer blend mode must be set to Difference. It is important to set the Threshold level to 10 and grab the Eyedropper tool while holding down the Shift button. You need to click to drop the color over the black spots.What follows next is to delete Threshold and add Curves Adjustment Layer. While zooming in the eyedropper to the area of interest, click once to have a color balance.
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To set skin color to perfect, you will be shown with the skin color breakdown of White, Black, Latin, and Asian while balancing a fair amount of magenta, yellow, black and cyan for a perfect skin. The real technique in this tool is to choose a great area from which colors are adjusted and measured.
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In using this tool, you need to open the image in the Camera RAW editor to change the image to a smart object and go to Filter then Camera Raw Filter. While choosing the White Balance tool the neutral point in the photo to automatically make the white balance corrected.
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This is the fourth method of color correction with the use of Photoshop CC. It basically needs a /hue and Saturation adjustment layer. You need to utilize the channel drop down to point any color that is overwhelmingly seen in the photo. Shifting the hue to reduce the saturation will make a big difference. But there is a limitation in using this tool. This method works amazingly when there is a color that is obviously affecting uniformity of the whole image.
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5. Free Hand adjustment
Using the ‘finger’ icon, this will take a Curves adjustment layer while the channels can be Red, Green and Blue. You have to drag either up and down on any part of the photo to introduce Red/Cyan, Green/Magenta or Blue/Yellow whenever there is a need to do so. In a photo whose orientation is landscape, this technique is really effective.
Conclusion
Understanding the basic color adjustment manipulation in Photoshop CC is very common in numerous photo editing techniques. There are times that removing a tint can be a good choice. There are also instances where the background layer of the original photo needs to be corrected. Whatever the adjustment may be, it boils down as to how skillful and artistic the editor is.
Every design that needs to be added or removed, every color and curves that needed adjustment or every contrast that needed to be brighten of darken, images are ‘photopshopped’ for perfection. It is this tool that really determines the needs of a particular image. Using Photoshop CC as your tool commands various options for color correction.