Have you ever thought “this is a good photo but it’s a little dull”? Well this tutorial is here to help that problem by boosting the colors using Channels and Lab Color.
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A couple tips:
Tip #1: If you find that this enhancement is a bit too strong for your photo then there’s a way to fix that. First you need to select the entire image by click Ctrl + A then hit Ctrl + C to copy the image. Go back to the original version of the image and paste it by hitting Ctrl + V. This adds it as a new layer to the original and you can change the opacity of the layer in the layers panel but using the opacity slider.
Tip #2: Like I mention in the tutorial, Channel A represents Green and Red colors while Channel B represents Blue and Yellow colors. If you feel that there is already in enough red in the photo, say in someone’s skin, you can just add the adjustment to the B channel to add some yellow to the skin to help neutralize the red.
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Great tutorial, really easy and great result.