Removing Color Casts in Photoshop
This is a picture I took
this summer during our 8-week stay in Jacksonville. I’ll share more about why
we were there in the coming days. I wanted a picture of the skyline at night to
capture the buildings that illuminated the water. We discovered Jacksonville offers a lot of history, culture and to get almost anywhere in the city requires you to cross at least on bridge!
The picture on top I thought
was pretty good, I did some minor adjustments to the exposure in Lightroom (LR).
My camera settings were – ISO 500, F8, 18 mm, 1/10 sec. The one on the bottom is
the same picture after I made the adjustments described here. I opened the top image in Photoshop to remove any
color casts and correct the white balance. I could have done this in LR but I
wanted to try a new technique. So, to do this I duplicated the layer – ctrl or
cmd + J (this makes a copy of the picture), then next I Inverted the layer by
pressing ctrl or cmd + I; next on the toolbar go to Filter > Blur >
Average. This is like putting the picture in a blender, mixing all the colors
together then it reveals which color(s) needs to be tone down.
Next change the blend mode
from normal to “Soft Light,” you will notice a difference in the picture at
this point. To boost the colors and increase the intensity; add a
Hue/Saturation adjustment layer. After
you add the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer, you will want to apply a clipping
mask so only the colors that need to be adjusted will be affect by the next
steps. Hold down the alt key and click between layer 1 and the adjustment
layer. The two sliders that will affected the needed change are saturation and
lightness. Saturation boosts the color (adjust to taste) and Lightness increases
the intensity of the colors (again, adjust to taste).
Lastly, flatten or merge all the layers
(shift + ctrl + E) and save your work!
Disclaimer: I’m a PC girl!!!
Be blessed and be a
blessing!
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