{"id":57798,"date":"2023-09-15T18:40:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T01:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/?p=57798"},"modified":"2023-09-15T18:48:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T01:48:57","slug":"hidden-luminosity-mask-trick-in-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/hidden-luminosity-mask-trick-in-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Luminosity Mask trick in Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hidden use of Black and White to fix color<\/h2>\n

Photoshop tools are designed to do certain things. Sometimes, with some imagination, we can use them in different ways than intended to get some really useful results. I love to experiment and try things, and here is something I came up with, that I use quite a bit. This is a case of using Black and White, to darken and lighten COLORS!.<\/p>\n

Here is the starting photo. Notice how the background is very bright and saturated and fights with the subject for attention.<\/p>\n

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Let’s tone the background colors using an unexpected way.<\/p>\n

In the Layers panel, click on new adjustment layer<\/p>\n

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Choose Back and White<\/p>\n

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The image will change to grayscale.<\/p>\n

You typically move the sliders to adjust the tones in the color areas to get a better black and white conversion.<\/p>\n

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We are going to keep the image color, but use the sliders to darken or lighten the colors.<\/p>\n

Change the blend mode to Luminosity, so only the brightness will change and not the colors.<\/p>\n

You will already see a difference because the sliders aren’t in a neutral position.<\/p>\n

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Move the slider in the reds to lighten or darken skin tones. This has a lot of other uses, from making sunburn and more.<\/p>\n

Also move the yellow and green sliders to darken the foliage in the background and make the color more cinematic.<\/p>\n

Of course, you will use this on your own photos and adjust in a way that is personally pleasing for you (Just because I like this style of color grade doesn’t mean everyone does. The cool part is you get to adjust how you want).<\/p>\n

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Another way to work, choose the picker tool<\/p>\n

As you drag over colors directly on the image, you can adjust their brightness.<\/p>\n

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Because we are adjusting the brightness, it changes the way the colors look. (Red becomes pink, if lightened)<\/p>\n

If you want to shift the colors you can.<\/p>\n

Choose a new Hue Saturation Adjustment layer<\/p>\n

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Choose the picker tool<\/p>\n

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Click on the color you want to adjust.<\/p>\n

It will now limit it to the selected colors<\/p>\n

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You can now adjust the saturation and color if you like, check it out on the video above to see what I did.<\/p>\n

I hope you found this tutorial useful!<\/p>\n

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Colin<\/p>\n

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