Catching the color blue, photoshop tutorial

May 16th, 2008

I realized again how much I love the color blue when VFXY had a blue theme week.

Ever wonder why blue is such a wonderful color?

Blue is the hardest color for camera sensors to capture, and the hardest color for CMYK printers to print.

So how we deal with it in Photoshop is of utmost importance.

We’re sitting here on this beautiful blue jewel hanging in the galaxy, wouldn’t it be great if you captured some of that uniqueness in your images?

If you’d like to continue learning about the possibilities to accentuate and control the blue channel, purchase the Beautiful Blues Screen cast Training video.

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6 Responses to “Catching the color blue, photoshop tutorial”

  1. # Neilon 04 Jun 2008 at 3:56 am
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    In this description of editing wedding photos you can see my use of the blue channel masking technique to heighten the visual perception of contrast in the mountain images.

  2. # Free Light Friday 7-18-08 : Toronto Edition | Make Light Realon 24 Jul 2008 at 3:01 am
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    [...] download this screen cast movie file to learn to process your files for rich and vibrant blues : or view this post page on photoshop manipulating the blue in images.  This image would be a fun one to try out the texture – if you try it – post a link in the [...]

  3. # Claudineon 24 Jul 2008 at 7:54 am
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    Hi!
    First, I would like to apologize for my English.. :)
    I watched Blue Hues Photoshop LAB color tutorial and I tried to do the same thing with my picture, but the shortcut shift+f3 doesn’t work. I work with a PC. I cannot select the B channel map to control the tonalities and modifie the curves.I found nothing on the web to solve my problem. Is there a similar shortcut for PC?
    Could you help me?!!
    Is it possible to take courses with you? I love the way you work with light!
    I hope you will write me back!
    Thank you very much!
    Claudine Simard

  4. # Neilon 24 Jul 2008 at 8:08 am
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    The Shift+F3 is a shortcut provided in the ONE Action™ set.

    You can make a channel mask with these steps:
    1. Make a new curves layer
    1.5 – make sure you have the adjustment layer mask selected
    2. Use the Apply image command from the menu Image:Apply Image
    2.5 Apply the B channel to the adjustment layer mask

    and you’re rolling!

  5. # Question: Answer - I’m looking for a filter set to | Make Light Realon 21 Aug 2008 at 7:04 pm
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    [...] can listen to some of my theories from my creative journal, try out: http://makelightreal.com/blue-photoshop-tutorial/ as a [...]

  6. # When to use a texture, and what happens when you do photoshop tutorial | Make Light Realon 04 Sep 2008 at 8:07 pm
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    [...] the opposite point of focus, but has the same exact texture applied to the image.  Even with my best blue sky photo processing tricks, I couldn’t help the bride’s face rise in perceptual value without some additional [...]

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