
I've been playing around with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4
Beta and I really like it. The sliders
really do things this time around. It
sort of goes back to the old saying about "you don't know what you've got
'til it's gone", or, in this case, 'til something better comes along.
I wasn't getting enough punch in LR4, so the image took a
short (timewise) trip over to CS5 to boost the colors. Using individual (Red, Yellow, Green, Cyan,
Blue, and Magenta) Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layers the colors were cranked
up. I haven't explained how I use the
Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layers lately, so here's a quick run through. I take a H/S Adjustment Layer and rather than
messing with the Master adjustment, I'll click the dropdown and pick Red. Then I'll pull the Saturation Slider all the
way to 100%. This typically (always)
results in garish reds on anything having the slightest bit of red in it. I'll highlight the 100% number and then back
the amount down (holding the Shift Key) to the point where the neon is gone and
the reds are at the fullest. Holding
down the Shift Key brings the amount down in increments of 10 points per tap of
the Down Arrow Key (or click of the scroll wheel on your mouse). Moving the Slider from 67 to 66 does nothing
(visible), but going from 70 to 60 will make a difference.
In today's image the left and right sides on the stream
needed different amounts of Red Saturation, so two H/S Adjustment Layers were
employed using Red. The advantage of
using individual H/S Adjustment Layers is being able to apply Masks to specific
colors in specific spots on the image.
You could select each color using one Adjustment Layer, but then you
only have one Mask to work with. Having
a Mask for each color is a distinct advantage.
The Masks can be anything you'd like to use. In today's image, on the Red 1 Adj. Layer a
Gradient was used to Mask off the entire left side of Red H/S Adj. Layer
one. Use whatever works.
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