Photoshop uses neutral colors to give photos a classic beauty (1)

1. Open an ordinary color photo, the effect is as shown in Figure 01.
Figure 1 Original material

2. Execute the "Image" → "Mode" → "CMYK Color" command in the menu bar to convert the image to CMYK mode, and then copy the background layer to the "Background Copy" layer.

3. Create a new layer 1, execute the "Edit" → "Fill" command in the menu bar, and select "50% Gray" in the "Use" drop-down list in the pop-up dialog box, as shown in Figure 02. After completion, click Click the OK button and the image will appear gray, as shown in Figure 03.

Figure 2 Fill with 50% gray

Figure 3 Image effect

4. Select layer 1 and set the blending mode of this layer to "Color". The image effect is as shown in Figure 04.

Figure 4 Image effect

5. Double-click layer 1 and uncheck the "M" channel check box in the pop-up layer style dialog box. The effect is as shown in Figure 05. After completion, click the OK button and the screen will appear very light. The color of the background image, the effect is shown in Figure 06.

Figure 5 Apply layer style

Figure 6 Image effect

6. Press the Ctrl key to select layer 1 and the background copy, click the small triangle on the right side of the layer panel, select the "New Group from Layer" command in the pop-up shortcut menu, create group 1, and set the blending mode of group 1 to Saturation, as shown in Figure 07.

Figure 7 New group

7. Press the shortcut keys Shift+ctrl+Alt+E to stamp the layer to generate Layer 2. Drag the Layer 2 layer to the Create New Layer button and copy it to generate a copy of Layer 2. As shown in Figure 08.

Figure 8 Layers panel

8. Select the copy of layer 2, execute the "Filter" → "Blur" → "Surface Blur" command in the menu bar, and set various parameters in the pop-up dialog box, as shown in Figure 09. Click OK after completion button, the image effect is shown in Figure 10.

Figure 9 Surface blur filter

Figure 10 Image effect