The color adjustment in this tutorial is relatively simple. It mainly adjusts the color of the background. The color does not need to be too bright, so that the color of the characters can be highlighted. When coloring, you need to separate the characters and background.
Original picture
final effect
1. Open the original image material, press Ctrl + Alt + 1 to bring up the red channel highlight selection, and then press Ctrl + J to copy it to layer 1.
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2. Create a curve adjustment layer on top of the background layer. The parameter settings are as shown in Figure 2-4, and the effect is as shown in Figure 5.
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3. Create a gradient mapping adjustment layer on top of the curve layer. The parameter settings are as shown in Figure 6, and the effect is as shown in Figure 7.
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4. Create a channel mixer adjustment layer on the top of the layer. The parameter settings are as shown in Figure 8 and 9, and the effect is as shown in Figure 10.
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5. Press Ctrl and click the thumbnail of Layer 1 in the Layers Panel to bring up the selection as shown in Figure 11.
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6. Create a curve adjustment layer on the top of the layer. The parameter settings are as shown in Figure 12-14, and the effect is as shown in Figure 15.
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