Source: Photo Processing Network Author: Wzr2005
The material picture was taken on a cloudy day, a bit gray and dark, and the overall sense of transparency is not very strong. When coloring, the author used a lot of solid color layers to increase the brightness of the picture and add complementary colors. He also added homemade sunlight. The overall effect is very beautiful.
Original picture
final effect
1. Use a quick mask (not a close-up of the face, the selection does not need to be too precise) to extract a selected area of the character's skin color, and use curves to make the skin color slightly more transparent.
2. Adjust the phase saturation tool to add saturation and brightness to the photo (one is to add haziness, and the other is to brighten the photo). Don’t keep track of the values. Understanding the reason for doing so is the key.
3. Create a light yellow solid color layer, and set the layer blending mode to Multiply (add a yellow tone to the entire photo, an autumn tone, for this reason, and again, the counting value is worthless), if you feel that the yellow color is too However, you can lower the layer opacity, probably around 70%.
4. Create a lavender solid color layer, set the layer blending mode to lighten, and set the opacity and fill to about 50%.
5. Create a light blue solid color layer, set the layer blending mode to Color Dodge, and set the opacity to about 35% (the purpose of this is to make the yellow tone softer and more harmonious).
6. So far, it is basically completed, but friends who have played photography will find that the original pictures used in this tutorial are good. A small problem is that the light is not used properly. The reason may be due to the weather and the light is too flat. There is no beauty, at least it does not meet my aesthetic standards, so in this step I have to add light to it.
Bring up the Gradient Adjustment Tool, add a light, set the layer blending mode to Soft Light, and lower the opacity appropriately. How much should be lowered depends on your aesthetic standards. I lowered it to about 60%.
Final effect: