Channel to create popular color non-mainstream photos

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CMYK color adjustment method

Lab color adjustment method.

Choose CMYK color adjustment method
1. Menu Image-Copy, get unnamed-1 [a copy of the original file, not a copied layer of the original file]. Change the unnamed-1 image to CMYK mode, select the magenta channel, and adjust the color level reference parameters as shown:

2. Select the yellow channel to adjust the level of the same parameters.
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3. Select the cyan channel and adjust the color level reference parameters as shown in the figure:

4. Gaussian blur the cyan channel by 2.8 pixels [see picture adjustment for yourself]. Then select the CMYK channel.

5. CTRL+A to select all. CTRL+C to copy. Then turn off unnamed-1.

6. After activating "Skin Correction", copy the image obtained by CTRL+V. Change the layer style to 80% Hard Light.
Or we use the Lab channel adjustment method:
1. Menu Image-Copy, get unnamed-1 [a copy of the original file, not a copied layer of the original file]. Change the unnamed-1 image to Lab mode, select channel a, and Gaussian blur 4.8 pixels. Then adjust the color level reference parameters as follows:

2. Select the b channel level adjustment parameters as follows:

3. Select the Lab channel, select all, and copy. Close unnamed -1.

4. After activating "Skin Correction", copy the image obtained by CTRL+V. Change the layer style to 80% Overlay. The result is as follows:
These two methods have been conveniently made into actions. You can watch the actions to study, change and learn step by step.