The color grading method in this tutorial is very unique. It only uses channel separation, and then merges it. When merging, the order of the channels is swapped, and the effect is really amazing. PS is indeed powerful, and there are many things that we still need to explore.
Original picture
![Cleverly use Photoshop channels to create a purple dreamy effect](https://images.downcodes.com/u/info_img/2009-08/14/08313_edu_ps22_01.jpg)
final effect
![Cleverly use Photoshop channels to create a purple dreamy effect](https://images.downcodes.com/u/info_img/2009-08/14/08313_edu_ps22_02.jpg)
1. Open the picture, select the channel directly, and select the separate channel from the drop-down menu.
![Cleverly use Photoshop channels to create a purple dreamy effect](https://images.downcodes.com/u/info_img/2009-08/14/08313_edu_ps22_03.jpg)
<Figure 1>
2. After separation, it will be divided into three RGB pictures.
![Cleverly use Photoshop channels to create a purple dreamy effect](https://images.downcodes.com/u/info_img/2009-08/14/08313_edu_ps22_04.jpg)
<Figure 2>
3. Don’t leave the channel, click Merge Channel directly in the drop-down menu, as shown in Figures 3 and 4.
![Cleverly use Photoshop channels to create a purple dreamy effect](https://images.downcodes.com/u/info_img/2009-08/14/08313_edu_ps22_05.jpg)
<Figure 3>
![Cleverly use Photoshop channels to create a purple dreamy effect](https://images.downcodes.com/u/info_img/2009-08/14/08313_edu_ps22_06.jpg)
<Figure 4>
4. Note that the original RGB is changed to RBG, as shown in Figures 5 and 6
![Cleverly use Photoshop channels to create a purple dreamy effect](https://images.downcodes.com/u/info_img/2009-08/14/08313_edu_ps22_07.jpg)
<Figure 5>
![Cleverly use Photoshop channels to create a purple dreamy effect](https://images.downcodes.com/u/info_img/2009-08/14/08313_edu_ps22_08.jpg)
<Figure 6>
5. Make sure to return to the layer and the effect will appear.
![Cleverly use Photoshop channels to create a purple dreamy effect](https://images.downcodes.com/u/info_img/2009-08/14/08313_edu_ps22_09.jpg)
<Figure 7>
6. Finally, simply adjust the color, then polish the skin and add some feathers and star brushes to complete the final effect!
![Cleverly use Photoshop channels to create a purple dreamy effect](https://images.downcodes.com/u/info_img/2009-08/14/08313_edu_ps22_10.jpg)
<Figure 8>