This tutorial introduces the color adjustment method of warm and cool dreamy colors in photos. Idea: When color correcting, you need to divide the photo into multiple parts for processing, such as cool colors, warm colors and neutral colors. You can adjust the color of the parts first and then modify the overall color.
Original picture
final effect
1. Open the original image and press Ctrl + J to copy a layer, execute the menu: Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, the value is 3, and after confirmation, change the layer blending mode to "Hard Light". The effect is shown in Figure 1.
<Figure 1>
2. Create a hue/saturation adjustment layer. The parameter settings are as shown in Figure 2. After confirmation, change the layer blending mode to "Hue". The effect is as shown in Figure 3.
<Figure 2>
<Figure 3>
3. Create a gradient mapping adjustment layer. Set the color as shown in Figure 4. After confirmation, change the layer blending mode to "Hard Light". The effect is as shown in Figure 5.
<Figure 4>
<Figure 5>
4. Create a new layer and press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E to stamp the layer, change the layer blending mode to "Soft Light", then add a layer mask and use a black brush to erase the areas except the sky and mountains. off, and then hide the gradient map layer. The effect is shown in Figure 6.
<Figure 6>
5. Create a new layer and press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E to stamp the layer. Execute the menu: Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. The value is 3. After confirmation, change the layer blending mode to "Screen". The opacity is: 60%. Add a layer mask and use a black brush to erase the sky part. The effect is as shown in Figure 8.
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<Figure 7>
6. Create a new layer and press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E to stamp the layer, then adjust the overall color, and then sharpen it to complete the final effect.
<Figure 8>
