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Basics / Variations
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Let us look at another way to adjust color in photographs and we have seen what the saturation adjustment layer can do. But let us look at something else that you might not be aware of, it is called the variations control and unfortunately there is not a variations adjustments layer so we have to make that adjustment on the original image which is clicking on background layer and then we go up to image - adjustments and at the very bottom - variations, and we will see a sampling of your original image with different adjustments made to it, we will take this up to midrange so that you can see the effect. This is adding red, this is adding yellow, the green, cyan, blue and magenta and this is the sample of your original photograph and this is the resulting adjustment when you click on any one of these choices. But to reset the dialog box, you can click on the original, that resets your current pic and then also keep in mind that we can adjust for the mid-tones in the image, the shadows or the highlights. And notice here the saturation button, I never use this, we can get a much better result with the saturation adjustment layer, but it is here if you want to use it, so we go back to mid-tones and generally this is where we start. Now we can either make very pronounced adjustments, which you can see right here or we can make very fine adjustments which is usually what I end up doing. But for this particular image so that we can demonstrate it, let us take a look and see what adding more red and maybe just a bit more little yellow can do, and I think we see here where it is warmed up a little bit and we will hit OK, and indeed it did warm up the image but you know I think it is just a bit much. I do not use the variations control for portraiture because it just does not give you the fine adjustment that another adjustment might give you, so I really do not use it for portraits so let us go back on our history palette and step back on that and remove the effect. I think what's there, it is just a whole lot better, but let us look at in the photograph where the variations box will work very, very well. This is a photograph that I took very recently in Yosemite National park, took this shot and the resulting image had a bit of blue, a little bit of magenta to it, so we are going to adjust for that in the variations control and and again the way we do that is image - adjustments - down to variations, and we are going to keep this on fine, I don't want too much, I want to be able to adjust it as I go. So we are going the hit the original to reset and let us add a little bit of red, we want to try to bring out the rich deep yellowish, reddish image on this particular shot, I think sunsets look better that way. We add just a little bit of red, a little bit more red, and then on the highlights let us compensate, add some yellow, for the contrast, And then we hit OK and we see the result and this is before and this is after. Now some of you may like the effect of maybe the purplish landscape below the sunset, it is really a matter of personal choice. Personally I like the look of the deep reds and yellows in a sunset and I think it really gives it drama. Yet we still have the contrast, we still have the nice effect of the landscape, but I like that result, good saturation, good deep reds and yellows on that sunset, really brings it out quite a bit. So that is how you use the variations control, some things it is very good and other things it is not too good at all. You have got to use it wisely.
Tutorial Information
| Course: | Adobe Photoshop Image Restoration |
| Author: | Phil Hawkins |
| SKU: | 33473 |
| ISBN: | 1932072705 |
| Release Date: | 2004-01-27 |
| Duration: | 4.5 hrs / 77 lessons |
| Captions: | No |
| Compatibility: |
Vista/XP/2000, OS X, Linux QuickTime 7, Flash 8 |
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