Re: A nice way to darken colours

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:14:53 GMT

Just did a comparison between this method and using a Levels adjustment. This HighPass method has a subtle difference -- a more neutral colour effect, as well as a better separation of values (as in the water):

Ken

A nice way to darken colours

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:29:37 GMT

While experimenting with creating my own "Pencil Sketch" effect, I happened to discover this effect -- it's a nice way to darken colours and increase their contrast and saturation without getting the "candy colour" effect that the Hue/Saturation filter can cause.

My apologies if this technique is well-known. You veterans can post this on your refrigerator for times when you need a good laugh!

Here's the original:

If a Hue/Saturation layer is used to boost the colours, even with modifying it by using an additional Brightness/Contrast layer:

the colours can look a little too "sweet":

Here's what I found:

Duplicate the Background layer.
On that Background Copy layer, use Filter...Other...HighPass with these settings:
Change the blend mode of the highpass layer to "Color Burn" and reduce its opacity to about 45%:

The result is kind of nice:

Enjoy!

Ken

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A nice way to darken colours