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Involves curves, vibrance or hue/saturation.


This image has a lot of colors in it allready, but this shows how to enchance them. :)

1. First, dublicate the base 4 times, set the first two to Screen 100%, the third one to Screen 70%, and the fourth one to Soft Light 100%. This is to brighten up the image, and give it contrast.

2. Make a new Curves layer, and use these settings:
First point: input 163, output 178
Second point: input 55, output 46
This will enchance the image contrast.

3. Click alt+control+shift+e to gather all the layer into a new layer.
4. Sharpen the image once to make it clear and sharp.

5. Make a new vibrance layer to bring out the beautiful colors more:
Vibrance: +28

If you don't have the vibrance function, you can use a Hue/Saturation layer:
Master saturation: +5

And you're done!


Other examples using similar coloring methods:

Date: 2011-04-12 07:00 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] geckoholic
Simple but effective. Thanks for writing this! :)

Date: 2011-04-13 05:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] serialbathera.livejournal.com
this looks like a great tut :) I am going to try it when I get a chance

Date: 2011-04-16 11:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tilottamaa.livejournal.com
The result of this tutorial is amazing! I can't believe there are such few steps! I definitely have to try this. Thanks

Date: 2011-04-17 10:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tiffymoo.livejournal.com
this looks so effortless yet the result is amazing! I will use this tut. some day :D
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Date: 2011-10-20 06:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] layaly.livejournal.com
gorgeous