This tutorial mainly uses Photoshop to bring out the sweet Japanese effect of a pure girl, the material picture does not have sunlight, when grading, you can first add a little warm color to the picture, and then add highlights to the corners of the picture to make a sunshine effect, and then soften the picture in the later stage.
The end result
Original image
1. Open the material image, create a curve adjustment layer, adjust the RGB and green channels, the parameters are set as shown in Figure 1 and 2, and the effect is shown in Figure 3. This step darkens the dark part of the image and adds green.
2. Press Ctrl + Alt + 2 to bring up the highlight selection, press Ctrl + Shift + I to reverse the selection, and then select the menu: select > Modify > Shrink with a value of 3, create a hue/saturation adjustment layer after confirmation, adjust red, yellow, and green, the parameter settings are as shown in Figure 4 - 6, and the effect is shown in Figure 7. This step turns the dark yellow-green into yellowish-brown.
3. Press Ctrl + J to copy the current hue/saturation adjustment layer by one layer, the effect is as shown below.
4. Hold down the Ctrl key to click the mask to load the current layer mask selection, press Ctrl + Shift + I to reverse the selection, and then create a hue/saturation adjustment layer to adjust the yellow, the parameters and effects are as shown below. This step adds an orange-yellow color to the highlights of the image.
5. Create a hue/saturation adjustment layer and adjust the yellow, the parameters and effect are as shown below. This step turns the warm color in the picture into reddish-brown.
6. Create a curve adjustment layer, adjust the RGB, green, and blue channels, and set the parameters as shown in Figure 13 - 15, and the effect is shown in Figure 16. This step lightens the color of the picture a little.
7. Create an optional color adjustment layer, adjust the red and black, and the parameters and effects are as shown below. This step adds a warm color to the dark parts of the image.
8. Press Ctrl + Alt + 2 to load the highlight selection, create a solid color adjustment layer, set the color to light cyan: #BBE9E7, change the blending mode to "darken" and the opacity to : 50%, the effect is as shown below. This step adds a pale cyan color to the highlights of the image.
9. Create a curve adjustment layer, adjust the RGB, red, green, and blue channels, and set the parameters as shown in Figure 21 - 24, and the effect is shown in Figure 25. This step adds a yellowish color to the image.
10. Create a new layer, press the letter key "D", restore the front background color to the default black and white, select the menu: Filter > Render > Clouds, change the blending mode to "Color Filter" and change the opacity to 30%, the effect is as shown in the figure below. This step adds a dreamy effect to the picture.
11. Create a color balance adjustment layer, adjust the shadows and highlights, the parameter settings are as shown in Figure 27 and 28, and press Ctrl + Alt + G to create a clipping mask after confirmation, the effect is shown in Figure 29. This step fine-tunes the dark and highlight colors of the image.
12. Create an optional color adjustment layer, adjust red, yellow, white, and black, and set the parameters as shown in Figure 30 - 33, and the effect is shown in Figure 34. This step fine-tunes the warm colors in the image and adds a pale cyan to the highlights.
13. Create a solid color adjustment layer, the color is set to light green: #C7D29A, use a black and white gradient after confirmation, and pull out a white to black linear gradient from the upper left corner to the lower right corner on the mask, the effect is as shown in the figure below.
14. Press Ctrl + J to copy the current layer and change the blending mode to "Color Filter", as shown below.
15. Then press Ctrl + J to copy the current layer and change the blending mode to "Soft Light", the effect is as shown below.
16. Press Ctrl + J to copy the current layer by one layer, change the blending mode to "Color Filter", and change the opacity to 50%, which adds a sunlight effect to the upper left corner of the picture.
17. Create a new layer, press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E to stamp the layer, soften the image appropriately, and then use the blur tool to process the background local mode, the effect is as shown below.
18. Create an optional color adjustment layer, adjust red, yellow, and white, and set the parameters as shown in Figure 40 - 42, and the effect is shown in Figure 43. This step fine-tunes the warm colors in the image.
Finally, simply rub the skin of the character and fine-tune the color to complete the final effect.
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Posted on 11/25/2014 11:00:41 PM
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