Hello and welcome to the first episode of Denny's Tips.
zmy name is Denny and today i'll be showing you how to create your own cross
processing effects using Photoshop. Back in the days from photographers would
deliberately develop the photos with Iran chemicals to get really cool
abstract and retro effects. We can now do easily in Photoshop and I had this
awesome layer set up that makes it incredibly easy. iin this tutorial you'll
learn how to set up just three layers that will let you create an infinite
amount of retro effects in a short time. It's fun, easy and fast. So if you're
ready let's get started!
Before we begin let me show you how this works. Instead of learning how to create
just one cross processing effect, you will learn how to create a layer set up
that will let you create an unlimited amount of effects. Looking in the layers
panel here, you can see that we have three brightness/contrast layers. These
layers can be adjusted to create various cross processing effects like this...
... and just like that we have a completely different effect. So what exactly is
happening here? To show you, I'll be dragging the channels panel out like this.
Each one of these layers effect only one channel. So for example this layer here
will affect the red channel. This green layer will affect the green channel. And
the same thing with this blue layer. When I make the adjustments to this red layer
you can see in the channels panel that it's only affecting the red channel. It's not
affecting the green or blue channel. There's actually a name for this
technique and it's called channel contrast, but instead of using it curves
adjustment which most people don't really know how to use, you are you using
a layer set up that's easier to adjust, it's faster to do and it's more suitable
for beginners.
Ok so now that you know how do layers work it's time to learn how to set up the
layers. Go to your adjustments panel and add a brightness contrast adjustment layer
If you don't see this panel you can open it by going to Window > Adjustments.
When you make changes to this layer, it affects all three channels. So how do we make it
so I only affects one channel? The answer is blending options. Right click on the
layer then choose blending options. In this area here you'll see three check boxes.
These checkboxes basically tell Photoshop which channel this layer
should affect. So if we simply uncheck the green and blue channel, this layer
will only affect the red channel. We need three of these layers - one for each
channel. So let's duplicate the layer by pressing ctrl or command J twice.
For better organization i'm also going to rename the layers and add color labels
to it.
I'm renaming this layer to reds... greens... and blues. For the color labels you can add
them simply by right clicking on the layer then picking the color that you
want to label it with. These labels don't actually do anything other than labeling
your layers with a color so it doesn't really matter if you do it or not. We're
done with the layer organization. Now let's finish setting up the layers. Right
click on the green channel then go to blending options. Check the red
channel then checkmark the green channel. Click OK.
Do the same of the blue channel. Right click on the layer, go to Blending
Options, uncheck the red channel and check mark the blue channel, then click
ok. The last thing to do is to go into all of the adjustment layers and enable
the "Use Legacy" option. This option prevents photoshop from trying to
preserve the tones in your image so you can apply much more drastic effects. Play
around with the settings on all three layers and see what kind of effects you
can create. Here are some examples of effects that I made using this technique.
Hey guys thanks for checking out this video. I hope you liked it and if you
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out these other videos that I think you might enjoy.
If you want to learn more about photo effects then watch this video about
Channel Contrast. Channel contrast is not only an essential technique for creating
your own effects, it's also a great way to copy other people's effects. So if
you're interested in learning more then click on this video here to watch it.
Want to learn how to create your own film like effects? This video here will
teach you how to do it using the curves adjustment which can also be used in
other software such as Adobe Lightroom, Phase One Capture One, Adobe After
Effects and more. Do you want to learn how to retouch your skin in Photoshop? Then
watch this video to learn professional techniques such as frequency separation.