Camera Raw in Photoshop 2021 has a fantastic new feature
that allows you to apply color grades using three color wheels,
in the next five minutes, you're going to learn everything that you
need to know about this amazing new color grading tool.
OK, let's jump right into the tutorial.
We're going to work at this portrait.
And right beneath the portrait, you'll see a gradient that goes from black
to white to help you visualize how this tool works.
Let's start by right-clicking the layer
and converting it into a Smart Object so that we can work and non-destructively,
a Smart Object is a container which holds one or more layers that allows you
to apply editable adjustments, distortions, filters and transformations.
That means you can come back and edit them at any time.
Then you can go into Filter > Camera Raw Filter.
The Camera Raw Filter will open up and we
no longer have a Dual Toning tab in Camera Raw. We now have a Color Grading tab.
When I open this up, you'll see the three way color grading wheels.
We have wheels for the Shadows, Highlights, and Midtones.
Let me show you how they work. From the Shadows color wheel.
You can click-and-drag this point outward
to apply the Hue and Saturation that you've selected onto the shadows.
See how the shadows are blue.
I'll do the same for the Midtones but I will make those green.
So now the midtones are green and I will make the highlights yellow like so.
Notice how black and white were not affected by the color grade?
If you want to apply the color grade
to the black pixels, then drag the Luminance slider
in the shadows to the right to brighten up the blacks and apply the blue color.
You can do the same thing with the Highlights' Luminance later.
Just drag it to the left to darken up the whites and apply the color grade.
And of course, you can adjust the Midtones if you like.
See how I'm brightening or darkening the midtones.
And obviously, this is the effect that is applied onto the image.
Next, let's take a look at the Blending slider, which allows you to set the amount
of overlap between shadows and highlights, drag the slider to the right to maximize
the overlap and drag it to the left to minimize the overlap.
The Balance slider balances the effects of Highlights, Midtones, and Shadows.
Values l ess than zero will increase the effect of the shadows and values greater than
zero will increase the effect of the highlights.
And just like any other slider in Camera Raw, you can double-click on it
to reset it back to its default settings and you can reset the killer wheels back
to the default settings by double-clicking on them as well.
Next, let's take a look at these three icons, they represent the individual color wheels.
I'll select the shadows and this color wheel works exactly the same.
You can click-and-drag this point
to adjust the hue and drag out, to adjust the saturation.
If you hold Ctrl (Windows) or Command (macOS)
you'll lock the Hue so that you cannot add saturation.
And virtually you can do the same thing
by using the Hue slider it just allows you to control one thing at a time.
You can also hold Shift and click-and-drag so that you lock the saturation and you
don't inadvertently adjust the hue or you can use the Saturation slider as well.
So in this case, I'm going to increase
the saturation a bit and make this just a little bit bluer.
And of course, you can adjust the luminance.
Next, I'll go into the Midtones and I will
drag out and add a little bit of teal and then I'll go into the highlights
and for the Highlights I'll add a little bit of orange.
And from the gradient, I think you'll be
able to better see the color gray that I'm applying to this image.
The next Option is Global, which applies a global color grade over
the shadows Middletown's and highlights that you applied previously.
For example, I can add a green tint
to this image and it will apply over the previous color grade.
And of course, they have the same Slider's and I can adjust them any way that I want.
I'll double-click on the color wheel to reset it, and when you're done,
you can simply press OK and Photoshop will apply those adjustments.
If you want to edit your Smart Object,
you can always double-click on the Camera Raw Filter to bring
that back up and make any adjustment that you need.
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