Transform Your Images with Color Grading

Often you'd be quite surprised what a magazine or editorial portrait looks like before Adobe® Photoshop®. No, it's not about changing the skin or body-- it's about the tones and colors. In this class, we will begin by creating some timeless imagery using simple sets and lighting setups. Then, we will crank our creativity up a few notches by exploring color grading in Adobe Photoshop. You'll learn several approaches and tools to create drastically different emotional responses to your portraits using selective color, split toning, plug-ins and more! There are many ways you can transform the look of your images for a drastically different feel. Join Lindsay Adler as she shoots a series of standard but beautiful portraits and then transforms them using Adobe Photoshop.

Software Used: Adobe Photoshop CC 2017

• Introduction to Color Grading: Preparing for the Shoot
• Shooting for Color Grading: Clean Timeless Beauty
• Shooting for Color Grading: Simple but Dramatic Look
• Shooting for Color Grading: Gold Elegant Look
• Intstructor intro - Toning Intent
• Basic Color and Toning in Lightroom
• Toning with Selective Color Photoshop
• Color Look Up Tables in Photoshop
• Maximizing Color Control with 'Blend If' in Photoshop
• Applying Blend Modes to Adjustment Layers
• Using Curves for Targeted Color Adjustment
• Gradient Maps
• Using a Plug-in: ON1 PhotoRAW
• Putting All Together: Applying Toning and Color Effects