Photoshop: Creative Lab Color

Explore the tools, techniques, and creative possibilities of Lab Color in Photoshop. Learn how to enhance and transform images with Lab adjustments and Photoshop blending modes.

Introduction

• The creative power of Lab
• Color spaces and gamuts
• The properties of Lab in Photoshop
• Converting to Lab
• Exercise files and software download

1. Fine-Tuning an Image with LAB and Curves

• Using a Lab all-channel equalization
• Applying a curve to the L-channel
• Applying a curve to the A and B channels
• Selective application of a curve
• Selective sharpening with the L-channel

2. Using the Inversion Adjustment

• Lab inversions and L-channel inversions
• Inverting the A channel
• Inverting the B channel and AB-channels
• Adjusting contrast with a curve
• Working with the exclusion blending mode

3. Working with Equalizations

• Per-channel equalizations
• The power of opacity
• Selective equalizations
• Clouds in landscapes and seascapes
• Faces: Eyes and lips

4. A Palette of Lab Possibilities

• Installing Harold's Lab action
• Using Harold's Lab action
• Lab meets Andy Warhol
• Lab adjustments and blending modes
• Making Lab patterns

Conclusion

• Creative Lab in your workflow