Photoshop for Photographers: Creative Color

Enhance color and create color effects in Photoshop and Camera Raw. Learn how to change the color of objects in a scene, convert photos to black and white, and more.

Working with color can be an amazing journey, and Photoshop is a great vehicle for taking the trip. In this course, photographer and educator Chris Orwig teaches a variety of ways to create captivating color in photographs. Chris goes beyond the basics by showing how color can profoundly affect a photograph's impact. He demonstrates adjusting color and tone to make images more vivid, changing clothing and background colors with Photoshop and Camera Raw, working with color saturation, cross-processing, removing color, and more. The course includes real-world challenges that showcase the techniques Chris has shown for creating intriguing and beautiful color photographs.

Introduction

• Welcome

1. Becoming an Expert with Changing Colors

• Changing colors with adjustment layers
• Changing clothing color
• Hue/Saturation color controls review
• Masking in color changes
• Changing hat color
• Changing scarf color
• Three ways to change eye color, part 1
• Three ways to change eye color, part 2
• Two-step approach to improving color
• Customizing background color
• Adding a new background color
• Challenge: Color change
• Solution: Color change, part 1
• Solution: Color change, part 2

2. Creating More Vibrant and Vivid Colors

• Creating vivid color with adjustment layers
• Using multiple adjustment layers for better color
• Using Curves and Color Balance together
• Creating awesome sunrise or sunset colors
• Going from mediocre to magnificent
• Improving an image from start to finish
• Challenge: Improving an aerial photograph
• Solution: Improving an aerial photograph

3. Creating Awesome Color with Camera Raw

• Learning how to change color with Camera Raw
• Changing the color of a shirt
• Using a two-step Camera Raw approach to create a color look
• Using Camera Raw and masking for professional results
• Fine-tuning color to match your vision
• Creating a magical color palette with the Basic controls
• Creating epic color with Color Balance
• Using Camera Raw to create vivid and magical color
• Challenge: Camera Raw color change
• Solution: Camera Raw color change

4. Removing Color for Impact

• Removing color with Quick Select and masking
• Using Hue/Saturation and Color Range to create a fun color effect
• Advanced color removal, part 1
• Advanced color removal, part 2
• Challenge: Color removal
• Solution: Color removal

5. Fine-Tuning Color

• Fine-tuning the color of a portrait
• Fine-tuning lipstick color
• Fine-tuning a surfboard color
• Fine-tuning hair color
• Advanced fine-tuning with multiple adjustments
• Fine tuning the color of a kayak
• Challenge: Fixing a family portrait
• Solution: Fixing a family portrait

6. Creative Color Looks

• Crafting a blue underwater look
• Adding cinematic style to an ocean scene
• Creating a vintage look
• Creating looks with soft light blending, part 1
• Creating looks with soft light blending, part 2
• Creating a classic sepia-toned image
• Advanced color toning

Conclusion

• Next steps