LPS Workflow Actions Recipe #4
This is a little workflow recipe for all the wedding photographers out there. Ever wanted to make your brides dress that little bit more whiter, crisper, and more virg…. OK, you get the idea. Well its easy and I will show the action just for the job.
Before
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This another recipe from the LPS Workflow Essentials Actions. So anyone can download them and give it a go for yourself. This is a down and dirty way of enhancing color using an adjustment layer.
Recipe
#30 – Cooling 80 (Blend to Soft Light)
There’s a bit of masking to this one as we want to introduce the cooling filter over the parts of the dress to enhance them. To do this press Command+I (MAC) or Control+I (PC) to inverse the adjustment layers mask to black thus hiding the effect. Then using white as your foreground color, you can paint in the areas of cooling blue to enhance the dress. If you make a mistake then inverse your foreground color to black by pressing the (X) key and paint away the excess.
#17 – Flatten Image
Done!
Word of warning though… Make sure the dress is supposed to be white, because you do get antique dresses or ivory colours. You think I am kidding, I know a photographer who shall remain nameless for the sake of his embarrassment, that used precisely this technique on a dress the was borderline between ivory and white. The bride was not happy!
After
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Stuart Little is a Professional Photographer and Photoshop Trainer with over 18 years experience in the field. The Little Photoshop is home to Stuart's articles, screencasts, training dvds, actions and inspiration based around the topics of Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Digital Photography and Off Camera Lighting.
Rob Brook Says:
That is subtle, it took me age to actual spot any difference between them.
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Stuart Little Says:
Its a very subtle before and after and you have to have a pretty good monitor to see it, but do it and print. Then you will notice the difference. The digital version of Daz for your whites.
sandy Says:
agree its quite subtle …is it possible to put beore and after pics side by side?
Stuart Little Says:
Copy them to your desktop and compare them in PS. It may well be SRGB profile is not showing enough difference. Also give it a go!
Catherine Says:
I can see the difference between the two online, but I’ve also compared them in PS and there’s a very clear difference. As you say, it’s important to make sure that the dress is pristine white in real life before you start!
A good & handy little recipe for a successful picture.
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