Enhancing photographs are a piece of cake these days with numerous options and filters available in social media apps. These filters do reduce your picture quality to a certain extent.
If you are planning to print your photographs, then these pictures don't give you great results.That is when you realize how much quality is lost in all these actions. When you manually apply effects in Photoshop the quality of these pictures is preserved and you get a flawless, no grain image when printed.
These effects are so easy to use and come in handy for all kinds of photography. Be it nature, food, or portrait, these effects
1. Color Lookup Tool :
This tool has a predefined set of effects available for various dramatic effects.
All you have to do is click on the effect you want in the drop-down menu and you get amazing results in just a second.
For example, let us take this picture.
After applying the color lookup, the image will be something like this.
Isn't this awesome !! . With just a click. Ok, let us see how to use this tool step by step.
Open the image in Photoshop. Create a duplicate layer by clicking CTRL +J or right-click layer and select duplicate layer.
The color lookup tool can be found in your Image Menu.
Image -- Adjustments -- Color Lookup
When you click on it, you get another popup menu.
The 3DLUT File has a number of presets in the drop-down menu. You can browse through it and select the filter you want.
For the above image, I selected the crisp warm filter. It has a deep contrast which brings out the elements of my image. The vignette effects on the corners emphasize the overall image.
Click ok and adjust the overall opacity of the layer. Done!
2. Camera Raw Filter :
The Camera Raw filter is a new tool in Photoshop CC, so it is not available in the earlier versions of Photoshop.
Camera raw filter is one of a kind filters in which there are multiple
The color lookup tool can be found in your Image Menu.
Filter -- Camera raw Filter -- Color Lookup
If you are planning to print your photographs, then these pictures don't give you great results.That is when you realize how much quality is lost in all these actions. When you manually apply effects in Photoshop the quality of these pictures is preserved and you get a flawless, no grain image when printed.
These effects are so easy to use and come in handy for all kinds of photography. Be it nature, food, or portrait, these effects
1. Color Lookup Tool :
This tool has a predefined set of effects available for various dramatic effects.
All you have to do is click on the effect you want in the drop-down menu and you get amazing results in just a second.
For example, let us take this picture.
This is the Honeydukes sweet shop in
Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Universal Studios Orlando. I took this
pic in broad sunlight and as you can see a lot of lighting issues. The
pic has a lot of details and a few adjustments will really make those
candies pop up.
After applying the color lookup, the image will be something like this.
Open the image in Photoshop. Create a duplicate layer by clicking CTRL +J or right-click layer and select duplicate layer.
Image -- Adjustments -- Color Lookup
The 3DLUT File has a number of presets in the drop-down menu. You can browse through it and select the filter you want.
For the above image, I selected the crisp warm filter. It has a deep contrast which brings out the elements of my image. The vignette effects on the corners emphasize the overall image.
Click ok and adjust the overall opacity of the layer. Done!
2. Camera Raw Filter :
The Camera Raw filter is a new tool in Photoshop CC, so it is not available in the earlier versions of Photoshop.
Camera raw filter is one of a kind filters in which there are multiple
The color lookup tool can be found in your Image Menu.
Filter -- Camera raw Filter -- Color Lookup