Splash of Color actions
Posted 1 year, 7 months ago by Graffi | | 212 views | Technorati
There’sfour more actions in this little set - they all work with color channels. Three of them utilize the Red, Green and Blue channels of an image to emphasize or reduce the color values, and the third uses Lab mode to create a B&W layer with a mask that can then be painted to allow a splash of color through.
All of them leave the layers intact and produce some very versatile effects to your photos.
Photoshop Elements 5 users can easily get them up and running using Add-O-Matic (now up to version 2.5). Just fire up Add-O, drag the .atn files into the orange box and click “GO!”. Photoshop users can just access them like any other action.
Some usage tips: After running one of the Red, Blue or Green color actions, you’ll have three layers: your original Background layer and two B&W layers of the appropriate color’s channel (blue=blue, red = red, etc.) and a mask for each of these “channel” layers.
One mask is standard; the other is inverted. You can mix and match these layers by turning on or off the layers. Turning both of them on effectively removes that color’s channel from your image; turning on just one or the other results in the color adding or reducing to the overall image.
You can also adjust the blend mode of these layers, too (experiment with Multiply and Hue for interesting results), as well as tweak with the opacity for a nearly infinite degree of control.
These are included in the B&W Conversion Lab set in the Graffishop. Have fun!
- - - Download Removed - - Look for these actions in the new B&W Conversion Lab action set for Photoshop & Photoshop Elements 5
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Words can not express the “BIG THANKS” for all your talent sharing!!!!!!!! You have inspired and helpedme to keep going with all that you bring out.
Michelle
Just wanted to say “THANKS”. Took some to play with the Spash of Color Actions.
Very Cool !!! I’m going to apply these actions to some of my lighthouses.
John