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Photoshop Tips
Increasing Image Saturation and Contrast in Photoshop
By Denny Tang
of Fotofects.com
Dateline: January 5, 2005
Version: Photoshop CS
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In this tutorial, I'll show you how enhance the color of the sky and other light areas, to increase contrast and saturation. Open the desired image for editing.
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Duplicate the current layer (Ctrl+J) and change the blending mode of the new layer to Difference.
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On the new layer, apply a Shadow/Highlight filter (Filter > Adjustments > Shadow/Highlight) with the following properties:
Shadows: 0%
Highlights: 100%
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Duplicate the Background layer (Ctrl+J) and add a layer mask (Layer > Add Layer Mask > Reveal All) on the new layer.
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With the layer mask selected, use the Apply Image tool (Image> Apply Image) to apply the following properties:
Layer: Merged
Channel: RGB
Invert: Unchecked
Blending: Multiply
Opacity: 100%
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Delete the top layer.
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On the top layer, use the Brightness/Contrast tool (Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast) to apply the following properties:
Brightness: -25
Contrast: +50
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Add a Color Overlay layer style (Layer > Layer Style > Color Overlay) to the current layer and apply the following properties to the layer style:
Blend Mode: Screen
Color: Select a color of your choice.
Opacity: Adjust accordingly to create a similar effect as the image in this step.
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At left is the final image.
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