Page 69 - Photoshop User December 2016

Landscape preset sets the Vibrance to +32 in the Basic panel, and applies sharpening and noise reduction. Next, I clicked on the snow in the lower-right corner of the thermal with the White Balance tool (I). That brought the white balance up to 7000, but more importantly, it brought back some of the rich tones that made me stop to shoot this scene in the first place.
Step Two: After setting the white balance, I used the Dehaze slider in the Effects panel (fx) to decrease the overall haze created by the steam, which in turn added contrast to the image.
Step Three: With these basics in place, we can start finishing. The light was on the flat side so exposure-wise, the photo still lacked contrast, but there’s tons of color contrast. That’s what made me stop in the first place and which I’ll now bring to life. In ACR, the sliders in the Basic tab aid us in bringing out that color contrast. In the screen grab to the right, you can see a whole bunch of movement in these sliders. Understand that these are for this photo and how the scene emotionally moved me; these aren’t magic numbers to be used with every photo you take. What you should take away from this is the relationship of the sliders; for example, how Shadows and Whites are opened up, but the Highlights are brought down. That combo makes the thermal, its steam and color, jump in the photograph.
Step Four: We aren’t done, though, as we can easily bring out that color contrast even more in ACR. Why is that important? The shades of color in the thermal, which indicate just how bloody hot it is, are important to speak of that heat, as well as what attracted me to it in the first place. So listen carefully, because this is what I like to think is one of my greatest secrets to finishing: the HSL/Grayscale tab. Click on Luminance first, as this permits you to target specific colors and affect their luminance—and that’s a beautiful thing.
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