Corel PSP tutorial 1 :)

Take this as a "happy easter day" present from me :)

Many people would wanna have a try to obtain that vibriant and vivid colors of a Fujifilm's Velvia... especially on landscape shots where you can get nice beautiful fresh green and that magnetic blue sky which you seem to have you eyes stuck on to. Here's a little guide on how you can achieve that look with your digital images.


1. Firstly, you would obviously need to have a properly exposed photo. This is particularly true for landscapes since you need to get a good exposure on the skies as well as the foreground.

Ok, now just open up the image you wanna edit, and make a duplicate layer out of it - just like shown in the tutorial pic below.



While the new duplicated layer is being selected, create a new adjustment layer for modifying the color channel. You can do this by going to LAYERS --> NEW ADJUSTMENT LAYER --> CHANNEL MIXER. Just like shown in the next image. A Once you clicked OK, the channel mixer menu will appear.



Here are the settings you will need to make to achieve the VELVIA outlook. There are 3 outputs: RED, GREEN and BLUE. Under each output, key in the values (at the slider scale or numerical input) with the following:

OUTPUT : RED
RED = 150%
GREEN = -25%
BLUE = -25%

OUTPUT : GREEN
RED = -25%
GREEN = 150%
BLUE = -25%

OUTPUT : BLUE
RED = -25%
GREEN = -25%
BLUE = 150%



Then click OK! Job done! You have your VELVIA on your screen now!

Well since some people may like the output of such tweaks, while some may find it a little bit too extreme on the vividness, these values can always be tweaked.

The example below is a photo taken in Phuket back in Nov 2007 .

Before



After



NOW SHOW ME WHAT U CAN DO!! :P