A great little PSE trick for beefing up your colour

March 6, 2010 Posted in Editing & Tutorials, Photoshop & Elements

Just wanted to share a little trick that I love.

Either in PSE or LR, duplicate your colour image. Edit one to be a really great B&W and play with the colours of your colour version till you like it.

Then…

And use the ‘soft light’ mode at 100% and immediately, the image transforms beautifully into colours you just couldn’t come up with on your own:

P.S. Here’s what I mean by ‘soft light’ if you don’t already know:

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  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/flamedot/ flamedot

    This is a fantastic tip, thanks! I’m gonna use this on a whole bunch of pics.

  • Adam

    Been having some problems with images from the feeds?

  • elizabethhalford

    @Adam: THANK YOU! have fixed the problem.

  • http://www.emmymom2.blogspot.com Emmy

    No way! I never would have thought to do that, thanks!!

  • http://lovingheartscaptured.blogspot.com/ Paola

    Can’t wait to get home to try this!! Thanks for always sharing!!

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