Photoshop Lab Colors: color correction in no time

Name: Photoshop Lab Colors: color correction in no time
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Learn how to work with Lab color mode in Photoshop and gain new level of control of your colors

Created byDiana Kot

Last updated 4/2016

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What you'll learn

Create stunning colors for your image
Perform color correction in no time
Recolor objects without creating layer mask
Remove noise without losing details
Discover completely new dimension of color correction

Course content

4 sections • 17 lectures • 1h 17m total length

About this course1:18
Quick overview of this course and our learning goals
What is Lab?6:35
In this lecture, we are going to discuss what is the color space, what is RGB and Lab, and what are their differences
Color coordinates4:24
In this lecture we will learn how to read color coordinates in RGB and Lab
Curves in Lab7:08
Learn how to work with curves and what additional features they have in Lab
Check your knowledge about Lab Color Mode

Increasing contrast and detalization5:24
Boosting colors4:36
Sharpening2:50
Sharpen images in Photoshop using unsharp mask, with high amount and low threshold on a duplicated layer, then compare before and after results in the lab colors workflow.
Reducing noise4:54
Learn to reduce noise by using channel A and channel B with lightness, duplicating the image to compare before and after, and applying a selective threshold to protect sky details.
Check your basic knowledge about working with the Lab colors

Correction of particular color3:25
In this lecture we will learn how to correct a specific color in the picture, and use green as example.
Creating more complicated curves3:31
Create more complicated curves in Photoshop Lab Colors to perform color correction. Adjust curves to boost saturation, balance skin tones, and scene colors (greens, magenta, cars) while avoiding distortion.
Working with neutral colors4:43
How to fix and improve skin tone5:09

Going too far2:22
In this lecture we will extremely boost color and brightness of your image to get the best result
Reveal faint colors4:42
In this lecture we will learn how to improve the image with a very weak colors
Blending channels5:16
We will get 5 more looks of our image, boosting cyan, lime, purple and red colors
Most effective way to recolor your object8:47
Learn a simple method to recolor objects in Photoshop using Lab color curves and channel adjustments, and targeted masking to change greens to magenta or purple while preserving the background.
Conclusion: when to use Lab?2:46

Requirements

Any version of Adobe Photoshop

Description

This course is designed to introduce you several quick and simple techniques how to improve the color, contrast and sharpness of your images in a short time using Lab Color Mode in Adobe Photoshop.
Lab is one of the most powerful color spaces which gives you capabilities that you will not get working in Photoshop RGB and CMYK colors: control the light and color of your pictures separately.
With quick and simple tricks you will learn how to improve the contrast and sharpness of your picture without any additional color noise and fringe. You will learn how to get rich and vibrant colors without spending tons of time on work with different adjustment layers and filters. Instead of using lots of Photoshop Adjustment Layers and Filters we will work with Curves only.
We will also discuss how to get correct color balance, skin tones and how to recolor objects on your picture without creating layer mask.

Who this course is for:

Landscape photographers
Wedding, outdoor and interior photographers
Anyone who wants to get better in color correction
Anyone who wants to save time when retouching images

Photoshop Lab Colors: color correction in no time

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Course content

Introduction to Lab4 lectures • 19min

Immediate benefits of Lab4 lectures • 18min

Working with colors4 lectures • 17min

Correction techniques in no time5 lectures • 24min

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