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This image spawned from my participation in the
Use of Light and Dark Challenge in the Post-Processing Digital Images section.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-587279-1.htmlI had not heard of
chiaroscuro (Italian for light-dark), but I am aware of the strength or even importance of using shadows and highlights or whites and blacks to create strong contrast. So I snooped around YouTube and found a tutorial on using Lightroom to create a moody style Color-grade. In the past I’ve dodged and burned and used luminosity masks to create image drama, but watching this tutorial I became aware of using color-grading and brushes as well.
The tutorial was entitled
“To Edit Like Dylan Fursty On Instagram.”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeCE7Zw7_jU&list=PLgBEIQRS9aBK2_8WXytnXsPmq2768Zf-e&index=13&t=0sThis is my first attempt at that process. I used Lightroom’s basic panel to desaturate green and color-grade the image, split toning to increase the blues, calibration for more effect, HSL for color adjustment, and curves to add some contrast. Selected brightening in the image was created using the elliptical tool and brushes; and finally Photoshop for fine tuning.
A highly engaging result! Thanks so much for your time in putting this together, Claud.
Linda From Maine wrote:
A highly engaging result! Thanks so much for your time in putting this together, Claud.
My Pleasure!
The color-grading process is elaborate, so to save time for the next image I created a Lightroom develop preset and three brush presets.
I'd be happy to share those with anyone who might be interested.
Thanks!
Crichmond wrote:
This image spawned from my participation in the
Use of Light and Dark Challenge in the Post-Processing Digital Images section.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-587279-1.htmlI had not heard of
chiaroscuro (Italian for light-dark), but I am aware of the strength or even importance of using shadows and highlights or whites and blacks to create strong contrast. So I snooped around YouTube and found a tutorial on using Lightroom to create a moody style Color-grade. In the past I’ve dodged and burned and used luminosity masks to create image drama, but watching this tutorial I became aware of using color-grading and brushes as well.
The tutorial was entitled
“To Edit Like Dylan Fursty On Instagram.”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeCE7Zw7_jU&list=PLgBEIQRS9aBK2_8WXytnXsPmq2768Zf-e&index=13&t=0sThis is my first attempt at that process. I used Lightroom’s basic panel to desaturate green and color-grade the image, split toning to increase the blues, calibration for more effect, HSL for color adjustment, and curves to add some contrast. Selected brightening in the image was created using the elliptical tool and brushes; and finally Photoshop for fine tuning.
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Very cool image and process. I love the subdued teal and orange colors of Dylan Furst images. I'll be trying this more often. Thanks for sharing.
Mike
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