The best filter is always self-adjusted, and the tone you adjust can be closer to your own ideas and your own shooting motivation.
Generally speaking, I use Lightroom later. Compared with Photoshop, it is not so powerful in changing pictures. Photoshop is a creative tool, just like a canvas. You can use your imagination to create in your works, and Lightroom is more of a management tool with powerful image management function and good color matching function.
Today, I will share with you a method of making post-effects with Lightroom. It's simple. If you are skilled, you may be able to create your own filter effect in one minute.
Step 1: Basic adjustment
The first step of importing an image into Lightroom is basic adjustment, which I have said in previous Lightroom basic courses, such as correcting the image color scale and adjusting the basic tone. I believe everyone is already very clear. If you still don't understand, you can go back to the previous course and review it through the link at the end of this article.
Step 2: Adjust the tone curve.
Today's adjustment is similar to the fading effect in Instagram and is one of the most popular filters in Instagram.
When we adjust the picture in the basic plane, we can make the first adjustment in the tone curve. First, we need to click the button in the lower right corner to edit the point curve independently.
The interface after clicking is like this:
First, create a control anchor at about 25/25%, as follows:
Then drag the control point at the lower left corner (0,0) up to about (0, 15). Of course, every photo is different, it all depends on your feelings. It doesn't matter if you drag it to (0,25), but if you pull it too high, the image won't look real. You have to procrastinate according to your own ideas.
Around (0, 15), the picture looks like this:
If it reaches around (0,25), the picture will look like this:
We still continue to adjust based on (0, 15). At this point, we can see that the center of the overall tone curve has been bent downward. In order to better control the gradient of the shadow area, I created another anchor point at (50, 50), that is, the position of the center point, to straighten the curve.
After the curve adjustment is completed, the desalination effect is basically completed. Let's take a look at the effect comparison before and after the transformation.
If you feel that the adjustment is not obvious enough and want to continue tuning, you can proceed to the next step.
Step 3: Separate tones (optional)
Conceptually, it may be difficult to understand the separation of sound tables. In fact, simply speaking, it is to adjust the tone in the picture. The separated tone is the highlight and shadow of the picture, only for the brightness of the picture, not for the color. The system will automatically calculate the name of each pixel in the picture, and then determine whether it belongs to highlights or shadows.
Very abstract, but just look at the effect. The following animation shows the picture effect brought by controlling the saturation at around 15 and then adjusting the tone of the highlight area:
At first glance, it is easy to understand. Simply put, color separation tools can play a very important role in the overall color change of photos. If this tool is used well, it is very convenient to create your own color style.
If you are just beginning to get in touch with the tone and don't have such a clear concept of color, you can adjust it at will, and the effect will be satisfactory. Surprise is often casual. After all, every photo is different, just find the right tone according to the characteristics of the photo.
The following is the effect after I simply adjust the color separation tone.
Compared with the original photo:
Step 4: Final Fine-tuning (optional)
At this time, the image will actually be somewhat lacking. Then you can continue to operate on the basic panel and make some fine adjustments to the tone exposure, and a work of your own style is born.
The following photos are some photos that I adjusted at will, because they were just adjusted at will, and there was no fine adjustment. Just look at the effect roughly, and it will be better to adjust it carefully.