haldi: Hi guys! I terminated my old blog @wylanjesper, where this tutorial was originally posted,
haldi: Hi guys! I terminated my old blog @wylanjesper, where this tutorial was originally posted, so it’s no longer possible to access that version. An anon requested that I remake this tutorial for you guys so here I am again, with a few more tips I’ve picked up since I posted my original tutorial.A somewhat-minimal knowledge of Photoshop adjustment layers is needed for this tutorial. We’re going to be going from this: To this: The full tutorial is under the cut!First things first, we’re going to talk about scene selection! Blue, white, and purple scenes work best to gif POC against - green and yellow scenes can also work without the need of layer masks, but that’s a different method entirely (let me know if you guys want that tutorial!) but I wouldn’t recommend red scenes since those tend to be dark anyway. (Hot tip: a scene that you think is green might render yellow in Photoshop, so before you go ahead and gif a green scene, a color balance layer might be in order!) Here is the scene I’m going to be using. I’d recommend starting off by adding a layer or vector mask so you can check your work! To make a vector mask, go to the Rectangle Tool in Photoshop, make a shape on your gif, and when you have a shape layer, press Ctrl + X to cut it and Ctrl + V to paste it on your coloring group.Your vector mask should look something like this! Alternatively, you can just use the brush tool set to black on a layer mask over your coloring group. Now we’re going to start off with some basic pale coloring. I added curves (probably more than your scene will require): The gif after this adjustment:After this, I reduced saturation, added a black and white gradient map layer, set to the Exclusion blend mode at 10% opacity, and a selective color layer, reducing the amount of Black in the Whites and Neutrals and increasing the Black in Blacks. This is how I start off all my pale colorings, and here’s the gif after all that:Now, the gif is brighter but incredibly washing out the subject’s dark skin. I also feel like the blues are really bright, so I went in with a Hue/Saturation layer and adjusted the following color channels:And after this, the subject looks less washed out and the background looks more consistent!Now it’s time to go in with Selective Color adjustments to the reds and yellows to restore the skin!I used two layers, and here are the settings for both (I didn’t adjust yellows on the second layer):And here is the gif at the end of that:The finished gif is a bit grainier in terms of skin because we lightened and restored it; if this bothers you, you can go ahead and add a Surface Blur filter to the gif - however, on this one, it’s quite minimal and I dislike surface blurs on live-action gifs because I feel like they make the gif less sharp.And that’s the end of this tutorial! I hope this helps you color POC without whitewashing, because it’s never a good look.Please reblog this post if you learned something <3 -- source link
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