Color Grading Images in Photoshop with Gradient Maps
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 พ.ค. 2024
- Add creative color effects to your images by color grading them in Photoshop using gradient maps! You'll learn how gradient maps work, why they are perfect for color grading, and how to use a gradient map to give your image a more cinematic look by replacing the photo's original colors with the colors from a gradient.
I also show you how to combine gradient maps with layer blend modes for different results, how to save your custom gradients as presets that can be quickly applied to other images, and even how to drag and drop gradient maps from one image to another!
► See also:
1. Photoshop's Hidden Color Grading Presets: • Using the Hidden Color...
2. Instant High Contrast Black and White with Gradient Maps: • Instant High Contrast ...
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► Video chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:05 - Opening the image
01:27 - Resetting the Foreground and Background colors
01:47 - Adding a Gradient Map adjustment layer
02:04 - How a gradient map works
03:07 - Resetting the gradient to black and white
03:40 - Previewing the gradient in the Gradient Editor
04:08 - Shadows on the left, highlights on the right
04:52 - Creating a monochromatic color effect
06:40 - Fading the gradient using layer opacity
07:28 - Adding colors to the shadows and highlights
09:42 - Adjusting the midtones with the midpoint marker
10:19 - Adding a color stop for the midtones
11:48 - How to save a gradient as a preset
12:52 - The Normal blend mode
14:47 - The Color blend mode
16:00 - The Soft Light blend mode
17:23 - Re-editing the gradient colors
18:19 - Adding more gradient maps to the same image
20:17 - How to copy the gradient map to another image
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*Photoshop's HIDDEN Color Grading Presets:* th-cam.com/video/t455x49Q0VE/w-d-xo.html
*INSTANT High Contrast Black and White Photos with Gradient Maps:* th-cam.com/video/xYZ-zaVLMN4/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for actually TEACHING and not just showing! Excellent video!
SUPER DUPER. Comprehensive. Detailed...The little things that are relevant, without going on a tangent. Easily understood. Professional delivery...from "the guy next door." I need to dig into more of your tutorials. Thank you!
Wow. This is the BEST tutorial on color grading I've watched. You explained it so clearly.
I am absolutely awed by this tutorial. I've been using gradient maps forever & had no idea how simple it is to manipulate them into giving you much better results. Of particular interest was the part explaining how to get less blocked up shadows & less blown out highlights when using the soft light blend mode. Much appreciated. Looking forward to more awesome tutorials from you.
Finally, the complete tutorial on colour grading with gradient maps. Thank you so very much.
You are the best Photoshop teacher I've encountered on TH-cam. Thank you.
This is the most comprehensive video about gradient maps. Thank you.
The first grading tutorial that I see that is explained perfectly, thank you.
Best tutorial on color grading with gradient maps; fantastic! Thank you Steve.
I hope it's helpful. Thank you for watching!
Simple yet extremely powerful, beautiful work, thank you!
Excellent! Thank you. Clear, well explained, and easy to follow. No missing pieces.
Thank you. You are great at explanation. Clear and perfect speed.
SUPERB is all I can say. You do all the detail that make it easy to follow. Being slow minded because I am old, I play back at 75% speed.
You done it again another lesson i knew very little about now, not frightened to try on images. Thank you again
Perfect explanation. Thank you!
Thank you so much ! The most clarity video with lesson about color granding.
the Explanation is very clear and Detail. Thanks So much to this channel
This is an amazing tutorial, so clear and so much information, thank you!
wow! i've been using gradients with blend modes, mostly in 'elements', for years, but i had no idea about gradient maps! thank you so much for this! 🙂
Hello Steve, Thanks a lot for the wonderful tutorial! Fluent and so clear! God bless you!
Thank you so much Steve for the informative and very helpful tutorial! God bless you and good luck!
what a wonderful tutorial, THANK YOU SO MUCH!
So very well, clearly, and expertly explained - Setting a new standard in photoshop tutorial videos.
Wow, this tutorial is beyond helpful. I learned so much from this, thank you for sharing this with us.
This is a brilliant video. Clearly explained and at a helpful pace. Clearly colour grading takes understanding and practise. This video provides a solid foundation. Many thaniks.
Really great tutorial, thanks 🙏. Your teaching style is second to none!
Thank you Steve! This was really helpful!
Excellent! Thank you, best tutorial on color grading with gradient maps
Hi Steve, very effective method of teaching. I really enjoyed it. I wonder why it did not appear in my search before? I'm so grateful!! Thanx! ❤
excellent tutorial, very well explained. thanks a lot for sharing
Amazing. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for this very instructional video. I have been looking for this for a long time to replace presets we need to purchase. You're explanations are so clear. You are a very good instructor.
Amazing! Thanks you❤
Very good and clear explanation in details.thank you
Oh my God! I m surprised! How beauuuuu....tifully and calmly you have described this chapter!! Love you, Sir!💗
Thank you very much for this tutorial .... outstanding, brilliant, amazing
Thank you! Your tutorial was just awesome!
Tanks your excellent teaching
I just start using Photoshop not long ago. Loved this video explanation in details. Really thankful for that 🙌🏻. Most TH-camr explained either very fast or unable to understand fully. So far this video is the best I had came across. Once again thank u very much
Great tutorial thank you! I'm using PS Elements, most of what descrived works there too.
Wooooaaaoohh thank you so much for this tutorial !!! 🙏👍👏
Thank you so much Sensei! You are a blessing!
Thank you so much best tutorial❤👍🏻
Just by chance I have found you. Thanks sooooo much. Soo helpful, excellent style. Best wishes..
Awesome explanation mate, thank you
super tutorial.. thank you!!!
Fabulous class!
awesome explanations ! Love that you explain the logic behind what you do - that's the part I was looking for !
Great to hear it was helpful. Thank you for watching!
OMG, it really worked. Thank you so much!!
Very good well explained , going to give it a try
Can't tell you how great you are .. Thank you so much for this very informative video ..
Really useful tutorial. Thank you, I learnt much more from this than many others on YT.
Great to hear it! Thank you for watching!
Very well explained that everyone can understand even a dummy like me. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
nice tutorial, helped a lot
This turorial is really the greatest work ! Amazing and awesome !!!
Thank you so much! Great to hear it's helpful.
Beautiful, thanks!
thanks for your video !
Wow 🤩 amazing. Thank you for explaining all the details. This helps a lot ! A really appreciate!
You are very welcome. Great to hear it was helpful. Thanks for watching!
Really appreciate your teaching style and the methodical approach. Really helped me in creating amazing Color graded pictures. Thank you for such a comprehensive video!
Great to hear it! Thank you for watching!
Awesome tutorial
Lectio magistralis, no more to add, thank you very much
That was excellent thank you
it works! thanks!
Brilliant and well taught, I learned a lot about the gradient map from this tutorial, so thanks a heap.
Great to hear it was helpful. Thanks for watching!
wonderful explanation of gradient maps. very useful video
Great to hear it. Thank you for watching!
Great explanation on color grading. With the release of 2022 CRF version of color grading, with the exception of being able to save presets, what do you feels are the advantages of the cg adjustment layer over CRF cg? Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Nice and clear! Thanks for this one.
You're very welcome. Thank you for watching!
thank you for this tutorial.
Excellently explained and demonstrated
Great to hear it! Thank you for watching.
Very helpful tutorial, thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you!
Thanks for this excellent tutorial!
Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching!
Great tutorial. Loaded with useful info. that others skip over. 👍
Thanks!
excellent tutorial! thanks Steve🙂
I hope it was helpful. Thanks for watching!
Great tutorial on gradient maps - a very powerful tool and for me it's not one that springs to mind first when tweaking images. I have a tip for anyone watching tutorials like these - turn the sound off - Then on the settings cog - switch captions on and then reduce the speed to something like 0.5 or 0.75. A nice slow way to absorb information!
Simply best. I must to say my 2days journey for searching on colors wheel and gradient ends here now... Thanks
Great to hear it's helpful. Thank you for watching!
Great video, very informative and very well explained
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Super 😍👌👌👌👌👌👌❤️
Well Informed
Thank you so much for your sharing.
You are very welcome. Thank you for watching!
loved it
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Hi everyone, Steve here. Thanks for checking out this video where I show you how to add creative color effects to your images by color grading them in Photoshop using gradient maps! You'll learn how gradient maps work, why they are perfect for color grading, and how to use a gradient map to give your image a more cinematic look by replacing the photo's original colors with the colors from a gradient. I also show you how to combine gradient maps with layer blend modes for different results, how to save your custom gradients as presets that can be quickly applied to other images, and even how to drag and drop gradient maps from one image to another! There's a lot to cover, so the chapter times are in the description.
Excellent !!
Great video - I have looked at several TH-cam Gradient Map videos, but so far none have mentioned the Opacity sliders or sufficiently emphasised the need to start with default colours. Consequently I was confused, but this has largely sorted me out.
Great to hear the video was helpful. Thank you for the feedback and for watching!
Great tips..Thanks! Subscribed!
Thanks so much!
Thankyou ♥️
thanks Steve ,Very informative and educational. I have question for you thou How to determine the exact Number of HSL. for a given Color ? thank you very much
Thank you
This is the tutorial that has given me the correct understanding of what goes on in colour grading and made me feel like start using it. As an engineer with a background in image processing, I loved how the explanation can be useful both for my analytic self and for an average only final results oriented guy. Now it's time to apply it in the GIMP with the knowledge acquired ;)
That said, Davies Media Design did already a good job in his "Steal the Color Grading From Any Image With GIMP" tutorial, but I prefer your insight in using colour.
Great to hear the tutorial was useful. It's always tough to balance the "why" with the "how", but I try. :) Thanks so much for your comments!
thank you broooo
Thanks bro
Wow! Excellent teaching skills. This smooth, perfectly paced comprehensive (not overpowering) instructional method is hard to find. Thank you.... Is it possible for me to select one of my existing images and copy and paste the exact color combo with no map to a new image? Thanks.
I started my photoshop journey with photoshopessentials back in 2012, keep up the good work.
Thank you so much! Have you been using Photoshop all this time?
@@PhotoshopEssentialsChannel yes :-)
@@mydroidmarket1385 That's great! You must be quite the expert at this point. :)
Great Video....Thank You!
I hope it was helpful. Thanks for watching!
Great video. I have a question though. Why not save the Gradient map as a LUT instead of dragging it to another file? Wouldn't that be way more practical than opening the same PSD image over and over just to copy the layer? Or am i missing something? Does anyone have input on this?
Great explanation. Great unintentional asmr too. And she’s beautiful
Thanks for the compliments on the video! :) Glad it was helpful.
Really excellent tutorial. I use PSE but still can be used effectively for gradient maps! My only artistic note, would involve using the gradient map on Landscape photos. This is a skill that I have learned overtime. Mostly I use it to save a over blown photos. As we know there is no information to be abstracted in clipped white photos, however you can add some very mild color back into the photo using a gradient map! Using this in combination with masking and some great and unique brush sets at very low opacity can give you stunning results to an otherwise wasted shot!!! Just a fun tip, I really enjoy the ease and content on your channel!!!
Moonpie
Thanks for that great tip for using gradient maps with landscapes! There are just so many uses for gradient maps, and it's great they they are included with PSE.
Brilliant explanation.
Thanks! I hope it's helpful.
It's not only THE SUBJECT YOU ARE DISCUSSING...../Your manner of presenting and explaining is very convincing/fun to listen to...and on top its so very helpful therefore ,MUCH appreciated. THANKS !!!
That’s the best explanation I’ve seen
Thanks! And thank you for watching!
Really Nice Way