😁 so glad I could help! You should see what I cooked into my Visionary Panel, phew! Excellent selective color control. Email me if you are interested in learning more about it. Blake@f64academy.com I'd love to discuss your current struggles and see what solutions I can provide for you. As much as this might sound like an infomercial, it's not 😁 I really enjoy helping photographers overcome their limitations in post production.
I remember the first time I did plein air oil painting of trees and grass outside... my painting started out lurid, toxic green and I spent the whole time adding red to my greens! I learned that green in nature is quite muted. I really appreciate that you relate your tutorials to artistic fundamentals!
I have been using this method for a couple of years now and subsequently have not used the saturation slider in ACR since. I actually made it a preset in the selective color tool but thank you for the action.
Awesome! Do you find that your presets are still there after you update PS? I'm always afraid of making a ton of great selective color presets just to find them gone on a version update from say 2022-2023
I have been using this since Photshop 3. Its similar to one of the parameters you'd adjust on a drum scanner. Not only is it super powerful in combination with a mask. But I think it's probably one of the best tools to boost that slight dullness you get after conversion to CMYK. You only have to move the sliders a little to get back some of the RGB wow. I'm not sure I'd like the cyan slider showing red on the left of the Yellow_adjust because that's not going to happen. It's better to forget the RGB theory and think in terms of mixing paint with this filter. Thanks for all these videos after 30 odd years there's still so much more to be learnt. 😊
What a fantastic tutorial. I have been using Selective Colour and "playing" with it on quite a few images without fully understanding how it works. I thought I was doing a reasonable job, but it was basically experimentation with no direction. Your explanation of the colour wheel and how this either adds or subtracts the complimentary colour was a lightbulb moment for me. If only Adobe would adopt your version of the Selective Colour layout, it would make it so much more intuitive. Thank you. Keep up the excellent work Blake.
Well, you have done it again. Your "Better Foliage Color Now" has made my landscapes pop like never before! Thank you so much for all the great work you share with us. You are a true leader and artist!!! Your free downloads will be used often.
Wow! That was wonderful! I’m working my way through your Blend If course and will definitely add this to repertoire. As I’m writing this I realized that you can use this for all your color enhancements, not just for foliage. Wonderful knowledge to have. Thank you.
Fantastic method, I just love it. It brings so much more editing joy! Thank-you from Germany for the explanations and the atn file. It's greatly appreciated!
You can! Study, study, study and practice! The beauty of working with color is that it's all theory 😉 experiment and work your way through it, you'll get this knowledge, that's how I did 😁 and I'm still learning!
Now that is very good, your Actions give a very natural boost to the yellows, greens and reds in my images. I have been playing around with Selective Color for awhile now after you highlighlighted this adjustment layer a few years back but haven't been able to tweak it as well as you have for these colors using this Action you have provided for free. I really hope that other viewers also check out f64 Academy and f64 Elite as you are a brilliant educator.
Wow, I'm always excited but slightly exhausted after these videos that focus on color. I really wish Adobe would color the CMY sliders like you do for these videos. Maybe some day the pairings (cyan-red, magenta-green, yellow-blue) will be automatic for me rather than a (smaller and smaller) speed bump. Sometimes I have to work my way back up the sliders as yellow-blue is easiest for me (from the temperature slider in editing apps?), then magenta-green (the tint slider?) and then I remember what is paired with cyan. I love the nerdy stuff, but sometimes it makes my head hurt.
Thanks Blake. This is great. Having access to your actions is really helpful. You touched on this topic numerous times during your last photo review in F.64 Academy Elite. You have provided a great explanation of how to understand selective color. Bravo!
Thank you so much, Blake. I love your videos on color theory especially. Even though I'm an Affinity Photo user, I'm always able to adapt the concepts and techniques you teach because you explain things so well and give great examples. Really appreciate the effort you go through. Cheers!
Ha Ha, you have taught me well. I saw the Actions link and almost clicked it BEFORE watching the video. A little voice inside my head, sounds like you actually, 😉😂, said "don't do it!" Very helpful video. Thanks.
Did you find Selective Color Adjustment Layer more useful, when you work with monochrome conversion of colored photos, than the regular color manipulation technique? Wonderful educational course! Thank you very much!!
One of the better explanations I have seen Blake as it can be hard to understand Sorry for the swearing ---- it's basically the same in Affinity Photo :) as with all adjustment layers, mask can be used to target certain parts of the image I was expecting a little info on the Whites/Neutrals/Black sliders -- handy with B+W as well as colour Good one Blake
Amazing…I am working thru slowly(newer to PS than some LOL) and have the Palette Effects course as well..really appreciate your efforts! Wow this was really fast and furious…hard to catch every new thought so saved this to watch over and over until it becomes more instinct!…as a hobbyist painter myself I know from past experience color theory is super important with pigments but with CMYRGB it is a whole new ball game in Photos! Thank you!!
This is exciting, Blake! While my understanding of color theory is still growing, I still (as you know) struggle due to my color vision deficiency. In a way that is similar to your landscape cheat actions, I can successfully exploit these selective color actions without actually needing to correctly see or choose a color. f64 Elite is one of the best values in photography!
Interesting way to use selective colour. I have been using it for years in affinity photo but tend to move the sliders to see what is happening. I is exceptionally good for increasing contrast as well as making colours pop.
This is a good addendum to your ZSE7 course Blake! I'm on the Artistic Effects Module, Lesson 1 right now. Did I mention that you're a great teacher? (I'd be remiss not to mention Matt K's "Inside The Composition" course, he's a great teacher too, I just finished his course.) 👍🏼😎👍🏼
Well this oughta save some time. I spent so much time fine tuning multiple selective color layers frustated beyond belief because your eyes eventually become "numb" to the colors. If you don't take a break, you'll look at your final image later and wonder what the hell you were thinking. Thank you.
In the example on the slide with magenta manipulation in selective color dialog box is not exactly right. If you reduce magenta percentage in magenta control tab it is more like a saturation reduction. It doesn't necessarily cause the magentas to become green. Results of selective color depends on overall color content in image. Your colour strips proposal may be confusing. Personaly I use selective color to reduce color casts from image or to achieve more vibrant color by balancing "unwanted color". For example, in greens I reduce magenta casts on flat areas but keep it in details.
It really depends on relative vs absolute. But you are correct, it also depends on the available color within the image, if there are no magenta's it does nothing.
Yes. As the video states, they are in the description under the video. You may have to ensure you are watching this on TH-cam to see that. If it was on an embedded site they may not have given the link to the actions.
As a long term PS user, I've felt the need to learn Selective Color for a while now. I finally found a teacher... You! Thanks
😁 so glad I could help! You should see what I cooked into my Visionary Panel, phew! Excellent selective color control. Email me if you are interested in learning more about it. Blake@f64academy.com
I'd love to discuss your current struggles and see what solutions I can provide for you. As much as this might sound like an infomercial, it's not 😁 I really enjoy helping photographers overcome their limitations in post production.
You are the color master.
Thanks! I appreciate that, but still feel like I too have so much to learn 😁
Great lesson. Thanks Blake.
My pleasure!
All I can say is WOW and thank you.
I remember the first time I did plein air oil painting of trees and grass outside... my painting started out lurid, toxic green and I spent the whole time adding red to my greens! I learned that green in nature is quite muted. I really appreciate that you relate your tutorials to artistic fundamentals!
The color master. Separating the yellow and green in landscape is so important and this is the way to do it. Great video Blake
Thanks 😁
Thanks for yet another nugget for Photoshop
Absolutely! Nuggets are awesome! Especially in the air fryer!
Great demonstration of how to adjust color. Thank you!
Thank you again and again with the ongoing education and support you continually provide for all of us!
:) It's my sincere pleasure! Keep watching and I'll keep producing!
Now I understand selective color a little better! I will have to watch this video a couple more times, but thanks for the valuable lesson, Blake!
Blake, we always have to keep coming back for more. Cheers.
Another game-changing tutorial! Following your directions for the foliage, I also created a selective color adjustment to a sky.
That's awesome!
Once again, after one of your tutorials I have to go back and re-edit all of my past photos. Thanks a lot Blake!!! ;-)
Haha! Photoshop knowledge has a way of doing that to us 🤣
I have been using this method for a couple of years now and subsequently have not used the saturation slider in ACR since. I actually made it a preset in the selective color tool but thank you for the action.
Awesome! Do you find that your presets are still there after you update PS? I'm always afraid of making a ton of great selective color presets just to find them gone on a version update from say 2022-2023
Thanks Blake. Educational and thanks for the actions
My pleasure! Thanks for watching 😁
Thank you for sharing your painting experience this has had a great effect on my editing.
My pleasure 😁
Really, really useful. I've taken a lot of foliage pictures and always think the colors look dull. Thanks for the actions and the two related images!
Glad it was helpful!
You gave me a very useful knowledge - and your doing it with infectious enthusiam - Thanks
My pleasure 😁 always!
Wonderful. That's really helpful information. Thank you for sharing this.
You are so welcome!
I have been using this since Photshop 3. Its similar to one of the parameters you'd adjust on a drum scanner. Not only is it super powerful in combination with a mask. But I think it's probably one of the best tools to boost that slight dullness you get after conversion to CMYK. You only have to move the sliders a little to get back some of the RGB wow. I'm not sure I'd like the cyan slider showing red on the left of the Yellow_adjust because that's not going to happen. It's better to forget the RGB theory and think in terms of mixing paint with this filter.
Thanks for all these videos after 30 odd years there's still so much more to be learnt. 😊
That's pretty sweet! Thanks for adding that to the conversation 😁
I nornally use your Zone system express panel but i applied the action to some of my bird photos that have foliage...worked a treat. Thanks Blake.
Glad to hear it!
What a fantastic tutorial. I have been using Selective Colour and "playing" with it on quite a few images without fully understanding how it works. I thought I was doing a reasonable job, but it was basically experimentation with no direction. Your explanation of the colour wheel and how this either adds or subtracts the complimentary colour was a lightbulb moment for me. If only Adobe would adopt your version of the Selective Colour layout, it would make it so much more intuitive. Thank you. Keep up the excellent work Blake.
I LOVE those moments! It all just comes together 😁
This is Amazing Blake, Thank you.
😁 thanks
Thanks for always making us better, Blake!!!
My pleasure!!
Awesome video Blake. Selective colour will now be a staple tool for me. Thanks.
My pleasure! Enjoy it!
Excellent tip here. I am a professional art director and I learned something new today. Thank you!
Woah! That's awesome! Glad you learned something new :)
Well, you have done it again. Your "Better Foliage Color Now" has made my landscapes pop like never before! Thank you so much for all the great work you share with us. You are a true leader and artist!!! Your free downloads will be used often.
That's what I love to hear!
🙄
Hi Blake. This is awesome! Thank you
My pleasure!
Thank you for your explanations and the dowload.
You are welcome! My pleasure!
Excellent explanation! 👍
Thanks! I had fun with this one 😁
Thank You for a great overview!!
My sincere pleasure 😁
Wow! That was wonderful! I’m working my way through your Blend If course and will definitely add this to repertoire. As I’m writing this I realized that you can use this for all your color enhancements, not just for foliage. Wonderful knowledge to have. Thank you.
Absolutely! I have one in the can for sunsets :)
...and, the "Blend If Panel" can hone in the action even more! Great stuff, Blake!!
Blake, unbelievable...just tried these Actions...this is great...and very understandable...thank you very much...
That's what I like to hear!
Fantastic method, I just love it. It brings so much more editing joy! Thank-you from Germany for the explanations and the atn file. It's greatly appreciated!
My sincere pleasure from Kansas City Missouri 😁
Thank you Blake
Sure thing!
Great job as usual. I wish I had that knowledge about colors. Thank you for sharing
You can! Study, study, study and practice! The beauty of working with color is that it's all theory 😉 experiment and work your way through it, you'll get this knowledge, that's how I did 😁 and I'm still learning!
Love your work, Thank You!!
I appreciate it! It's my pleasure 😁
Thank you - very imformative ..
Glad you liked it!
Another great tutorial, Blake. And with bonus actions! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent, 2 thumbs up!!
Thanks so much!
I really love it . Thank you Blake 😊
Sure thing!
Now that is very good, your Actions give a very natural boost to the yellows, greens and reds in my images. I have been playing around with Selective Color for awhile now after you highlighlighted this adjustment layer a few years back but haven't been able to tweak it as well as you have for these colors using this Action you have provided for free. I really hope that other viewers also check out f64 Academy and f64 Elite as you are a brilliant educator.
Thank you, John! I really appreciate it :) Selective Color is a beast, but it can be tamed!
Wow, I'm always excited but slightly exhausted after these videos that focus on color. I really wish Adobe would color the CMY sliders like you do for these videos. Maybe some day the pairings (cyan-red, magenta-green, yellow-blue) will be automatic for me rather than a (smaller and smaller) speed bump. Sometimes I have to work my way back up the sliders as yellow-blue is easiest for me (from the temperature slider in editing apps?), then magenta-green (the tint slider?) and then I remember what is paired with cyan. I love the nerdy stuff, but sometimes it makes my head hurt.
Thanks Blake. This is great. Having access to your actions is really helpful. You touched on this topic numerous times during your last photo review in F.64 Academy Elite. You have provided a great explanation of how to understand selective color. Bravo!
Glad it was helpful! This goes a little deeper than the videos in the critiques, but those show practical application at its finest!
Thank you so much, Blake. I love your videos on color theory especially. Even though I'm an Affinity Photo user, I'm always able to adapt the concepts and techniques you teach because you explain things so well and give great examples. Really appreciate the effort you go through. Cheers!
Glad you are able to use these techniques in Affinity 😁
I'm currently working on some photos of our farm and damn! Editing this work has been tedious. You have made my work so much easier, thank you!!
super clear and helpful...as always. Thank you
My pleasure 😁
Haha, I made an action after I watched your March critiques. Your the man 👊🏼👊🏼
Fantastic! I love it :)
Blake, you are freakin' amazing man and you never cease to amaze me. Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you. . .
😉 it's my sincere pleasure!
As usual a great video, well done lots of information to digest, will help me in the long run. thank you for the actions.
My sincere pleasure! Thanks for watching!
Wow thank you!
My pleasure!
Thank you so much sir
My pleasure!
Thanks for the video! :)
Welcome!
Ha Ha, you have taught me well. I saw the Actions link and almost clicked it BEFORE watching the video. A little voice inside my head, sounds like you actually, 😉😂, said "don't do it!" Very helpful video. Thanks.
Haha! I'll slap your hand with my ruler 📏 🤣🤣🤣
Did you find Selective Color Adjustment Layer more useful, when you work with monochrome conversion of colored photos, than the regular color manipulation technique?
Wonderful educational course! Thank you very much!!
I find it equally useful in both workflows 😁
@@f64Academy Then I will follow your recommendation and try it out in both scenarios. Thank you very much for the lesson an the response!
Thank you very much!💞👍
One of the better explanations I have seen Blake as it can be hard to understand
Sorry for the swearing ---- it's basically the same in Affinity Photo :)
as with all adjustment layers, mask can be used to target certain parts of the image
I was expecting a little info on the Whites/Neutrals/Black sliders -- handy with B+W as well as colour
Good one Blake
This was only for foliage so I didn't cover any other colors. Too much in one video and I lose people's interests.
Good effect and very well explained!
Thank you 😁
Amazing…I am working thru slowly(newer to PS than some LOL) and have the Palette Effects course as well..really appreciate your efforts! Wow this was really fast and furious…hard to catch every new thought so saved this to watch over and over until it becomes more instinct!…as a hobbyist painter myself I know from past experience color theory is super important with pigments but with CMYRGB it is a whole new ball game in Photos! Thank you!!
It certainly is a different world, but they run together pretty well. Lots of similarities between the two worlds.
yet another stellar tutorial. How do you remember all of this?
Thanks, brother! I spend a LOT of time in Ps with color. I'm a nerd and I never go anywhere, lol.
Thanks for the information, the minimum I can do is subscribe. Keep up the great work.
This is exciting, Blake! While my understanding of color theory is still growing, I still (as you know) struggle due to my color vision deficiency. In a way that is similar to your landscape cheat actions, I can successfully exploit these selective color actions without actually needing to correctly see or choose a color. f64 Elite is one of the best values in photography!
Yes! That's an awesome one to combine it with!
3:51 True asf 🥹🥲
🥺🥹
Once again. You knocked out of the park...and into the next county.
I love it! Thanks so much :)
Interesting way to use selective colour. I have been using it for years in affinity photo but tend to move the sliders to see what is happening. I is exceptionally good for increasing contrast as well as making colours pop.
For sure! This should be the same concept in Affinity as well.
Great video explained WELL! I made my own action based on this video. Also the action gets u in the right vicinity just tweet it... Thanx!
This is a good addendum to your ZSE7 course Blake! I'm on the Artistic Effects Module, Lesson 1 right now. Did I mention that you're a great teacher? (I'd be remiss not to mention Matt K's "Inside The Composition" course, he's a great teacher too, I just finished his course.) 👍🏼😎👍🏼
He is! Great guy too 😁 this is a perfect accompaniment to Palette Effects!
GREAT VIDEO! So i guss in Theory you can do this to all the colors so they look better not only Foliage right? 🤓👀
Yep! I have a video for that too on my channel. Let me see if I can find it ...
Here it is!
th-cam.com/video/B1Y6GVHYoV8/w-d-xo.html
Well this oughta save some time. I spent so much time fine tuning multiple selective color layers frustated beyond belief because your eyes eventually become "numb" to the colors. If you don't take a break, you'll look at your final image later and wonder what the hell you were thinking. Thank you.
Exactly! Color is tricky, gotta walk away and come back every once in a while.
Thanks
Certainly!
Superb
Is there a way of doing that in Lightroom?
No Lightroom does not have this adjustment. It's only in Photoshop
I wish adobe add a selective color panel to camera RAW and LR
Trust would be useful!
In the example on the slide with magenta manipulation in selective color dialog box is not exactly right. If you reduce magenta percentage in magenta control tab it is more like a saturation reduction. It doesn't necessarily cause the magentas to become green. Results of selective color depends on overall color content in image. Your colour strips proposal may be confusing. Personaly I use selective color to reduce color casts from image or to achieve more vibrant color by balancing "unwanted color". For example, in greens I reduce magenta casts on flat areas but keep it in details.
It really depends on relative vs absolute. But you are correct, it also depends on the available color within the image, if there are no magenta's it does nothing.
Can we get these actions?
Yes. As the video states, they are in the description under the video. You may have to ensure you are watching this on TH-cam to see that. If it was on an embedded site they may not have given the link to the actions.
@@f64Academy I missed it thanks, see it now. I’ve ordered your stuff before and very helpful you are one of my go to learning recourses!
Xou!❤
I guess there is no equivalent technique in Lightroom Classic CC?
No this tool does not exist in Lightroom
@@f64Academy ok. Thanks for taking the time to reply.
🙏🙏