Lab mode with Smart Objects
After a recent video where we enhanced the colours and tones using Lab color, I received an email from a visitor to my site who gave me a great tip on how to keep the the image fully adjustable. As those of you who regularly visit my website will know, I like to keep all my images (.psd files) adjustable. I just had to pass this great tip straight on to you all
Thanks Vernon and if you have a nifty tip or trick you would like to share, please let me know using the contact page on my site.
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nice tip, I use lab colour a lot to boost colour (and to tone B&Ws) and will be something I use in the future … another tip is to use the blend if sliders to give a little more control over how the colour range of each channel effects the image … (separating the anchor points similar to your replacing a sky tutorial) …
this is excellent … one question, as you/we are in Lab colour mode, is it worth converting your image layer to a smart object/filter and doing your sharpening on the lightness channel.
A side note: from using the tip, you do not have to convert the Lab colour edit back to RGB, as long as all the layers used have been merged in to the smart object you can shift drag back on to the RGB channel
Hi Ed not really as I would only ever sharpen at the finished image size. This is what I call the master file, I would duplicate this (as in the vid) resize for print of web then sharpen – I prefer selective sharpening too:)
Thanks for the great tutorial David.
My only problem is with moving one image over the top of another. Seems to work for me only if my workspace is set up to “Float in Window” mode.
Looks like it works for you in Tabbed mode as well.