Color by B+W Correction

This 18 page tutorial examines the use of RGB channels to build a contrast enhancing luminosity layer set that is applied to the original color image.

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Very sophisticated color corrections can be achieved with this method. The tutorial covers Layers, gradient layer masks, split channels, advanced blending, layer apply modes and solid color adjustment layers to create spectacular color from a very humble original.

The link to the sample image is contained in the PDF file – 18 pages 1.9 MB download

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