![]() In this case, I kept the adjustments from a previous section of the video that was very red-so I worked to dial back those reds by incorporating more cyans/blues without letting it go too green. Finally, create a new Color Balance adjustment layer and fiddle as needed. With the Color Burn Vibrance layer, a little bit goes a long, long way.ĥ. Then bring the Fill way down and slide it back up until you’re happy that the darkest tones in your image look substantial. MAKE YET ANOTHER COPY of the Vibrance layer! But instead of going brighter, we’re now going to bring back the blacks. In this particular gif, I took the fill percentage way down to 8% and the change is almost negligible so I’m not including a screenshot.Ĥ. Make a Copy of THAT Vibrance layer and keep the blending mode on Screen! I did this by accident once and realized it does such a nice job of building on the subtle brightening the previous layer did. It’s great because it is less likely to create mottled color noise.ģ. This is my new TRICK and it does amazing things to brighten up dark footage. Make a Copy of that Vibrance layer! (Drag the layer down to the little + in a box button at the bottom right of the layers.) Then change the Blend Mode to Screen and move the fill percentage around until you’re happy (40% in this case). Chances are good 100% Fill is way, way too much-but take it all the way down to 0% and then bring the slider up until the highlights begin to jump out. Then change the blend mode to Color Dodge. Create a new Vibrance layer and bump the “vibrance” slider all the way up. A bit dim, no clarity.Īn image like this deserves to pop! So! We’re going to make heavy use of Vibrance adjustment layers.ġ. Here’s what it looks like already resized from 1080p video down to Tumblr width of 540px. ![]() Not going to describe it here, but click the link above or DM me with questions. Lots of media under the cut!ĭisclaimer: I use this method of making gifs and you will need a passing understanding of Photoshop and adjustment layers, which I did attempt to describe how to use. ![]() The best thing this method does is that it will make the light and colors in your gifs POP.įull disclosure: this is best viewed on a desktop-it almost made my phone’s Tumblr app crash. Color balance isn’t always ideal but it’s great when the footage is already well-lit (like with the footage we’re starting with).You may already know you can have multiple sharpening layers but maybe you didn’t know that you can alter their opacity?.I’m obsessed with Vibrance layers right now and I figured out that using them in a specific way actually brings up darkness in super dark things like Mr.Curves are awesome but we’re not using them today.The people have spoken! I’m going to show you how I do my ADJUSTMENT LAYERS
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