Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Photoshop CS6 The new color Looking adjustment
Written by Steve Patterson. In this tutorial, we’ll learn all about the new Color Lookup image adjustment in Photoshop CS6 and how it lets us instantly change the overall appearance of a photo simply by choosing a new "look" from a list of presets. The presets are known as lookup tables, or LUTs, and if you’ve never heard of such a thing, that’s because they’re mainly found in the film industry.
Essentially, a lookup table contains instructions for Photoshop to take the original colors in your image and remap them to different, specific colors to create a certain look. Depending on which lookup table you choose, the difference between the original and remapped version of the image can be subtle or very dramatic. If these lookup tables sound confusing or complicated, don’t worry. We don’t need to know any of the behind-the-scenes details of how they do what they do.
The new Color Lookup image adjustment in Photoshop CS6 gives us a quick and easy way to try out different looks with our photos, whether we know the exact look we’re after or just want to experiment for new ideas and inspiration, and there’s many more lookup tables to check out than the few examples we saw here. To help give your photo its own unique style with these effects presets, try mixing in different blend modes and layer opacity values, or take advantage of the adjustment layer’s built-in layer mask to limit the area that’s affected by the Color Lookup adjustment and unlock more creative possibilities!
