Parameter setting of retro color matching in photography

The aesthetic feeling of color can also cause visual fatigue. The saturation of color is too high, too beautiful and sometimes even dazzling. Retro style with low saturation may give you another feeling.

1. Import men's pictures, copy and backup them (Ctrl+j), open the camera's Raw filter, select the detail noise reduction option, increase the brightness and brightness contrast parameters, and reduce the brightness detail parameters, so as to carry out preliminary noise reduction.

2. For the effect of low saturation, choose the parameter to reduce "natural saturation" and increase the parameters of "sharpness", "contrast" and "defogging" to improve the detail quality of photos. (Note: For a detailed comparison and distinction between natural saturation and saturation, please refer to the previous dry goods article. )

3. Remove the redundant colors in the background and click "HSL Adjustment" to adjust the saturation parameters according to the specific background. Here, reduce green, blue, purple and magenta, reduce a little yellow and red, and increase orange (note that there are a few changes in the face, which will not affect the main color of the face; The specific color depends on the background color of the photo).

4. Select "curve" to increase the contrast between light and dark, improve the texture, reduce the middle tone of the curve to "downward arc", improve the dark part and reduce the bright part.

5. Use "separated tones" to create a sense of retro, and choose "brown" tones in "shadow" to improve saturation and present retro tones.

6. Due to the previous adjustment, the "light source" of the photo is not obvious, and the photo looks dull. Analyze the direction of light and understand that it should be bright and dark. The light in the photo is from the upper right corner to the lower left corner; Use the Gradient Filter above the camera's Raw filter to set the exposure.