I don't know how to mix colors. Look here! The most complete idea of color matching

I don't know how to mix colors. Look here! The most complete idea of color matching

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The photo still can't be repaired, and you lack the idea of color matching.

I don't know if you feel this way. Obviously, we have also studied a lot of tutorials on retouching and color matching, but we still can't do it well.

For example, we often see a photo with beautiful color on some short video platforms, and then see many color matching parameters: highlight +30, shadow -30, white color scale +20, black color scale+15 ... but are these parameters really useful to you? Maybe these parameters can be applied to your photos of similar scenes, but most of the time they have no influence on our retouching and color matching research. Because these parameters can't let us really master the color matching tools, whether it is mobile phone software or computer software.

I don't think we should be obsessed with studying the presentation of a special timbre effect in those fragmented tutorials, and our study should not be limited to mechanized parameter adjustment. It should be the knowledge and methods of learning, thinking and solving problems on the premise of mastering basic knowledge. Not limited to the parameters of color matching in the later stage of photography, we can use the learned knowledge and apply it to obtain the ability to solve various problems. I've been thinking about how to learn the basic post-knowledge is the most direct and effective for beginners. If we say "post-photography" directly, these four words are bound to make people feel that this matter is very troublesome, and that pile of tools can easily make novices feel that they can't start.

Since the color matching in the later stage of photography looks so complicated, isn't there a more scientific and systematic learning method to let people have a scientific idea of retouching after learning? The answer is, of course, yes. Although the color matching in the later stage of photography looks very complicated, as long as you study scientifically and systematically, you will naturally form a method in your heart-scientific color matching ideas. Just like walking a maze, if you have a way, you can go all the way, but if you don't, you can only try your luck everywhere.

Through systematic study, I established my own idea of color matching.

I used to have such a stage, I often searched for some color matching tutorials on the Internet, and then achieved certain photo effects. If you follow the tutorial, sometimes you can bring up beautiful colors. Now, although I occasionally watch these tutorials, I no longer cling to those parameters, but think about why this photo can produce such an effect by moving these parameters. All this stems from the later research on color matching and the establishment of color matching ideas.

So how do we establish our own color matching ideas? The following five points are the scientific methods I think to learn color matching in the later stage of photography. I hope it will be useful for your future photo color matching study.

One of the reasons why we can't take photos is that we don't have a standard for whether a photo is clean or not, which leads to the later adjustment without purpose. I moved all the habitual parameters here, and then I felt this metaphysics. If you think it's good, that's good. If you don't feel well, keep walking. This practice often takes longer, makes the heart more tired, and it is not easy to get good-looking results.

This is one of the reasons why we can't start when we retouch the map. Imagine: do you mainly rely on the mask in the later color matching process, and you feel good after an operation. All right! Then use this. If this is not good, then continue to be fooled until you feel good. Remember what we said at the beginning? There should be a more scientific and systematic methodology in mind when color matching, which can guide our later color matching ideas. There is no way, only luck and a series of confused question marks in my mind.

It's the same as the example of building a house just now, except this time it's building a house-adding bricks and tiles-decorating the walls. You can't build the second floor or decorate the wall first. This is the way to build a house. So is the later color matching. Have you found out why many stylized color matching parameters need to be adjusted first, instead of hsl, curve, color separation and other parameters? That's the truth. We need a method to guide our later color matching. Set the hue first, then decorate the picture and adjust the color.

"If you want to do a good job, you must sharpen your tools first." Cutting wood requires sharpening, and retouching requires tools. Set the hue first, then color it. The concept is that we need to master these tools, such as setting tone exposure/contrast/highlight/shadow, hsl/ color separation tone/camera calibration of retouching tone, practice more and use them skillfully. Just fiddling with tools can only make you more and more confused, and I don't know how to adjust it to make the photos look better. Just like building a house, if you can't use tools, the wall may be crooked; Tiles may fall off easily; This wall may be ugly. So you need to know the function of each tool deeply.

As I said before, after we set the tone, it will be a stylized color scheme. Since it is color matching, it is naturally impossible to leave the point of color, so color is also something we must understand clearly in the later color matching. For example, the effect of red, green and blue curves and the understanding of the combination of three color curves are all knowledge that people who learn color matching in the later stage of photography should know. For example, the working principle of hsl, hue saturation brightness, these are also to be known. In addition, there is color matching, otherwise the strange color matching will easily make the photos more strange.

About the content of color, it will be very long to expand. Not much to say here. If you are interested, you can search for relevant knowledge to learn. I believe that with the deepening of your understanding of color, the later color matching will be more handy.

System: You must have seen many stylized color matching tutorials (such as Japanese small fresh, black gold, green orange, etc. These massive trivial knowledge points can help you solve individual problems, but they can't be applied in another scene. To solve this problem, we need systematic study, from the use of tools to the adjustment of color tones to the adjustment of stylized colors. As long as you learn this knowledge systematically, I believe you can find a suitable method to deal with photos of different scenes.

Efficiency: When we learn a certain knowledge/skill, we usually follow the same idea: setting goals-learning-practicing-mastering. Then we can follow this logic to learn the color matching in the later period, with a purpose (bringing up beautiful photos)-establishing a methodology system (learning tools/colors and other foundations, establishing color matching ideas)-practicing retouching-using and mastering. This is a more efficient way for me to learn color matching later. Whether the photos are clean or not has a clear purpose, and there is a systematic method for color matching in the later stage. It is easier to master knowledge by practicing and applying it.

Science: I think the way of learning that conforms to our way of thinking and cognition is more scientific for us. Because only learning that is more suitable for our thinking and cognition is easier for us to understand and master. In addition, the scientific and systematic study/practice arrangement allows us to learn the color matching in the later stage of photography scientifically, which is enough for us to understand clearly and master thoroughly.

Through this step of learning, you can establish your own ideas of color matching in the later period. Next time you see an online celebrity with a good tone, you can simulate it yourself. Even if it is difficult to simulate by yourself, you can simulate smoothly after reading the tone parameters. And it will not be simulated into strange colors according to the mood parameters of online celebrities.

The course of color matching can be seen, but there must be methods and ideas for color matching.

As I said before, I still watch a lot of color matching tutorials. We learn the use of color matching tools only for the later color matching service. Look at the color matching tutorial, not the color matching parameters, but the color matching ideas from the other steps. Parameters can only be applied to one photo, while ideas can be applied to multiple photos. If you really like taking pictures, you want to learn color matching. Then I hope you can learn post-toning systematically, instead of asking people for filters and parameters.

Finally, I want to say, "Come on! Welcome to the field of recording a better life! "

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