Photoshop User - USA (2021-02)

PLUGINS IN ACTION

With the Picture Instruments Tool-

box plugin installed, you can click on

it in the Plugins panel to access it

(if its panel isn’t already open). This

plugin has a Welcome screen with

a video link to help you get going.

Once you’re done with the Welcome

screen, click the x to close it and

access the tools in the plugin. As

this isn’t a tutorial on this particular

plugin, we’ll only look at it in brief.

Two tools we can look at quickly

are the Ilford - Black and White

Developer and Luminosity Masks.

ILFORD - BLACK AND WHITE DEVELOPER:

Using this part of the Toolbox, you

can create B&W photos based on

Ilford film.

STEP ONE: Choose one of the five

film options to begin. This builds

a rather complex layer stack in the

Layers panel. You can choose any

of the other filters once this is done,

without having to rebuild. Try the

DF+ if you want a lower contrast

look to begin with.

STEP TWO: In the second section,

you can add Grain, which adds a

scan of real film grain, so it’s not a

digital simulation. Each Grain option

turns on the ISO Noise layer in the

Layers panel at different opacities,

so you can tweak this if the look

you prefer is between two presets.

For example, if you find ISO 125 a

little weak and ISO 400 too strong,

change the Opacity of the ISO Noise

layer in the Layers panel to 15%.

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