THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU’LL EVER DO TO A PHOTO
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Add some warmth
Click the Balance section. There are two sections:
Temperature and Tint. Temperature enables you to
warm up or cool down the tones. Tint enables you to fix
green or purple colour casts. Click Temperature and set the
slider to 57, then set the Tint slider to -4.1
Brighten the image
Open the deer image and click Quick mode. Our starting
shot has a cold blue cast so it needs warming up. It’s also
slightly under-exposed. Click the Exposure button and click
the variation box to the right of the centre. Once done, use
the slider to fine-tune the exposure. Here we’ve set it to 0.9.4
Experiment with effects
Once the colours and exposure are fixed, you can
experiment with a range of effects. Click the Effects
button at the bottom right. There are 10 themes, each with
five variations. Click through to try out different treatments,
and use the reset image icon at the top right to revert back.3
Boost the saturation
Click the Color box. Set Saturation to about +11. Next
click Vibrance. This enables you to boost the weaker
colours in the scene, so in this instance it enables us to boost
the oranges in the deer without affecting the yellows and
greens in the trees. Set Vibrance to 48.6
Tone it down
Click the Expert mode at the top, then go the Layers
panel. Note how there are two layers. The lower layer
is the version of the image with the colours and exposure
fixed. The upper layer is the Spring effect. We can tone down
the effect simply by lowering the opacity of the top layer.5
Apply the Spring effect
Here we’ve opted to use the Spring effect, found
within the Seasons set of effects. It enhances the
colours and gives the image a fresher feel. However, it’s
slightly overpowering the colours in the trees, but we can
tone it down by heading to the Expert mode.