Digital Camera World (2019-06)

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Apply a custom
mono conversion
Got to Filter > Camera Raw Filter;
when the dialog box opens, change
Treatment from Color to Black & White to apply
a stock conversion. Next, click on the Black
& White Mix tab and set Yellows to +20 and
Greens to +30. Click on the Effects tab; set
Grain Amount to 75 and Size to 30, leaving
Roughness at the default of 50. The overall
result is a high-ISO film-style grain.

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Mimic a film look
Click on the Create New Fill Or
Adjustment Layer icon and select
Curves. Click to place three points
¼, ½ and ¾ of the way along the curve before
lifting the point in the bottom-left corner up
to 55. Next, click on the dropdown menu set
to RGB and select Red. Place two points to
create an S-curve, then do the same with Green.
Finally, select Blue and create a backwards
S-curve. Reduce the layer Opacity if desired.

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Cool down the scene
Click on the Create New Fill Or
Adjustment Layer icon, which is
a half-black half-white circle at
the bottom of the Layers panel, and choose
Selective Color. When the dialog box opens,
click on the Colors dropdown menu and
select Yellows before dragging the Cyan
slider to +15% and Yellows to -50. Next,
select Greens from the Colors menu,
then set Yellow to -100 and Blacks to +20.

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