THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU’LL EVER DO TO A PHOTO
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ne of the most effective ways to improve images
straight out of the camera is to enhance the colour
and tones. This might be because the colours
recorded by your camera look slightly wrong, or it
could be that you want to apply a visual effect.
When we look at a scene with the naked eye, we tend
to perceive the correct colours in most lighting conditions.
A camera, however, needs help to capture a subject’s true
colours. This is because different light sources have a
different colour temperature. To your camera, daylight has a
blue tint, while indoor light sources such as tungsten bulbs
have an orange tint. Cameras try to avoid capturing tints by
using Auto White Balance (AWB). But sometimes the AWB
function doesn’t work effectively, so a little fine-tuning of is
necessary. This is easily done with the Elements Adjustments
settings. Each offers a handy grid of variations to choose
from, plus sliders that allow you to fine-tune your changes.
Once colours are fixed, if you like you can go on to apply
a variety of speedy effects using the Effects panel in Quick
mode, such as Cross Processing, Vintage, and Split Tone.
Each of the 10 effects on offer has five variations, giving you
a total of 50 one-click treatments. Here’s how it works...Get perfect colours
Reveal a scene’s true colours by removing colour casts
caused by an incorrect or ineffective white balance setting