Tips/Tricks thread

[mindforge]

Adjustment layers.

I think every digital photographer needs to learn all the different adjustment layers (especially curves) and use them. They can make the difference in a picture.

There are several colors I always desaturate. Red is one of them. For some reason, to me at least, reds always stand out. So, I desaturate my reds and utilize layers so I can just paint in the red I want desaturated. I usually then tone it back a little with opacity. Reds get me. Also, you can use this to make sunsets really pop by saturating specific colors. I don't always edit in this manner but adjustment layers are my greatest ally in post.