{"id":37728,"date":"2020-02-02T03:03:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T03:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=37728"},"modified":"2025-12-10T11:48:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T16:48:18","slug":"the-art-of-color-adjustment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/37728\/the-art-of-color-adjustment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art Of Color Adjustment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The power of color offers you extraordinary creative capabilities and you’ve never had more control than today.<\/p>\n

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Strategies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Infinite Variations<\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/span>The possibilities are almost limitless. Explore your options before you commit to a solution.<\/p>\n

Use Presets To Find Variations Quickly<\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\nSpeed your workflow and visualize many possibilities for your images.<\/p>\n

Why Achieving Neutrality In Your Images Is So Important<\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/span>Make your color more believable, saturated, and three-dimensional.<\/p>\n

4 Ways To Achieve Neutrality<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/strong>How you achieve neutrality sets the foundation for future color moves.<\/p>\n

How To Key Your Images Expressively – Go High, Medium, Or Low<\/strong><\/a>
\nSet the mood for your images with tonality.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Key To Lively Images –\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/a>Midtone Contrast – And How To Get It<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

6 Ways To Get Better Shadow & Highlight Detail<\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/span>Increase separation\u00a0in the darkest and lightest values.<\/p>\n

5 Tools You Can Use To Make The Most Of Shadows & Highlights Without HDR<\/span><\/a><\/strong>
\nYou can extend the dynamic range of your images without bracketing exposures.<\/span><\/p>\n

How To Avoid Making Viewers Squint At Your Images To See Their Highlights<\/strong><\/a>
\nPreserving detail and setting brightness are important first steps.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

How To Render Lively Shadows<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

3 Qualities Of Light You Can Use To Make Your Images Glow<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

How To Use Simultaneous Contrast To Make Colors Even More Lively<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

9 Ways To Tell If Your Images Are Overcooked<\/strong><\/a>
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How To Make Day Look Like Night In Your Images<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

How To Enhance The Illusion Of Space With Atmospheric Perspective<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Deciding Where To Make Your Images Glow And How To Do It <\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0Coming Soon<\/p>\n

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Raw<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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What In The World Are Raw Files?<\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong>Dive in to the strange and wonderful world of Raw files.<\/p>\n

Why You Should Shoot Raw<\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\nGet highest quality images from your digital camera.<\/p>\n

Why You Should Profile Your Camera<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nImprove the clarity and saturation of the color your digital camera creates.<\/p>\n

How To Get More Than The Maximum A Slider Allows<\/strong><\/a><\/span>
\nGet 150%,\u00a0 200%, 500% or more out of sliders.<\/p>\n

5 Reasons You Still Need Photoshop<\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/span>1\u00a0 Fine Retouching, 2\u00a0 Precise Masking, 3\u00a0 \u00a0Advanced Color Adjustment, 4\u00a0 Creative Sharpening, 5\u00a0 Plug-Ins<\/p>\n

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Tools<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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How To Evaluate Color Adjustment Tools<\/span><\/a>
\n<\/strong>Identify the go-to, exotic, and redundant tools.<\/p>\n

Blend Modes<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/strong>Make all of Photoshop’s color adjustment tools more precise.<\/p>\n

Curves<\/strong> <\/a>
\n<\/span>It’s the most precise tool for adjusting luminosity and hue.<\/p>\n

High Pass Contrast<\/span><\/a>
\n<\/strong>Make your photographs appear more three-dimensional.<\/p>\n

High Pass Contrast Or Sharpening \u2013 How To Choose An Optimal Setting<\/span><\/a>
\n<\/strong>Choose between planar contrast or edge sharpening.<\/p>\n

Curves, Clarity, Dehaze, High Pass, Texture and Sharpening Compared<\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/span>How do you choose between\u00a0so many ways to control luminosity contrast?<\/p>\n

Curing Dehaze Color Artifacts<\/strong> <\/a>
\n<\/span>Try this quick fix to eliminate Dehaze color artifacts.<\/p>\n

Hue\/Saturation & Vibrance & HSL Compared<\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/span>They’re the most powerful tools for adjusting saturation.<\/p>\n

White Balance, Photo Filter, Color Overlays, and Curves Compared<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/strong>How do you choose between so many ways to control color temperature?<\/p>\n

Selective Color<\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/span>It makes very precise changes like no other tool.<\/p>\n

Use LAB Color Mode To Increase Hue Contrast<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/strong>Use LAB mode for greater hue separation.<\/p>\n

Blending Channels<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/strong>Use the information in one channel to improve another.<\/p>\n

Adobe Camera Raw Filter<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/strong>Using ACR on layers lets\u00a0you use Photoshop’s precise masking with it.<\/p>\n

Color Lookup<\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/span>Color grading can give many images a similar look or individuals a unique one.<\/p>\n

Color Grading<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/strong>Make the color in your images more expressive with this easy split toning solution.<\/p>\n

Gradient Maps<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/strong>Add new color into\u00a0specific ranges of luminosity.<\/p>\n

Match Color<\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/span>Transfer color from one image to another.<\/p>\n

Synthetic Profiles<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/strong>Make big changes non-destructively by redefining color values.<\/p>\n

Before You Mask Use The Tool’s Selectivity<\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0Coming Soon
\nThe results are faster and sometimes better.<\/p>\n

What You Can Do With Raw That You Can’t With Photoshop Unless …<\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0Coming Soon
\nAdjust Raw files and individual layers with the most robust color adjustment feature.<\/p>\n

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