Saturating Photos, the right way
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This is a little Adobe Photoshop (cs or cs2) guide on how to get a Fujifilm Velvia effect for your photos, without the Fujifilm Velvia.
For this effect we'll be working with the channel mixer in a RGB workspace.
When using the channel mixer it's important to remember that all of your channels need to equal "100%".
Example Equasion: If you set a channel to: Red: +102% Green: -1% Blue: -1%
Then your total is 100%.
Add a new adjustment layer for Channel Mixer by clicking on the little circle icon at the bottom of your Layers Panel [see image].
Alternatively you can access this by choosing "Layer" --> "New Adjustment Layer" --> "Channel Mixer"
The Channel Mixer window will pop up and you will see a new layer created called something like "Channel Mixer 1".
These are the settings you need:
| Output Channel Red Red: +144% Green: -22% Blue: -22% | Output Channel Green Red: -22% Green: +144% Blue: -22% | Output Channel Blue Red: -22% Green: -22% Blue: +144% |
Constant should stay at 0% Do Not Check the Monochrome Box
For ease of use you can download these channel mixer settings. Instead of entering in the values manually you can just "Load" these from the Channel Mixer dialogue box.
After you're done with the Channel Mixer you can adjust the opacity of the layer until your photo looks the way you want it to.Examples:
