BETTER Foliage Color NOW! • with Selective Color in Photoshop

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True yellow/green color separation for foliage is a difficult task without the proper tools. ACR and Lightroom can only get you so close! You NEED Photoshop's Selective Color Tool to go all the way. Luckily for you, I've done all the hard work :)
More often than not, our foliage colors are brutalized by the white balance of our cameras. They are either too yellow and far from green, or the other side of the WB spectrum makes them too blue, and yellow is forgotten, leaving dull washed-out colors.
The key is to find a good separation between yellow and green in your photo. Easier said than done, right? Well, there is a tool in Photoshop called Selective Color, and it is the most surgical approach to modifying color at our disposal. That's what I am going to show you today! The secret sauce of yellow-green color separation.
•CHAPTERS•
00:00 Selective Color in Action!
01:17 Selective Color Explained
02:53 The Sliders Explained
04:59 Foliage Colors Targeted
08:44 Why YELLOW for GREEN?
12:25 The Foliage Actions
15:00 Your turn to Experiment!
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@dboyd8628 Жыл бұрын

Great demonstration of how to adjust color. Thank you!

@scottkempton6085 6 ай бұрын

Really, really useful. I've taken a lot of foliage pictures and always think the colors look dull. Thanks for the actions and the two related images!

@f64Academy 6 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@photonsonpixels Жыл бұрын

Another great tutorial, Blake. And with bonus actions! Thank you!

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@deviant1001 Ай бұрын

All I can say is WOW and thank you.

@lorblacor Жыл бұрын

Thank you again and again with the ongoing education and support you continually provide for all of us!

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

:) It's my sincere pleasure! Keep watching and I'll keep producing!

@quirkworks4076 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for always making us better, Blake!!!

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!!

@steve2085 Жыл бұрын

Great lesson. Thanks Blake.

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@samelogio7441 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Blake. This is great. Having access to your actions is really helpful. You touched on this topic numerous times during your last photo review in F.64 Academy Elite. You have provided a great explanation of how to understand selective color. Bravo!

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! This goes a little deeper than the videos in the critiques, but those show practical application at its finest!

@pbziegler Жыл бұрын

The color master. Separating the yellow and green in landscape is so important and this is the way to do it. Great video Blake

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😁

@arthurarchibald7564 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for yet another nugget for Photoshop

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Nuggets are awesome! Especially in the air fryer!

@ErnestPaulRavi Жыл бұрын

All your videos are great! Thank you

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I'm really glad you enjoy them 😁

@Frawolf77 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic method, I just love it. It brings so much more editing joy! Thank-you from Germany for the explanations and the atn file. It's greatly appreciated!

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

My sincere pleasure from Kansas City Missouri 😁

@nostaticatall Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Blake. I love your videos on color theory especially. Even though I'm an Affinity Photo user, I'm always able to adapt the concepts and techniques you teach because you explain things so well and give great examples. Really appreciate the effort you go through. Cheers!

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Glad you are able to use these techniques in Affinity 😁

@marydean9900 6 ай бұрын

Now I understand selective color a little better! I will have to watch this video a couple more times, but thanks for the valuable lesson, Blake!

@DanTopPhotography Жыл бұрын

Awesome video Blake. Selective colour will now be a staple tool for me. Thanks.

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Enjoy it!

@ceruleanswim 5 ай бұрын

I remember the first time I did plein air oil painting of trees and grass outside... my painting started out lurid, toxic green and I spent the whole time adding red to my greens! I learned that green in nature is quite muted. I really appreciate that you relate your tutorials to artistic fundamentals!

@estetubo Жыл бұрын

Great job as usual. I wish I had that knowledge about colors. Thank you for sharing

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

You can! Study, study, study and practice! The beauty of working with color is that it's all theory 😉 experiment and work your way through it, you'll get this knowledge, that's how I did 😁 and I'm still learning!

@johnchambers6272 Жыл бұрын

Now that is very good, your Actions give a very natural boost to the yellows, greens and reds in my images. I have been playing around with Selective Color for awhile now after you highlighlighted this adjustment layer a few years back but haven't been able to tweak it as well as you have for these colors using this Action you have provided for free. I really hope that other viewers also check out f64 Academy and f64 Elite as you are a brilliant educator.

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Thank you, John! I really appreciate it :) Selective Color is a beast, but it can be tamed!

@olafurharaldsson6207 Жыл бұрын

This is Amazing Blake, Thank you.

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

😁 thanks

@marthaglotzhober4335 Жыл бұрын

Another game-changing tutorial! Following your directions for the foliage, I also created a selective color adjustment to a sky.

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

That's awesome!

@candidonthestreetanupamgos5283 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful. That's really helpful information. Thank you for sharing this.

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@black-and-light Жыл бұрын

Hi Blake. This is awesome! Thank you

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@robynaldridge8304 Жыл бұрын

Blake, we always have to keep coming back for more. Cheers.

@MichaelWallace-fb4vg Жыл бұрын

As usual a great video, well done lots of information to digest, will help me in the long run. thank you for the actions.

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

My sincere pleasure! Thanks for watching!

@tomdupuis8466 Жыл бұрын

Well, you have done it again. Your "Better Foliage Color Now" has made my landscapes pop like never before! Thank you so much for all the great work you share with us. You are a true leader and artist!!! Your free downloads will be used often.

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

That's what I love to hear!

@maldridge7630 Жыл бұрын

🙄

@mikejohnston9113 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Blake. Educational and thanks for the actions

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks for watching 😁

@phgjvdv Жыл бұрын

super clear and helpful...as always. Thank you

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

My pleasure 😁

@SnaphypeWorld Жыл бұрын

Love your work, Thank You!!

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

I appreciate it! It's my pleasure 😁

@nolanwest6831 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your painting experience this has had a great effect on my editing.

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

My pleasure 😁

@chrispakkreimer6183 Жыл бұрын

You gave me a very useful knowledge - and your doing it with infectious enthusiam - Thanks

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

My pleasure 😁 always!

@cnicolo Жыл бұрын

I really love it . Thank you Blake 😊

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Sure thing!

@josephwitkowski5866 Жыл бұрын

You are the color master.

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate that, but still feel like I too have so much to learn 😁

@JuhaniViitanen Жыл бұрын

Good effect and very well explained!

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😁

@normjames4451 Жыл бұрын

Wow! That was wonderful! I’m working my way through your Blend If course and will definitely add this to repertoire. As I’m writing this I realized that you can use this for all your color enhancements, not just for foliage. Wonderful knowledge to have. Thank you.

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I have one in the can for sunsets :)

@TallyTechandTroubleshooting Жыл бұрын

...and, the "Blend If Panel" can hone in the action even more! Great stuff, Blake!!

@BobG-eh5fc Жыл бұрын

Thank You for a great overview!!

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

My sincere pleasure 😁

@stevemccarthy4320 Жыл бұрын

Once again, after one of your tutorials I have to go back and re-edit all of my past photos. Thanks a lot Blake!!! ;-)

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Haha! Photoshop knowledge has a way of doing that to us 🤣

@bruceterrill8730 Жыл бұрын

Blake, you are freakin' amazing man and you never cease to amaze me. Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you. . .

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

😉 it's my sincere pleasure!

@gordonkennedy3056 Жыл бұрын

What a fantastic tutorial. I have been using Selective Colour and "playing" with it on quite a few images without fully understanding how it works. I thought I was doing a reasonable job, but it was basically experimentation with no direction. Your explanation of the colour wheel and how this either adds or subtracts the complimentary colour was a lightbulb moment for me. If only Adobe would adopt your version of the Selective Colour layout, it would make it so much more intuitive. Thank you. Keep up the excellent work Blake.

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

I LOVE those moments! It all just comes together 😁

@my2004rt Жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation! 👍

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I had fun with this one 😁

@SinaFarhat Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! :)

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Welcome!

@jiml989 Жыл бұрын

Excellent, 2 thumbs up!!

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@williamcollins5417 Жыл бұрын

Blake, unbelievable...just tried these Actions...this is great...and very understandable...thank you very much...

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

That's what I like to hear!

@paulg.2347 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your explanations and the dowload.

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

You are welcome! My pleasure!

@mayvynbhana8329 Жыл бұрын

I have been using this method for a couple of years now and subsequently have not used the saturation slider in ACR since. I actually made it a preset in the selective color tool but thank you for the action.

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Do you find that your presets are still there after you update PS? I'm always afraid of making a ton of great selective color presets just to find them gone on a version update from say 2022-2023

@doriswoodruff4810 Жыл бұрын

Amazing…I am working thru slowly(newer to PS than some LOL) and have the Palette Effects course as well..really appreciate your efforts! Wow this was really fast and furious…hard to catch every new thought so saved this to watch over and over until it becomes more instinct!…as a hobbyist painter myself I know from past experience color theory is super important with pigments but with CMYRGB it is a whole new ball game in Photos! Thank you!!

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

It certainly is a different world, but they run together pretty well. Lots of similarities between the two worlds.

@paulburdett409 Жыл бұрын

I nornally use your Zone system express panel but i applied the action to some of my bird photos that have foliage...worked a treat. Thanks Blake.

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@jimjames4252 Жыл бұрын

Thank you - very imformative ..

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@ngodinhhoang Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!💞👍

@GlennMcDowall-iv6gr Жыл бұрын

I have been using this since Photshop 3. Its similar to one of the parameters you'd adjust on a drum scanner. Not only is it super powerful in combination with a mask. But I think it's probably one of the best tools to boost that slight dullness you get after conversion to CMYK. You only have to move the sliders a little to get back some of the RGB wow. I'm not sure I'd like the cyan slider showing red on the left of the Yellow_adjust because that's not going to happen. It's better to forget the RGB theory and think in terms of mixing paint with this filter. Thanks for all these videos after 30 odd years there's still so much more to be learnt. 😊

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

That's pretty sweet! Thanks for adding that to the conversation 😁

@lahazard Жыл бұрын

Ha Ha, you have taught me well. I saw the Actions link and almost clicked it BEFORE watching the video. A little voice inside my head, sounds like you actually, 😉😂, said "don't do it!" Very helpful video. Thanks.

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Haha! I'll slap your hand with my ruler 📏 🤣🤣🤣

@rlfisher Жыл бұрын

This is exciting, Blake! While my understanding of color theory is still growing, I still (as you know) struggle due to my color vision deficiency. In a way that is similar to your landscape cheat actions, I can successfully exploit these selective color actions without actually needing to correctly see or choose a color. f64 Elite is one of the best values in photography!

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Yes! That's an awesome one to combine it with!

@christopherleecowan Жыл бұрын

Haha, I made an action after I watched your March critiques. Your the man 👊🏼👊🏼

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Fantastic! I love it :)

@paulagreco1472 Жыл бұрын

Wow thank you!

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@bradphoto 7 ай бұрын

Wow, I'm always excited but slightly exhausted after these videos that focus on color. I really wish Adobe would color the CMY sliders like you do for these videos. Maybe some day the pairings (cyan-red, magenta-green, yellow-blue) will be automatic for me rather than a (smaller and smaller) speed bump. Sometimes I have to work my way back up the sliders as yellow-blue is easiest for me (from the temperature slider in editing apps?), then magenta-green (the tint slider?) and then I remember what is paired with cyan. I love the nerdy stuff, but sometimes it makes my head hurt.

@fuxing81 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Blake

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Sure thing!

@AJRich-pw1zm Жыл бұрын

Excellent tip here. I am a professional art director and I learned something new today. Thank you!

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Woah! That's awesome! Glad you learned something new :)

@julioquinones1986 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information, the minimum I can do is subscribe. Keep up the great work.

@whitehorseflyer 5 ай бұрын

Superb

@TC_Conner Жыл бұрын

This is a good addendum to your ZSE7 course Blake! I'm on the Artistic Effects Module, Lesson 1 right now. Did I mention that you're a great teacher? (I'd be remiss not to mention Matt K's "Inside The Composition" course, he's a great teacher too, I just finished his course.) 👍🏼😎👍🏼

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

He is! Great guy too 😁 this is a perfect accompaniment to Palette Effects!

@alankefauver6187 Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Certainly!

@ianbrowne9304 Жыл бұрын

One of the better explanations I have seen Blake as it can be hard to understand Sorry for the swearing ---- it's basically the same in Affinity Photo :) as with all adjustment layers, mask can be used to target certain parts of the image I was expecting a little info on the Whites/Neutrals/Black sliders -- handy with B+W as well as colour Good one Blake

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

This was only for foliage so I didn't cover any other colors. Too much in one video and I lose people's interests.

@reB3732 3 ай бұрын

Great video explained WELL! I made my own action based on this video. Also the action gets u in the right vicinity just tweet it... Thanx!

@mikeslater1545 Жыл бұрын

Once again. You knocked out of the park...and into the next county.

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

I love it! Thanks so much :)

@felipemiguel9 Жыл бұрын

Xou!❤

@chrisbartlett8146 Жыл бұрын

Interesting way to use selective colour. I have been using it for years in affinity photo but tend to move the sliders to see what is happening. I is exceptionally good for increasing contrast as well as making colours pop.

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

For sure! This should be the same concept in Affinity as well.

@dmitripopov8570 Жыл бұрын

Did you find Selective Color Adjustment Layer more useful, when you work with monochrome conversion of colored photos, than the regular color manipulation technique? Wonderful educational course! Thank you very much!!

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

I find it equally useful in both workflows 😁

@dmitripopov8570 Жыл бұрын

@@f64Academy Then I will follow your recommendation and try it out in both scenarios. Thank you very much for the lesson an the response!

@SuranjayaPriyanath Жыл бұрын

3:51 True asf 🥹🥲

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

🥺🥹

@fototripper Жыл бұрын

yet another stellar tutorial. How do you remember all of this?

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Thanks, brother! I spend a LOT of time in Ps with color. I'm a nerd and I never go anywhere, lol.

@BrianHalePhoto Жыл бұрын

Well this oughta save some time. I spent so much time fine tuning multiple selective color layers frustated beyond belief because your eyes eventually become "numb" to the colors. If you don't take a break, you'll look at your final image later and wonder what the hell you were thinking. Thank you.

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Exactly! Color is tricky, gotta walk away and come back every once in a while.

@SuranjayaPriyanath Жыл бұрын

I wish adobe add a selective color panel to camera RAW and LR

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Trust would be useful!

@sarimner Жыл бұрын

GREAT VIDEO! So i guss in Theory you can do this to all the colors so they look better not only Foliage right? 🤓👀

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Yep! I have a video for that too on my channel. Let me see if I can find it ... Here it is! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eJeJaaqHrb_Thmw.html

@romanosinski770 Жыл бұрын

In the example on the slide with magenta manipulation in selective color dialog box is not exactly right. If you reduce magenta percentage in magenta control tab it is more like a saturation reduction. It doesn't necessarily cause the magentas to become green. Results of selective color depends on overall color content in image. Your colour strips proposal may be confusing. Personaly I use selective color to reduce color casts from image or to achieve more vibrant color by balancing "unwanted color". For example, in greens I reduce magenta casts on flat areas but keep it in details.

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

It really depends on relative vs absolute. But you are correct, it also depends on the available color within the image, if there are no magenta's it does nothing.

@JuliaJohnstonPhotos Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏

@wxyz237 Жыл бұрын

Is there a way of doing that in Lightroom?

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

No Lightroom does not have this adjustment. It's only in Photoshop

@KenToney Жыл бұрын

Can we get these actions?

@f64Academy Жыл бұрын

Yes. As the video states, they are in the description under the video. You may have to ensure you are watching this on KZfaq to see that. If it was on an embedded site they may not have given the link to the actions.

@KenToney Жыл бұрын

@@f64Academy I missed it thanks, see it now. I’ve ordered your stuff before and very helpful you are one of my go to learning recourses!