Trick Photoshop

Sometimes images that you shoot may turn out to be dull and there is no possibility of getting the same shot again. What do you do? Turn to Photoshop. You don't want to work too hard either.  Here is a simple trick with Lab channel to make photos pop. It can be done in any version of Photoshop.

Step 1 : Here is free stock image that I have opened in photoshop. You can find it here. It belongs to Systems Of Life. It looks none too great. Let see if we can make it pop..

Step 2 : Go to Image>Mode>Lab Color.

Step 3 : Press CTRL+J. The Background Layer duplicates into Layer1.

Step 5 : My image looks like this.

Step 8 : The High Pass Filter dialogue box opens. Drag the slider to the right till the outlines of the image just become visible. I have set the Radius at 4.7. There is no hard and fast rule for it. It will depend on your image. Click OK.

Step 9 : Click on the Lab Channel.

Step 11 : My image looks like this.

Step 12 : Change the Blend Mode to Overlay.

And here is the finished image. It did not take a long time did it not? You can do it in any version of Photoshop.

Other photoshop tutorials are here