Trick Photoshop

Muting Colors deliberately gives a washed out effect which some like very much. It can be done in all versions of photoshop and should work on most images.

Step 1 : I will be using this photo of a happy couple for the tutorial. It is a free stock image.You can download it here

It belongs to ~imagine-stock

Step 2 : Go to the Channels palette. CTRL+Click on the thumbnail of the RGB channel.

Step 3 : The luminosity is automatically selected.

Step 4 : Click back on the Layers palette. Click the New Layer icon at the bottom and a new Layer1 forms.

Step 5 : Press CTRL+SHIFT+I to invert the selection.

Step 7 : Press ALT+BACKSPACE. It will fill the selection with the Foreground Color which is Black.

Step 9 : This is how the image looks after changing the Blend Mode.

Step 11 : Click the New Layer icon and a new Layer 2 forms.

Step 12 : Press CTRL+BACKSPACE. This will fill with the Background Color which is White. The image looks like this.

Step 13 : Change the Blend Mode of Layer 2 to Screen.

Step 14 : Press CTRL+D to deselect. This is how the image looks.

Step 15 : Click the New Fill or Adjustment Layer button and click on Hue/Saturation.

And, this is the final product. Easy was it not? Try it out. Other photoshop tutorials are here