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Monday, May 4, 2009

CROSS PROCESSING TUTORIAL IN PHOTOSHOP

This is a quick cross processing tutorial for Photoshop. Please feel free to comment to this tutorial with a link to your edited picture. I always love seeing people's results!

(1) Open your picture
in Photoshop.

(2) Click on "Create New Fill or Adjustment Layer" in your layers palette. Choose "Curves..."

(3) Move the curve to approximately: INPUT: 126, OUTPUT: 143. Click OK.

(4) Once again, click on "Create New Fill or Adjustment Layer" in your layers palette. Choose "Color Balance..."

(5) On your Color Bala
nce pop up, select SHADOWS and check off "Preserve Luminosity". Type in the following color levels: -36, 0, 0. Now choose MIDTONES and input these numbers: -19, -29, 0. Finally, choose HIGHLIGHTS and input: +20, -26, -18. Click OK.

(6) C
lick on "Create New Fill or Adjustment Layer" in your layers palette. Choose "Gradient Map..."

(7) Gradient used for Grayscale Mapping should be chosen...Fades black to white. Now check off "Reverse".

...And that's it! You should now have a picture that looks cross processed. If the image looks too dark or light, you can adjust the curves layer. Hope you like!

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