Advanced Digital Photography

Luminosity
Mask
!
I strongly suggest making an action out of this!

1. Go to the Channels palette. Control+Click

on the RGB layer to load it as a selection.

2. Go to the main menu Layer > New Fill

Layer. The new fill layer will use the
selection to make a layer mask.

Set the color to one of the following values
(or pick your own):

a. Peachy: R 255 G 244 B 229

b. Blush: R 255 G 236 B 229

c. Creamy: R 255 G 249 B 229

d. Clean: R 252 G 251 B 246

3. Set the Opacity of the each Fill layer to

about 75%.

4. Now we will add some depth back into the

image. Control+Click on the layer mask of
the fill layer to load it as a selection. Inverse the selection by going to the main menu Select > Inverse. Add a curves
adjustment layer. Set the layer blending mode to Soft Light. This darkens the shadow tones of the image.

5. Finally, enhance the color a little. Add a Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer and set the Saturation level to +25.

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