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Special effects
This series offers a varied range of special effect color transformations. The effect descriptions are fairly self-explanatory but we have highlighted below some of the effects that are available in this set and provided some background information and suggestions on how best to use them.
Most of the effects in this set will return a single layer result, while the Faded print and Nocturnal effects will return a layer group containing adjustable layers.
Sky and Sunshine effects
These will work well on most landscape images. The blue sky can be used to make a photograph look more summery. The Smog Sky effect will dull the sky and produce a slightly solarized look. The Sunshine effects are good for adding a late evening glow to a scene.
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Note: Roll your mouse cursor over the effects names above to see the indicated PhotoKit Color effect. |
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Infrared effects
A lot of photographers are probably already
familiar with the black and white infrared effect, but the color infrared
film process is perhaps less well known. Kodak still manufactures the
EIR Ektachrome E-6 film which is primarily designed for scientific as
well as artistic purposes. The Infrared simulation effects in PhotoKit
Color 2.0 are inspired by the use of this film emulsion. The five effects
on offer here will produce a single layer result, so you can fade the
result by simply reducing the opacity of the layer.
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Note: Roll your mouse cursor over the effects names above to see the indicated PhotoKit Color effect. |
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Color Transfer effects
These two effects are designed to emulate the dye transfer process that were used in the early days of color cinematography. These effects were partly inspired by the movie, 'The Aviator', in which the colorists working on the film colorized some of the film footage to match these early color processes.
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Note: Roll your mouse cursor over the effects names above to see the indicated PhotoKit Color effect. |
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Faded Print effects
The Faded Print effects are designed to reproduce the appearance of old C-type prints that have aged over time through natural fading. You can use these effects to simulate the look of photographs that have been hanging around in a photo album for several decades. To get a really faded print look, pay attention to the instructions below on adjusting the Contrast layer.
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Note: Roll your mouse cursor over the effects names above to see the indicated PhotoKit Color effect. |
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Faded Print effect layers
The Faded Cyan and Faded Magenta Print effects will return a layer group containing three layers. The Base color layer and tint layers are set to a default opacity of 75%. You can adjust the opacity of these layers to make subtle changes to the color effect.
The Contrast layer is set to an opacity of 100% . This default setting will preserve all the luminosity characteristics of the original image, but note that as you reduce the opacity of the Contrast layer you will see more coloration of the white borders. As you tweak the opacity of the Contrast layer you can further simulate the appearance of a faded C-type print. Roll the mouse cursor over the palette shown on the right to see what the Faded Cyan Print effect looks like with the Contrast layer set to 0%.
The same layer structure is utilized for the Faded Magenta effect. If you roll the mouse cursor over the second layers palette on the right, you can see what the effect looks like with the Contrast layer set to 0%.
And lastly, we have the Faded Red Print effect which consists of a Base color and Contrast layer only. Roll the mouse over the palette below to see what the effect looks like with the Contrast layer set to 0%.
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Nocturnal effect
With the Nocturnal effect you can take a normal daylight photograph and give it the appearance of a night time shot. In the example shown below you can see the Nocturnal effect applied using the default settings to a picture that was shot at midday under cloudy lighting conditions.
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Nocturnal effect layers
The Nocturnal effect attempts to create a night time look by filtering the image in two ways. The Luminosity layer aims to match the color sensitivity of human vision under low light levels and at the same time make the image darker. The default opacity is set to 90%, but you can adjust this if you wish. If you rollover the layers palette on the right, you can see how the same image would look with the luminosity layer set to 55%.
The Color layer is set to Color blend mode at 25% and this layer applies a blue tint to the image. If you would like to have a more neutral looking night image, then try reducing the opacity of this layer.
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