A good friend of mine, who is into digital photography, told me about this really cool tip. This is the same guy that sent me this great tutorial. It’s great for making those Fall leaves really show their colors. It works with the Channel Mixer to really make the colors pop! Here is the tip he shared…

Find a picture of Fall leaves that is a little dull.

Go into image>adjustments>channel mixer

First adjust the “output channel:Red” adjust the red slider to 144, blue -22, green -22.

Do the same for the “Blue output channel” and “green output channel” with the same settings, so it would be

OUTPUT CHANNEL RED
source channels:RED:144
Blue: -22
Green:-22

OUTPUT CHANNEL GREEN
source channels:RED:-22
Blue: -22
Green:144

OUTPUT CHANNEL BLUE
source channels:RED:-22
Blue: 144
Green: -22

Now go either into curves and adjust accordingly, using the “S” points. or simply use the levels and adjust the sliders.

Give it a go and see what you come up with.

This techniques gives it a “film” look.

Also if it looks too saturated, just use lower numbers.

Below you will find my examples. Hopefully this will help bring some of those dull Fall photos to life!

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