Warm SUNSET COLOR GRADING with Adobe Photoshop | QE #316

In this quickedit video I will be restoring sunset colors and details from a blown-out sky using #Adobe #Photoshop CC plus the Nik Collection plug in.

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0:00 Intro
My intention for this edit was to bring back warm sunset colors, while also getting back details from the sky and making the foreground a little brighter. This was done using a single exposure. Of course, to be on the save side I could have merged an HDR photo, but in my opinion, this was not needed in this case. For the raw adjustments I used the camera raw editor and then finalized the photo in Photoshop with the help of the Nik Collection plug in.

0:27 1. Basic Raw Adjustments
After activating the lens corrections, I switched the camera profile to Adobe Landscape (more saturated colors), then changed the white balance to cloudy for warmer colors. I increased the exposure for a brighter foreground. Since this results in an overexposed sky, I dropped the highlights. Also, I raised the shadows. To get a clearer looking image, I added texture, clarity and dehaze.

2:15 2. Local Adjustments
Using a graduated filter over the sky I made it darker by bringing down the exposure, blacks and increasing the contrast. I added another graduated filter over the foreground to get more structure in the field by increasing clarity and texture.

Of course, I also wanted to add some glow. Here, I simply used two differently sized radial filters and increased the blacks and dropped the dehaze inside them. For a warmer color tone, I simply increased the white balance temperature.

5:03 3. Color Grading
In the red channel of the tone curve, I dragged the upper right point slightly to the left which adds a subtle red color cast to the highlights. Next, I boosted the orange saturation and dropped the blue luminance (darker blue sky). For the split toning I went with warm tones for the mid-tones and the highlights, while adding a blue tone to the shadows.

7:13 4. Photoshop
I added some more glow using a soft light layer and a soft brush with a warm color tones to the sky on the right side. Finally, with the Nik Collection plug in I added the glamour glow filter to add a very subtle, soft look.

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