sharpen:
- duplicate layer by dragging layer in layers palette onto new
layer icon at bottom
- select Soft Light blending mode
- filter top layer using High Pass and adjust to right
effect
- can change transparency of top layer to attenuate the effect
remove colour cast:
- use eyedropper (I) to pick up the colour of an area that should
be white
- create a new layer on top
- fill (G) layer with picked up colour, then invert (ctrl I)
- apply Colour Dodge blending mode (or sometimes Vivid
Light works well)
cycle through tools using keyboard:
- hold Shift and press the shortcut key - the tools in the toolbox cycle through (eg shift G alternates fill and gradient
fill)
remove midtone colour cast:
- create new layer, filled with 50% grey (Edit > Fill and choose 50% grey in top selection)
- set layer blending mode to Difference - any areas on photo that are 50% grey become black
- create an adjustment layer for Threshold...
- move the slider down until there are just a few small black areas
- use the color sampler tool to select in one of these areas (probably need to zoom in first)
- switch off the grey layer and the adjustment layer
- create a new Levels adjustment layer
- click the middle (grey) eyedropper tool, then click the position remembered by the color sampler tool (CAPS LOCK changes
tool to target - easier)
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