Controlling Colour in your Photography (Hue, Saturation and Luminance)
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
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In this video I give you some practical advice for being more intentional about the colours in your images, and how to limit your colour space in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop using the Hue, Saturation and Luminance tool (or HSL sliders). I also give you examples of complementary and analogous colour schemes from the world of cinema, and talk about what we mean when we say we are trying to achieve a 'cinematic look' to our photography.
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You had me at “I will never sell a preset on this channel. I would rather take the time to teach you how to create your own presets.” 😎
So true
legit that's what finally made me sub
instablaster...
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." This statement is so true for this video! 👍
For many things actually.
Apocalypse487 for everything really haha.
It applies to everyday life. I use this statement all the time at the work place =)
Maybe you just lack intellectual skills.
Those generalized phrases are practically always wrong.
This is a game changer. The colour wheel was a stroke of genius to explain how it all works! Thank you Sean. I love your approach.
Sean, when you turned your color correction settings off then back on I saw the deep level of design you bring to the details of your presentations. Only a superior teacher would come up with that rapid and incredibly effective technique to make your point. Then you explained the kind of impact you wanted the color design and lighting to convey to the viewer. I instantly saw it and felt it. While we viewers concentrate on the important lessons and techniques that you bring forth month after month it’s easy to lose sight of what a good teacher you are. Congratulations on another excellent presentation. As I have often commented Sean, be safe, be well, and continue to do good stuff. Given the world we’re currently living through that world needs you more than ever.
Thanks so much Roger. That’s very kind.
@@seantuck What panel are you working in? My edits panel looks nothing like that. I really enjoy your posts, keep it up.
Roger - well said.
Thanks Sean, excellent.
agreed. sean presented this well and i cannot look away at other gear tech videos.. i had to finish this. only sean does this
I have seen several color wheel/HSL presentations, but this is the most enlightening because you demonstrated the application with precision, rather than the generic washing of color that most others do. The point about split toning was the clincher. Thanks Sean. You are one of the most insightful photography presenters around.
This is why RUclips is such a blessing this day and age. Because of content creators like you mate. Thanks
totally true!
Not really relevant to the video, but I dont mind a million ad-reads and Im so thankful that you don't spam youtube-ads throughout your videos.
"Oh just a selfie I took" - yeah, I can't get a photo like that with hours of prep. I can see how far I've come in the last couple of years, but there is still such a long way ahead.
I've always felt Sean is one of the greatest and underrated modern day photographer. This video here proves why he is one of the best teacher too. Thank you Sean, your selflessness overwhelms amateurs and enthusiasts like me.
Thanks my friend. That’s very kind.
More power to you @@seantuck , Thanks again. Getting a reply from you made my day :)
This is so cinematic.
After 3 years of being Interested in photography and videography I never had such a valuable information of coloring until I watched this video thank you so much
You’re a remarkable communicator. I enjoy just listening to you speak. And of course the knowledge you share is of great value.
As a colourblind artist, this is THE SINGLE BIGGEST challenge in my photos and videos. In fact, the most recent short doc I shot was the first time I've ever used colour-grading for video. I appreciate efforts of people like you trying to simplify things for us! 🙏❤
li agree. id rather learn how to do rather then buying from someone or just "copying" a pre-set. creating your own vibe and style i think is really important.
of all videos, this was the only one that legitimately showed how the hues work, i got exactly what i needed. thank you so much!
As someone with deficient colour vision (Red/Green) I found this video to be particularly helpful and I have never seen it explained in such a way in any other video. Colour is definitely something I will experiment with more.
This was one of the most helpful tutorials I’ve seen, particularly the tip about whacking up the saturation to see more clearly the full range of colours in an image, then dialling it back to a more subtle level. Like you, I prefer a light touch to over-saturation, but this has inspired me to take more control of the colour palette in my shots, so thanks Sean.
This video can even teach how to teach. Such a bonus piece, Sean! 🙌 Btw after all these years spent learning photography never did I ever find a video that could make me understand HSL as properly as yours did. Thanks, man! ❤
I have found presets valuable in learning how to use Lightroom. Essentially I will apply different presets and when I encounter something which I like I will review the settings in the Lightroom panels to see exactly what the preset is doing. In this way I am developing my understanding of the various elements, how they interact and the effects they create by reverse engineering the look. This has then helped me in developing my own approach.
Sounds sensible. Now it’s time to create your own because it sounds like you know more than enough to get started.
Hey Sean, I have watched probably a hundred videos on color wheel, but as usual, yours have no competition!! You are an inspiration. I am a learning and development professional myself, but watching the way you deliver even complicated topics so simply and effectively, I get to learn new ways to teach from your videos. And I am beginning to understand photpgraphy a whole lot better. Thanks man!! 🙏🙏
Couldn’t agree more. The knowledge and experience to colorgrade photo or video is much more important than having lots of collection of LUTs or presets from other 'experts'.
With immense basic knowledge and EXPERIENCE, anyone can use ANY APPS to do the job according to their photos.
Thank you for all you do Sean, I find myself looking forward to these living room chats with you.
This is the greatest explanation/visualization of what you're adjusting with HSL. Thank you! 🙏🏻
Thank you, Sean, for taking the time to teach our community. I, for one, was taken back by today's lesson. It was never explained to me as clear and concise as you did. I've always found myself sliding the scales left and right, never achieving the look I've seen on Instagram. Can't wait to try!
Great tutorial Sean, as someone who’s really trying to workout how to use lightroom properly I found this incredibly helpfull. It is refreshing to find a creator who isn’t all about reviewing gear. Thanks again. Take care and stay safe.
“Color grading is limiting the color space of an image” explains so many of my questions that no other video managed to. I bow to your teaching/explanation skills sir.. What I thought as a complex and hard to understand concept was entirely broken down and explained so clearly in human terms.
I think I just learned more from this 25min video about color editing in photos than anything else has ever taught me. Thank you!
That contrast and blown up saturation to see dominant and clues for on point color grading tips made my day, thank you sir.
Sean, just made it simple. I never understood colors and color grading, but now I do. ❤️ Thank you, boss. You're the best.
Thanks Sean... very informative and awesome delivery as always. Was like watching a modern day Bob Ross when you were working on the edit of the blue sky / structure! :)
I like the way you talk, how you emphase syllabes and words. Its something special in it.
One of the best introductionz to working with color and limiting the color palette to produce mood. Great job
I've spent a year working with Photoshop but this video proved there is still so much to learn. Thanks for a superb, fluent tutorial.
Totally agree on split toning! Camera Raw in photoshop gives you similar functionality to Color Mixer in Lightroom.
I know it is called 'cinematic', but the colour cohesion was firstly an invention by painters. Painters would limit their palette to visually unify the picture, and to create a certain mood. We use 'overlays' today, because we take picture from nature to work on them, but they used 'undertones' to create cohesive pictures from scratch, and along the way applied different 'glazing' techniques.
One of my favorite RUclipsr photographer.
This is the clearest explanation of the color theory I've ever seen and the one that actually made me understand it. Thank you so much, Sean. Love your content!
Walking through your thought process was very inciteful.
Sean: Excellent tutorial . Finally someone explaining what colours do when you move a slider . Rather than just watching some RUclipsr just moving them by "feel" excellent JOB!
Sean, thank you so much for this video. I literally had that "aha" moment as you explained how the color wheel works. I don't know how many videos I have watched about the HSL/Color Wheel and it never filtered properly for me. This was a "game changer" for me,.
This is a very good reminder to celebrate individuality. I liken presets to police officers, its nice to know they are available, but they should not be over used. I have found it much more educational to find a preset I like, and then play around in lightroom to see how they made it.
You’re only meant to learn from the techniques, not copy the colour choices I make:) Thanks for the kind words.
The lightbulb really clicked with this video. Thank you for the best illustration of this concept I’ve yet to see on youtube., I feel like I can finally see the color paths in front of me.
Sean , this was a masterclass! I have been searching around to firmly understand how colours as in HSL work , and though there are some excellent creatives like you , but truly this explanation was so exceptionally lucid. The finer points like showing the grading in the video and then illustrating the split toning concept are the mark of an excellent Teacher. You were correct to say that the software that one uses is not going to affect the application, I use Luminar and I can clearly correlate your points despite the entire Tutorial being in PS . Thank You for such a detailed yet comprehensible Master Class.
Love your channel. Really helpful and down to earth. I like that you don't try to sell anything and also don't talk constantly about gear (like many other channels) and instead talk about photography itself. Keep up the great work!
Holy cow that was good. Of course now I have to turn my creativity up a notch or two to take advantage of it.
What a time we are living where this kind of content is free 🙈 Thank you!!!
hands down the easiest to understand tutorial how to use HSL. you are always amazing Sean!!!
What an excellent video Sean! This is a great explanation of how to control HSL in photography. I love the demonstration using the colour wheel to visualize how HSL can be used to control colour and to create an analogous colour scheme. It makes so much sense now!
Wow, I never understood how hue works before, this was an excellent explanation. The color wheel made it so easy to understand. Many thanks!
This made the concept of creating a color palate within an already established shot accessible for me. This was so, so helpful ♡ Thank you so much!!
This was the best explanation of color I’ve seen. Thank you! I did not know how the hue worked with the color wheel.
Can not thank you enough Sean. This was something I needed. Have heard many teaching about colour harmony but you made it so simple to understand and apply it practically.
This is so timely. I just switched from Adobe to Dxo Photolab and the Film Pack that you can get with it. I am having a great time playing with 50+ film presets but I need to learn how to use the color wheel tool. This video was great because it explains not only the concepts but also what talented stylists are achieving with their ability to control color and why they are doing it. Now I can go back and learn the mechanics of how to do color adjustments with a 100% better understanding of where I can go with it. This was a huge public service to the photography community.
Very informative! Ive never really understood these sliders until now. Thank you so much Sean!
Much like creating a good composition, where we remove distracting elements, we can also remove distracting colours to improve our photographs. Today I learnt 🙂 Thanks Sean! I always assumed the hue slider only affects the colour I selected but the slider actually affects the analogous colours surrounding the selected colours as well. Learnt something new today. I screenshotted the colour wheel you had on screen and also had a play around in LR.
Honestly one of the best videos on the topic!
Finally a video that explains HSL in an understandable & useable way. Thanks
I sincerely thank you for this video. The idea of compressing the colour spectrum towards one direction never really occurred to me. For example, I always looked at each colour in the colour mixer as that specific colour and nothing more. So if I were to slide, say, Greens to the left, I would think I am "making it less green". I can now see that in this example that I'm pushing it towards Oranges. It's so obvious, but it never occurred to me.
Sean... this is absolutely the best ever vid on "Colour modification" !!. Its taken months of research.. & presto... we have it all sorted here ... & niw .. my best ever moment.. 1am in Mumbai.. pinching myself.. its not a dream.. thks sooo much... cheers, Vernon Alvares, Mumbai
This is BRILLIANT. Now it all makes sense. THANK YOU Sean.
I was always a visual person and always loved art and photography, but lately I've been busy with other things and was losing touch with the visual aspect of my being. Watching your videos really inspires me and makes me want to get into photography again. I am taking random photographs every now and then but I hardly do anything with them. I did play with the HSL sliders before but I felt like changing too much would be "cheating" (I know it's not the right word). I think now I will give myself the freedom to do whatever I want and see what I come up with. Thank you for all you do Sean. Absolutely love your content. Stay safe.
PS: I love those philosophical videos of yours too. Do share with us more about what you're thinking lately. I started to miss those videos already.
Thank you for being such a good teacher. Providing the knowledge required to create one's own vision.
These past months I've been struggling with teal and orange color but with this video I fully understand it now. Thanks mate
This is so great! Really appreciate your tutorials that are driven by developing an understanding of making your own edits rather than achieving a specific look out of the box.
This is one the most helpful videos I have in recent times. Thank You so much!
I've seen many videos about color, this is the first one that explains this topic so clearly, excellent!.
OMG! Suddenly it all makes sense!!
I still can’t believe you have 425k subscribers. You should have so many more because you make quality content, allowing people to learn new things.
Such a simple and to the point explanation! You are helping me immensely to scale up my game. Thank you so much, Sean.
I can't thank you enough for posting this tutorial. The information therein is priceless. Many times I have been frustrated with presets, buying into the promise that I could get the same results that their sales literature promises. But the value of your video goes beyond that. For a long time I have been looking for a tool that I could use to control which colors are dominant in a photo and which others need to be adjusted or converted. And there it was all along. It's already available in the software I have so I need not spend a dime. And the results are everything I was searching for.
Really really enjoyed this tutorial! You broke it down so simply and really love that you encourage all of us to learn to do these things without presets. How you convey your message and the steps involves makes it so easy for us to watch and really understand. Keep it up 👌
This is the best explanation of controlling color I've seen so far. Good work and Thank you.
Man I love the philosophical content of your channel, but these tutorials are so helpful! Tks again, Sean! You're the best!
The best explanation I have seen. Thank you.
Sean thanks for making this video. As a person who never studied art or photography, I never knew how hue works in editing my photos. You explain it really well to send me on my way to explore, learn, and practice on color schemes! Thank you for putting in all the work to show us.
I've been struggling a long time with editing and setting my own style as a beginner. This video directed me to the path I wanted to take. Love this video! Thanks Sean!
Liked the video even before watching it, I know I wont regret my decision.
Same here mate
After watching the video, you would like RUclips to introduce a smash button. (in a good way, i like his videos:)
He is just too goood to exist in YT
Thank you Sean
The channel deserves Millions. I'll look forward to that day.
Protect your HIGHLIGHTS!
My god , how lucky I am to listen to this guy . Usually this type of insights is behind a paid walled garden.
Sean, you just taught a lot more about the complimentary colors and how to use them in the most simplest way possible. I have been watching lots of videos on how to do this but none of them was this easy. Thanks a lot... and also i agree with your perspective on presets as well not that i'm against it; just because i don't see fun in editing photos from scratch.
You keep on delivering precious gems... I learn a lot from you, not only about photography but also about myself and how not to lose my identity as a photographer. Thanks, man!
While watching this great tutorial I came to a sad conclusion that most of YT creators are quite stingy with sharing knowledge of this caliber.
Your channel is simply a treasure!
Amazing video. I'm completely floored that I never figured out that the hue slider just drags you along the color wheel in turn...
I was struggling with colour editing until I saw this video. Thank you so much Sean for enlightening me and for sharing your knowledge in such a clear and thorough way 🙏🙏🙏
One of the best tutorials for creating own look
Thank you Sean! You explained the color wheel in such a clear and concise manner. Great examples as well!
So with everyone else I have learned "how" but here I've learned "why" great stuff!
This is one of the most useful and one of my favorite videos you've ever done. Just outstanding.
The only video which clearly explain what a preset does and how. Great!
I have been playing with HSL for some time now but could not explain or fully understand how they worked and this example on Photoshop just clicked! So simple yet so powerful explanation, thank you for sharing it with us!
This is most comprehensive explanation of understanding colour grading I've seen so far. Really good job, and please more vids like that!
and yet it is also a very easy to understand explanation with real examples not just theory.... that is what makes it so much more impactful I think.
Thank you so much for such an informative and complete video. You made me understand it right away. Again thanks!
OMG the use of the color wheel with the hsl was EVERYTHING!!! Exactly what I needed, THANK YOU!!!
The only explanation I actually have understood
this is the best tutorial on color grading.
It is absolutely the best video available online for color grading and correction. I have been trying to learn this for about a year now and in just half an hour I understood everything. Thanks a lot Sean.
Another fine lesson from the man who knows!
This is exactly what I've been looking for. All the information you are sharing is answering some of the questions of how to mimic and then find my style. But I couldn't figure it out on my own. I was just too overwhelmed with all the sliders. You have definitely made a fan and a subscriber out of me. Please keep up the good work and I'll be doing a deep dive into your channel. Thanks
This is one of the best photography tutorials I've watched. Thank you.
Thank you Sean for opening my eyes. This takes my pics into another level. Thank you for helping me become better! Stay safe and hope to meet you one day