Photoshop Overexposed Color Effect

This Photoshop Overexposed Color Effect Tutorial will explain how to create the below effect.

Photographs alone are very pretty, but sometimes you didn’t quite get the right effect and wish it was a bit sharper, deeper, more overexposed… all sorts of things. With this photograph I wanted to add a deeper coour to the blossom and twigs, but not so much sky and background. I’m using adjustment layers in this tutorial as well as colour layers and it’s a great effect for many other photographs.

Once you have a few of these effects in your bag, you can easily try them out on your photographs, some work better than others - the best thing about this is, it isn’t too hard at all.

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Photoshop Overexposed Color Effect - The Steps

• First of all, I suggest you download the image I am using - right click on it and save image

• Secondly, I wanted to sharpen the image a bit - I decided to use the high pass filter to do that. So, duplicate your layer - CTRL (win) / Command (mac) + J - then go to your layers palette and change the layer mode (it’s the drop down menu displaying "Normal") to "Overlay"

• Now for the high pass filter. Go -> Filter -> Other -> High Pass (filter is along side the File, Edit, Image tool bar) - change your high pass radius to 6.0 then press OK and then press CTRL (win) / Command (mac) + E to merge the layers.

• Now duplicate your newly merged layer. CTRL (win) / Command (mac) + J - change the layer mode from "Normal" to "Screen" (to do that go to the layers Palette and locate the drop down menu which displays "Normal")

• Now go -> Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Gradient Map select the default gradient, change the colours so that the first one is 6d573f and the second is just white. It’ll look like this. Then go to the layers palette and change the layer mode to Multiply
  

• Now go -> Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Hue/Saturation - alter the saturation to +37 then press OK

• Next, go -> Layer -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Color… when the first box appears leave the Opacity at 100% and change the "Normal" drop down menu to "Soft Light" - then press OK, another box will appear, the colour box - at the bottom you’ll see 6 digits, change them to d88bf2 - then press OK

• This time go -> Layer -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Color… when the first box appears change the Opacity to 71% and change the "Normal" drop down menu to "Color Burn" - then press OK, another box will appear, the colour box - at the bottom you’ll see 6 digits, change them to 95c9f4 - then press OK

• Next, go -> Layer -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Color… when the first box appears leave the Opacity at 100% and change the "Normal" drop down menu to "Soft Light" - then press OK, another box will appear, the colour box - at the bottom you’ll see 6 digits, change them to e5f79a - then press OK

• Now you need to download this curves file. Once you’ve saved it to your computer, open Photoshop again, then go -> Layer -> New Layer Adjustment -> Curves -> Load -> Locate your file -> press OK and OK again

• Right, now go -> Layer -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Color… when the first box appears change the Opacity to 59% and change the "Normal" drop down menu to "Color Burn" - then press OK, another box will appear, the colour box - at the bottom you’ll see 6 digits, change them to 95c9f4 - then press OK

• Next, go -> Layer -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Color… when the first box appears change the Opacity to 41% and change the "Normal" drop down menu to "Overlay - then press OK, another box will appear, the colour box - at the bottom you’ll see 6 digits, change them to e5f79a - then press OK

• Next, go -> Layer -> New Fill Layer -> Solid Color… when the first box appears leave the Opacity at 100% and change the "Normal" drop down menu to "Soft Light" - then press OK, another box will appear, the colour box - at the bottom you’ll see 6 digits, change them to d88bf2 - then press OK

• And that’s it. It’s pretty basic but useful. You can easily alter colours I use and also change the layer more + opacity, it really makes a difference. If you have any questions regarding this Photoshop Overexposed Color Effect Tutorial then just drop me a line in the below comment box. I’ll happily reply.