Photo Editing Tutorials
Curve Tutorial - For FireWorks, Photoshop, GIMP
What you need
Here is simple technique to give your photos a stunting effect (to make your photos “POP”). First you will need a photo editing software such as Adobe Photoshop / Macromedia Fireworks or GIMP etc… Oh GIMP is free and it has many rich features like Photoshop.
Begin Tutorial
In this tutorial I want to introduce the Curve Adjustment. The curve adjustment has 4 different Channels, RGB, Red, Green, and Blue. By changing the curve you will get different results like brightness, contrast, and color. The best and simplest is by applying an S curve on the RGB channel; your photo will pop instantly, it will look sharper and have better tonality.
Creating Coloring effects
You can create a warmer or cooler effect by adjusting the Red, Green, and Blue Channel. By adding magenta into your photo you will get a red warm effect. The reverse effect will be by adding cyan for a cold effect. Try this yourself and you will be amazed what you find.
1.Start with the Orginal Photo. Click on Filters - Adjust Color - Curve
2. Drag the curve to make it look like an S shape
3. Click the channel box to select Red and slightly pull the center curve up.
4. Contuine with the Green and Blue Channel until you have the desire result.
Updated: January 20, 2007