Complete Selection Control with Blend If
I showed you how to easily color grade a photo a few weeks ago. It brought out a LOT of questions about split toning, luminosity masks, and more advanced thoughts. I figured I would follow up that Color Grading video with a more advanced look at color grading with my favorite tool… Blend If!
Blend If is intimidating, I get it. It is tough to find in Photoshop, and because it is so secluded, we almost forget about it. It’s also not described very well, and there are many ways to use it depending on how you are working with it. For the most part, I and many others have only shown how to use Blend If Grey. However, there is a ton of power in Blend If Red, Green, and Blue.
This tutorial will show you how to blend highlights and shadows with different color grades using Blend If. I will also show you how to protect ANY color with Blend If as well!
For Blake, it's all about the art and process synergy. He dives deep into complex topics and makes them easy to understand through his outside-the-box thinking so that you can use these tricks in your workflow today!
Blake: You must have read my mind. I was working on a photo doing color grading when I saw your email about using Blend If. This is most helpful. Thank you so much!
As always … EXCELLENT information Blake !!! … THKSM … Take care … Be Safe !!! …
Thanks for unlocking the voodoo behind the color channels in Blend-if. I should be embarrassed to admit that I did not realize you could use all the colors + tones in a single adjustment layer with Blend-if. Great, thanks.
As usual, awesome video for a technique and explanation that I have not seen anywhere else, or even close to it. A home run!! Thanks a lot for this enhanced knowledge of Blend-If and color grading.
Awesome video Blake, but since you talk so fast, I need to turn on the close captions……the problem with this video is the close captions are in Turkish and I can not get it to change to English. How do I get English captions?
Blake we are all glad you dream about this stuff but even more glad you share it with us. Amazing THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Hi Blake, been following you now for over a Year and your excitement is infectious. Your style of teaching is fantastic. I am really glad you are out there passing on your knowledge. You have helped me enormously on my journey in the Photoshop world. Thank you so much.
I am following you now for at least five or six years even before your first edition of Zone System Express was delivered. But I am still amazed about new techniques you always are coming up with. It never gets boring and I am always waiting for new tutorials and learning new exciting things. Thank You!
Holey Moley Blakeman, that is absolutely extraordinary stuff. The degree of precision targetting is incredible. Thanks for another magic video.
je vous connait depuis six mois et aujourd’hui je ne travaille plus du tout comme avant Comment, je rentre progressivement dans votre esprist et j’en suis heureux
merci blake pour ton travail si innovant
NB : dommage que toutes tes vidéos ne soient pas sous titrés, au moins en américain.Si c’était le cas je prendrais tous tes cours
Good bye Luminosity Masking and bring on Blend-If with a bit of Color Blending.
“Bonzer Mate” It’s better than “Sliced Bread”
Sorry Blake I can’t help myself it’s th Aussie larrikin in me
Just amazing- Thanks for this information. I’ve been using with the color grading section in ACR and have had some good results but I can see such possibilities with the precision of this skill in Blend If. It seems as if it would take a little longer to make all the extra layers but the results outweigh the time spent.
Not the easiest of concepts but thank goodness the video is there for time immemorial to watch again and again.