PRECISION Color Grading with Blend If in Photoshop

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► Watch the HSL Color Grade Video: • EASILY Color Grade ANY...
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. First and foremost, it is very difficult 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.
In this tutorial, I 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!
••• Video Chapters •••
00:00 Introduction
00:43 Color Grading Yosemite
01:23 Color Grading with HSL
02:30 Using Blend If to Protect Shadows
03:15 Visualizing Blend If
04:40 Color Grading the Shadows
06:23 Next Level Color Grading
07:20 Color Grading for Blue
08:17 Protecting YELLOW with Blend If
10:19 Color Grading for Blue
11:22 Protecting BLUE with Blend If
12:32 Mixing Blend If Blue and Blend If GREY
13:09 Why Blend If Is Best
#ColorGrading #BlendIf #PrecisionControl
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@simoharjane7823 3 месяца назад

Protect was the magic word needed to apprehend the Blend if option. Thank you .

@CatalinGulan 3 года назад

I keep saying to myself : fantastic guy this Blake..!!! Why? Because he shares all the time valuable knowledge? No, no is not just that..! On top of everything, Blake shares the enthusiasm and the pleasure of working in Ps, and I am talking about that pleasure had when you discover a solution to a difficult math problem, when you find solutions to a geometry puzzle problem...I am in loved with math, (and Digital Image Processing) and I made this comparison, because I noticed the same excitment at Blake! No more words to say: God bless you Blake!

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Hahaha! That is so true, I REALLY love what I do and I love solving difficult problems. Math was always my favorite subject in school, the harder the better ;)

@sandrakuijpers9206 2 года назад

You're the man for Photoshop training. You go deep and show me stuff I did not know yet. Thanks very much. Keep up posting advanced Photoshop training please.

@f64Academy 2 года назад

For sure! Been doing it for 10 years, no plan on stopping 😁

@Apocalipsist93 2 года назад

This video completely blew my mind

@f64Academy 2 года назад

😁 glad you liked it!

@SODOMAX-cq6le 2 месяца назад

Besides perfect photo editing techniques, it's also life's philosophy when thinking deeply. Inspirational. Thxx very much

@rejeanbrandt 3 года назад

Very insightful. I’ve used blend-if for several years but never considered using a color overlay to preview what areas are being “masked”. Thank you for this!

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Glad it was helpful! That's my favorite tip for Blend If.

@lancelenoir2875 3 года назад

You can also take the color overlay showing the "masked" areas stamp them into a new layer. Change that layer to difference and make a real mask that is much more detailed and correct than anything photoshop can do with its masking tools.

@Woji52 3 года назад

@@lancelenoir2875 Nice. One of my first thoughts was using this technique for proper masking. This is a great tip on its own. CheersQ

@ctenos45069 3 года назад

Excellent job Blake. I have used the BlendIf with the blue channel to help with sky replacements. This video takes it up several notches. If you ever visit the Cincinnati area, I owe you a cup of coffee for this one. You continue to Rock with when it comes to the PS channels on here.

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Thanks so much, Clay! It means a lot to me! If I'm ever up that way, coffee sounds good, or tea... I'm a tea guy!

@ctenos45069 3 года назад

@@f64Academy if you’re a tea guy, I won’t hold that against you since your videos and zone system are so good. Blend If is so great for application of ZS, and you’re new approaches to color grading are very intuitive and extremely easy to use as complimentary tools to help with understanding color theory!

@ChrisKendrick 3 года назад

Well, Rudis. You did it. Last straw; icing on the cake; la crème de la crème. As a result of this video plus the very simple HSL color grading video, I became an elite member. Awesome work.

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Awesome! Thanks so much for your support 😁 I think you'll love Elite. It's all about growth there.

@eoslove2022 3 года назад

You just blew my mind with this! I've been using luminosity masking plugin panels to do this same thing but Blendiff seems to offer more precision with the added benefit of a smaller working file size. With 32GB of RAM my new iMac still slows down as the file size grows closer to 1GB. Even hitting Purge>All doesn't help much. Using Blendiff is now my new modus operandi.

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Absolutely! Blend If is so lightweight on processing and file size too.

@richardstalter5461 3 года назад

That is crazy. I have to go back and go through this a couple times. I never cease to be amazed at what I don't understand about Photoshop. Way cool, Blake.

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Same here! There is always so much to learn. I love that it is a bottomless pit.

@ptst19 2 года назад

Man, one more of the top class and we'll explained tutorials, you are a very talented teacher, thank you

@f64Academy 2 года назад

Oh wow! Thanks so much, I really appreciate your kind words 😁

@emilebaudot904 3 года назад

Very well put over Blake...! And a fantastic tool in the Ps workflow....👍🏻

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Totally agree!

@MartinH81 2 года назад

Brilliant video, so well explained! Thanks a a million Blake!

@f64Academy 2 года назад

My pleasure!

@JeffStudley 3 года назад

That was amazing. The visual of the overlay and how blend if affects where it goes was perfect.

@f64Academy 3 года назад

That's the fireworks 🎆 show for sure!

@grossoanthony 3 года назад

A game changer! Thank you, superbly well done!

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Thank you very much!

@Woji52 3 года назад

YOU'VE SHOWN US CONTENT AWARE MASKING! Genius. I am so happy to find your channel sir. I have never even heard of blend if. So exciting

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Thats a very neat concept!

@JeffreyMcPheeters 3 года назад

Thanks, Blake. It's really a great tool and one you brought me back to some years ago. I first encountered and used Blend-if for color blending more than 15 years ago, and this is still my favorite way to use it, and I think I wasn't really cognizant why I like it with color but you make it clear with your explanation of how well it works as a continuous modifier for changes happening underneath. Kudos once again.

@mywildlifestories3793 3 года назад

That's a lovely. Now I understand the correct way using blend if.. It's time to put in the practice

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Love it! Yep, your turn now 😁😁😁

@perfectpyro 3 года назад

Thank you for keeping my skills fresh and for keeping photoshop an ever-learning experience for me! I use tips like this everyday in my workflow.

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Man, that makes me so glad to hear. I appreciate your feedback and you for putting these things into practice.

@sergedaleiden5597 3 года назад

Big thumbs up! Finally (I think) I'm starting to understand blend-if ... will consider it from now in my workflow. Keep up the good work Blake.

@f64Academy 3 года назад

woop woop! Love it! Its a hard topic, give yourself lots of time with it.

@sergedaleiden5597 3 года назад

@@f64Academy Will do, sir!

@sonjon1000 2 года назад

At last blend if is starting to make sense, thank you!

@betty-louluyken904 3 года назад

You never cease to amaze me, Blake. Whenever I think I get it, you show me something new. Love it!!

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Haha 😁 that's my job!

@GeorgesPaquinPhoto 3 года назад

That technic is awesome!!!

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Thanks 😁

@marcelofarah8657 3 года назад

I still remember the first video I've watched from you. It was about how to detect the dominant colors in an image using the intensity slider in ACR (white balance). It was so simple I couldn't believe with only one slider you could see it. That's what I love about your videos, your simplicity and how you make things easier for us to understand. Regards.

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Simplicity is the best! I try to make these difficult things easy to understand. This one... wow, this one was a 35 minute video before editing. I had to cut a LOT out. It's hard to teach so I am glad to hear it is comprehendible, haha

@SonickPhotographie Год назад

Excellent video, I've learned a lot! Thank you 😃

@f64Academy Год назад

My pleasure 😁

@nosauten 3 года назад

Just discovered your channel. Amazing tutorial. Mind blown 🤯 😱 I have a completely better understanding of blendif now. You make it very clear when you used the word protect in-front of underlying layer. I always struggled with the concept of understanding what it was doing before.

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Awesome! Man that makes me so glad to hear! Welcome to the channel 😁

@imnotmarbin 3 года назад

I really enjoyed your video, I used to follow some other tutorials instructions on blend if, but I never knew what I was doing. Now I understand what blend if is about.

@f64Academy 3 года назад

I love it! Thanks for sticking with it 😁

@robynaldridge8304 3 года назад

Well Blake, I'm behind with the videos so I'll have to get cracking. This is one that I'll have to come back and check out again.

@f64Academy 3 года назад

😁

@larryrudnick1519 3 года назад

Excellent instruction - I've been following you and been an Elite member for a few years and I'm finally start to get blend-if. The RGB blend-if completely confused me. Thanks!

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Sweet! The RGB can be difficult to understand for sure. Take it slow and experiment is my recommendation.

@jeremybuscay 3 года назад

My first lesson with blendif came about 15 years ago while adding grafitti to a brick wall behind a model. I wanted the artwork to look as if it had been weathered. It is such a powerful tool. Great video!

@f64Academy 3 года назад

That is awesome!

@pamrhodes3462 3 года назад

This is incredible! I finally understand “Blend If”... Thank you.

@f64Academy 3 года назад

That's great! It can certainly be a tricky topic to learn.

@johnsamuelmcelroy 3 года назад

Great technique! This surpasses luminosity methods by a bunch and is why I purchased your Zone system panels and training yesterday. You make very pertinent and easy too understand content. 👍

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Awesome! Love it 😁

@MrRuelP 2 года назад

OPIA - outside the sliders are protected, inside the sliders are affected. This is how I will remember the technique. Thanks for the great tutorial. Update: I tried this one for portrait split toning and it worked well (I got out of my genre box hehe). And that magenta color overlay in the Blend If panel gives a very good view of what is being affected/protected.

@ajhertel 3 года назад

🤯 Good stuff here. As a BW artist this really is a great tool as I usually have my color layers underneath my BW conversion layers. I use different masking methods but had to do double work sometimes because masks aren’t “fluid”. Thanks so much for showing how to use BlendIf with the color channels, I’m excited now!

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Great application for BW work as well!

@subhasissarkar8758 3 года назад

Amazing! This is added to my workflow from now on. Thank you Blake!

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Woot,! Love hearing that!

@darrenhebert3096 3 года назад

Love your enthusiasm and passion to share Blake. Great instructor, who really does want to help others…..

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Thanks so much! I do love my job, seeing others succeed in their work is very rewarding.

@sanjaykrdas4u 3 года назад

Absolutely Brilliant as always, making complex subjects detailed in an "as simple as possible" manner ... love the down to earth approach while explaining your ideas about the process. Totally agree with you in this method, it actually opens-up more possibilities and flexibilities on all 3 RGB channel's and their corresponding luminosity values individually too, resulting in an absolute precision control over the tonal values in the given range(s). You just made my day by clearing my hunch I was having recently. Regards 👍👍👍

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Awesome! Man that's so great to hear! Thanks for the feedback. And for watching the video!

@pankajpaneru6542 3 года назад

I thought I was watching just another blend if tutorial until you started talking bout color blend-if 🤯. Thank you for the research you put in to come up with these crazy techniques!!! Gonna go have fun with blend if now !

@f64Academy 3 года назад

I'm sneaky like that!

@ProfMary 3 года назад

You have convinced me about the power of Blend If, Blake! I am a believer. I find I am using it more than I thought I would, thanks to you. This is a powerful video. Thanks for sharing.

@f64Academy 3 года назад

😁 yes! I love it!

@joshashdown4431 3 года назад

Well...I have to say I thought I understood Blend If concepts fairly well, but I stand corrected. Blake, you showed several things I had not tried before. Outstanding as always sir!

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Always learning! Best way to live 😎

@PaulMarshall 3 года назад

You’re right. Great technique. Thank you!

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Thanks!

@stanleymccleave9684 3 года назад

Wow Blake, you're style of working in Psd is unique. Simple yet deeply effective techniques. I'm so blown away I had to comment and I never comment.

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Wow, thank you! That's so great to hear, thank you Stanley :)

@arnovandenbergh928 3 года назад

And you did it again 🤗 this was another excellent tutorial thanks man🙌 can’t wait to try it🔥🔥🔥

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Awesome! Thank you! I am really glad you like it.

@alanward6738 3 года назад

never used blend if like this before....great tutorial...thanks

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Sure thing!

@JoeIV_Photography 3 года назад

Thanks for these tip! I will definitely be incorporating this and the HSL idea into my workflow. Much appreciated!

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Woohoo!

@davidabdallah2049 3 года назад

Oh my God thank you Blake first for the valuable information you always present that’s first and second your passion on doing it. I used to use the luminosity mask for the color grading and always afraid to change anything underneath now after you open up this Sky is the limit. Cheers

@f64Academy 3 года назад

For sure! This technique is liberating! I love the freedom it gives you.

@JohnBerthoty 3 года назад

Always next level (or two). NO one else is going this deep. Thanks.

@f64Academy 3 года назад

I try to go deep but still make it easy 😁

@lmergenti 3 года назад

Blake! Wow! This just blew me away! Thank you so much for sharing!

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Awesome 👍😎 glad you liked it!

@hanswi336 3 года назад

Absolutely stunning !

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Sweet!

@jaspergoodall3206 3 года назад

Thank you thank you thank you! I have been using blend if for years and never knew about the colour overlay! I always eyeballed it 😆 The visual aid is so much better. Also never realised you could combine R/G/B AND gray 🤯

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Mind blowing, huh? It's precision at it's finest 😁

@nicobotha8632 3 года назад

Morning Sean, After the pleasure of watching your latest Blend Iff tutorial, I hasten to bring tribute to you as an exceptional artist, photographer and Photoshop expert. As enthusiastic and creative thinker, who shares his expertise with enthusiasim, you truly are a man for all seasons! Kind regards, The octoganerian from South Africa, Nico.

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Thanks so much, I'll pass this along to Sean 🤣 he's a great guy too but I'm Blake 🤣

@nicobotha8632 3 года назад

@@f64Academy Apologies. it is intended for you Blake!

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Just messing with you 😁 better than being called Blase, Blair, or Black 🤣🤣🤣 those are the usual suspects.

@nicobotha8632 3 года назад

You’re messing wih a smile, the same humour that gives a sparkel to your tutrials! I enjoy it.

@bala1000mina 2 года назад

Awesome tutorial!

@Quiz-Mania-Pra-Familia 3 года назад

Protect the other(s) color(s)! What a clever way to do this! Thanks to your dedication/disposition to make our life easier on PS, I finally can put Blend If to work properly for me and my work. I just did a brief test and the result was the best I came up with these past few days! You never cease to amaze me, Blake. Thank you, always :)

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Awesome! That makes me so dang happy! Thanks for always being inquisitive and full of passion. It fuels my fire to keep on making these 😁

@Quiz-Mania-Pra-Familia 3 года назад

@@f64Academy 'full of passion' for our work - that's something we definitively share ;) Keep your fire-fueled, Blake. We, your followers, will always thank you :)

@nilswesterveld655 3 года назад

This is just awesome - thank you Blake! :)

@phadrus Год назад

Very helpful video. I’m having to translate all this to Affinity Photo which is tricky because the blend if in Affinity has a different interface approach. I appreciate the detail and care you teach with.

@f64Academy Год назад

Thanks! I appreciate your kind words 😁 blend if it's different in Affinity, but most things translate I think. It's been ages since I've used Affinity

@phadrus Год назад

@@f64Academy the new version that just came out is incredibly competent, a nice alternative to PS for those looking. In some ways, like all the live effects, I think is better.

@bodywise007 2 года назад

You are a master. And dedicated teacher. I can't get this to work as well as TK masking which is very pinpointed, targeted and more successful for me. But I see your method.

@margueritewhite3038 3 года назад

FANTASTIC!!! My notes sheet keeps getting longer and longer! :)

@f64Academy 3 года назад

That's great! Keep it up! You'll be rocking and rolling in no time!

@mmjmbanze 2 года назад

I'm having a eureka moment. What a great video.

@f64Academy 2 года назад

Wonderful! That's what I like to hear ;)

@kenmorris2858 3 года назад

Excellent. Very helpful....

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Glad you think so!

@tedebaer1 2 года назад

Thank you!

@oharax 3 года назад

This is awesome too. Thank you

@f64Academy 3 года назад

😁 my pleasure!

@MegaPacosanchez 3 года назад

This was really helpful

@f64Academy 3 года назад

So glad!

@richardbradley2641 3 года назад

Mind Blown! You sir are a Wizard.

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Haha, thanks, I just experiment A LOT and then share my success ;)

@JackBellesPhotography 3 года назад

Awesome!

@_nilcelio 3 года назад

great very good tips

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Glad you like them!

@joseangelfernandezgomez6351 3 года назад

You are the MAN. Thank you very much. Can I get one of those shirts? I am totally sold on blend if. If I could give you a 100 thumbs up I would

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Thanks! I love what I do, but seeing and hearing others success is where the real reward is! If you look at any video there should be t shirts under it.

@fototripper 3 года назад

I can see how this would be really useful for adding a warmer tone to dodged highlights. It's as if you know something about Photoshop ;)

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Haha, I might know a little! But yes, perfect for warming highlights and cooling shadows. I just wish it made my tea too!

@pereriksson6152 3 года назад

Amazing!

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Thank you! Cheers!

@gooverland4082 3 года назад

Holy $hit, that works nicely and easy to adapt, thanx

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Glad to help

@anshulsharma100 3 года назад

Thank you so much sir

@f64Academy 3 года назад

All the best

@estellemc1984 2 года назад

Wow this is a $1 000 000 tutorial

@f64Academy 2 года назад

Sweet!! I'll take it via PayPal 😁

@mikeeckhardt4945 3 года назад

WOW - Sorcery ! 😉 I've never dived this deep into the topic of "blend if" Blake. To be honest, I've only ever used the gray channel (like most people, I think). I am curious what I will be able to bring out in my next photos. Thank you for the video Blake. Have a good one!

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Its so powerful! I rarely teach it this deep because it is very difficult to teach it to that level of depth. Lots of complexities. I hope I did well with it here because it can be tricky to comprehend for sure, but even harder to teach.

@joshashdown4431 3 года назад

Same for me Mike, I had only tired the grey option and then when Blake showed you could combine the color and grey, my mind blew.

@franciscojaviergarciapadro4615 3 года назад

Gracias

@f64Academy 3 года назад

De nada!

@jlopez7596 3 года назад

Very well thought out and great presentation of blend if. This helps me improve my learning of creating manually the results of what luminar ai produces. Thank you!!!!! I did not see any portrait type videos on your channel so if this does not fit but i would like to see your aproach for color grading skins tones both light and dark skin tones individually and especially when you have very dark vs veey light people in the same image

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Every thing I do can also be used on portraits, you just have to experiment 😎 your turn now!

@gmansshadow 3 года назад

Best one yet! Yosemite Sam would not be happy with you mispronouncing his name, darn tootin' lol

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Hahaha! I remember those cartoons :)

@chrisrohwer5481 3 года назад

Blake, another great tutorial. I'll watch again but my question is when in the process is it best to color grade, early or towards the end?

@f64Academy 3 года назад

For me it's always at the end. I get my tones and colors accurate first, them color grade. Much better results.

@chrisrohwer5481 3 года назад

@@f64AcademyThank you!😎

@EyesSquared 3 года назад

Excellent, excellent Blake! Wonderful technique, exquisitely explained! Thank you! Question: What if we want to target the midtones? Can we cross the sliders over? (Highlight slider to the left, shadow slider to the right, until they're on opposite sides of each other?)

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Yep! You can cross them over.

@nishachainani 2 года назад

Wooow!

@f64Academy 2 года назад

@valdemarcaballero5298 3 года назад

bravo bravo bravoooooooo!!!!!!!!!

@f64Academy 3 года назад

@MrDro1128 3 года назад

14:18 you read my mind! haha

@cnicolo 3 года назад

Beautiful thank you very much ... I have a question... how to add or subtract a part of the “blend if” ? ... make a local selection and tha use a blend if, or we still can use a brush for it? Thank you ☺️

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Great suggestion! You could just brush on the mask and brush on the mask.

@cnicolo 3 года назад

Thank you ☺️ very good tips

@theblacktruth 3 года назад

Great work. Question: Can blend-if be used to create saturation masks?

@f64Academy 3 года назад

Probably. I'm not quite sure of your application for it.

@theblacktruth 3 года назад

@@f64Academy ...to be able to modify hsl based on saturation (eg raise saturation on only the areas of low saturation, protecting the already saturated pixels)