Just one thing that might help: when a colour is picked form a swatch, read the brightness value from the palette and match it with the "location percentage" in the gradient mask. In this way you will get the exact colour.
If I may offer my advice (I’ve been a professional retoucher in NYC since 1999)- make a selection of whatever you need to select, and then make that a GROUP. Inside that group, add your gradient maps one by one- as opposed to having a different mask for each adjustment layer. This way, if you need to change the mask, you only have to do it once per selection instead of on each individual layer. You can also nestle multiple groups within the main group- say, lips. Make one main group with the lips masked out, then inside that group make a layer or group for each color you need to match to. It will save you lots of headache later, trust me! Great video though. Well done.
Thanks my friend, but this obviously isn’t how i normally work. This was a basic tutorial and I wanted people to see the layers I’d created to understand where I was taking the selections from, but you’re right. That’s better file organisation.
@@vi2e Not a fan of unmesh - he teaches really bad photoshop techniques...that are mostly quick but are absolutely terrible and unprofessional. When he talked about high end retouching and was using frequency seperation...thats when I couldn't take him seriously at all.
I honestly learn so much from your videos. You are one of the fews that I still follow through the years due to the fact that you stay humble, practical, uplifting, informative and nothing to do with web celebrity style. Wish I was not in Sweden but in London to go to some of your photo walks. Would be nice chatting with you in person. Once again, great job! Commend your wife for her great shots as well.
So I'm actually a Software Engineer and not a photographer or product designer, but I like watching art and your channel really blows my mind, this video and techniques are just amazing, keep at it man!
Nice voice, on-point tutorials! Thank you very much! I know, it's an older tutorial, but maybe I've got a little advice too: When you're selecting a color with the eyedropper tool from a non-solid color like paint on skin it really can help to set the sample size in the upper-left corner to 5x5 or 10x10 to get the average color around the selected pixel - just to avoid selecting a pixel that's influenced by the noise of that image. :)
I probably have watched a thousand hours or more of photoshop tutorials, and my biggest problem area has always been color. This is the first video where it clicked about gradient maps and finally get it! You need the black and white in there, not just the color! Absolutely brilliant, thank you so much! Subscribing
Love that you took a step away from the usual type of video that you do. What I really can't wrap my head around is how you selected the dress from the first photo without getting the holes in it. You said to go look it up but with the way you explain everything I'd honestly love to see how you do it!
You go to the mask layer with a white brush and paint over the holes, where you want them to be. You can also correct yourself with switching between black and white brush (press "X" when in the mask layer) and paint the gradient back. You can also play with opacity. If you know that the dress is semi-transparent in some places, you can set the opacity of the brush as you wish.
When you use a tool like Quick Selection Brush, there's an option on the top panel that reads "Refine Selection". When you click on it, you can paint over your mask with a Refine Selection Brush, which automatically excludes background and holes from your selection. It's very useful when selecting hair, for example.
This video made me join your supporters Sean. I love your storytelling, but as a programmer turned photo artist (I am not really a photographer), this tutorial was greatly appreciated!
Incredibly useful ... You help me to solve a big problem I was puzzling over. Every time I see your video I get closer and closer to the best version of myself as a photographer :) thanks Sean
I love your videos !!! It’s amazing how people regurgitate their resume “ yes I have retouched for 100 years from NYC” and and I have blah blah blah! I love your explanation in your video !!! :)
Thanks Sean, one of the more useful videos I've seen lately. If I can make one criticism (and I see this a lot in other folks' videos) it's that when you're showing something being altered in a small area of the image, then please zoom in so we can better see what's happening rather than sticking at a fill view.
That's a much more efficient way to recolor something! Until now I changed the value and hue + saturation with 2 layers. But I had no idea you could use a gradient map to do it all in one but also keep it flexible. Very nice one. I guess everytime you think you know all tricks in Ps, you learn a new one! 😄 I'll definitely use this new technique.
I've watched many of your vids - many I enjoyed, many I didn't. But this was the first "slap-my-forehead-it-should've-been-obvious" one I've seen! Great one, keep 'em coming!
Thanks Sean for another great video, and thanks to the extra couple of suggestions given some of your followers. I think I'm going try this method as I've never been very successful with other techniques seen before. 🙏🏼🐉
Thank yo, Sean for your work. There are many tutorials of varying quality that are offered for money, and I am glad that I can come to your channel time after time and find excellent high quality advice.
Just one thing that might help: when a colour is picked form a swatch, read the brightness value from the palette and match it with the "location percentage" in the gradient mask.
In this way you will get the exact colour.
Paolo Molinaro cool tip!
👊🏽
Also when picking the color from a swatch, it's better to change the "Sample size" from 'Point Sample' to some thing bigger like '11 by 11'
Thank you, sir.
Thank you!
If I may offer my advice (I’ve been a professional retoucher in NYC since 1999)- make a selection of whatever you need to select, and then make that a GROUP. Inside that group, add your gradient maps one by one- as opposed to having a different mask for each adjustment layer. This way, if you need to change the mask, you only have to do it once per selection instead of on each individual layer.
You can also nestle multiple groups within the main group- say, lips. Make one main group with the lips masked out, then inside that group make a layer or group for each color you need to match to.
It will save you lots of headache later, trust me!
Great video though. Well done.
I'm a Graphic Designer working with Watches photography for about 4 years and your explanation is absolutely right.
Thank you
Thanks my friend, but this obviously isn’t how i normally work. This was a basic tutorial and I wanted people to see the layers I’d created to understand where I was taking the selections from, but you’re right. That’s better file organisation.
Cool. Thanks for making and sharing!
YES!
Honestly the best tutorial on gradient map I've ever seen. Bravo!
tsts... you haven't met Unmesh yet...! XD
...don't get me wrong: I also appreciate and like Sean Tucker's videos a lot! Very nice guy
@@vi2e Not a fan of unmesh - he teaches really bad photoshop techniques...that are mostly quick but are absolutely terrible and unprofessional. When he talked about high end retouching and was using frequency seperation...thats when I couldn't take him seriously at all.
I honestly learn so much from your videos. You are one of the fews that I still follow through the years due to the fact that you stay humble, practical, uplifting, informative and nothing to do with web celebrity style. Wish I was not in Sweden but in London to go to some of your photo walks. Would be nice chatting with you in person. Once again, great job! Commend your wife for her great shots as well.
This video is gold, or silver, or platinum, because now I know how to make it any colour I want it to be! Thanks, Sean :-)
Sean, Another great video. I now have a much better understanding of the Gradient Map tool. Thx.
I’ve been a regular Photoshop user for nearly 20 years and I learned loads from this video. Thanks, Sean.
Watched this video for fun last night and woke up to a project that greatly benefited from this tip! Forever grateful for your channel.
Great explication, Sean. Thank you to share with us and thank to your wife to share the beautiful photos.
So I'm actually a Software Engineer and not a photographer or product designer, but I like watching art and your channel really blows my mind, this video and techniques are just amazing, keep at it man!
One of the best professional tutorials I ever watched. Thank You, Sir!
Nice voice, on-point tutorials! Thank you very much!
I know, it's an older tutorial, but maybe I've got a little advice too:
When you're selecting a color with the eyedropper tool from a non-solid color like paint on skin it really can help to set the sample size in the upper-left corner to 5x5 or 10x10 to get the average color around the selected pixel - just to avoid selecting a pixel that's influenced by the noise of that image. :)
Sean from philosophy to practicality. Excellent tutorial
This is one of the clearest and best tutorials I’ve seen for quite some time.
Thank you Sean, very much appreciate you
Very nice approach to adjust colours and tonality. Thank you so much for sharing.
So much Thanks! So much helpful Sean! God bless you, your dear wife and all your dear ones!
That is the clearest PS tutorial I’ve ever watched. Thanks Sean!
Thanks so much. I been watching this tutorials several times already and still learning something new . Everytime
I probably have watched a thousand hours or more of photoshop tutorials, and my biggest problem area has always been color. This is the first video where it clicked about gradient maps and finally get it! You need the black and white in there, not just the color! Absolutely brilliant, thank you so much! Subscribing
Brilliant tutorial. Clear, concise, and beautifully presented. Best instructional video on this subject I’ve ever seen. Thank you.
Love that you took a step away from the usual type of video that you do. What I really can't wrap my head around is how you selected the dress from the first photo without getting the holes in it. You said to go look it up but with the way you explain everything I'd honestly love to see how you do it!
Same here ☝🏾
You go to the mask layer with a white brush and paint over the holes, where you want them to be. You can also correct yourself with switching between black and white brush (press "X" when in the mask layer) and paint the gradient back. You can also play with opacity. If you know that the dress is semi-transparent in some places, you can set the opacity of the brush as you wish.
When you use a tool like Quick Selection Brush, there's an option on the top panel that reads "Refine Selection". When you click on it, you can paint over your mask with a Refine Selection Brush, which automatically excludes background and holes from your selection. It's very useful when selecting hair, for example.
@@Loweren thanks so much as this is much-needed additional info! ;)
Very useful video Sean. I'm excited to put this to use. Thanks!!
LOVE your tutorials...miss the inspirational quotes...you are so good at that!!!
This is a better tips and tutorial than PS tutorial channels.
Totally!!! PS should put these guru's of editing on Payroll for sure!!!
I remember your video on shooting that vintage chair. One of my favourites. Love the tutorials Sean, keep em coming!
Nice. Great tutorial. I like your teaching style. Thank you for sharing.
This video made me join your supporters Sean. I love your storytelling, but as a programmer turned photo artist (I am not really a photographer), this tutorial was greatly appreciated!
Thanks Marco :)
Thanks Sean for an excellent tutorial video; much appreciated
Thank you Sean for this series on working with color,,,learned a lot!
This gradient map idea is really a WOW!
I have no clue why YT suggested this video to me but I'm really glad it did. Outstanding
Honestly the best color replacement video I’ve seen.
Just bought your wife's retouching course! Thanks Sean (and Sarah)
Hey Sean, great video ! Love the technique. Thanks for sharing.
That's an amazaing way of using gradient maps. Thanx a lot Sean.
Thanks for all the simple tips and tricks Sean, things are always simple when it comes from you.
Fantastic tutorial Sean, clear & to the point. Perfect, many thanks.
Fantastic tutorial. Thanks Sean.
Incredibly useful ... You help me to solve a big problem I was puzzling over. Every time I see your video I get closer and closer to the best version of myself as a photographer :) thanks Sean
I'm not a photographer but, I enjoy your videos. There's always something positive and inspiring I take away from them. Thank you!
Nice music choice at the end. Also very well explained.
Thanks for sharing!! This will prove to be super useful.
One of the best tutorials that we have found! Everything is explained clearly without a waste of time! Great work!
I learned this really quickly thanks to your short tutorial. I practiced, and in one evening did some pretty good stuff. Thanks Sean!
have seen a lot of how to's on gradient maps, never seen one this good. thanks for that.
Thanks Sean, I really do enjoy your tutorials. I find your technique of teaching really sinks in with me.
Absolutely fantastic tutorial Sean. Thank you for making this.
I love your videos !!! It’s amazing how people regurgitate their resume “ yes I have retouched for 100 years from NYC” and and I have blah blah blah! I love your explanation in your video !!! :)
This video just changed my life.
As has been said, this is the best gradient map tutorial I’ve seen. I will be using this in my work. Thanks you. 🙏🏼
Best tutorials I’ve come across
Great video Sean!! 👍👍👍 Thanks...
Very helpful and well made tutorial as always. Thank you very much Sean!
A-MA-ZING Sean! Thanks buddy!
Sean, this video answers a question I did not even know I could ask ... you are fantastic!
You're awesome Sean! Thank you so much for the very informative and helpful tutorial! God bless and good luck!
I am just learning photoshop and this is amazing - thanks for the great video.
Wonderful video. I can see that I am going to use this technique a lot. Thank you for taking the time to create such great content.
Thanks
Very practical approach, good explanation of the scenario and solution, will definitely give this a go thanks
That's a really useful tutorial Sean, thanks' for your insights too.
Can't wait to sit down and try this out!
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You couldn't have timed this better.
Great technique! Very practical. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for this. Very concise and informative. I'll incorporate this into my work flow.
LOVE these practical videos. They are soooo informative and applicable in our everyday lives. Keep it up Sean!!!
Thanks Sean, one of the more useful videos I've seen lately. If I can make one criticism (and I see this a lot in other folks' videos) it's that when you're showing something being altered in a small area of the image, then please zoom in so we can better see what's happening rather than sticking at a fill view.
I agree Dave. I realised the mistake too late, but you’re absolutely right.
That's a much more efficient way to recolor something! Until now I changed the value and hue + saturation with 2 layers. But I had no idea you could use a gradient map to do it all in one but also keep it flexible. Very nice one. I guess everytime you think you know all tricks in Ps, you learn a new one! 😄 I'll definitely use this new technique.
Very, very good tutorial, many thanks. Hope this gets more views/likes.
Thank Sean, love these tutorials?!?! =) Best technique I've learnt so far...
I've watched many of your vids - many I enjoyed, many I didn't. But this was the first "slap-my-forehead-it-should've-been-obvious" one I've seen! Great one, keep 'em coming!
Yes!!! This is really helpful. Thank you Sean for this tutorial.
Excellent tutorial!! Thank you.
thank you for this very useful technique and your use of multiple examples!
Thank you for this and the other tutorial videos. They give me insights into what other photographers are talking about and the tools they use.
Thanks Sean for another great video, and thanks to the extra couple of suggestions given some of your followers. I think I'm going try this method as I've never been very successful with other techniques seen before. 🙏🏼🐉
So so useful especially as someone who was struggling with the realism of colour changes
Fantastic video, Sean. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge.
Excellent tutorial! Thank you so very much for all your work putting it together. Looking forward to trying this out.
This is solid gold info! Thank you sir!
Thank yo, Sean for your work. There are many tutorials of varying quality that are offered for money, and I am glad that I can come to your channel time after time and find excellent high quality advice.
This is awesome !!
Brilliant colour work ...
Amazing video tutorial... Fantastic...
I struggled with recolouring my images until I watched your video. Thank you, this is very helpful!
Again great stuff coming from commercial real world applications showing how it can be done.
Great retouching tip and loved the unexpected touch of humor. ❤️
Great techniques and explanation Sean. Love these kind of videos.
Very well explained and incredibly useful tutorial. Can't wait to try it out.
Very clear explanation, thank you.
Impressive neat and simple technique!!
Thanks for putting in the work to deliver this long awaited tutorial, very much appreciated.
cheers 👍👍
DAAAAAANG. 7:30 in my mind was blown. I'm going to try this later today.
Something new to try tomorrow 😊
Mind Blown!!! Thank you for this video dude!
B&W gradient with color midtone? marvelous thought !
Amazing video, Thank you, Sean. I have been looking for something like this for a while...very well explained. Thank you again.
Hi Sean. Hope you're doing fantastic. I'm really an admirer of your work
I didn’t think that there was going to be something SO valuable in this video. This speaks to something I was JUST working with...tediously.
Thanks Sean! I dont do much of modeling, but so useful to change the background ! and so easily explained. cheers