Fix Hot Spots & Highlight Blowouts with Selective Color in Photoshop

[@ponymoore6140]

This is absolutely brilliant! Far better than how I have normally dealt with hot spots. Thank you.

[@f64Academy]

Great to hear it. I was pretty shocked by it as well

[@MvRPhGy]

With every new video-tip or tutorial you succeed to impress with your knowledge how to make an image shine and go from 'not bad' to 'woow - this is excellent'. Thank you so much Blake!

[@f64Academy]

Glad you like it. If you think this is good, shoot, I do a WHOLE lot more on f64.co/elite This is just the tip of the iceberg.

[@Kapri_]

Probably the best tutorial I've seen on this topic, this is exactly what I've been looking for. Thank you so much 🌹

[@f64Academy]

Thank you very much, that means a lot to me :)

[@carlosread5887]

Wow! So simple, and yet such great results! I am going to incorporate this "Trick" in my portraits retouching workflow. i use selective color for other purposes, but had never imagined it could be used for toning down the bright spots on a face.

[@f64Academy]

Have fun! This one through me off guard too :)

[@bobkillen8396]

Outstanding tutorial-- solves many issues, and no need to copy and patch and then reduce layer opacity which works-- but this works far better.

[@f64Academy]

For sure! I was shocked when I discovered it!

[@tomdupuis8466]

I say this to myself every time I use your training video. You totally amaze me with your photoshop skills and the way to teach the lesson. You do not copy someone else work and slightly change it. It is all yours !

[@f64Academy]

😊 thank you! I do tend to stay in my own lane, that's why I don't watch other KZbinrs in the Photoshop space. I don't let other people's workflows influence my own that way. Although there are some excellent instructors in this space 😁

[@suspendedhatch]

I’ve attempted this many times with unsatisfactory results. Here you come along with the missing pieces! Avid follower now. I can’t wait to see what else I can learn and improve on.

[@f64Academy]

So glad I can help. This technique blew me away! Happy accidents are the best, that's why I leave a lot of room for experimenting. I'll do that so you don't have to 😁

[@jamesgjurovich7893]

@@f64Academy does this work with rather extreme hot spots as I'm having trouble knocking down a rather large and bright HS

[@rickymundy8663]

This is the best I’ve have tried. Takes a little practice but very good technique……Thank you for sharing

[@f64Academy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@chrisloghry4005]

Blake, this technique has been a lifesaver as I continue to edit corporate head shots that were a little too blown out! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@DaleSteadman]

I use the Selective Color tool all the time, this is a very interesting technique, thanks for sharing.

[@f64Academy]

My pleasure!

[@garethVanDagger]

You’re a boss dude. You just save a whole photoshoot for me that I shot on film. I wasn’t familiar with the film stock and was surprised when I scanned the photos as it’s usually hard to blow out highlights on film. But I messed up bad and now your trick has saved me. Sincere thanks!

[@f64Academy]

That's awesome! So glad to hear that 😁

[@tomingrassiaimages8776]

This may be the most useful technique ever!!!

[@f64Academy]

I'll take that as a badge of honor 😁

[@guyivie8987]

Excellent tutorial! To think of all the time I've wasted trying to heal/clone away hot spots in someone's face...

[@f64Academy]

For real! This method is crazy!

[@betodeth]

thank you , you save me a lot of time, I was doing it with selective control and your way it's faster

[@f64Academy]

So glad you think so!

[@TatyanaValdaBelindaHill]

Oh my gosh! This is so helpful. Selective Colour is one of my favourite Photoshop tools for post-production. It's so simple to use and fixes so much, so much easier than more unwieldy tools like Replace Colour. (Never hear anyone else talking about this.)... But I never thought about using it for blowouts. So good. xx💐🍰

[@dipont311]

Wonderful... I've been looking for ways to bring down this hot spots... and this techniques is simply brilliant... thank you...

[@f64Academy]

:) Glad you found it!

[@louie7141]

The best way I've seen to deal with hot spots. Thank you, sir, I will now like and follow!

[@f64Academy]

Thank you! I appreciate it 😁

[@acestudioscouk-Ace-G0ACE]

Thanks so much for this! The timing was spot on. I had just this shiny skin problem that a lot of current make up gives you and was searching for video solutions when I found yours. It worked first time and I will be able to deliver my job on time. People really must give this a go! Thanks again Blake. 👍😃

[@f64Academy]

Excellent! I'm so glad you found this one 😁

[@bala1000mina]

Thank you so much Blake for sharing all these great trip and lessons generously with the world! Best of luck!

[@f64Academy]

Thank you 😁 it's my pleasure

[@steve2085]

Awesome lesson, Blake. I've used the selective color tool with disappointing results. This is going to help so much. Thanks for sharing this.

[@f64Academy]

My pleasure! Give it a go and see what you think.

[@ericgofreed1651]

Thank you! Excellent instructional video. Highest compliments!

[@f64Academy]

Much appreciated 😁

[@JimSewell]

This is a great technique, Blake. Like all the others, it's a great tool in the box for the right job. Not so good on the wrong job so that's our challenge - to find the right tool. I take a lot of photos at church and our Pastor and one of our deacons is bald and with the lights we installed for livestreaming it's a mess and I've spent hours taking down shinies but this technique is a fast way to do it without all that masking and burning and color correcting... almost magical! Thanks

[@f64Academy]

That sounds like a great use for it actually!

[@ShiningStarStudios]

Your timing of releasing this video was perfect! We had a headshot session where the subject had these hotspots, and I struggle painting the correct colors and shading in frequency separation. I tried this technique. It worked perfectly!

[@f64Academy]

Yes!!!! I love it 😁

[@RobertoTaylor]

Thanks for this tip! Just tried it on one of my portraits and it worked great. This will definitely come in handy in the future.

[@f64Academy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@montazownianr1]

Love it. No idiotic intro with rumble music, subtle transition, and very good tutorial

[@f64Academy]

I try to get straight into it 😁 I appreciate the encouragement.

[@Ronin760]

Brilliant. I love what it does to portraits. This is a common issue I run into. Thank you!

[@f64Academy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@JeffreyMcPheeters]

Dang. That's so simple! Great use of a tool I've struggled with in the past. Thanks, Blake!

[@f64Academy]

Crazy, huh? Stupid simple!

[@kim0942]

Wow… Thanks for this brilliant solution to hot spots!

[@f64Academy]

My pleasure 😁

[@wxyz237]

Great solution to highlight blowout. Thought it worked better on the portrait examples than the landscape shot though. Thanks for teaching this.

[@f64Academy]

For sure, but it is dual purpose. Also great for specialist highlights in landscapes.

[@TC_Conner]

This, combined with lessons 1 and 2 in the PE Tone Module, helps me understand tonal values a little better!

[@f64Academy]

That's awesome! Glad you found some connections between the two 😁

[@shadowfoxsports]

Tried it just now in PS....WOW!!! Now part of my post processing. Thank you!!!

[@f64Academy]

I love that! YESSSSS, you made my day 😁

[@sergedaleiden5597]

Brilliant, never thought of that. Many thanks Blake!

[@f64Academy]

For sure! My pleasure!

[@leoliu8403]

Thanks, Blake! Always learn a new concept.

[@f64Academy]

That's great! I love it 😁

[@divadmottram]

wow that is amazing im flabbergasted portrait retouching is difficult at the best of times but this is amazing could you do a high end portrait retouching work flow and make it simple. frequency separation always gets mixed results for me and im not in to AI its just not the same as doing it your self i would ring that bell a million times after seeing this if i could

[@f64Academy]

I typically do landscape, architecture, macro, and wildlife. I just happened to stumble upon this while experimenting with some landscape images and had an AI portrait open in Photoshop at the same time. I tried it on that image and was blown away! So I don't really do a whole lot of retouching work.

[@CWReace]

Hopefully I'll remember to try this tonight after work so that it sinks into my brain, as it looks like it could be useful to me when dealing with clipped highlights. 👍

[@f64Academy]

Definitely experiment with it and remember to use it naturally, it can make things look fake if you don't feather it in with opacity.

[@RELATE-TABLES]

Awesome tutorial! Simple & yet effective.👍 Thank you🙏🏻

[@f64Academy]

I'm glad you enjoyed it 😁

[@PinkArmy]

i like this. i will likely start using this. what i did to fix this was my own method... i'd duplicate my face layer and use the spot healing tool to make every white blown-out highlight skin-colored like the matching skin around it, and then moved around the opacity slider to make it look good.

[@kunalm3333]

Superb technique with amazing result 😍👍

[@f64Academy]

Thanks so much 😊

[@robynaldridge8304]

You are always coming up with little gems, Blake. I remember when you showed us a way to get rid of the camera hotspots in IR images and now I'm wondering if this way would work as well. Of course one would have to get one's head around the colour changes!

[@f64Academy]

😁 thanks! This way won't work the same. This is only for highlight hot spots which are very different from hot spots in IR photography caused by lenses. I would still only do that in RAW

[@farreach84]

brilliant solution, thx for sharing! obviously this is for high-end profile pictures that require more attention than ID photos and I'll be sticking to sample and brush to my id photos but this is great to have on my arsenal for future clients 👍

[@f64Academy]

For sure! Not good for batch processing. Although you could do it on one image, bring the rest in and then copy that layer and paste it on the others.

[@InfiniteTools8]

My dude that is brilliant! Nicely done, thanks for sharing with us!

[@f64Academy]

My absolute pleasure 😁

[@photonsonpixels]

Simply amazing! Thank you, Blake.

[@f64Academy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@msemilyli]

This was so helpful for beginners like me. Thank you!

[@f64Academy]

Man, if I only knew this as a beginner! Phew! You just learned an advanced skill, my friend 😁

[@jeffpiper4466]

great explanation and use cases for this... thanks for the tips!

[@f64Academy]

Thank you, it was my pleasure 😁

[@kevinbrumfield8007]

Great solution! Thank you for sharing.

[@f64Academy]

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@DonoVideoProductions]

Intriguing. But for color accurate work (offset printing for imstance), frequency separation will be a better option. Exsisting skin tones can be sampled, ensuring perfect color when retouching hotspots.

[@f64Academy]

True, that's another option. It's always good to have options.

[@love-bangladesh-o3m]

Briliant Brother I was sticked with applying solid layer > Pick Color > mask brush uff. you saved my life

[@f64Academy]

Glad I could help 😁

[@cangwm]

Amazing and really useful. Thanks for all your videos

[@f64Academy]

Absolutely! It's my pleasure!

[@mbstudioabaitauganda72]

Great work bro very educative thanx just keep it flowing

[@f64Academy]

Will do! Been at it for 13 years, I ain't stopping now 😁🤣

[@agadelis3887]

This will save our day, thanks a lot. Subscribed.😁

[@f64Academy]

Glad it helped and I appreciate the sub :)

[@ericweberphotog]

Just what I needed. Thanks!

[@Spiros_Pandis]

Amazingly helpful and simple! Thank you 😊

[@f64Academy]

So simple, it's crazy!

[@ZeroBudget1997]

Absolutely amazing 🎉

[@f64Academy]

I appreciate it!

[@Godssweetchild]

Going to try this now. Thank you!!!!!

[@f64Academy]

My pleasure! Enjoy it!

[@arafatproductions]

I also like this tool so much. This is awesome

[@richardbrenyah4357]

This is great you solved my problem. Thank you so much

[@f64Academy]

That's what I like to hear 😁😁😁

[@brentlu373]

amazing content

[@f64Academy]

thank you

[@AnandKPhotography]

Life changing! Thank you so much for this.

[@f64Academy]

😁 life changing! That's a new one, I'll take it!

[@AndyMillerPhotoUK]

Great advice -- I suggest masking to localise the adjustments and then using the black point rather than opacity to blend -- If one "only" uses opacity do the colours change as opacity changes -- I guess not but ????

[@jean-jacquescaproni4877]

Wow! Amazing. Thank you

[@f64Academy]

Glad you liked it!

[@ivoryphotographykenya4078]

This is very brilliant... God Bless

[@f64Academy]

Thank you! You as well 😁

[@Matt-vl5jl]

Game changer, thank you!

[@f64Academy]

My pleasure.

[@ramesht1707]

Excellent work

[@f64Academy]

Thank you!

[@valdemarcaballero5298]

FANTASTIC!! FANTASTIC!!!!! FANTASTIC!!!!! 🙏🙏

[@f64Academy]

Yes! Yes! Yes! 😁😁😁

[@rmarko52]

Great tip. Have you tried inverting the Selective Color mask and “painting’ in the adjustment?

[@f64Academy]

Yep, that works too. However, you need to do it :) That way works similar to example #2, you could skip the selection of the subject and just paint in the effect too. That's why I love Ps, 100 ways to do 1 thing and none of them are more correct, lol. Or maybe I love that for my own job security :)

[@vascoinglez9551]

The photo was much better in the beginning. People doing dodge and burn and you taking that beautiful light...

[@f64Academy]

It's all about how you blend it. I found that highlight to be distracting, but if you blend it with opacity or lower the black presence it starts to look natural and give the best of both worlds. Don't throw this tip out based on one image. I've used it on several with this issue and seen incredible improvements.

[@DoObs]

Thank you for an actual great piece of information.

[@f64Academy]

Any time! I have a lot of that on this channel :) It's not content for the sake of content.

[@marcovelazquez5677]

This is really a great and easy solution...Thanks

[@chikuba1000]

Hi, first of all thank you for your tutorial it's well explained. Second it's help me a lot for one of my nightmare lol

[@BubblesPothowari]

Thank you for the Lesson....

[@f64Academy]

It's my pleasure 😁

[@JaroPitkanen]

Hi Blake, Thank you 🙏 Really helpful information ❤

[@f64Academy]

Awesome! Glad you liked it 😁

[@SuhileAhamed]

Great, need for the hour for me and thanks a ton

[@edmundhayes7982]

Terrific tutorial

[@f64Academy]

Thank you 😁

[@saleemrishah]

it's extremally helpful tutorial... thanks 💙

[@jameshider1234]

Great tutorial as usual - much appreciated. It didn't seem so effective on the landscape example. I wonder if that was because the highlights were totally blownout, rather than adjusting the colour along a smooth gradient from the darker areas on the face to the brighter areas?

[@f64Academy]

Yeah, the bigger the blowout, the more it has to fill and look unnatural. I could just clone in some texture there from the surrounding area.

[@charrski2918]

Very cool - great tutorial

[@ninacleven7889]

Great content, very informative.

[@f64Academy]

Glad you think so!

[@johnmcnairn6822]

Good one...very handy

[@f64Academy]

I'm glad you think so!

[@a.joshatt7518]

this is gold, thank you so much.

[@apeel2008]

Excellent!

[@f64Academy]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@RubiinaLama]

i wish i had seen this video few weeks earlier but thank you.

[@f64Academy]

Better late than never! Subscribe and click the notification bell so you don't miss anything else 😉

[@pathankotiya]

Amazing tutorial. How did you get the colours to show on the selective colours tool. What I mean is showing what colours are affected when you move the sliders left or right.

[@f64Academy]

Movie magic, I did it in post.

[@Bro-qr9fz]

Great tips loved it ❤🎉

[@f64Academy]

Woohoo!

[@Lukman-id2xf]

Thankyou sir for the simply way

[@joaquinparchment5986]

WOW absolutely awesome...

[@tjcuneo]

Perfect timing as I was working on an image that had some hot spots. I experimented and it seemed that some of the skin texture was always softened/lost. I adjusted the opacity of the layer but it still didn't help that much. There is data in the highlighted area so is there a way to protect the texture of the skin? Enjoy your channel, thanks.

[@f64Academy]

Possibly use a high pass sharpen. To take the details from the original and put that on top of the selective color adjustment layer.

[@i-primeproductions1517]

Lightroom healing brush tool does it in less than one second 🤷‍♂️ but this is something I want to experiment with.

[@f64Academy]

True, but you have less control. Here you can blend the opacity and have more control over the final look. I don't like doing these kinds of things at the raw level because they are too restrictive and don't give you a whole lot of control. Maybe LR for quick stuff, but this for more deep level retouching.

[@regisrouget2662]

Thank You So much !!!

[@f64Academy]

You're welcome 😁

[@indrajitadvani3742]

Hotspots is such a common problem especially when using studio strobes so many thanks for this tip. However, at 3:44 your Selective Color sliding bars (Cyan, Magenta and Yellow) show colours either side whereas mine don't. Any idea what's going on?

[@f64Academy]

That's movie magic. You won't see that in PS but I put it there in post video editing to give you an idea of what colors are on each slide

[@indrajitadvani3742]

@@f64Academy Haha. Very crafty

[@jimtexphotographyentertain3083]

Good work

[@f64Academy]

Thank you so much 😀

[@akkasbashy]

Thank you very much

[@f64Academy]

No problem!

[@daveyoo9642]

Dammmmmmmm this is really helpful. Thanks

[@f64Academy]

😁😁😁

[@bioshock6935]

That's all good and well when adjusting the pictures but what i have notice is when you go a buy or use a different monitor or tv your going to get a different looks this happens to me all the time as i am adjusting the picture to the screen at that time i was using but looks noticeable different on another screen. Ideally your going to need the Sony reference £30,000 monitor to get the perfect picture and colour grading lol

[@f64Academy]

Variables, there will always be variables in this category. You will go mad trying to make that perfect if you focus on it. Just focus on making art, that detail is minor in the grand scheme of things.

[@josediazh3890]

Muchas gracias.

[@f64Academy]

de nada!

[@souljah9e]

Thank you! Do you know how to remove wrinkles in clothing in Photoshop?

[@Heiko.Kalweit]

That's brillant!

[@f64Academy]

Thanks!

[@proultravioleta]

You can add Blend if to make it even more selective to the highlights only

[@f64Academy]

For sure! But these already act very well in terms of their tonal selections. They kind of already have a form of blend if in them, but certainly you can refine it more with blend if, masks, blend modes, etc.

[@sanjibpaul3917]

Thank you 🙋‍♂️

[@f64Academy]

Absolutely!

[@TheJadedFilmMaker]

cool. thanks

[@sakthie6850]

Good tips

[@f64Academy]

Thanks