The Power of "Horizontal Curve" in Photoshop!

Control the Light with the Amazing "Horizontal Curve" Technique in Photoshop! Discover the most natural way to adjust the brightness of any area without disturbing the colors, using a simple straight Curve.
In this tutorial, we will use a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and combine with a Curves adjustment layer to create a "Light Map" that would allow us to control the amount of light all throughout the image. Hope this video helps. Thank you for watching :)
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Hey guys! So what's the difference between this method and using a Curves Adjustment Layer with Luminosity Blend Mode? First of all, thank you so much for your question. It's a great one, and I would have had the same if I were you. To know the difference, the best thing to do is this: Using the Horizontal Curve method shown in the video, move the points on the extreme left and right, up and down (as done in 11:32 on the extreme left). Then, do the same with just a Curves adjustment layer with Luminosity Blend Mode. You'll notice the difference straightaway of how subtle and natural this method is. However, if you are looking for something extreme and a little more manual control, you should go with Curves with Luminosity. There are hundreds of ways of doing the same thing in Photoshop, you need to find out what works for you :) Best Wishes! And Keep Creating! - Unmesh

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I was looking for such a method where you can just brighten a specific part of an image by clicking on that area. And the way you did it was truely genious. Really love your vids specially the part where you teach the concept.

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Nice dude! I use curves on luminosity blend mode to edit brightness without effecting colours, but after a quick test this method actually preserves much more of the colours - where my original method actually de-saturated them slightly. Also the changes on soft light are more gradual so it feels more controlled.

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[@janardanan3617]

We can do this with another way. Step 1:Alt+click on create new layer Step 2:Change the mode to soft light Step 3:Check the fill with soft light neutral color box Viola! Now you can use white brush on the newly created layer to brighten the image and black brush to darken. You can also brighten or darken any color of the image by choosing the respective color brush. If you find this helpful.. Press the like button on this video😊😉

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[@nikhilkakkar91]

This is an amazing way of changing the luminosity without affecting the colors. Just a small thought I had while watching this video. Can I use this technique to locally dodge and burn the skin while retouching? This way I might not be affecting the local color hue changes and can only manipulate the skin luminosity. Please share your thoughts on this if you find it relevant. Thanks for creating amazing videos for us.

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curves in luminosity blend and it's enouth to change britness without color change

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Oof im late 11 months , but , yea i have the same opinion

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This was exactly what I was going to say. This method is manual alternative and shows the concept behind it.

[@Adriana.Gabriela]

Not quite. It desatures the colors if you brighten something, and saturates them if you darken sth. Try doing both ways (his way, and luminosity way) at the same time, and compare the results

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What's the difference between doing it this way vs. using a curves adjustment with blending mode set to luminosity?

[@springrollwang4441]

none

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He answered this question a year ago

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@@springrollwang4441 luminosity blend mode is more drastic in changes. less subtle and elegant.

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can i ask u something, how to make the color of the edits on the laptop is the same when we move the file to the HP, thx u very much.

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You just have to use "save as web"

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thx u, ill try.

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Brilliant technique and brilliant idea to divide the video into two parts. Grazie !!! Greetings from Italy

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i don't understand what this technique exactly enables us to do. if you want to change tones without changing colors, simply create a curves adj. and change the blend mode to Luminosity. you are still my fav. photoshop teacher though.

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Was wondering the exact same thing...can someone explain why he uses this technique instead?

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@@aasdf285 Need more content for more ad money and views. Also, looks cooler than just using luminosity.

[@jeffellis6544]

Read some of the other comments. People of compare the difference and this way is a lot more subtle and smoother transitions. Doing it with the luminosity is harsher. Sometimes that’s fine, but sometimes it isn’t…

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It's more natural-looking than luminosity 😌

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More chance to get banding 😬

[@adamzsiros667]

Isn't it the same as if we were changing the curves' blending mode into luminance?

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Ádám Zsiros the results this way are not as harsh. Just another tool in your box. I had the same question.

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I'm using Photoshop now since it has been presented. And now I'm definitely a skilled user. But THIS trick with a horizontal curve... I haven't know. Thumbs up. My volunteers will love it...

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COREL nothing wrong with embracing your natural appearance

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Shieeet. Is it possible to use this techniqe in Premier Pro?

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I believe so, I think all you need is 2 Lumetri color effects on one clip and you're all set

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⚠️ No colors were harmed during this tutorial! ⚠️

[@DusanTomic2]

50% of grey is 127,127,127 not 128, because 0 is calculated like first so last 225 is 256.

[@Myntekt]

What's the middle of 0-3? 1 or 2? What's the middle of 0-255? 127 or 128?

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​@@Myntekt I told this already. We have 256 values of red and 256 values of green and 256 values of blue, first values is 0 and last is 255 (not 256) so math/half middle is 127/127/127.

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yeah but 256 values is an even number, so the middle of 0-255 is actually 127.5 . 128 numbers from 0-127 and 128-255

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just dont care. the impact on image is very small.

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Meaning there is no 50% gray. It's really between them :P

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Just one comment. Who are these 13 people giving Thumbs Down to this video?

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Paid photoshop tutors

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nyc Cameraman maybe the downers are trying to use Gimp 🙄

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They were holding their phones upside-down.

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Thanks for the video. You look like a CG character for some reason. Something is very uncanny... Plastic surgery? Weird Framerate? Lighting issues? Filter on the camera? Combination of all of them? Weird...

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I thought he looked like an anonymous mask.

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Totally agree! It's such an akward effect, can't stop looking at his tshirt!

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I think he's using a green screen

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Many thanks, Unmesh. Great and informative as ever. If I had stopped watching at 4:30 like you proposed, I wouldn't have learned anything today, just another trick. With the rest of the video this technique becomes a part of my PS knowledge.

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this technique is amazing. you are a really great mentor.

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Really nice tip about the hue and saturation adjustment layer. Thank you for sharing!!

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Thanks a lot Unmesh! Again you did a wonderful job! God bless you!

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This is a great technique. It works perfectly in Gimp too, although you need you duplicate the layer since Gimp doesn't have adjustment layers yet.

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