Mastering Curves

The curve tool is essential when it comes to contolling the colour and tone of an image, don’t be afraid of this feature of Photoshop –

Once mastered, you will gain precise control over your work!

The curves command works around a graph, Original image against New image with variations being made to the shadows, midtones and highlights of the image. Default setting is RGB, so all channels will be changed at once; This tutorial will only deal with RGB curves – not colour correction with the curve tool.

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