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Here's a simple technique to enhance
colors using the Color Range Command combined
with a change in blending mode.
The image below will be the target of this tutorial
and I will show you how to enhance the sky colors.
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With the target layer active, go to 'Select/Color Range'
menu command.
You will be prompted with the below dialog.
Drag your mouse over onto the main document view and
your curser will change to an Eye Dropper. Then click
an area of the blue sky to begin your selection.
Next you have two options:
1. Hold the Shift key and continue
clicking on the blue areas to add to your selection.
Hold Shift + Ctrl (Mac : Command) + clicking will show
you a mask preview within the Color Range dialog.
2. Or press the Control key (Mac:Command
key) to preview the temporary selection mask within
the Color Range Preview window, as captured below...
Note: Releasing the Ctrl
key toggles the original view of the document.
... then adjust the 'Fuzziness' control slider to add
or subtract from the color range selected. I adjusted
mine to the right to around 109. Then clicked OK to
get the following selection. (Yours will vary obviously
if you use a different picture)
Next, with the selection still active, go to 'Select/Feather'
to apply a slight softness to the selection. I used
1.3, yours may vary, but it's generally a good idea
to do this since my color range varies greatly you don't
want a complete drop off in color variations.
Optional: Go 'Select/Save
Selection' in case you need to use it for further modifications.
Finally, with the Selection still active, hit 'Ctrl
+ J' (Mac:Command + J) to copy its contents to a new
layer.
Here is the Layers Palette view thus far. I enlarged
the Thumbnail view for easy viewing.
Lastly, with that selection layer change the blend mode
to one of 'Multiply, Color Burn or Linear Burn'. The
below final result used the Multiply blending mode.
Summary:
1. Open Color Range Command on target layer.
2. Click in document area to define the color range,
alternating between Shift key for adding to the selection,
Ctrl key for Color Range preview Mask & the Fuzziness
control slider to increase or decrease from the color
range. 3. Feather the Selection achieved from the Color
Range Command.
4. Ctrl + J to copy the selection to its own floating
layer. (So as to not affect the original image)
5. Change Blending Mode of the new floating selection
layer to Multiply.
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