How To Quickly Match Colors For Fast Composites in Photoshop
One of the things many people struggle with when it comes to composites is matching the colours of the two (or more) shots. Manually dragging sliders around and trying to match two completely different images is just plain tricky, especially if you don’t have a lot of experience with it. But this tip from photographer and digital artist, Dustin Valkema shows how we can very quickly match up two or more images together for compositing using a simple curves adjustment and a little known option it offers in the “auto” settings. Essentially, all you need to do is add your two layers in Photoshop as normal, with your background underneath and the cutout layer on top. Then add a curves adjustment on top of the whole thing. You only want to adjust the top cutout layer, though, so clip the curves adjustment to that layer by alt+clicking the line in between the two layers. In the curves adjustment properties, and you might never have actually clicked it before, there’s a little