difference vibrance/saturation mask?

[mantra]

Hi
may i ask you 2 questions?

1)
is there a difference between vibrance and saturation mask ?
i found this http://goodlight.us/writing/saturati...p-actions.html


2)
may i know how do you create a saturation mask? and how many ways are there to create a saturation mask

i know only the ways
1) using a color selective adjustament layer
2) using the photoshop plugin


thanks!

[creativeretouch]

Re: difference vibrance/saturation mask?

Hi
may i ask you 2 questions?

1)
is there a difference between vibrance and saturation mask ?
i found this http://goodlight.us/writing/saturati...p-actions.html


2)
may i know how do you create a saturation mask? and how many ways are there to create a saturation mask

i know only the ways
1) using a color selective adjustament layer
2) using the photoshop plugin


thanks!

Hi Mantra, you can find Tony's complete tutorial here:

http://goodlight.us/writing/saturationmasks/satmask-1.html

and you will need to install optional Photoshop plugins from here:

http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/plug-ins-photoshop-cs61.html?PID=4137899#id_14532

Regards, Filip

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[mantra]

Re: difference vibrance/saturation mask?

Hi Mantra, you can find Tony's complete tutorial here:

Regards, Filip

Hi Filip

may i ask you how do you create a saturation mask?
i mean the steps? do you use selective color?

thanks Filip
ps i found http://forums.adobe.com/message/1944670 but it's confusing

[creativeretouch]

Re: difference vibrance/saturation mask?

Hi Mantra, I bought Tony's pdf-book few years ago and I do not think it would be fair to describe how that action works here ... Tony's pdf is not expensive and you will get these actions too .. I use his method often and I can say that I got what I paid for )

Regards, Filip

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http://photoapps.info and http://shotworldwide.com

[mantra]

Re: difference vibrance/saturation mask?

Hi Mantra, I bought Tony's pdf-book few years ago and I do not think it would be fair to describe how that action works here ... Tony's pdf is not expensive and you will get these actions too .. I use his method often and I can say that I got what I paid for )

Regards, Filip

----------------------------------------------------------
http://photoapps.info and http://shotworldwide.com

thanks Filip

i don't want to know how tony's action works
so i wil ask to the others in this forum how they create a saturation mask
seeing there are many ways , and i don't know which give the better results

[redcrown]

Re: difference vibrance/saturation mask?

As you see in that "confusing" thread on the Adobe forum, there are many methods to create a saturation mask.

All of them work by varying the saturation change of an adjustment layer. The resulting mask will cause the increase of saturation in some areas to be greater than in other areas. Their goal is to increase the areas with low saturation more than areas with higher saturation. That is the same thing a "Vibrance" adjustment does. The various methods are different only in the way they treat low saturation areas vs. high saturation areas.

For example, one method may increase a low satruation area 30% and a high saturation area only 10%. Another method may result in a 30% vs. 20% range. Yet another method may result in a 30% vs. 5% range. There is really no way to say which one is best. It depends a lot on personal taste.

I prefer the optional HSB/HSL plugin filter of Photoshop. That is because the grayscale values of the HSB/HSL mask will match the "Saturation" values of the Photoshop color picker. None of the other methods do that.


To get the HSB/HSL plugin go here: http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/plug-ins-photoshop-cs61.html

Once you have it installed, do this:

1. Dupe the background layer, or if you have a multi-layered document stamp a new merged layer.
2. Run the HSB/HSL filter on that layer, input=RGB, output=HSB (and see a wierd, ugly display!).
3. Go the channels pallet and control-click on the Green channel (which has the Saturation values).
4. Delete the wierd looking layer, you don't need it anymore.
5. Do a Select/Inverse.
6. Add your Saturation Adjustment layer (Hue/Sat, Channel Mixer, Selective Color, etc.) and make your adjustments.
7. Toggle the mask on and off to see its effect.

The saturation mask will be automatically added to your adjustment layer. The Select/Inverse step is necessary because the HSB/HSL filter creates a Green channel mask that is backwards from what you really want.

Also, here is a 10 min video about saturation methods you may find interesting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh7Ta-Dz6_c

[mantra]

Re: difference vibrance/saturation mask?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh7Ta-Dz6_c

thanks redcrown

but in the video the user does use always a saturation mask created with the plugins

[0lBaldy]

Re: difference vibrance/saturation mask?

Mantra, As creativeretouch has said...Tony thoroughly and simply explains the process of how to create an action and/or mask and the use of the different masks ... maybe this link will be more helpful: luminosity masks tutorial... After reading each page click the next button at the bottom of the page.. it is all explained within these pages