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Infrared Landscapes

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Convert color landscapes into realistic infrared photos.

1

Open an image to edit.

2

Change the image mode to Lab Color (Image> Mode> Lab Color).

3

Select the chroma b channel (Ctrl+3).

4

With the chroma b channel selected, select the canvas (Ctrl+A) and copy (Ctrl+C).

5

In the History pallet (Window> History), select the first state when the image was opened.

6

If the image mode isn't already RGB Color, change the blending mode to RGB Color (Image> Mode> RGB Color).

7

Paste the clipboard image as a new layer (Ctrl+V).

8

Apply an Auto Levels (Shift+Ctrl+L).

9

With the top layer selected, use the Apply Image tool (Image> Apply Image) to apply the following properties:

Layer: Background
Channel: Red
Invert: Unchecked
Blending: Soft Light
Opacity: 100%

10

Rollover the image to see the original image without this effect applied. To add a magenta colour effect to the image, continue to step 11.

11

Create two new layers (Shift+Ctrl+N) and fill the layers with a #c34d83 color.

12

Change the blending mode of the middle layer to Overlay and the opacity of the top layer to 50%.

13

With the top layer selected, use the Hue/Saturation tool (Ctrl+U) to increase the saturation by 35.

14

Infrared Landscapes Tutorial: Final Result
Rollover the image to see the original image without this effect applied.


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