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Adjustment layers are essential tools for speeding up your digital painting workflow. In this premium lesson, I break down how to use them for non-destructive editing and color correction. You will learn how to control your values using Levels and Curves, and discover why common methods for checking values are actually lying to you. I will show you the most accurate way to check your values in Photoshop. We also cover how to use Color Balance to tie your piece together and how to use Threshold to check your shape design. Finally, I dive into my favorite tool: Gradient Maps. You will see how to use them to easily colorize grayscale images and create special effects.
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Take one of your grayscale paintings from the grayscale assignment and colorize it using both blending modes and adjustment layers. Don't feel like you have to limit yourself to realistic colors for this assignment! You can get some interesting color combinations with blending modes and adjustment layers, so experiment and find what works best.
