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This is the final result of this episode, a mountain lake with rich contrast, soft black with a cinematic style, and warm tones from the blue channel curve, all in one adjustment layer curve. Let's get started. Hello, welcome back to the complete Adobe Photoshop series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. Curve is the most flexible tool for contrast and color. The diagonal line represents input brightness on the bottom axis and output on the side axis. Each point we drag changes only a part of the tone range.

Step 1: Reading the Curves graph

Open the mountain lake photo. Add an adjustment layer curve. The diagonal line from bottom left to top right means the photo hasn't changed yet. The left part of the line is shadow, the middle is midtone, and the right is highlight.

Step 2: Curve $ for contrast

Click on the line at the lower quarter and drag it slightly downward, making the shadows darker. Click on the line at the upper quarter and drag it slightly upward, making the highlights brighter. This S-shaped curve increases contrast with a smooth transition.

Step 3: Keeping midtones

To prevent midtone shift, add a corner point exactly in the middle of the line without dragging it. This point locks the midtone, so changes only occur in the shadows and highlights. Select the blue channel in the menu channel.

Step 4: Blue channel to warm up

Drag the middle point slightly downward. Reducing blue means adding yellow, so the photo feels warmer like sunset light, without changing the contrast.

Step 5: Soft black like in movies

Return to the RGB channel. Drag the bottom-left point slightly upward. The deepest black turns into very dark gray, giving a film or matte look popular on social media.

Step 6: Opacity and ratio

If the effect is too strong, lower the opacity of the curve layer to 80%. Compare by turning off the layer. Save as PSD and export as JPG.

Done!

Done. We've already looked at the curve graph, created an S-curve, locked midtones with anchor points, warmed up via the blue channel, and created soft black like in movies. In the next episode, we'll fix dark photos using brightness, contrast, and exposure. Need to edit product photos for marketplaces, retouch photos, design posters, or create social media content? Cerdas Inovasi Digital offers photo editing and graphic design services, as well as Photoshop courses from beginner to advanced. Want to master the entire series? 102 episodes from the interface to the final project? All episodes, complete with PDF step-by-step guides, source photos, and layered PSD files, are available for premium tutorial subscribers. Subscribe starting at Rp69.000 per month, save 28% with the 12-month package, or pay once Rp999.000 for lifetime access. Want just one class? Buy single classes with lifetime access. Subscribe now at the premium page cerdasinovasidigital.com Contact us via WhatsApp, or visit cerdasinovasidigital.com Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode.

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0:03Introduction

0:39Step 1: Reading the Curves graph

0:56Step 2: Curve $ for contrast

1:15Step 3: Keeping midtones

1:33Step 4: Blue channel to warm up

1:45Step 5: Soft black like in movies

2:00Step 6: Opacity and ratio

2:17Done!

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0:03Introduction

0:39Step 1: Reading the Curves graph

0:56Step 2: Curve $ for contrast

1:15Step 3: Keeping midtones

1:33Step 4: Blue channel to warm up

1:45Step 5: Soft black like in movies

2:00Step 6: Opacity and ratio

2:17Done!

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Introduction

Step 1: Reading the Curves graph

Step 2: Curve $ for contrast

Step 3: Keeping midtones

Step 4: Blue channel to warm up

Step 5: Soft black like in movies

Step 6: Opacity and ratio

Done!

Introduction

Step 1: Reading the Curves graph

Step 2: Curve $ for contrast

Step 3: Keeping midtones

Step 4: Blue channel to warm up

Step 5: Soft black like in movies

Step 6: Opacity and ratio

Done!