How can I achieve this kind of effect?

[King James]

Hi, how can I achieve the look on the 1st image? I'm want to apply that effect on the second image.

 

[Eggy]

What effect are we talking about?

 

[King James]

The colors are darker in the first image. It's that effect that I'm looking for but can't figure out how to achieve it.

 

[Eggy]

You can desaturate the image a bit and darken it by using a hue/saturation adjustment layer and then, using the mask that comes with the adjustment layer brush away the white parts with a soft brush to make them crisp white again...



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[IamSam]

I liked Lamberts (Eggy) version so I used his technique but I added a curves adjustment layer to intensify the blacks.

 

[King James]

Hi guys. Thank you so much for your replies. I tried your ideas of using adjustment layers and I think it looks good so far.

 

[Eggy]

Yes it does...