translucent/gradient effect overlay

[gautamz07]

Hey guys , i'am not sure if my title is right LOL .

Please have a look at the below image :



see those 3 images that have a orinange-gish effect , how was that effect created ? i know this is something really simple . but i just need to make it look professional , so just wanted to know whats the best way to do it ?

if somebody can just tell me a few things i could try , i'll go and try it and be back ! .

Thank you.

Gautam .

 

[IamSam]

Hey Gautam, none of the three lower images have a orange-ish effect other than the banners.



Is this what your referring to?

 

[gautamz07]

IamSam , noo ,

actually if u look at the picture there is a dark overly , from the bottom of the picture , it goes from dark black to transparent .. i don't know if i am being clear enough .

 

[Hoogle]

try a black to transparant gradient

 

[IamSam]

OK, now that we have established what your needing, here is one way to accomplish the effect.


Take your image....


On a new layer above your image, add a black to transparent gradient to the image from the bottom to the top.....


Lower it's opacity..........


Add a layer mask to the gradient layer.
Select your Brush Tool. Lower its flow and opacity.
Select the layer mask, with the brush, remove the gradient from the areas you wish to be exposed.

 

[gautamz07]

IamSam thanks , tats an easy and neat approach , actually somehow i feel the pictures have a oringish overlay , let me demonstrate that with a picture .




I have highly exaggerated the effect though i guess

 

[IamSam]

There's not an orange-ish effect in the example you posted, sorry. Your seeing the effect of the orange banner (and the last girls orange shirt) fooling your eye into thinking there's orange there.

Take a look with the banners neutralized......


But if that's what you see, then hopefully I've helped you out.

 

[IamSam]

But if you insist, you can use a Hue & Sat layer to bring out a more 'orange' color in the image....

 

[gautamz07]

IamSam , i just liked the effect , thanks for correcting me though .

 

[IamSam]

Not trying to correct you at all. It may be the difference in our monitors as well. I definitely see what you may be talking about, but the effect goes away when I cover the banners.

If you like the effect, then that's what is important to me!

Here, I have added the banner to the image and slightly boosted the orange in the image with the Hue & Sat adjustment layer.

Looks a bit over satted, but it's OK.

 

[gautamz07]

I like the effect , i still prefer ur 1st technique of gradient overlay on a new layer though .
thanks I .... AM ...... SAM

 

[gautamz07]

Heres my own version yeeeeeeeyy ! the 1st picture has a exaggerated effect .....



TY .

 

[Tom Mann]

@gautamz07 - I agree with you that there is an orange cast to the images. It is probably most unambiguous in that the highlights in the three small images are not pure white but have a slight warm cast. With your last effort using the orange gradient layer, you are on the right track to matching it, but you have a bit more to go.

My guess is that in each of the images the overall look was achieved by a combination of techniques:

1. A warm / orangish initial overall color balance (eg, using ACR or any of several other methods);

2. An orange layer, completely filled, not a gradient, and certainly not set to 100%, but set to a much lower opacity and/or a different blend mode; and,

3. A separate gradient to darken the bottoms of the pix (not quite as exaggerated as you show).

HTH,

Tom M

 

[gautamz07]

Tommann , highly appreciate your inputs , espically ur 1st point seems quite interesting .

i will definitly try this .

Thanks .