Adobe Photoshop for Photo Editing and Retouching
Course 4: Channels and Luminosity Masks: What are channels?
By Daniel Arranz Molinero , Professional photographer
Joined March 2017
Joined March 2017
About the video: What are channels?
Overview
“In this unit you will understand what channels are and how color information is represented in Adobe Photoshop. We will analyze the RGB composite channel and each color channel separately. You will learn what alpha channels are, and at the end of the unit, you can use channels as excellent allies to make complex selections.”
In this video lesson Daniel Arranz Molinero addresses the topic: What are channels?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 4: Channels and Luminosity Masks. Learn how to retouch with maximum precision.
Partial transcription of the video
“PHOTOSHOP: LAYERS, CHANNELS, AND MASKS COURSE 4 LESSON 2 What's a Channel? In this lesson, we’ll learn about channels, how they work, and how color information is rendered in Photoshop. The channels will help us make very precise selections, and they’ll be your greatest ally when you need to modify things like skies or touch up a really complicated area. From now on, selecting will be a really easy task. Let's take a look. So far, we’ve learned how to create layer masks based on selections. We've perfected them to mask tricky areas. We’ve used the Brush tool to modify them. We've painted th...”
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Course summary for: Course 4: Channels and Luminosity Masks
Daniel Arranz Molinero
By Daniel Arranz Molinero
Daniel Arranz is an Adobe Photoshop (ACE and ACA) Certified Photo Retouching Specialist and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Expert. He is the coordinator of the post-production area at the photographic specialization school La Maquinaria, where he carries out extensive work as a photo editing and retouching teacher.
As a photographer, he is an expert in professional lighting, although his specialty is travel and street photography, and his works have obtained more than 40 awards in international competitions such as the Sony World Photography Awards (UK), IPA Awards (USA), Prix de la Photographie (France), International Loupe Awards (Australia), International Color Awards (USA), among others. He has also obtained national awards in El País, National Geographic Spain, Iberia, Eurostars Madrid Tower, and more.
His work has been exhibited in numerous national and international galleries, including the Somerset House in London.
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