Creative Effects
Black and White Effects
Colorful
Black and White
- No color, only black, white and gray
- Better highlights shapes, lines and textures
- Has a classic, timeless feeling
- Makes people focus on photo content and emotion
- Find "Black & White" or "Monochrome" option
- Don't just reduce saturation to make B&W
- Adjust contrast to make B&W more powerful
- Try different B&W presets
- Photos with strong contrast
- Photos with obvious textures and lines
- Emotional portrait photos
- Street photography and documentary photos
- Increase contrast to make B&W more powerful
- Adjust brightness of different colors when converting to B&W
- Add appropriate grain
- Local adjustments to highlight focus points
Vintage Film Effects
Japanese film
Bright and fresh, light colors
American film
Warm colors, moderate contrast
European film
Cooler colors, artistic feel
Polaroid
Special colors, white borders
- Simulates old film colors and textures
- Has a nostalgic, artistic feeling
- Colors usually less vibrant, more soft
- May have slight grain
- Lower saturation: Make colors less vibrant
- Add warm tones: Overall yellow-orange tint
- Add grain: Give photos texture
- Slightly darken edges: Simulate old camera effects
- Daily life photos: Add warmth
- Travel photos: Create nostalgic feeling
- Portrait photos: Make skin tones warmer
- Street photos: Add casual feeling
Fun Color Effects
Orange + blue
Yellow + purple
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What are creative colors?
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Simple creative color methods
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Popular color combinations
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When to use creative colors?
- Make photo colors very special
- Like having only two colors in the entire photo
- Or making photos look cinematic
- Add artistic feel to ordinary photos
- Simple creative color methods
- Duotone effect: Make photos have only two main colors
- Like blue and orange, looks very cinematic
- Or pink and blue, looks very dreamy
- Can be easily achieved in "Color Split Toning"
- Orange + blue: Classic cinematic tone, very textured
- Pink + blue: Very girly, very dreamy
- Yellow + purple: Very energetic, very fashionable
- Green + red: Very Christmas-like feeling
- Want to make photos more artistic
- Want to attract attention on social media
- Creating themed photos or posters
- Remember: Not all photos are suitable, depends on the situation