PhotoCraft for Beginners | Lesson 6: Colour and Tone (Levels, Curves, Hue and Saturation)

In Lesson 6 of PhotoCraft for Beginners you will learn to fix dull photos: read a histogram, use the auto fixes, adjust brightness, levels and curves, boost colour with hue, saturation and vibrance, warm a photo with Color Balance and Photo Filter, and turn a picture black and white. Everything is done with adjustment layers, so every change stays editable. PhotoCraft is a free, open source photo editor from the ArtCraft family of apps. It is early stage software that is advancing quickly. This lesson was recorded on PhotoCraft version 0.14.0. In this lesson: 00:00 Welcome 00:45 Reading the Histogram 01:16 Auto Tone, Contrast and Color 01:44 Brightness and Contrast 02:13 Levels 02:41 Curves 03:10 Hue, Saturation and Vibrance 03:40 Color Balance and Photo Filter 04:05 Black and White 04:28 Always Use Adjustment Layers 04:59 Recap Keyboard shortcuts used (Mac): Command Z (Undo). Shortcuts for the direct adjustments: Command L (Levels), Command M (Curves), Command U (Hue and Saturation), Command B (Color Balance). Next: Lesson 7, Retouching and Repair. Photographs are public domain (CC0) images from Wikimedia Commons. More lessons, tests and news on open source software for creative professionals: https://opencreativecloud.com Subscribe so you never miss a lesson.