1. Post-retouching, retouching and color matching ideas summary, post-processing.

Image analysis: theme and emotion, existing problems.

Basic adjustment: exposure, contrast, color temperature, hue, saturation, highlight, shadow, white area and black area.

Color matching: curve tool, graded color matching, color mixer, calibration tool.

Adding effect: vignetting: increasing the sense of atmosphere and graininess: increasing the sense of film.

2. Selection of retouching software

Ps: Powerful can do more than just the later period. The built-in plug-in ACR has almost the same function as LR, and the layer function makes the color matching more flexible and convenient.

Lr: A graphic tool software focusing on post-photography. Its simplicity and ease of use make it suitable for beginners who have just come into contact with post-photography.

CaptureOne: High-value software interface, unique online shooting and analysis algorithm and graphic tool software that commercial photographers like to use.

Snapseed: It is a professional mobile phone retouching and color matching software, which has most functions of L-foot and can be used without subscription.

3. Basic X-curve tool

Basic: After photo analysis, judge whether to keep the details of highlights and exposure contrast shadows as needed, and choose the tone of the whole picture. Combined with histogram parameters, the basic processing of hue, white balance and saturation is carried out in the basic drawing board which wastes color levels.

Curve tool: There are four different curves, namely, red, green and blue curves of tone curve. By dragging the curve, you can adjust the exposure color for different areas.

4. Mixer X classification

Color Mixer: Color attributes, such as hue saturation and brightness of different colors in the coup photo screen. To master this tool, you need to be familiar with three attributes of color: China hue.

Color grading: Graded color matching is similar to curve color matching, but it can color highlights, midtones and shadow areas of photos more accurately and flexibly. The practical requirement of color grading tools is to have a certain understanding of basic color matching principles such as complementary color and contrast color.

5. Calibrate the X effect

Calibration tool: the principle is to adjust the color of the picture by changing the relationship between the three channels of red, green and blue, which belongs to "changing" the color.

Sub-gloss and excellent lighting effect: Whether to use it depends on the demand, vignetting can increase the atmosphere of the picture, and particles can enhance the cinematic feeling of the photo.