20 Fascinating Color Post-Processing Effects Photoshop Tutorials

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Often overlooked, color post processing effects are usually a quick and easy way of turning a dull photo into a cool piece of art. It is not that there is no work involved. In fact some effects such as cross processing or HDR need some more extra steps than other good looking effects. But beside those, many of these effects are dead simple to achieve and offer a great amount of tweaking possibilities at no extra effort.

Let’s take a look at some popular color post processing effects tutorials for Photoshop that have been around for a while.

20 Color Post Processing Effects Photoshop Tutorials

Give Awesome Creative Color Effects to Your Photos Easily in Photoshop

Easily Enhance Your Photos With HDR Toning in Photoshop CS5

Create an Elegant Technicolor Effect in Photoshop with Filter Forge

Dave Hill Effect

Colorizing Images With Gradients In Photoshop

Add A Lens Flare Effect Non-Destructively With Blend Modes

Light leaks effect in Photoshop

Edgy Style Photo Treatment in Photoshop

Tilt-shif Photoshop Tutorial

Lomo effect

Cross Processing Effect

Old Movie Effect

Create a vintage effect in Photoshop

Soft Glow Effect in Photoshop

Movie like photo effect

Infrared Photo Effect in Photoshop

Half Sepia Effect

Selective Sepia Effect

Add glow to the highlights of a photo

Enhance the colors of an image

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