There are few more consistent, wholesome, and informative content creators out there than Unmesh Dinda. In this video, he comprehensively breaks down Hue Masks in Adobe Photoshop and how it can be a power color grading tool.
The difficulty with starting out in Photoshop is there are so many different ways to skin so many different cats, you can become overwhelmed and directionless. For those people, I urge you to just learn any technique you like the results of when it comes to editing your own images. Once you are comfortable with your editing workflow, however, it can be valuable to experiment with different methods.
I have used myriad techniques in Photoshop when retouching my portraits, some have stayed with me, some I have forgotten or abandoned. Despite having closer to two decades of experience than one with the software, I learn new strategies for familiar tasks on a monthly basis. I have never used Hue Masks for color grading — in fact, I'm not sure I've ever used this technique in any capacity. However, after watching Dinda's brilliant explanation of how it works and what it does, I can see applications in my own work.
So, sit back and learn from one of the few content creators on earth I will never get sick of.
Too fast for me but I watch anyway.
I watch his videos at .75 speed. Sometimes, .5 for more complicated stuff. Just don't forget to set back to Normal.
Great idea! never thought of that and I vary video speeds all the time. I'll try it right now.
EDIT: .. .75 works perfectly. Thanks my friend!