Convert color landscapes into realistic infrared photos.
1 |  | Open an image to edit. |
2 |  | Change the image mode to Lab Color (Image> Mode> Lab Color). |
3 |  | Select the chroma b channel (Ctrl+3). |
4 |  | With the chroma b channel selected, select the canvas (Ctrl+A) and copy (Ctrl+C). |
5 |  | In the History pallet (Window> History), select the first state when the image was opened. |
6 |  | If the image mode isn't already RGB Color, change the blending mode to RGB Color (Image> Mode> RGB Color). |
7 |  | Paste the clipboard image as a new layer (Ctrl+V). |
8 |  | Apply an Auto Levels (Shift+Ctrl+L). |
9 |  | With the top layer selected, use the Apply Image tool (Image> Apply Image) to apply the following properties: Layer: Background Channel: Red Invert: Unchecked Blending: Soft Light Opacity: 100% |
10 |  | Rollover the image to see the original image without this effect applied. To add a magenta colour effect to the image, continue to step 11. |
11 |  | Create two new layers (Shift+Ctrl+N) and fill the layers with a #c34d83 color. |
12 |  | Change the blending mode of the middle layer to Overlay and the opacity of the top layer to 50%. |
13 |  | With the top layer selected, use the Hue/Saturation tool (Ctrl+U) to increase the saturation by 35. |
14 |  | Rollover the image to see the original image without this effect applied. |
