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Colour Infrared

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Take two photographs, one with an infrared filter and one without. Ensure that the position of the two photographs are identical by placing the camera on a surface or tripod. Open (Ctrl+O) the image taken without the infrared filter in Photoshop.

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Change the Image Mode to CMYK (Image> Mode> CMYK). In the Channels window (Window> Channels), select the Black channel (Ctrl+4).

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Open (Ctrl+O) the photograph taken with an infrared filter in Photoshop. If your image lacks detail, you may use the Shadow/Highlight tool (Image> Adjustments> Shadow/Highlight) tool to increase the shadows.

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Change the blending mode of the current document to CMYK (Image> Mode> CMYK).

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Switch back to the previous opened document with the photograph taken without an infrared filter (Ctrl+Shift+Tab).

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With the Black channel selected (Ctrl+4), use the Apply Image tool (Image> Apply Image) to apply the following properties:

Source: Photograph taken with an infrared filter
Layer: Background
Channel: Black. If the black channel lacks detail, try using a different channel such as red.
Blending: Normal
Opacity: 100%

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Rollover the image to see the image before this Photoshop technique applied.

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Colour Photo

Infrared Photo
Colour Infrared
Combined Infrared and Colour Photo
This technique can effectively remove haze and increase detail.