BEWARE! The Gradient Map in Photoshop is FAULTY!
Is the Gradient Map in Photoshop Accurate? Maybe Not! Whether you are creatic classic black and white images or using Gradient Maps for color grading, the colors you assign might not be mapped accurately by default. In this video, we will discover the "faults" of this adjustment layer and how it can be fixed.
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I wouldn't be surprised if he spent his days trying to break Photoshop and then figuring out how to fix it. Is there something he doesn't know about the program? Like damn dude, mad respect.
@kodeDev
3 жыл бұрын
I agree man!
@OddvarAshborn
3 жыл бұрын
I have a feeling the Adobe's team contacts him looking for guidance.
Well damn, 15+ years of professional Photoshop experience and I just learned there's a smoothness slider.
@rondeldebbio9219
3 жыл бұрын
I wonder if there is a way to set smoothness to zero by default under some preference tab. This would make it easier in the sense this would be used more often and you don't have to worry about changing it.
@cesarruiz1424
2 жыл бұрын
@@rondeldebbio9219 He creado una acción para un degradado al 50% de suavidad y funciona solo para ése y nada más.
Ok so I've been using Photoshop for the past 4 years, I never discovered this channel until the last few months. I desperately tried to search up tutorials to learn Photoshop. It's safe to say that I have learnt more in the past 3 months from this channel than I have done in my entire 3 and a half year of using Photoshop.
unmesh's hair and beard are absolutely perfect
@francequirion9547
3 жыл бұрын
also love his style and his look...a very pleasant person and the greatest teacher I have never met!!
@indianrockvibes573
3 жыл бұрын
@@francequirion9547 Well you haven't met!
@meltice_official
3 жыл бұрын
Thats why they call em piximperfect
@scarlettphotography9384
2 жыл бұрын
Always*
Oh wow. This explains so much of what I’ve been seeing when using GMaps to match colour grading. Thanks!
You are such a great teacher, thank you for all of the great content. Take care!
What I love about you is the fact you provide the science and mechanics behind each technique.
I think i have saved every one of your videos to my photoshop tutes folder on KZread. You never cease to amaze me.
FIXED!!! I was wondering why my custom gradient maps were not accurate in my b&w to color conversions . Thank you so very much!
I actually had realized this, when I was applying the random gradient map as you showed on a previous video when I tried since I reactivated my adobe, it didn't give a great result and I played with the smoothness button and this is when I realize that it used to not be defaulted like this before. But it's great that you explained it, cause sometimes when photoshop made the update , it's confusing to adjust and know what to do when things don't work the same.
This Guys way of explaining is LIT!!😍😘
Helpful, thanks! I don't use Gradient Map often so I never noticed what the Smoothness setting did.
Another great vid, Unmesh! Thank you so much! Stay safe and healthy!
very thank you for make this video, I just got to know what is gradient map and bump up some idea for using it in my work.
That is something new I have learned today...sending a shout -out all the way from Kenya
Ayy this is super helpful; I've been playing with painting in greyscale and then converting to color with adjustment layers and gradient maps always frustrated me because of the added contrast; now I know why!
Well done, I noticed this when using the MBP colourmaps plugin but I assumed I was wrong..now I know how to adjust it , thanks.
Unmesh, you are a legend. Thank you for making the complex mathematical algorithms behind photoshop, understandable.
Fantastic explanation, I haven't changed the smoothness in the past, but will be trying it from now
That was fascinating. Thank you so much! Love the outro music.
Haven't missed any of the video since the day I subscribed. 😊 ♥️
👏👏👏👏👏. I like your way when you explain anything ( slowly ).Thanks a lot
This was great. I'm a very experienced PS user (got in at CS2) and even teach it sometimes, and this was totally under my radar. Very, very useful! Thanks!
I love to listen your English. Your speaking tone is very nice. The every single thing explained by u is OP. Love from India ❤
I wish there was a FULL Photoshop guide of yours from "Start to Finish(all tutorials)" at one place. You are no doubt the best TEACHER in this Industry for EDITING but whenever I watch your video, I feel that my mind is congested. I know I am asking too much but PLEASE try to make tutorials from BEGINNING to END like a Master class at ONE PLACE. There are many like me who have been eagerly waiting to learn in an organized way. We need people like you and instead of we being half-knowledged, we could put everything behind and gather at one place and learn your lessons in a disciplined fashion. You already are a ONE of a KIND, the Bruce Lee of Photoshop, a true GEM and I am sure you will become the rarest for most of us in no time :) Eshwaras Naga Studiothreecs
Simple but oh so useful! Thankyou - this has often foxed me.
Wow, I just discovered that the gradient mapping wasn't exact last week and couldn't find anyone explaining why or how to fix it. Then this popped up in my feed and solved the problem! Thanks!
From look to Talent.... Unmesh sir have it all ❤️😍 this video is so helpful to me. Thanku ❤️
I have started to watch less Photoshop tutorials over the years, mainly because I started to watch more of Unmesh's videos. One source for all of your Photoshop needs. Thanks man.
The Best ... Always brings something new !
Another awesome tutorial Unmesh.
Great tip! Your explanations are excellent.
Amazing! Have a good day Unmesh. Thank you
very useful knowledge..Thanks a lot Umesh
Nice tips, it's really helpful for us...
Fascinating information Unmesh!
U are great sir U give very nice tutorials.. Most of my photoshop skills are learned from you
Amazing man loved your teaching process 😊
Hands down you are the best teacher for photoshop I’ve ever seen outstanding with what you do.
@johnneiberger7311
3 жыл бұрын
He's the best teacher on KZread, period.
Thank you so much I really learned a lot from your video and it rwally inspire me to push forward in editing.
Explaining is so much clearing and I am weak in English but I can understand what do you wanna say. Thank a lot. One of my teacher in other world is that you :)
Great example and explanation,,,, thanx broo....
It's not faulty, it's just that it is very exact. The reason the gradient changed is because you started a few pixels away from the very edge of your artboard and the absolute black is dragged a little bit inwards. You have to be very precise so it won't change. The reason the image (the girl with the beanie) changed is simplier, the original photo's black is not absolute black, it's dark gray, same for white, gray, almost white. You have to check the darkest and brightest points on your images to have the best results. Photos rarely contain absolute black or absolute white.
@arpandutta3106
3 жыл бұрын
yup i thought the same thing. we can check it using the histogram to see if there are pure black and white.
here is the result of his early study of photoshop. I watched one of your interviews, so you are very good at photoshop. I thought at first that you are one of the makers of this unique software. Thanks for your tutorials, because I am one of those you helped.
I would do anything to have a tutor like this. Excellent
Man.. i always wondered why my colors came out odd sometimes when i used the gradient map. Never knew that the culprit was in the same window!
You can use ctrl+shift+u (or Image>Adjustments>Desaturate) to remove color from the image.
Don't really need to watch... but you are such a good teacher it's worth a listen.
@FACTRASH
3 жыл бұрын
You are watching
Bugged my mind at first until you explain. This one is very interesting.
Never thought about it, thank you and indeed very useful!
Hi Unmesh,I am following your channel since couple of months finding very informative and helpful.This is my first comment, I have subscribed almost 8 -12 other channels to improve my graphics designing skills.i was really surprised that one Pakistani youtuber(Gfxmentor) was saying about your channel lot of good things and review and all.after that I subscribed your channel.i think the name of your channel piximperfect missed out because I Alwayas search the keyword graphic designing that's why KZread doesn't recommend your channel.i really like your work and visualization and teaching skills.keep up the good work.👌👌👌👍👍👍
I use a black-and-white gradient all the time to add contrast instead of a traditional curve layer. Then, I adjust the opacity slider to set the amount. If it's a color image I change the blending mode from normal to luminosity to bring back the color.
hey I know your one of the best photoshop guru in the world. so I have a question can you make a video on how to install or make existing xmp preset files work in adobe camera raw 2020. I've read plenty articles and no one seems to have a work around only for older version of camera raw, Lightroom and photoshop. most people get a error message presets were already import etc. thanks in advance
Please Make A Complete Tutorial On How To Draw Your Vector Image Or Cartoon Yourself In Photoshop.
@mayanksharma7952
3 жыл бұрын
Just use illustrator
Inspiration you're tutorials😍
Excelente explicação, muito claro. Grato pela ajuda.
I have wondered how the "smoothness" effected the gradient - Thanks !
I love your Teaching Style, Really you are awesome....thanks a lot for your teach
I didn’t know it.It's really wow content.I learn it and a lot of love and ThanKs to you.
Man, gradient maps are my favs when I am having fun with Photoshop and I haven't thought about smoothness before. Now I feel enlightened XD
Very educative indeed! You are the best Mr.
Never mind the most excellent technical inspiration of your videos…your hair is becoming AMAZING!
I learn something new from every video. Thank you!
All of your tutorials is so inspiring thankyou sir
I love when you finding this functions which always were there, but no one noticed, have you done some video about calculations? Or maybe distribute along path pattern (it's also less known, but can look really cool cause distributing path allows using drop shadow so one object cast shadow at previous)?
Thank you bro for your videos it`s very helpful for us🤗
Wow -- Tremendous Unmesh! Thank you so much!
In addition to putting the Smoothing control at 0 (Gradient Editor), try changing the "Method" drop down from "Pereptual" to "Classic" (Gradcient Properties). I find that gives a better B&W starting point. Alternately, try "Linear" in the Method drop down (Properties) and different Smoothing settings (Editor).
This thumbnail is enough for me to watch your video....because here is you.....not any model.....❤️❤️
Dear Unmesh, this really great study of gradient mask. Very nice and very useful tips thanks for sharing your knowledge all the way down ....cheers:)
Very well defined gradient map... Love all your video Unmesh sir.😍😍😍 Can you please say is there any of your video regarding "threshold"?
Excellent and very informative, you are the man.
Thanks for sharing knowledge.
Hello, may I ask how to tidy the new gradient in gradient map? Example: I create a new gradient and it's default at bottom, I wanna move this gradient to middle.
Thank for you effort , It is useful tutorial
Really helpful... Sir I want you to make another video on Adobe colour wheel with more informations.
Good look .Thank you so very much!
This is definitely interesting. Thanks a lot!
Estoy seguro que Unmesh creará su propio software muy pronto. Está muy cerca de lograrlo. Gracias Unmesh 😉👍
Dude, you’re a genius!
So if you create a b&w gradient map and change the blend mode to luminosity, it seems you might have some interesting control over how you create contrast using different black and white values and the smoothness slider. Any advantage to this method over others?
Simple and sensational explanation 👌🏻
hey bro my crop tool is not work properly like i set 4x6 image but exct size final result is other plz help me
Helpful video 😍
even a single property you still noticed, what a great teacher, thanks mate
Please help me, Suppose I covered a wedding event and I have taken 20 photos in the same places in different poses. Now I need to edit those photos in same color tone, same color grade and brightness will be same as well. How can I do it? When I go to edit those photos separately in photoshop it takes a huge time and mismatch one with others. If I try hardly still I get a bit mismatch and consumed a huge time because all those photo I am editing separately.
Umesh thank you so much for sharing your amazing skills!! Can I ask how in the world you rotate the Clone Brush tool to change the angle of the selected area?? You did this in one of your hair selection videos but I can not figure out which one. Tried googling this and it doesn't seem to exist??
This is very interesting! I had noticed the change, but not why it happened, thank you very much Unmesh! 😀☕️
Hello! I have a question but not related to this topic though... I have so many PSD files with multiple layers of images and text. So I want to save them using batch method in a way that each PSD file should save with filename of its text layer. Is this possible??
How do you fix the line selection tool. It takes forever to drag a line down but its fast when you drag a line going up. Why is that?
where is my find that images ? because i need it
that was just amazing. even if I had noticed this issue I probably wouldn't have ever found the solution to it
Unmesh is no longer analyzing the program, he's moving more and more toward a scientific level of analyzation
@ThePanacon
3 жыл бұрын
Memo: We went over to analysis instead of analyzation commencing with the 20th century. ;-)
@j_pbp
3 жыл бұрын
he's evolving
PiXimperfect is the best channel to learn Photoshop.💓💓💓💓😄
Excellent! Thanks a lot.
Im using the gradient map to color balck and white pictures but i always have troubles with dark/black skin ppls can you explain why?
Thanks a lot, I was never aware of this property.......
Well i'm very thankful you putting these videos out. But can you do a video where we can use an overlay for a video (not streaming) irrespective of length. Thank you in advance.
this is actually so damn useful. i knew about the smoothness slider and i still didn't think it was going to be the culprit. this was seriously like an episode of LOST
thanks you sir for your teaching of Photoshop