lab colour mode

Separating Luminance and Colour Video Tutorial

So we know the difference between colour and luminance information, now's the time to look at dividing the two and working on each individually. Whether we're doing that with blend modes or the highly theoretical Lab colour space we're going to be opening our eyes to a whole new universe.

Sharpening with Lab and Fade Video Tutorial

In this free video tutorial we'll look at how to reduce colour banding, distortion and noise during the sharpening process. To achieve this we've got two options, either use a flat sharpening filter in the RGB colour mode followed by the mysterious fade command or sharpening the lightness channel in Lab. Both techniques are heading in the same direction, so feel free to let me know how they work out for you?