The Secret to Eye-Popping Color Overlays in Photoshop!

Harness the power of simple color theory to create insanely vibrant color overlays, tints, and colorize effects. In this quick Photoshop tutorial, we’ll check out a method for creating gradient maps that pop off the screen and give your work just that little extra “something you can’t put your finger on”. Then we’ll take a look at a blend setting to give the brighter colors a bit more of an illuminated character. Thanks for watching!

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[chriscrux]

This man is on another level! Never fails to teach me something new whenever I watch one of his videos.

[elijahnkai]

You see...this is why he's great. I came here to learn about a simple effect. He legit gave a color theory lesson. It was never explained to me like this in school or anywhere else. Wow dude.

[marcopoloonpollo]

Your tutorials are always so clean and easy to follow. I really wish you could do a tutorial on applying textures to shapes to make them seem three-dimensional (e.g. a photo-realistic gold outline around an object) without actually using the 3D interface in Photoshop.

[bhavindhandhukiya]

The way you explain the color theory is awesome and totally unique. Thanks for sharing. ❤️ As usual legend of Photoshop 🙌🏻

[DiegoPereyra]

Your tutorials seems like they come from a different reality man,
I can see what you show, I can follow it, I can understand it, etc.
the delivery on the subject is always great...

What I can`t do is find out where your process originates, where is it come from,
and how you get to the techniques that you show, is way over my head.

So then I realize(I`m also very clever) that you come from a different planet,
In a parallel dimension from a multiverse neighboring this one,
and you are just visiting the rest of us, simple primitive photoshopers,
and sharing your wisdom in order to take us out of the dark ages we reside on,
away from our dreadful ways and inelegant poorly crafted photoshop solutions.

Then everything makes sense.

The simple explanations are always best ones.
No other possible explanation fit, I try them all.

Thanks man, I love your channel and your tutorials are in a totally different level, on a league of your own .
Have a great day, stay safe and thank you again.
Keep them coming please...!

[talkin-ape]

I love the extra science element to your videos. It's so valuable to know the "why" not just the "how".

[DelayedBalloon]

Mate this must be one of the best tutorials I've seen. So simple and effective. I've used gradient maps A LOT but I've never been able to achieve the same saturation. Thank you for this.

And the RGB/CMY tidbit was so helpful!!!

[involutionOcean]

This is an excellent channel. The way you label each step and leave it on the screen makes it really easy to follow your process, even if it gets complicated and is an inspired way to teach. You definitely have that teaching gene 👨‍🏫

[collinpotratz]

Best PS tutorials on Youtube. Keep them coming!

[mazahaka]

Came for photoshop lession, got a colour theory lecture, never dissappointing, love your videos.

[DrewMalou]

The color theory section just blew my mind. I had never thought about how the colors implement with the technology that we view it on. Super dope. Please add in more theory sections in future uploads if you can!

[lukebierly]

Been doing design work using this approach. Seeing this video makes me feel good for knowing something for once lol

[JacksonCarson]

Loved the bit about the sub-pixels. I'd noticed CMY being brighter but never thought about why that might be. Great stuff!

[DaNi-mgui]

Your videos are really useful. I feel really grateful for all knowledges that you have shared us. Huge thanks teacher!

[jlzeni]

What a simple yet great method, I'll definitely use it!

Just one detail I must point out: the "real" primary colors are, in fact RGB, since those are the colors our eyes see. All the rest is an illusion! CMY are the "paint primaries" merely because pigments work by absorbing light; a yellow pigment absorbs blue light, while red and green lights bounce back and so we see yellow.

So, in the end, CMY is also RGB, but absorbing instead of emitting!

[manino]

Super informative. I love how you organize/present the information. Congrats and thank you so much for the time you spent creating this.

[Rocadamis]

Terrific video, Brady! Excellent color theory and explanation of the CMY vs RGB. You're still my Photoshop hero!

[uberkup]

Yeap... CMY and RGB info: The existence of something that I already know but do not understand. Thanks again Master!

[raferwhite]

next level. I love the way you had the steps on the bottom left of the screen too, it helps ADHDers like me a lot.

[Blake-ovst]

The color theory part is so helpful bro!