Photo How To

We've covered a bunch of post-processing color matching techniques, some easier or more effective than others. Today we'll take a deep dive into  a powerful and often-ignored method that Photoshop users of all skill levels should understand.

This tutorial comes from Nucly Photoshop Training, a popular source of instructional videos on editing techniques, time-saving shortcuts, compositing and more. This episode demonstrates how to use the white and black point Eyedropper tools in Photoshop's Curves panel.

Instructor Rikard Rodin is a photographer, popular author, and experienced creative director, currently living in Los Angeles. This episode provides a sneak peek into his upcoming Color Matching Masterclass. He introduces the video below like this: You'll learn advanced techniques for using Photoshop's Eye Dropper tools to transfer color grades from backgrounds to subject's seamlessly.

The lesson has much more to offer than the foregoing, especially if you download Rikard's assets with the link beneath the video and follow along in real time. He demonstrates several methods for employing white and black Eyedropper points to create balanced, "professional-quality" images in ways that are repeatable.

Rodin's promise is this: "Whether you're a designer, photographer or digital artist, these techniques with elevate you image-editing skills and enable you to make edits that really stand out. There's a wealth of image-editing information on the Nucly Photoshop Training YouTube channel, so make a point to take a look and explore all the videos he has available.

And be sure to follow each episode of Rodin's upcoming Color Matching Masterclass that we mentioned above. It's likely we'll feature some of them here, just in case it slips your mind.

We also suggest watching a tutorial we featured in the past with a respected and long-time pro who reveals how an old-school photo sharpening technique solves problems with digital photographs and delivers great results.