Earth, Water, and Sky - Full Edit Tutorial with TK9 Plugin for Photoshop

Follow along with this 24-minute tutorial demonstrating a full photo editing workflow using the TK9 Plugin for Photoshop on an "Earth, Water, and Sky" image by Andres Juliao. Download the provided image and PDF notes to practice the techniques shown. Learn essential editing skills including balance and contrast adjustments, mid-tone enhancements for the foreground, zone adjustments, color luminosity modifications, shadow burning in mountains, selective saturation reduction, sky darkening, and vignette application. The tutorial includes helpful tips like quickly rasterizing Smart Object layers and offers discount codes for various photo editing software. Perfect for photographers looking to improve their post-processing skills with professional tools and techniques.

Syllabus

00:00 Intro
00:21 Earth, Water, and Sky Image by Andres Juliao
00:30 Download the Image and PDF Notes
00:42 Do you have an Image you would like me to edit on a TK Friday?
00:52 TK WebStore Info
01:40 Lightroom Classic Editing Info
02:24 Send the image to Photoshop
02:38 Balance and Contrast Adjustment
05:33 Mid Tone Contrast Foreground
07:40 Lighten Mid Tones foreground
09:06 TK Soft Pop Action Foreground
10:19 TIP: Quickly Rasterize a Smart Object Layer
10:42 Adjust Zones 1-5
14:06 Color Luminosity adjustment
15:11 Slightly increase overall image contrast
15:51 Burn Shadows in the mountains and the warm land area below the mountains
18:00 Slightly decrease the saturation of the warm land area below the mountains
19:46 Darken the top half of the sky
21:04 Close off the top of the image
21:47 Add a vignette
22:43 Overall Before and After
23:01 Outro