Start by opening photoshop and importing the photo of your choice.
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Our last change will be to add a photo filter adjustment later.
For my image i adjusted.
On the vertical axis you can set how you want to adjust that assigning a new level to the original levels.
The last step is to add a hue saturation adjustment layer and set the saturation to 5.
Then click on the same menu icon again choose new action to create a new action and name it matte as shown below.
Using the curves adjustment layer to create a matte look.
How to make the matte adjustments.
The only change we ll make here is to the saturation.
Raise it higher for a stronger matte effect and lower for a softer matte effect.
On the horizontal axis is the first exposure.
Curves are essential functions.
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Once the curve pops up left click the point on the line on the farthest left corner and drag it straight up.
If you shot in raw you can adjust things like exposure highlights shadows etc.
Now go to window actions and in the actions panel click on the menu icon in the top right hand corner choose new set to create a new set and name it matte.
Click the icon to add a new adjustment layer and select photo filter.
Next add a brightness contrast adjustment layer and set the contrast to 12.
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If not feel free to add those minor adjustments at the start.
We ll change it to 20 to give a soft desaturated look.
To create a matte look using curves first you will need to create a new adjustment layer on the bottom right hand side and select curves.
Grab the point on the bottom left corner and pull it up.
In the camera raw panel.
Click the icon to add a new adjustment layer and then select hue saturation.
In this tutorial we re going to learn how to easily create a matte photo effect in adobe photoshop.