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Follow this newly discovered method of simulating a polarizing filter with Adobe Photoshop that's faster, easier, and more effective. Considered the most useful filter in Photography, a polarizing filter makes almost any image look better by absorbing glare to reduce or eliminate reflections and darken skies.
Understanding how this polarizing effect works
Step 1
Download and save the following JPG file to your computer then open it inside Adobe Photoshop.
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Step 2
Once you have the photo opened inside Adobe Photoshop, look inside the Channels pallet (Window> Channels). Inside the Channels pallet, click on the each of the channels and notice the differences between the channels.
So the red channel's characteristics are similar to those characteristics of a polarizing filter (reduced reflections and darker blue skies & green vegetation), but how do we apply those characteristics to the image? In the next page, we'll teach you a fast and effective way of simulating a polarizing filter.
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