We’ve talked about the RGB color channels before, but today we’ll be using them in one of their most common commercial applications: conforming light and color between images in a digital composition. Photo illustration follows the same color and compositional rules as any other graphic design, but those principles have to be balanced with the desired “realism” of the final product.

Demo Files

The demo files include a simple PSD illustrating the way RGB channels work, and an artifact/landscape from the collections available for Project 5: New History.