Avoid light sources in your line of sight when coloring. backlighting your monitor is a great way to light "out of sight." I'm using 4 LED lights that I hid behind the monitor stands and speakers to keep them out...
When setting up your coloring environment, try to pick a neutral wall color (like a 50% gray) to manage color influences. For my office, I used a photo gray card to match the color. When coloring, you want to be...
While the Luminance Curve doesn't have as many practical uses as the others, it is particularly good at sky adjustments. To darken or add contrast to a sky, it works a little better than a key because you can build...
The "Hue Curve" in Apple Color works like the Sat. Curve, but shifts the hue of the selected color based on your points instead. The Hue Curve is actually great for emulating old stock, like a two-strip process. Just like...
The saturation curve lets you adjust saturation for a range of hues using control points. Isolate the hue, then pull up/down. It's particularly useful for affecting multiple colors/hues in a single secondary. The best way to describe how this works...