Since about 6:00pm yesterday evening off and on, and for the last two hours solid, I’ve had photoshop open with a design. I’ve had my headphones on, and I’ve just been looking at the design while listening to a particularly good song.
But the most amazing thing has happened. I’ve been adjusting the colors as I get used to them, and I’ve made real progress. The thing that’s interesting to me is it takes about 15 minutes of looking at the colors to know what to adjust next. In fact, I’ll go back to things I hadn’t liked before because I can finally see why it’s better. But it’s necessary to spend the time just looking because you get used to the colors in that time, and you can start to see if a color is too bright or too saturated.
It’s really interesting. It’s like the first colors I choose are the colors I want “in theory” but it takes me a while to see that the color I need is different. It’s basically the same color, it’s just the color I meant to have but couldn’t see in the first place. I’m usually only adjusting the saturation and brightness values.
More and more lately I’ve been realizing the importance of these adjustments. I wonder if I will ever be able to get faster at this or if I will have to spend the time staring for every new theme.
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