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Reduce the saturation of your photos in a unique way. This effect uses two adjustment layers to lower the vibrancy of the photo while preserving some colors.

Low Vibrancy Photoshop Tutorial

Step 1

Open any photo into Photoshop.

Step 2

In the Layers palette, click on the   button and choose Black & White. If you don't have this, you're probably using Photoshop CS2 or older. In that case, choose Hue/Saturation instead.

Step 3

In the Black & White or Hue/Saturation settings, leave the default settings and click OK.