Jump to content

The Photoshop Guru's Corner.

Msterbeau

By Msterbeau,
in Pictures, Photography and Art

Recommended Posts

Msterbeau Collaborator

Msterbeau

Posted
Posted

The un-Photoshopped image thread makes no sense to me. There is ALWAYS at least some minor editing to be done, whether it's a slight color correction, cropping, removing blemishes on people, etc. And , of course, you can always go way beyond that. Post a photo and let the Photoshop wizards on the board work their magic and repost the results. Or we'll go out and pillage random shots people have already posted and work on those. :evil: If you edit someone's photo, tell us how you did it so others can learn new techniques.

So here's a quick sample:

First I cropped and rotated the image a little to bring the focus in on the subject. (Ms. Emily Darke) I often shoot with the camera rotated to give the photo a more dynamic/unbalanced feel. There was some cloning of the foreground and tiles in the backround to make this work properly. Next I adjust levels. This is good first editing step as you need to establish the tonal range of the image and make adjustments so you aren't clipping highlights or shadow areas. I brightened the lighter tones up a little to make them pop. Next I use the Highlight/Shadow tool to lighten up just the dark tones to get a little more detail out them. This is a pretty small image and it's hard to get much better without the original hi-res file. Next I used the healing tool to remove some of blemishes and freckles. (I try not to do much of this as I don't like removing things that make people unique. I usually only remove what's visually distracting. This is particularly true of freckles since I <3 them! Lastly, I resized the image a bit and added a simple white border to frame and enhance the image.

The original is on the left, the edit on the right.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Emily Darke Newbie

Emily Darke

Posted
Posted

The un-Photoshopped image thread makes no sense to me. There is ALWAYS at least some minor editing to be done, whether it's a slight color correction, cropping, removing blemishes on people, etc. And , of course, you can always go way beyond that. Post a photo and let the Photoshop wizards on the board work their magic and repost the results. Or we'll go out and pillage random shots people have already posted and work on those. :evil: If you edit someone's photo, tell us how you did it so others can learn new techniques.

So here's a quick sample:

First I cropped and rotated the image a little to bring the focus in on the subject. (Ms. Emily Darke) I often shoot with the camera rotated to give the photo a more dynamic/unbalanced feel. There was some cloning of the foreground and tiles in the backround to make this work properly. Next I adjust levels. This is good first editing step as you need to establish the tonal range of the image and make adjustments so you aren't clipping highlights or shadow areas. I brightened the lighter tones up a little to make them pop. Next I use the Highlight/Shadow tool to lighten up just the dark tones to get a little more detail out them. This is a pretty small image and it's hard to get much better without the original hi-res file. Next I used the healing tool to remove some of blemishes and freckles. (I try not to do much of this as I don't like removing things that make people unique. I usually only remove what's visually distracting. This is particularly true of freckles since I <3 them! Lastly, I resized the image a bit and added a simple white border to frame and enhance the image.

The original is on the left, the edit on the right.

Thank you Mster! It does look quite a bit better lol. It's a subtle yet definately positive difference.

Someone post something so that I can work the magic of microsoft photodraw.......

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Msterbeau Collaborator

Msterbeau

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Thank you Mster! It does look quite a bit better lol. It's a subtle yet definately positive difference.

Someone post something so that I can work the magic of microsoft photodraw.......

Two good points.

One. A lot of times, the changes are subtle but the overall effect is noticeably better. You don't have to go overboard.

Two. Use whatever software you have. I generally start in Adobe Lightroom for all the "global" editing and then bring to it to Photoshop for detail work and all the final touches.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Reaper Newbie

Reaper

Posted
Posted

Here I eliminated two vehicles in the background by copying and pasting a sample of a grassy area. You have to look closely to see where the borders are. I wasn't concerned with how the backdrop looked as long as the vehicles were out of the way, esp when its mainly for my own use.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Msterbeau Collaborator

Msterbeau

Posted
  • Author
Posted

well, you dork, the point of that thread was for ppl to show off stuff that amazed them, or that no one believes that they didn't tweek it. :p

but anyways.... that being said:

If you could get the damn hair out of my face (or make it less distracting), I'll love you forever... but really, do what you want to, with the image. lol wait... gawd I have a dirty mind. lmao.... anyways...

gallery_2870_546_140355.jpg

Actually, any image of me, in my albums here on DGN are open to being tweeked... believe me, they need it.. lol

You post the one image that really doesn't need anything. :rofl:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Msterbeau Collaborator

Msterbeau

Posted
  • Author
Posted

July1Norma-1.jpg

Hit meh.

A few simple tricks. The image is small and very grainy which combined make it difficult to get a sharp, clear photo. Still... I did a few basic tricks and have one tool most won't. A quick levels adjustment to brighten it up was the first order. Next I made some color adjustments to get the blueish cast out. (That blue-ishness comes from the computer monitor that's reflecting off of your face. - I'm assuming) Next I cropped it and added the border. Finally I used a Photoshop Plug-In called "Neat Image" to fix the graininess of the image.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Reaper Newbie

Reaper

Posted
Posted

A few simple tricks. The image is small and very grainy which combined make it difficult to get a sharp, clear photo. Still... I did a few basic tricks and have one tool most won't. A quick levels adjustment to brighten it up was the first order. Next I made some color adjustments to get the blueish cast out. (That blue-ishness comes from the computer monitor that's reflecting off of your face. - I'm assuming) Next I cropped it and added the border. Finally I used a Photoshop Plug-In called "Neat Image" to fix the graininess of the image.

Nice job. I took it a step further and added a couple more interesting features. Wahlah! Snively Whiplash

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Miranda Newbie

Miranda

Posted
Posted

A few simple tricks. The image is small and very grainy which combined make it difficult to get a sharp, clear photo. Still... I did a few basic tricks and have one tool most won't. A quick levels adjustment to brighten it up was the first order. Next I made some color adjustments to get the blueish cast out. (That blue-ishness comes from the computer monitor that's reflecting off of your face. - I'm assuming) Next I cropped it and added the border. Finally I used a Photoshop Plug-In called "Neat Image" to fix the graininess of the image.

Oh wow, that looks really nice. Thank you. :)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • Forum Statistics

    38.9k
    Total Topics
    820.5k
    Total Posts

  • Who's Online   0 Members, 0 Anonymous, 50 Guests (See full list)

    • There are no registered users currently online
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use.

  I accept