It`s good to know that the photos`s retouching implies a lot of work and patience, the best results being obtained with little steps. For example, if we want to use a tool, we should choose a small value and to apply it until we obtain the best result, than to apply it just once at big value. The results will be more natural. Also, a bad framed picture will never became a masterpiece.

That`s why for remaking, you have to choose those photos that are good framed and are not moved. The good results are obtained by  experimenting.   Work on a layer for erasing some effects.  Choose a photo and try on it, the tools and the functions from Photoshop. Before starting with the remaking, it`s good to know which are the most frequent problems and what are the best tool for remedying them.

Basic

- In the case in which the colors are not those from the reality, you should use the Auto Colors function.

- If the photo is colorless, choose the Auto Contrast to correct the contrast.

- If the photo seems to have a lack of details, use the Shadow/Highlight tool (–>Image/Adjustment/Shadow/Highlight).

Attentions! Never work on the original photo!

Remove the “red eyes”

One of the main problems of the photos made with the flashlight is the “red eyes”. This is the way you can solve the problem:

1. Duplicate the photo and close the original one.
2. Duplicate this photo and put the windows one near the other. Zoom on the eyes.
3. Use the Lasso tool to cup up the red parts.
4. Use the eyedropper tool to take the color from the iris.
5. Paint the red part from the iris with this color.
6. Filters/Blur/Gaussian and then give a 1pixel value blur to harmonize the borders.
7. Set the layer on Saturation (layer style/ blending options).
8. Duplicate this layer and then change the layer in Hue.
9. It`s working!

An attractive sky

Often, the persons and the objects from the pictures taken at the seaside have a colourless background.

To ‘cheer’ it up, here`s a quick advice:

1. Open the photo and go to Image/Adjust/Selective Colors.
2. Choose Blues with all the values set on 0 beside Black. The selected method will be Relative.
3. Create a new layer.
4. Combine the layer with the Color burn method.
5. On the copied layer, erase with the Erase tool all that`s under the horizon line.
6. The photo is ready.

Attractive photos

You can ‘cheer up’ quickly a grey and boring photo.

1. Open the photo and apply the Sponge tool set on “saturate’ and 100%. Choose the areas from the photo that you want to cheer up.
2. The photo is ready for printing.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 at 12:04 pm.