If you are a Photo Editing Newbie, I highly encourage you to take part in I ♥ Face’s Fix It Friday… I’ve learned so much from this wonderful endeavor! Big thanks to Amy and Angie for their great idea.
Here is this week’s photo…
And here is how I tweaked it…
I didn’t do much to this picture…
- crop so that his {adorable} face fell onto a “rule of third” line
- adjusted levels by pulling the right slider in, just until the start of the histogram
- warmed it up using PW’s Warmer Action
- sharpened his right eye at 50% Opacity to bring it out a little bit
- created an S in Curves to increase the contrast.
Ta Da!
I decided not to fiddle with the skin or touch the lines under his eyes… What do you think? Should I have? I’m always worried about the evil plastic/alien effect of over-editing.
While you’re here, check out what else I’m learning to do in PhotoShop! (hee hee hee)
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That looks great! Good job:-)
Amy
Co-Founder
I Heart Faces
Beautiful.
XO*Tricia
Beautiful.
XO*Tricia
Beautiful.
XO*Tricia
That's a great edit – very simple and effective
The edits look really nice!
I like your edits – I cropped the oher way on my fixes and I did clean up under the eye, but used very light opacity.
Thank you! I love it!
That looks great! Good job
Work From Home India
You did a fantastic job! it looks great! i need to give fix it friday a try…ah, maybe after Christmas.
Gorgeous edit! I love the color pop!!!
Simple and sweet. I like that you kept it natural.
Simple and sweet. I like that you kept it natural.
Excellent!!
Wonderful edit!
Darling!!! I like sepia or black and white picts as well. Just does something to my heartstrings!
Blessings to you,
lana @ ilovemy5kids
LOVE IT!! I so want to learn more someday!