Friday, September 3, 2010

Fix It Friday - Photo Editing Fun!



Fix-It Friday is a weekly challenge from the photography website I Heart Faces, where readers are given the chance to edit and share the same photo.  Here's my first stab at it!

Original


My Edit


My workflow in PS CS5 (as best I can recall - I flattened the layers before writing it out, oops!):

  • Duplicate background layer
  • Add layer mask, select couple, feather selection radius ~10 pixels
  • Adjustments > Levels (Highlights ~245, Midtones ~1.20)
  • Duplicate background layer
  • Add layer mask, select purple flowers on left
  • Adjustments > Hue/Saturation, select Magentas, boost saturation to +40
  • Flatten
  • Duplicate background layer
  • Soft light blending mode, Opacity ~40%
  • Flatten
  • Duplicate background layer
  • Filter > High Pass > Radius 3.0 pixels
  • Opacity ~30% 
  • Flatten, save, crop, DONE!

5 comments:

  1. LOVE your edit...you have a good crop and it's SO clear - you can see their faces.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Nice edit!! Nothing is overdone, and that's what makes their faces look real.

    ReplyDelete
  3. I love it! My favorite so far. :) great job!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Wow that's awesome! I wish I knew how to use PS.

    ReplyDelete