I am far from a photoshop pro. I am more like an experimenting amature. I don't know if the way I do things is the "right" way or not. All of this photoshop stuff is self-taught. I believe in taking a correctly exposed picture to begin with and am not crazy about the idea of over processing a photo with Photoshop. That being said it can really help good pictures be great. I have a super old version of Photoshop and rarely use it. I mostly use my Elements 6.0 and that is the program I used for this example. This is a little trick I learned for eyes....
Open the photo....
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTLKD6L6NTkS2Hhk73HslPA-5cqWFYDbd6WI2yUbsTJ3z6uJPFtaNaHHuO6Ajbgcikhicxg6kiM5lRNIrJuDnfT_Wgaq505bH7LnN8jZeLhvPYRv4itDimlP10hChk271VCE5b0Dktn6Vi/s400/edit1.jpg)
I thought this was a decent exposure but when I looked at it on screen, I liked it a little lighter so I changed it in Enhance - Adjust Light - Brightness/Contrast . Move the scroll until it looks realistic.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDOoeQeHjcCZh0VFcAy3c6jRrP4Z_Hf5VeZzUJ4V1teJHTxAvOvjnxH240DtRPVkTDoQoWE1gjOPIyPdeFnn9pB5WatxuhfbgzGI6rSUb77cGJI0cimN4hKPQ8A8SMWNvC3UR7FofZwLO/s400/edit2.jpg)
Then I used the quick selection tool (which can be found in your tools bar):
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6Jhoi2z-HdLcTGYRnAp1L9-Para4rv2hznCTtjWkLsGgZOjdqg00vSvItLDa1q9QXIG5rUJTLNuU7Zi41Q0P9dSdt1NqhtEmhRtkFPUUGWHIfw_QNJ-eU1a0RUnWe4ZHsVCoab1oU53R/s400/edit3a.jpg)
and I selected around each eye.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82rcCu3l3VybctjM2oZcBiOhXuaTigS7CkWWlxfq9_HjPwUbsdp31zkbEEFcnxk5I-LNvla7gp66SHUWkUYyGFuixCldfsO32TNK5Rgg-8-4ccV1MO_NDqfbRHwExCTZLVV4JdUYb5yog/s400/edit3.jpg)
I then went to Enhance - Unsharp Mask. Again, scroll until you like what you see. It is easy to over do it here. You don't want your baby to look like a fake plastic doll... I usually like the "Amount" to be around 50 and the "Radius" to be around 3.0.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1iBQy19_MrXqOp_-YFqVSRsBY8ycS54WHsgA4Pi_g89veSBCkDSqSLQBAJe0rfP5XPbMHKoZ_Ry-FftUIXLMZNkQ0xB0f93IPJmSulxOL5zKUHcb2RANr4Y3-dxWIISQw-WBkPca6qdA/s400/edit4.jpg)
Whala...You have an improved photo (I think in this example I overdid the eyes...see what I mean?)
2 comments:
I need an editing program I am screaming here. About your little assignment, I think you did pretty good. Hey I read somewhere some advice from a good photography that said practice practice practice, so hey see don't be so hard on yourself.
thanks for the little instruction, i totally used it on my most recent post of my little boy... and i love it. im sure i will use it again and again now! thanks thanks!
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