photoshop play

[the2ndvariety]

not to exciting. photo by Elf Image. Minimal attempt to do natural editing by me. Am I too pink? I didn't want to be too blue/white.

Comments

[bcj]

If you're going for natural, yes, too pink in the skin, and too bluish-green in the shadows. Can you post the un-edited version for comparison?

[the2ndvariety]

[bcj]

What I did in Photoshop:

- Opened the file
- Opened Level setting, adjusted highlights on RGB levels up (I didn't keep track of exact values, just went by sight)
- Switched to Red level sliders, added some red highlight into the image
- Switched to Green level sliders, added a fair amount of green into the image. This was what the image needed most to get the natural look & feel. There was already a lot of blue.
- Switched to Blue to tweak the middle range ever so slightly, but it didn't need much blue adjustment at all.

I realize this is one of those excercises that is only successful depending on the viewer, so no worries if you don't like my edit. Hope this was helpful.

[the2ndvariety]

thank you :)
and thanks for the step by step moves. I'll try that to familiarize myself to them.