Topic: Add a tip for Photoshop please! (Read 46199 times)

rogprov · « **Reply #150 on:** February 04, 2010, 08:49:40 AM »

Stef,

Thanks for publishing your alternative sharpening method. I'm very pleased with the way it works and found it's better than previous methods I've used. I can see me using it a lot in the future - so I've created an action

Stef. · « **Reply #151 on:** February 18, 2010, 10:06:47 PM »

Skin retouching

I came across this tip yesterday in the "Photoshop User" magazine and thought it's worth sharing:

1.   Duplicate the background layer
2.   Image > adjustment > invert > change the layer blending mode to vivid light (don’t panic here...)
3.   Filter > convert for smart filters
4.   Filter > other > high pass (on an inverted layer it works in the opposite way: it actually softens instead of sharpens that layer) Use somewhere between 5 and 15%. Make sure your settings are not too high to create halos!
5.   Filter > blur > Gaussian blur: use approx half of the value you have used for the high pass filter (here again: on an inverted layer these filters do exactly the opposite from what you expect them to do)
6.   Layer > layer mask > hide all: now choose a soft brush with the foreground colour set to white and brush over the parts of the image that you want retouched.

If the effects are too strong you can always play around with the opacity of the layer or even the individual filters.

Happy photoshopping!
Stef.

Stef. · « **Reply #152 on:** June 15, 2010, 07:44:33 PM »

Colour Boost:

O.K. you have not heard from me in this thread for a while now and I thought I am going to share a nice little colour boost tip with you. It works wonders and I am sure you will like it.

(1)   open up your image
(2)   choose the colour balance tool adjustment layer
(3)   For the first step make sure “preserve luminosity” is checked: choose “midtones”; add a bit of warmth by dragging the blue slider towards the yellow (taking out blue) and the green slider towards magenta (taking out green) Something around -10 for both green and blue is good to start with.
(4)   Create a second (!) colour balance tool adjustment layer. This time unclick “preserve luminosity”. Choose “highlights” and put under red/ green/blue something in the area of +30. Make sure the number is the same in all three boxes (!). This will reintroduce lost light.
(5)   Should the colours be washed out slightly than choose “shadows” with preserve luminosity checked and put something around -10 in all three boxes.

This will boost the colour and light in your image.

Happy photoshopping!
Stef.

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