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2. Part 1: enhancing photos
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3. original
brightness/contrast
Brightness refers to the overall lightness or darkness of the image.
Contrast is the difference in brightness between objects or regions.
curves
Curves allow you to play with
tone and contrast
they can highlight colors,
saturate midtones and create
shadows.
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4. original
saturation allows you to enhance or de-hance the color in an
saturation image, above we de-saturated the colors and increased the
brightness in the image to give it a dusty feel.
vibrance
vibrance is similar to saturation in that it enhances
the virbancy of the colored elements in the photo.
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5. Part 2: Editing photos
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6. the tools
magic wand
the magic wand tool is used to select all colors
in a certain range or area. this is great if you are
cutting out images or want remove small areas
from a photo.
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7. the magnetic lasso
by far my most useful tool! This always you “select”
objects by sticking to their edges! This ensures
precise selections
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8. blur
blur tool allows you to create depth in your photos
the smudge tool (with lightener) can create
a painted feel while highlighting parts of the images.
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9. cropping
Cropping refers to the removal of the outer parts of an image to improve framing, accentuate
subject matter or change aspect ratio.
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10. clone stamp
The Clone Brush is used to copy all or part of an image to another location within the same image or to
another image.
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11. healing tools
Great for re-touching and removing spots.
removing million
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dollar moles...

12. filters smudge stick
dry brush
texturizer
film grain
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13. lens flare
lighting effects vs. lense flare
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15. layers
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(no not that kind)

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17. USING SKEWED TEXT TO CREATE DIMENSIONS
use brushes to remove color
and create contrast
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18. creating scenes
-magnetic lasso
-contrast/saturation
-blur tool
-magic wand
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19. cut+paste collaging
-magnetic lasso
-vibrancy
-hue
-drop shadow
-outer glow
-shapes
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20. shortcut commands.
F
- Full scree n mode
X
-Switch between main color modes
D
-Default color mode (Black and white)
CTRL +/-
-Zoom in and out
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21. photoshop actions.
For those unfamiliar with Photoshop actions, they’re simply pre-recorded tasks that you can save and reuse anytime. Photoshop actions
commonly have an .atn file extension. Installing a Photoshop action for more recent versions of Photoshop is easy: simply drag the .atn file onto
the Actions palette or place it directly inside your Adobe PhotoshopPresetsPhotoshop Actions folder. For a more comprehensive discussion of
Photoshop actions, check out this complete guide to Photoshop actions.
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22. Sunday, November 20, 2011

23. Q+A
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