It’s Friday and that means it is time for Fix-it-Friday at I ♥ Faces. Each week they post a photo that was taken by someone who follows the blog at I ♥ Faces. Then a few contributors edit the photo and then they ask anyone else who would like to play along to edit the photo too. It is great practice and a fun way to learn new editing tricks.
Here is the original photo:
I had a lot of fun with this photo. I loved the composition and the girl is beautiful. This photo was dramatically underexposed and needed some work on the skin. I started out using a curves layer to brighten the whole photo. I brightened it as much as I could, and then added a second curves layer to brighten it even more. After that I ran Noiseware to combat some of the noise that was caused by the underexposure. Then I went to work on the skin. I used the spot healing brush and the patch tool to fix some blemishes on her face. Next I used another curves layer to fix the white balance focusing on the skin tones on the face. Then I ran Magic Powder from MCP Actions and lowered the opacity to about 35%. Magic Skin from MCP Actions is one of my favorite action sets! I use Magic Powder on almost all of my portraits. After that, I was happy with how the girl looked. But I still felt like the background needed something. I decided to add a light texture from NicoleV textures.
Here is my final product:
Be sure to check out I ♥ Faces to see all the amazing photos that were entered in this week’s contest.
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Your edit is beautiful!
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