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hi. i need help in making this picture look better. i am interested in portraits and how to make the colors vibrant. i hope somebody can post a workshop stp by step in Photoshop as I am a newbie.

Taken using the natural light coming from a window. Time: 4:30pm


Thank you.
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spoon (2)
Photoshop 7.0
Edited by:zto Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 946 W: 120 N: 59] (262)
1. Ran Auto levels
2. Ran Auto colours
3. Duplicate layers
4. Added Diffuse glow and set opacity to 50%
5. Flatten image
6. Selected the eyes alone and added an un sharp mask. I also dogded them to make them brighter. Smae as Manny
7. Flatten image again
8. Saturated photo
9. Added a contrast mask to even out teh light over her face
10. Colour balance: Made it warmer by adding more yellow and red to the photo
11. Used curves to make the phot a bit brigter.


Hope i tis of some help.
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spoon (2)
SOFT Colors
Edited by:manny Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 525 W: 24 N: 1485] (11941)
Hi Rodney!

I can see you are in good hands. Zandra is a great mentor for me. And my muse too. She has amazing photos.

And Kit...he's a man of wisdom and it shows in his works too.

Anyway, I go for softness here.

My steps.

I first choose the eyes..we need a catchlight. Choose the pupils an dodge it (highlight 9%)

Then I used diffuse glow : glow amount 3%, clear 13%

I then clone out the the dark part on top.

I used dodge (midtones 9%) to make the face area brighter.

I then duplicated the layer, desturated the top layer. Adjusted opacity of top layer to 80 percent.

Add layer mask, brush out colored areas of the clothes, the face and the forehead

Manny