photoshopgirl.com» color http://photoshopgirl.com Tutorials, Tips & Tricks For Photoshop Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:49:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Enhancing Eyes with Dodge and Burn http://photoshopgirl.com/06/16/enhancing-eyes-with-dodge-and-burn/ http://photoshopgirl.com/06/16/enhancing-eyes-with-dodge-and-burn/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:42:21 +0000 Kelly Anne Wills http://photoshopgirl.com/?p=172 In this tutorial I will show you how to add a little extra bang to the peepers using the Dodge and Burn tools. You could combine this tutorial with my Finishing Touches tutorial for a stunning portrait.

Tip: For people with brown eyes, like me, we need just one extra step because the technique has a tendency to make our eyes very red. So just after your done using the Dodge and Burn tools go to the Hue/Saturation slider and change the hue back to a natural brown.

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]]> http://photoshopgirl.com/06/16/enhancing-eyes-with-dodge-and-burn/feed/ 4 Faded White and Pink Effect Inspired by Nylon Magazine http://photoshopgirl.com/02/20/faded-white-and-pink-effect-inspired-by-nylon-magazine/ http://photoshopgirl.com/02/20/faded-white-and-pink-effect-inspired-by-nylon-magazine/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:40:21 +0000 Kelly Anne Wills http://photoshopgirl.com/?p=161 Well pretty much everything is in Nylon. Photo toning is probably my favorite thing to do in Photoshop. Well that and play around with layer masks, but that’s neither here nor there today. I’ve been thinking of turning this into a series since there is just so much in that magazine that gets my creative juices flowing.

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]]> http://photoshopgirl.com/02/20/faded-white-and-pink-effect-inspired-by-nylon-magazine/feed/ 9 Quick and Easy Sepia http://photoshopgirl.com/12/01/quick-and-easy-sepia/ http://photoshopgirl.com/12/01/quick-and-easy-sepia/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:12:45 +0000 Kelly Anne Wills http://photoshopgirl.com/?p=124 Sepia is the dark brown pigment that comes from secretions of the ink sac of a Cuttlefish. That ink was then mixed in with other chemicals that resulted in the tones of the photograph to be in shades of brown instead of gray, back in the 1880s. They have since developed artificial toners and now with Photoshop you don’t even need the chemicals. Or the Cuttlefish. Pretty neat.

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]]> http://photoshopgirl.com/12/01/quick-and-easy-sepia/feed/ 4 Change the Color of Something in an Image http://photoshopgirl.com/08/31/change-the-color-of-something-in-an-image/ http://photoshopgirl.com/08/31/change-the-color-of-something-in-an-image/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:41:07 +0000 Kelly Anne Wills http://photoshopgirl.com/?p=84 And it’s an easy process. We’ll be using Hue/Saturation for this and you’ll have a bit of fun experimenting with this one.

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Tip: In the tutorial I show how to use the Hue and Saturation sliders to get whatever hue you want and how to prevent clipping. But you can also use the Lightness slider below the Hue and Saturation sliders in the dialogue box to get a darker or lighter version of the hue you want.


]]> http://photoshopgirl.com/08/31/change-the-color-of-something-in-an-image/feed/ 7 Boosting Color in Your Photos http://photoshopgirl.com/08/28/boosting-color-in-your-photos/ http://photoshopgirl.com/08/28/boosting-color-in-your-photos/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:51:22 +0000 Kelly Anne Wills http://photoshopgirl.com/?p=76 Well this tutorial is here to help that problem by boosting the colors using Channels and Lab Color.

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A couple tips:

Tip #1: If you find that this enhancement is a bit too strong for your photo then there’s a way to fix that. First you need to select the entire image by click Ctrl + A then hit Ctrl + C to copy the image. Go back to the original version of the image and paste it by hitting Ctrl + V. This adds it as a new layer to the original and you can change the opacity of the layer in the layers panel but using the opacity slider.

Tip #2: Like I mention in the tutorial, Channel A represents Green and Red colors while Channel B represents Blue and Yellow colors. If you feel that there is already in enough red in the photo, say in someone’s skin, you can just add the adjustment to the B channel to add some yellow to the skin to help neutralize the red.


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