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Enhancing Eyes with Dodge and Burn

Kelly Anne Wills — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:42:21 +0000

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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How to Whiten Teeth

Kelly Anne Wills — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:27:13 +0000

A friend of mine actually showed this to me a few years ago and I couldn’t believe how it easy it was. And then she’s all, “why are you kissing me?” Sometimes I just can’t contain my nerdy love for Photoshop.

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Change the Color of Something in an Image

Kelly Anne Wills — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:41:07 +0000

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.

Boosting Color in Your Photos

Kelly Anne Wills — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:51:22 +0000

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.

Finishing Touch

Kelly Anne Wills — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:38:17 +0000

This works really well with close-up shots!

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Remove Something From An Image

Kelly Anne Wills — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:00:25 +0000

As you can see below, I decided to remove the two men standing behind the sign.

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