The photoshopped thread!

[PMW518]

Heres a recent one, shot in my dorm room here at school, for school paper on a last minute notice that they needed a pic for an article on gun control.

[HowLowCanYaGo]

[Yarrow]

One of my favorites.

Sorry they are so large ..I dont know how to post them smaller

Before


After

[Alison]

Had alot of fun with some lightning the other day

[HowLowCanYaGo]

[jetrim]

#1 Basically put a new white layer over the picture and change the oapcity to your liking. (Maybe 75%?)

#2 Then grab your eraser at different opacities.
On my image the eyes were maybe 75% the lips at 33%, the hair 10%, the Iris' and pupil's a little darker maybe 90%
Leave the edges white creating a vigniette.

#3 Use the Marquee tool, doesn't matter whether it's rectangle or circular, click and drag this around the image but not too far in. Right click and select inverse.

#4 Right click and fill with white. This just ensures that the edges of the picture are an even white.

#5 Now go to filter > blur > gaussian blur (you can use another blur filter if you don't have gaussian).

Alison,
I want to thank you for explaining this effect! I had this photo of my wife that was OK but nothing wonderful. I wasn't sure how to make it better until I saw this thread, and your post. I don't have the technique down as well as you, but I'm very pleased with the results for a first try! Thanks again.

[katt]

I don't have a Before image for this one on this computer to post, but I have an After shot.

[Alison]

Alison,
I want to thank you for explaining this effect! I had this photo of my wife that was OK but nothing wonderful. I wasn't sure how to make it better until I saw this thread, and your post. I don't have the technique down as well as you, but I'm very pleased with the results for a first try! Thanks again.

You are very welcome!

It's so nice when I find out I have made an impact on people and inspired people to try new things. I'm pleased I could help you :thumbsup:

[Grandpaw]

My attempt at Photoshop. The day I went out to get this the sky was bad but the flowers were in bloom. I had a choice to wait for a better sky and hope the flowers would still be there or get the flowers and work with the sky later. With this attempt I had some help and I am pleased with the results, Jeff

[amorton1437]

Before & After

[livin4lax09]

before & after. One of my pride & joys!

[OldClicker]

This thread is three years old, but I see no reason we can't pile on. Here is an example of my typical post processing for an important image (i.e. competition). - TF

[Frog]

Brent that one cracks me up. I did something similar but not so drastic with a shot of my sister-in-law once. She wasn't appreciative.