Sunday, September 6, 2009

Colour and Brightness Retouch

Before:

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After:

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Step 1: Open your photo in Photoshop. Go to Image > Adjustments > Curves (Ctrl + M) to go to Curves dialog box. Set something like the picture below:

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Step 2: Press Ctrl-B to open Color Balance

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Step 3: Increase green of the leaves by pressing Ctrl-U and choose Green from the drop-down box

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Now our photo looks much brighter

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Step 4: Go to Image > Adjustments > Levels

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Step 5: We will make her skin smoother. Go to Select > Color Range and click on any point on her skin to sample it

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Step 6: Go to Filter > Blur > Surface Blur

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And here is my final result, the picture looks brighter and more attractive:

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I hope the technique showed here will help you in your future work. But please remember to use your own judgements when playing with color and brightness

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