Fix-It Fridays Photo-Editing #34

I haven't done Fix It Fridays for awhile and thought I'd give it a try again. Since I've upgraded from PSE 4.0 to PSE 6.0, I can't figure out how to get my photo actions to work in PSE 6.0. So this picture fix was a bit of an experimentation.

Here is the original photo.

Here's my fix. All I can say is that I used a lot of adjustment layers. Like I said, it was a big experiment since I couldn't rely on my go-to photo actions. I adjusted the levels and shadows, added some warmth, did a little blur, did a little color-pop using soft light layers...little cloning and used the self-healing brush.

Digital Elements: From My Journal Pack by Katie Pertiet

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Fix-It Fridays

How utterly sweet does this little girl look? I love the light green dress paired with the purple flowers and the orangish brick background. Loving the triadic color scheme! What a fun Fix-It-Friday photo!

At first glance this looked like an easy fix. There is a slight greenish color cast and the skin tone needs to be corrected. But for some reason, I have the hardest time correcting tan skin tones to make them look normal. My son has a similar coloring and I find that the adjustments I do either make his skin have a weird red tone or a blah yellow. I don't know if I'm explaining myself clearly, but I'd love some tips!

So here's my normal fix when I can't get the skin tones right---I convert to black and white. In this case it's called "chocolate".

And here's my corrected color version (as best as I could) paired with the black and white. I added some selective coloring, a beauty glow action and used some brushes from Designer Digitals.

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Fix-It Fridays No. 25

I have been enjoying participating in Fix It Fridays over at I Heart Faces. Today's picture is of this handsome young man. Here's what I did:

1. Levels adjustment
2. Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and decreased reds
3. Was still too dark for my liking so I did another adjustment layer.
4. Duplicated the photo on a new layer and set to soft light at 30%
5. Did Rachel Durik's hint for adjusting the "orange" ear
6. Then ran Photoblast Contra Pop
(probably should have run it through noiseware but didn't have time)

Then as usual, I just had to scrap it.

Digital supplies used:

Work Hard Play Hard Papers by Anna Aspnes
Quote by Mindy Terasawa
Roughed Up Krafty No. 2 by Katie Pertiet
http://www.designerdigitals.com/

Fix-It Fridays #24 - using PSE

It is Fix-It Fridays over at I ♥ Faces. This week's photo is of this cute little guy. Here's what was said and some fixes from the contributors. I am learning so much from the tips that the contributors give each week. This week I kind of followed Andrea Riley's workflow, with some of my own modifications. I used PSE 4.0 for these fixes.

Ran Noiseware
Adjusted levels
Adjusted Reds
Did an adjust for skin tone layer using the hint by Andrea Riley
Ran Beauty Glow Action by Photoblast
Sharpened the eyes by selecting, using high-pass and then changing the blending mode to soft light. It looked a little bright in the catchlights so I lowered the opacity to make it more natural.
Ran Contra Pop Photoblast Action

Then I couldn't resist doing something scrappy with the photo.

Digital Supplies:
Sewn Statements No. 2 by Katie Pertiet
Samantha Rose Paper by Katie Pertiet
Stitching by Anna No. 2 Brown Anna Aspnes
Brad Bonanza by Pattie Knox

Fix It Fridays #23

Today is Fix It Friday over at I ♥ Faces. I thought the fix-it picture was adorable and it didn't need much fixing. Here's what I did using Photoshop Elements 4.0:

Adjusted Contrast
Did a skin adjustment layer-decreasing reds
Ran Photoblast Contra Pop
Ran Photoblast Beauty Glow

Digital scrapbooking items:
Stacked Classic Frames
My Family Genealogy Clippings No. 2
Digital Petals No. 5
by Katie Pertiet, Designer Digitals

Fix It Fridays Using PSE 4.0

It is Fix It Fridays over at I ♥ Faces. Above is the original photo. Below are my fixes using PSE 4.0. See you can still do cool stuff with older versions of Photoshop! (Still crossing my fingers for CS4 someday ;) )


The first thing I did was crop the photo. I tend to like tighter cropped photos, so I wanted to get rid of some of that dead space on the top left of the photo. Next I did a couple of adjustment layers using levels. I wanted to brighten the photo up so and add a little depth. Next I ran Photoblast ContraPop. Did another levels adjustment layer, ran Photoblast Beauty Glow and then sharpened the eyes a little bit.

For the black and white photo I used the color photo adjustments listed previously and then ran Photoblast GoldenRod action.

Thanks Katarina for letting us play with your photo!