Attention! ‘The Smart Sharpen filter only applies to one layer. If you have made other adjustment layers, you must merge them before applying the sharpening. Press +Option+Shift+E (Cul+AlteShift+E). The adjustment layers and the Background layers merge in the new layer. All the adjustment layers, Background copy, and original Background ayers remain unchanged. The Smart Sharpen filter progress bar + appears, and sharpening is applied to the Background copy layer. here to open the istory palette. the box to the left of the Smart Sharpen step to set the source for the History Brush, @® Click the previous state in the History palette. @® Click here to close the History palette. @ Click the History Brush tool © Click here to open the Brush Picker. © Select a soft-edge brush at 0 percent Hardness that is large enough to cover the ‘edge of the eyes. ® Paint over the eyes, eyelashes, and ‘eyebrows with the History Brush to apply the sharpening, @ Click the Visibility icon for the Background copy on and off to compare before and after sharpening, The sharpening is applied only to the eye areas. Did You Know? ‘Always view the image at 100% ‘magnification when you use sharpening filter to get the most accurate View onscreen of your changes. Stil, the amount of detail visible in a print may be slightly different than what you see on the screen, The amount of detail can vary depending on the type of printer and paper used. Chapter 4: Retouching Portraits eo h Jallayerian@yahoo.comADD A SOFT-FOCUS EFFECT to make a portrait glow You can apply Photoshop's filters to mimic the photographic filters used in traditional film photography. However, by using a combination of Photoshop filters, layers, and blending modes, you can add special effects and create unique images with a painterly quality that go beyond the possibilities of film photography. You can add a soft-focus effect to a portrait that not only minimizes skin imperfections but also adds a romantic glow to the subject's skin and still keeps the subject's main features in focus. You first apply a filter and change the blending mode to modify the effect. Make other changes using the layer’s opacity setting. When the overall effect is pleasing, you can refocus the eyes and other areas to help draw the viewer into the portrait. Whenever you use various filters, you can control the effects by working on a duplicate of the original Background layer and then adjust the effects with layer modes and opacity changes. Duplicated layers are also great for experimenting with different creative techniques. If you do not like the changes, simply delete the layer. © lick and drag the Background layer over the New Layer button to duplicate it. @ Click Filter. © Click Convert for Smart Filters @ Click Ok in the message box The Background copy layer is changed into a smart object. Click Filter. Click Blur, Click Gaussian Blur. When the Gaussian Blur dialog box appears, move it to the side to see the photo. Click and drag the Radius slider to blur the image. Note: Use a blur of 4 to 8 pixels for low resolution and 10 to 14 pixels for high-resolution images. © Click ok to apply the blur @ Click here and select Screen 2000 h Jallayerian@yahoo.comDid You Know? Dragging the Background layer over the New Layer button automaticaly names the duplicated layer "Background copy.” You can also duplicate the Background layer by pressing 9644 (Ctl¥)) This duplicated Background layer is named “Layer 1! h Jallayerian@yahoo.com Try This! ‘To experiment with the amount of Gaussian Blur, or any other smart fier, double-click the iter name in the Layers palette ‘0 reopen the dialog box. Change the slider amounts and watch the changes on your image, The image becomes very light. @ Click here to add a layer mask The foreground color is set to black. ® Press B to select the Brush tool ® Click here to open the Brush Picker. ® Click a soft-edged brush just large enough to outline the eye area. © Click the Airbrush thumbnail @® Click here and drag the slider to the left until 40% appears in the Opacity field @ Paint over the eyes and other important features to bring them out. © Click here and drag the Layer Opacity slider to the left to get the amount of glow that you want. ‘The soft focus is applied to the overall portrait while keeping the main features of the subject in sharp focus More Options! You can selec and modi brushes rom titer the Brush Picker in the Options ba o from the floating Brushes palete. When you edit or fave a brush in one place the brush is automatically updated inthe other. Chapter 4: Retouching Portraits eoChanging and Enhancing Colors and Tone Color is the heart of Photoshop. Whether you work on a design or a photograph, you often adjust the hue, saturation, and brightness of an image. Using Photoshop, you can fine-tune shadows and highlights or completely alter the ‘overall tone of a photograph. You can transform. a color photograph into a grayscale image, colorize an old grayscale image, or make a color image look like an antique colorized photograph You can also tone a photo as photographers used to do in the darkroom. And you can create these effects in many different ways. Because some pixel information is discarded whenever you make color and tonal adjustments, you should apply corrections on separate layers or on a duplicate layer. Photoshop CS3’s adjustment layers help you make some changes without permanently altering pixel values. In addition, opening or converting an image or a layer to a new smart object enables you to apply most filters as smart filters, making them continuously editable and nondestructive. You can reedit adjustment layers and smart filters before you flatten the image. Camera Raw 4, included with Photoshop CS3, not only adds powerful controls for editing images, but it can also open a variety of file formats, including JPEGs and TIFFs, so you can start with nondestructive edits in Camera Raw for most photos. Whenever you make color or tonal adjustments, start by calibrating and profiling your monitor. Otherwise, you may be changing colors that are not really in the image, and what you see on your monitor can look very ferent when it is printed.#41 Improve an Underexposed Photo in Two Steps... . Improve an Overexposed Photo in Three Steps... Remove a Colorcast to Improve the Overall Color... Colorize an Old Black-and-White Photograph . Make a Quick Change to Grayscale... Give a New Photo an Old Colorized Look. Using Camera Raw to Recover Highlights. .... Improve a Sky with HSL Values in Camera Raw Go from Color to Grayscale with the New Black & White Adjustment................00000005 Createia Spit Tone for.a special Effect in Camera Raw . : : . 96 97 98 100 102 104 - 106 - 108 EIMPROVE AN UNDEREXPOSED PHOTO in two steps You may find a photograph that is perfect for your project or has the subject just the way you want, but it is underexposed, Fixing an underexposed photograph with traditional photography tools was difficult. Fixing such a photo with Photoshop is much easier, and there are many ways you can accomplish the correction. You can use a variety of Photoshop filters and adjustments to correct the exposure. However, you can sometimes easily make a quick correction using a duplicated layer and altering the layer blend mode. This two-step technique is worth h Jallayerian@yahoo.com “4T DIFFICULTY LEVEL a try before you work with any of the other methods. Depending on the photo, the exposure may appear corrected the first time that you apply the technique For other images, you may need to repeat the steps ‘once or even twice. You can even apply a half step by duplicating the layer with the changed blend mode and reducing the effect by changing the opacity of the layer. You can also adjust the Fill slider to lower the effect of the layer without altering any layer styles on that layer. @ With an underexposed photo ‘open in Photoshop, click and drag the Background layer over the New Layer button to duplicate it. @ lick here and select Screen The photo appears lighter Note: The photo may look fine this way, or you may need to add another layer and change it as in steps 3 to-4 © Click and drag the Background copy layer over the New Layer button to duplicate the copy. @ Click here and drag the Opacity slider to the left to change the ‘opacity of the top layer and the amount of lightening. The underexposed image exposure is improved