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Ok, color me blind.. I did another Fix it Friday with I Heart Faces… survey says?
Here’s the original, precious boy. I see some issues I can adjust though.
And my ‘fixes’
Wish I could learn to keep that bright orange shirt and tone down the rest…clues?
Close, but I lose facial definition using levels….hmmmmmm
With a high def action…but still not really what I’m after…
There…I think I’m happy…adjusted my first edit levels…
Hop over to I Heart Faces and check the other fixes
I htink it turned out really nice and you got what you were after!! Great edit. :)
Thanks….still a little iffy on some of it though
I like the softness of your edits. Did you create a new Adjustment Layer for Levels? Or just Enhance>Adjust Lighting>Levels? If you create a new Adjustment Layer for Levels then it should automatically create a layer mask with it. You can then paint with a black brush over the part of the photo you don’t want affected so much by the levels adjust….make sense? Also, if you’re finding you lose details with levels, it’s probably from sliding the middle slider up to increase brightness in the midtones. So after you do that, try sliding the left slider to the right a little to bring back some of the details. Hope that helps!
Thanks for the tips…. I did create an adjustment layer…just got it a bit too soft I think so I lost some facial definition…got it back in the last edit?
Oh, yes you sure did! I didn’t realize you were showing sequential edits/steps…my fault for not paying attention, sorry! :0)
NO worries! Glad to have you drop by and Thanks too for the extra help…something to refer back to (I have ADOS~look there’s something shiny) and likely won’t quite remember unless I do this often. Not being a pro photog, its more a challenge to ‘can I do this?’…Thanks again, hope you’ll become a regular reader.