Photography Tips & Tricks
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- bigtrick0
try:
open original of baby. duplicate layer. desaturate the new layer heavily, but not 100%. add a layer mask, revealing all, then paint in the baby and hat and flower so that the underlying layer shows through. add a curves layer to blast out bright areas. copy the mask from the desaturated layer and apply it to the curves layer.
above the original image layer, but below the desaturated image layer and below the curves layer, add another blank layer. fill it with a light pink. set layer mode to screen, and adjust opacity to taste. add a layer mask, and mask out the baby's eyes.
add one more layer, this time a curves layer, and pull the shadows down and the highlights up to increase contrast. fill the mask with black, then use a paintbrush with white and paint the eyes again, so that only the eyes receive the increased contrast.
go to istockphoto and find a photo of a flower. paste it on top of all the other layers.
- that's how i'd try to duplicate the above, anyway.bigtrick