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8/12/2019 Tips - Water Drop Images (2) - Image Enhancement
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Mask the filter effectTarget the Photo Filter layers mask by clickingits thumbnail, make sure the foreground colour
is black (if its white, hit X to swap the colours around),
and paint over the green feathers to hide the Photo
Filter adjustment in this area, so that the cooling filter
effect enhances just the purple and blue tones.
Sharpen the details
Double-click the Zoom tool to jump to 100% view,then hold down the spacebar and scroll to the
sharp water drop. Set Sharpening Amount to 60 and
Radius to 1.3. Double-click the Hand tool to zoom back
out, then hold down Alt and drag the Masking slider to
around 60 to restrict the sharpening to the white areas
on the mask, which contain the finest detail.
Boost the greensClick the New Adjustment Layer button in theLayers panel again, and choose Hue/Saturation.
Set Hue to +18 to subtly shift the colours in the image.
Take the Brush tool and target the mask, but this time
paint over the orange and blue parts of the feather to
hide the effect, so that its restricted to the green areas.
Tweak the tonesOpen the start image in Adobe Camera Raw inElements well start by making a few tweaks
to the tones using the sliders on the Basic panel. Set
Exposure to +0.20, Shadows to +17, Whites to -28,
Blacks to +26 and Saturation +15, then click the next
tab along to bring up the Detail panel.
8/12/2019 Tips - Water Drop Images (2) - Image Enhancement
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Dodge and burn layerTarget the top layer, then hold down Alt and click
the Create New Layer button in the Layers panel
to open the New Layer dialog. Name the layer Dodge
and Burn, select Overlay from the Mode menu, and
check the box that says Fill with Overlay-neutral colour
(50% grey). Click OK to create a new, grey-filled layer.
Retouch the imageClick the Create New Layer button in the Layerspanel. Select the Spot Healing Brush tool, and
tick Sample All Layers in the Options panel, so that
you can retouch the image on this layer and leave the
original image information unaltered. Paint over the
distracting white specular highlight to remove it, and
repeat for any other distracting marks or lines.
Dodge and burnWe can now paint white or black on the greylayer to lighten or darken areas of our image.
Take the Brush tool, set the foreground colour to black,
and press 2 to set the brush opacity to 20%. Brush
over the bottom and top-right corners to gradually
darken them, then press X to switch to a white brush,
and brush over the drops to lighten the highlights.
Blur rough areasTake the Brush tool again, press X to make theforeground colour white, and zoom in on the
bottom-right corner of the image. The sharp orange
feathers here look a little messy and distracting, so
paint over this area to reveal the blur effect and soften
the feathers. Theres a similarly distracting sharp area
on the left side, so paint over this too.