What can you do to fix a poorly defined background in an otherwise great portrait? You have a wide variety of options, but the quickest (and easiest) way for me is to desaturate the background to make the foreground stand out more.
Changing skin tones and manipulating portrait colors in photoshop seem to be the craze these days. And I’ve been doing it for the longest time without really any conscious effort on my part. But I’ve been asked to write this basic photoshop tutorial, so I will attempt to retrace my steps.
Okay, my last Photoshop Tutorial was 8 months ago. I would apologize, but it would sound empty. Really, I’ve been busy. A lot of people have brought this oversight to my attention, so I’m resuming my photoshopping documentation here - starting today.
Okay. This isn’t exactly art. But forgive me if I give myself a little pat on the back. (Good job, good job, I tell myself, coz I’m pretty sure nobody else will. ) This is my first foray into the world of vector illustration (with the use of an archaic mouse and my caffeine-nicotine-weakened [...]
Turning colored photos into black and white is a snap. Everyone knows how to convert pictures to grayscale, right? But transforming black and white photos to colored images is a tad bit trickier.
Here’s an overview of the PhotoShop toolbar. A basic understanding of how PhotoShop tools work is key to learning the more intermediate functions of image editing.
Most purists seem to take offense at the idea of manipulating images in PhotoShop, but I have no such issues. As pixel guru Roy Difuntorum puts it, “Art should not be hindered by anything less than what’s not art.”
The process of faking digital scenarios is no secret, really. The key is simply putting two or more pictures together to make a brand new (and well, fake, yet passable) image. And it all starts by deleting and replacing the background of a picture and trading it for something else.
