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Aug 04 2009

Teaching a Young Dog Some Old Tricks

By Jake

I recently learned a few new portrait editing techniques for softening and spotlighting in Photoshop, and I put them to the test on some of my older photos. I was pretty pleased with the results.

Here a new layer was added with gaussian blur and switched to screen blending mode. It softened the harsh highlights and gave her a kind of glow.

I used the same softening layer as before, but much more subtle on. I also used a layer mask to spotlight her face a little.

I used the same softening layer as before, but much more subtle. I also used a layer mask to spotlight her face a little.

Same effects as before, but with the warm light I had to increase contrast and saturation a little to keep the image from becoming flat with the softening. I also edited out the stay hairs in the corners to clean things up a bit.

Same effects as before, but with the warm light I had to increase contrast and saturation a little to keep the image from becoming flat with the softening. I also edited out the stray hairs in the corners to clean things up a bit.

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