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Friday, May 21, 2010

Page 141 - New Tricks

What made me happy today?

I learned a new trick in Photoshop thanks to my friend Steph!!!


Everyone knows I am NOT a master of all things Photoshop. I'm definitely a beginner. All I ever use it for is to liquify, swap heads, or add texture to a photo.

Today, I learned a trick to make my texturizationing (haha, is that a word?) skills much better!

Before when I added a texture, I would just use a brush to erase the texture from the person in the photo. Sometimes the texture itself adds such a pretty color to the photo that when I erase the texture the old photo underneath just doesn't look right. It's easier to show you so here:

This is the original photo above and here it is once the texture has been added:

I love the color this texture adds but I don't want it on the face.

Before, I would just erase the texture everywhere I didn't want it like this:

As you can see it just doesn't look right. The baby looks much too pale now.

My friend Steph told me how she watched a video on MCP actions blog that explains how to remove the texture without removing the color. I watched, learned, and now I have the look I was hoping for, this:


Thank you Steph and thankyou MCP Actions! If you want to see the video I watched go here.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the tip! I'll have to check it out. I have been using Photoshop since 1997 and there is still always something new to learn.

andreaKphotography said...

You are so awesome to share this!! Thanks! I never use texture....I might start :)

Cascio Photography said...

That really does make such a difference! thanks for sharing :)

Laura said...

I'm definitely tryng this. Thanks for sharing!

Malisa said...

Cool.

shandikimille said...

that is awesome! I hope you do a workshop! I am looking forward to it!