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In the Advanced Operations section, we will create a mask for each distinctive
part and adjust it so that we can handle any type of image.
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and saturation of the building and the foreground are insufficient, and the man is too dark
because the sky is cloudy and the subject is slightly backlit. Also, the electric wires in
the background and specs of dust that adhered during the scanning process are a cause for concern. |
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The same image after retouching. The image was divided
into three parts: The sky, the building and foreground, and the man's face. Different retouching
techniques were applied to each part as appropriate. You can retouch part of an image using
the mask function. |
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1. Crop the image to the size
to be printed
Crop the image to fit the printer paper that you will be using. |
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2. Print the original image
Print the image and check the areas that need retouching. You
can decide how the image looks after it is retouched. |
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3. Check the areas to be retouched
Observe the printed image and check the areas to be retouched.
Identify the specific areas of the image that can be improved through retouching. |
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4. Erase the electric wires and
dust
Erase unnecessary electric wires and small particles of dust
that became attached to the image during the scanning process. |
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5. Create a layered mask
Divide the image into its major parts: the man's face, the sky
and the background, and adjust them separately using the Quick Mask function. Choose
the area that you wish to retouch from Select. Save the selected area using Save so
that you can use the selected area at any time. |
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6. Adjust the curves for the sky
To enhance the appearance of the overexposed, overly bright sky,
we will bring out the color of the sky by reducing the tonal curve and by burning it
in the overall sky area. Also, we will adjust the channels in the RGB format to highlight
the blue color of the sky. |
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7. Adjust the color
balance of the man and the background
Adjust the tint using the color balance function.
This feature brings out the original tint by increasing the density
of the complementary color to the one you wish to restrain. |
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8. Adjust the curves for the background
To increase the brightness of the slightly underexposed background,
adjust the image by increasing the curves overall. You can emphasize the contrast by
forming an S-shaped curve. Adjust the curves carefully so that the background will
not stand out more than the man's face, which is a main subject in the image. |
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9. Adjust the hue and saturation
of the background
Increase the saturation in the channels of
the colors to bring out the tint of the trees, grass, stones and
suchlike in the background by using Hue and Saturation. |
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10. Adjust the curves for the
man's face
To increase the brightness of the man's dark face, adjust the
image by increasing the curves overall. To increase the contrast and to make the image
clearer, form an S-shaped curve. Don't worry about the washed-out highlights such as
the white cap right now, as we will adjust it later. Also, increase the curves of the
black portions carefully so they are not squashed together.
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portions that look washed-out from the curve adjustment areas by adjusting the curves.
Select the curves layer, and drag the screen using the Eraser Tool. This action nullifies
the curves adjustment, and the cap will look three-dimensional. |
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11. Adjust the hue and saturation
of the portrait of the man
The brightness and contrast were adjusted
with the curves, but extraneous tints such as the red tint in the
skin were highlighted. Fix the extraneous tints in the color channels
using Hue and Saturation. |
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12. Adjust the specified color
areas of the portrait of the man
To further adjust the skin tones of the man,
who is the main subject of the image, use Select Specified Color
Area. This feature allows you to adjust the tint that you could
not adjust using Hue and Saturation. |
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13. Unsharp Mask
When viewed with human eyes, clear objects appear to stand in
front of blurred objects. Run the image of the man, the building and sky through the
Unsharp Mask to emphasize depth and perspective. Set different parameters for the mask.
The man is set to 100% to make him stand out most, and the building is set to 50%.
The sky is set to 0%, as noise is conspicuous. |
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14. Print the retouched photo
Print the retouched image and compare with the print of the image
before retouching. You can see how much the image has been enhanced through retouching. |
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