Fix it Friday: INNOCENCE

BEFORE: AFTER:

here is my fix-it-friday entry for this week. I am actually quite proud of it. I like it a lot. :)

Let's see, first i did some touch ups and fixed the bruises on the girls legs. Of course little kids alwyas bumping into things. Next I used the perfect portrait [those who know me know its my favorite] from CoffeeShop. This allowed me to soften teh skin adn brighten the eyes and clothes. After I did this I took out the background and added in a shaded layer of pink to black. I think Put a textured flower layer over it and lowered the opacity so you could see the shaded layer below it. Then added the INNOCENCE text to it and voila. the final product.

getting quite good at these.

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Fix-It-Friday: Puddy

So today was Fix-It-Friday over at I ♥ Faces. I haven't remembered or had time to do any of these lately but today I had the chance. To tell you the truth I cant remember much of exactly what I did but I can try to explain.

BEFORE:




AFTER:


So the first thing I did was lighten the whole photo. This allowed me to get rid of the shadow [or lighten it] that was over his face. Of course we want to see his beautiful face. I then Just used the COLOR POP action from MulletGod on his sweatshirt and on the puddy to make them stand out some. Next I used Selective Color to make the puddy more green and glowing. Then I simply added a texture on the background. ALL DONE!

How easy was that. The main thing was to just get the shadow off of his face. Once that was done the picture was alreayd ten times better.


Go and visit: http://www.iheartfaces.com/ to look at the other entries for Fix-It-Friday

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Fix it Friday: Angel Eyes

So being that today is Friday there was a Fix-It-Friday over at I Heart Faces. It is a picture of a precious little girl named Addie.

BEFORE.

When I saw the Before picture I immediately was focused on her gorgeous eyes. I knew I had to make them stand out and that would be the focus point.

AFTER.

I created a new layer and selected her eyes and changed the curve balance slightly up on the RGB and the B and G seperately. This alone gave her eyes this stunning crystal blue look. I also changed the brightness/contrast a little. I then flattened the image and used the healing brush tool on her cheek and under her eyes a little. I guess she had a black eye in this picture according to the blog but you could hardly tell. I then used the "Picture Perfect" action [my FAVORITE if u can't tell] to soften her skin a little and color pop her eyes. The action also made her skin lighter and brighter.

This picture was not named and after I edited it I thought she looked like a little angel so I named it angel eyes myself. I just love her crystal eyes.

Head on over to I Heart Faces and check out all of the other contributions.

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Fix-It-Friday: Beauty

So I have never really done a fix-it-friday before! I am excited to enter. I wasn't even going to enter, I was just going to play around with the picture and see what I can do since I consider myself pretty ameture when it comes to photo editing. I have learned everything i know so far by watching tutorials on youtube.com

Fix-It-Fridays are all about photo editing. Iheartsfaces.com will post a BEFORE picture and a few contributers will share a few different ways they decided to edit the picture. If you are just someone browsing or following the site, you are also welcome to share your editing skills. Well hopefully someone enjoys mine as much as I do this week.

This is the before picture of a beautiful little girl. Upon looking at this picture I immediately thought wedding. I wasnt sure what I wanted to do with the girl yet but I knew I wanted to mess around with the background.

Newho, I downloaded a bunch of new brushes, thanks to the resource page on I ♥ faces and decided to play around with a few. Since she had a flower in her hand and I just downloaded the floral brushes I decided to just mess around a little. I originally wanted the flowers to be a part of the brick but then when i took out the brick altogether it looked way better. I sampled a color from her dress for the mai background color and chose shades of purple for the flowers since the flower she is holding is purple. Then to me she looks as though she could be a little princess daydreaming about her future prince, hence where I got the idea to write DAYDREAM and the quote "Once upon a time there was a prince..." When I was done I realized I didnt really have to do anything to her picture. I just changed the contrast slightly and that's it. I think it's perfect how it is.

After I finished I was amazed at how good it turned out. At least to me. Hopefully you all think so too!

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