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Old 04-03-2009, 01:51 PM
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Hey guys,

I am looking for little pearls of wisdom when photographing and processing photos of people.

This is what I have learned.
processing - I duplicate the layer and then apply an ever so slight glacian blur (1.5 or less) and then erase the eyes. flatten the image and the eyes pop without the image looking processed.

Photographing: Talk and tell silly jokes - kids LOVE potty talk.

Can you share yours?

not great with PS myself....what does "flatten the image" mean?
i do a gaussian blur layer and erase the eyes, but i have no idea what "flatten the image" means!
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