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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?
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So true! I think every picture you've seen of my daughter with a smile on her face is a direct result of the words "fart" or "poopypants", or any variation of the sort.
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Ken - I am assuming those directions are for Cs3?
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if you have a nice sharp image to begin with but the lighting is less than......i am a big fan of layering my whites and blacks over areas that are less than or overexposed(respectively).....just big blobs of diffused white or black and set to soft light blending will often bring out details or even out to a studio lighting look without a big investment in lights....
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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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After you've done the layer work, go back and click on layers, then flatten image. Basically, it combines the layers ("flattens" them) into one. Does that make sense?
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