Wednesday, 27 March 2013

Five easy steps to enhance your photograph in photoshop

Here is how to enhance the colours and details in Adobe Photoshop in just five simple steps.


Above is the samples of original photograph and After applying effects.

Ok, Lets see how to do this,

Open the photo file in photoshop.

Step 1 : Make a Duplicate Layer
Go to the Layer Panel, Right click on the Layer named "Background", Click on Duplicate Layer. or
Simply press ctrl+j

Step 2 : Desaturate the Duplicate Layer
Select the duplicate layer just created in Layer Panel.
Go to Image>Adjustments>Desaturate and click. or press ctrl+shift+u
 
Step 3 : Invert the Desaturated Layer
Keep the duplicate layer selected and press ctrl+i

Step 4 : Overlay Blend mode and Level adjustment
Change the blend mode of the duplicate layer to "Overlay"
Go to Image>Adjustments>Levels and insert the following values
Input : 90 - 1.00 - 250
Output : 0 - 255

Step 5 : Apply Gaussian Blur and Adjust Opacity
Now apply Gaussian Blur, keep the radius between 40-70 and adjust the Opacity according to your taste.