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Refining a localized adjustment for effect - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Inkjet Printing for Photographers
Refining a localized adjustment for effect
Ben: All right, Lucky! You have got this really nice portrait that you have got in here, and I know and you have already done a lot of stuff to it. What have you done, roughly? Lucky: Well, basically I made another layer on top of a layer, and I blurred out the background, made a huge lens blur so it can kind of flush everything, all the harsh colors and all the harsh blacks and the whites. And I cloned out a car. Ben: That's right. There was an entire car, that's there. Lucky: Yeah, that was a car there. And I kind of lightened up those tones in her face over here, just to kind of even out the color differences. I brightened the highlights in her eyes, and I defined some of the shadows in her facial features. Ben: Fantastic! So as you took the image, it had pretty deep depth of field, and so you were feeling like Ben: the background was competing with her. Lucky: Mhmm, yeah. Ben: Okay, I think you decision to blur it was exactly right, and you have done a great job, and your car…
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Printing and your workflow3m 3s
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Printing black-and-white photos6m 49s
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Understanding the histogram7m 37s
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Understanding what localized adjustments are used for2m 38s
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Explaining the histogram with a practical example6m 51s
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Making a localized adjustment in a practical example5m 30s
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Evaluating a localized adjustment in a practical example2m 29s
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Refining a localized adjustment for effect13m 36s
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Making a gradient adjustment6m 47s
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Paying attention to viewing conditions4m 49s
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Summing up1m 50s
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