Ben Skove -Digital Imaging: October 2011

These are the steps I took to edit my self portrait.

1. Duplicate background layer; rename: Patch.

2. Patch Tool: replaced blemishes with clean areas of skin.

3. Select Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to remove yellows from image.

Settings: Yellow; Saturation: -100, Brightness: +20.

4. Create New Layer, name it Soft Light Brush.

5. Use Soft Light Brush to lighten eyes and teeth.

Brush Settings: Mode: Softlight, 0% Hardness, 10px, 10% opacity, 10% Flow, Foreground color: White

6. Use Soft Light Brush to strengthen shadows.

Brush Settings: Mode: Softlight, 0% Hardness, 10px, 10% opacity, 10% Flow, Foreground color: Black

7. Use low opacity, soft Eraser to blend soft light brush on soft light layer.

Eraser Settings: Mode: Normal, 0% Hardness, 15 px wide, 100% opacity, 100% Flow

This was a picture i took in my neighborhood of a new tree. I used a sharpening layer first. Then i used hue/saturation.

This was a picture taken at one of the many public parks around Akron. First what i did t this was sharpen the image. Then I used hue/adjustment layer and a vibrance layer t make the colors stand out more.

This image was taken at the nature realm metro park. At firs most of the color was missing so i used a hue/saturation layer to bring more color into the picture and then a vibrance layer to make the color more noticeable.

This is a picture taken of some large pine trees covered in hanging ivy. I brought our the color in the ivy and lessened the color in the leaves on the trees by using a hue/saturation layer.

This was a picture taken at one of the many metro parks in the akron area. I first used a layer to sharpen the image. Then i used a hue/saturation layer to bring out the reds and oranges in the picture to make it look more like fall. Then to finish it all i made a vibrance layer.

This picture was taken at the nature realm metro park. I first made a layer to sharpen the image. Then i used a hue/adjustment layer to bring out the colors in the leaves and lessen the colors in the trees that were not the main focus.

This was another picture taken a the nature realm metro park. Again the first thing i did was add a layer to sharpen the image. The second thing i did to this photo was add a hue/saturation layer to bring out the color of the leaves. To finish this i used a vibrance layer to make the colors stand out more against the background.