Color Balance and Curves and Light Shaping

Sometimes an image may look all right, but needs a boost to make it it better. The easiest way is to used a Color Balance and Curves Adjustment layers. It is not difficult to do. To this a little bit of Light Shaping will add to the overall improvement of the image.Step 1 : I have opened this free stock image. It looks OK, but could look better. You will find the image hereIt belongs to mechtaniyaThe improved image.Step 2 : Click the New Fill or Adjustment Layer button at the bottom of the Layers palette. Click Color Balance from the pop up.Step 3 : The Color Balance Adjustment dialogue box opens.Step 4 : I have first clicked...

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Text Poster

This is a Text tutorial to manipulate Text and create a movie poster with an image. I will demonstrate some advanced techniques which you should be able to follow. For example I will show different effects you can achieve with Blend Modes, but not in the normal way they are used. Some of the effects can also be used on a standalone basis for application to other images.I have divided the tutorial into two parts for your convenience.Part 1Step 1 : I will be using this free stock photo. You will find it hereIt belongs to darthangel2Step 2 ; We have to extract the model from the background. It should be easy since it is a plain blue...

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