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Program: PS CS4 (Should work for most versions of PS)
Steps:4
Translatable: Nope. Involves Selective Colours.
Difficulty: Eassssy Peasy!
PSD: Yes.
001. Crop your image, then duplicate it. Sharpen the top layer and adjust the opacity so you have control how sharpened it is. Mine is set to about 80%
002. Next go to Layer>>New Adjustment Layer>>Selective Colour And set your settings so the match mine.
This layer will bring out all the bright reds in the image, and add some more yellow to Leightons face to make it look brighter.
Red:
-100, -7, +100, 0
Yellow:
-100, -45, -100, 0
Whites:
+10, -5, +14, +7
Neutrals:
-12, -7, -14, 0
Then Click okay.
003. Next go to Layer>>New Adjustment Layer>>Color Balance And set your settings like mine.
This layer does exactly what it says, this will help balance out all the red in Leightons hair and face to make it look bolder and more contrasting.
Midtones:-
-38, 0, +5
Shadows:-
-26, 0, -3
Then click okay.
04. Next go to Layer>>New Adjustment Layer>>Levels And match your settings to mine.
This layer will help darken down certain parts of the images so it doesn't look too bright, and adds more dark colours into the image.
Channel: RGB
Input Levels:-
26, 1.00, 244
Output Levels:-
0, 244
Click okay, and your done!
I hope this turned out okay, and I would love to see your results :3
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