I have had several questions about how I do the different post picture editing. I do not have Photoshop. I do have a trial of Photoshop Elements. But all of the edits I am about to show you were done in iPhoto (got rid of the scratch on her nose) and mostly in Adobe Lightroom, which currently still has a free trial of the Beta 3 version. (FYI-an awesome Photoshop like program that is ALWAYS free is Gimp!) There are so many presets you can get to install that will change these pictures with the click of a button. Most of the presets that I am going to show you came from Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Killer Tricks, AWESOME site!
I must admit, when I am in messing with a picture, I often don't save or remember what I did, I just get in there and start pushing buttons and tweaking... so while I can't tell you specifically for each picture, this can just show some of the fun you can have. One of these days I will have to do a more in-depth tutorial, but just jump in and have fun!
These pictures are all entitled-why you should monitor a three-year-old with a stamper.
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So don't be afraid to mess around and try stuff out. You never know what you may get.
If life (or your camera) gives you lemons...
ReplyDeleteThe tatooed lady! Haha. I am going to check out those sites. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteOH my gosh, I lvoe the top left one the best--wow! Thanks so much for the tips and reminder.. I haven't figured much out about Lightroom yet but that's mostly due to a very demanding baby and toddler! I'm dying to create these types of effects!
ReplyDeleteLove the shot, btw.. that is amazing that you captured that (hey, she was already green, right?!)
I love that you showed all your edits. Love the first one...top left.
ReplyDeleteI'm like you, I sometimes think of sharing what I did to a photo but unless I save it as a psd. file before flattening the image I have no idea what steps I took.
I am just starting on the editing part and loving it.
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