Here is the original picture that I started with:
Good picture, but kinda grainy
- I used Noise Reduction twice on the picture to despeckle and make it look smoother and less grainy.
- Increased Brightness and contrast to desired amounts. (10 brightness and 5 contrast if you're curious)
- go to RGB and change color levels (R -2, G 5, B 5)
- Go to HSL and change Saturation and Luminosity ( S 5, L 3)
- Crop, if desired.
- Use clone brush to cover up any unwanted places.
And here is the image with basic edits applied:
But I decided I liked it better without the under-eyes smoothed over, so I undid that:
Much Cuter, I think.
Now, I decided I wanted to make it look a little vintage-y so here's what I did:
- Go to Brightness/ contrast and turn the contrast up pretty high (I did 28)
- Then go to Effects - Colors - Fade to Gray
- Turn saturation down (-33)
- Go to Effects- Colors- Sepia - Advanced
- Adjust Tint, Level, and contrast until desired look is achieved (T 21, L 40, C 21)
- Lower Opacity until Desired amount of color shows through (I did about half)
Here is the picture with these edits applied:
Which do you like better?
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