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Unleashed Edit: Keilah's Morning Seascape

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At Keilah’s morning beach session, the dark clouds eventually parted and out peeked the sun.

With both bright sun and dark shadows, the dynamic range of the scene was very high, which meant that the image needed to be underexposed to try and capture all the tones. The white balance is also much cooler than it should be.

Watch and learn as Charlotte brightens and warms the image in both Lightroom and Photoshop, gradually building up the adjustments to give a subtly warm and bright seaside portrait with a beautiful soft feel.

Instructor: Charlotte Reeves

Video length: 43 minutes

Software: Lightroom, Photoshop, and Topaz

Skill level: Advanced

What you'll learn

Lightroom

  • The thought process behind choosing which image to edit, and why it helps to come up with an editing plan at the very beginning
  • Choosing a different camera profile to enhance the landscape and sky
  • The secret global adjustment that will transform the blues and yellows in your image
  • Masking, masking and more masking! Applying masks to enhance the colours and tones
  • Ensuring the donor image is edited the same, ready for a head swap 

Photoshop

  • Performing a super simple head swap - it’s all about the preparation!
  • Quickly and painlessly removing ALL the rocks from the water
  • An overview of the Curves adjustment, and how to use it to enhance selected colours
  • Tips for using the new subject and object selection tools
  • Improving image quality and definition with Topaz
  • Subject masking to apply my “Polish Up” action to only the background

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