Follow along with Lesa Snider as she shows how to add highlights to your photo subject’s hair using blend modes in Photoshop.
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Oval Vignette
Here is a romantic, soft-edged vignette technique. It is created using a layer mask combined with the elliptical marquee tool and its feather slider.
Whiten Teeth and Eyes
Lesa Snider demonstrates techniques for brightening the teeth and eyes of your portrait subjects. Use an empty adjustment layer in combination with lightening blend modes, layer masks, and the brush tool to paint your adjustments in non-destructively.
Blurred Backgrounds with Photoshop CS6
Learn about some creative uses for the new field blur filter in Photoshop CS6. In this video, Lesa creates background effects using field blur and the Bokeh effects.
Levels Adjustments in Photoshop CS6
Use a levels adjustment to alter the lightness or brightness of your image. Lesa teaches a technique for using the levels histogram to visually adjust the dark and light areas of your image to create…
Creative Edges using Photoshop’s Refine Edge Command
Lesa Snider shows some creative uses for the refine edge command.
Adding a Color Tint
Give your photos an antique/vintage feel by applying a color tint using an adjustment layer in Photoshop.
Dark Edge Vignette
Make your subject of your photograph stand out using dark edge vignettes.
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