A photo can be dramatically enhanced by composing details that you feel are good. A good result will be obtained if, in addition, visually separate the foreground object from the background, increasing the difference in their color. This can be done using the crop and color correction tools in Photoshop.
It is necessary
- - Photoshop program;
- - the photo.
Instructions
Step 1
Load the image into Photoshop and, by double-clicking on it in the layers palette, turn it from the background into a regular, editable layer. Turning on the Crop tool ("Crop"), crop unnecessary parts of the photo. If you are using Photoshop CS5, the tool already has a grid that you can use to adjust the position of objects in the image. Users of earlier versions of the program will have to create such a mesh on a separate layer.
Step 2
With the tool Line ("Line") in the mode Shape layers ("Layers with shapes"), create two lines dividing the image into three equal parts vertically. Select any shade that is clearly visible on the background of the image as the main color in which the created stripes will be painted. Divide the picture into three vertically in the same way. Having selected all the lines in the layers palette, combine them with a combination of Ctrl + E.
Step 3
Use the Shift + Ctrl + N keys to add a new layer to the document and fill it with color using the Fill option on the Edit menu. In the fill settings, select Foreground color from the Use list, and in the Opacity field, enter a value of about fifty percent to get a semi-transparent color. Merge the created fill with the layer on which the lines lie.
Step 4
Use the Move Tool to move the grid so that the main object for your shot is at one of the intersections of the grid lines. Extruded objects can be positioned along lines. If at the same time you had to shift part of the grid outside the image, reduce its size using the Scale option of the Transform group of the Edit menu without changing the aspect ratio.
Step 5
After adjusting the dimensions and position of the lines layer, crop the part of the photo that goes beyond the fill. Remove or disable the mesh layer. You will notice that after a successful framing, the picture has changed for the better.
Step 6
For spectacular coloring, the Selective Color tool will do. To use it, create an adjustment layer using the Selective Color option in the New Adjustment Layer group of the Layer menu.
Step 7
The correction options depend on the colors in which your photo is painted. If the subject you want to draw attention to is warm, you can change the green background of the photo to blue. This will enhance the difference between the background and foreground.
Step 8
To achieve this result, in the Selective Color settings, reduce the amount of cyan in red, and cyan and magenta in yellow, while adding yellow. Add the maximum possible amount of cyan and yellow to the green ones, and remove the medzhenta completely. To customize the color, select the item with its name from the Colors menu.
Step 9
To enhance the effect, add another layer with Selective Color and adjust it in the same way. If your photo has white areas, add cyan to it, but remove the yellow. In the same way, adjust and, in fact, cyan. Add cyan and some magenta to change the color of the areas that have become blue under the influence of the lower layer.
Step 10
Use the Save As option on the File menu to save the result as a.jpg"
