Enhancing Portraits

I think one of the most important things to be careful of when enhancing/editing/processing/Photoshopping any file is to not go overboard with whatever is you’re doing. That being said, I can see times when going overboard might be what you indeed want to do, but in general, knowing when to stop is always a good thing.

Here’s a case in point, this photo (courtesy of Fotolia.com) was processed with PhotoTools Professional Edition, but only a little bit. Just enough though where I think the change is flattering without going over the top. Usually I post before and after photos on top of each other, but with this one the change was subtle so I wanted to put them side by side.

Photo processed with PhotoTools. Original photo is on the left and the processed photo is on the right.

Photo processed with PhotoTools. Original photo is on the left and the processed photo is on the right. Click for a larger view.

The preset combines three effects including the Jack Davis Diffuse Glow to soften the image (primarily the skin) set to 64 percent; the onOne Turbo Boost effect to boost colors overall set to 22 percent (remember, going overboard isn’t always good!); and finally I added the onOne Black Soft effect for just a bit more of that diffused look.

Photo provided courtesy of Fotolia.com

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  1. By Warm Portrait Effect on August 1, 2008 at 10:04 am

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  2. By Warm Portrait Effect on August 20, 2008 at 10:39 pm

    [...] this PhotoTools preset, I decided to do another one based on enhancing a portrait. In the last post, I mentioned that knowing when to stop is important and for this one it is no [...]

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