4 Essential Photoshop Techniques to Make Your Photo Pop!

1. Photoshop Techniques Photoshop Techniques Photoshop Techniques 4 Essential to Make Your Photo Pop! 4 important Photoshop techniques 4 important Photoshop techniques Background removal Natural shadow Photo retouching Color correction

2. Open your photo in Photoshop Open your photo in Photoshop In order to interact with your photo on Photoshop, you need to open it in the appli- cation. Launch the ap- plication from desktop double clicking on it. the by icon Once up running, proceed to the naviga- tion click on file and select open. it’s and bar, Navigate with the win- dow’s explorer to the location in your com- puter where the photo is located. Click on the photo to select and then click on open.

3. 1 Start with background removal Start with background removal In order to have your desired perfect image, you need to start with the background removal tool. The pen tool will allow you to make an image cut out and place it on a new background you desire. In achieve this in the best professional way, do not use the Magic Wand tool use your hand instead. order to Start by selecting the Pen tool in the tool bar and you will get to see other important tools that will be used in this process. They include the add anchor point tool, the delete anchor point tool and the convert point tool. Once you have selected the right tool, use it to outline the image care- fully. You need to control this using the computer mouse. Once you have outlined the make selection of the path and remove the background. Use back- ground eraser tool to remove the background behind hair. choose you color as background. image, Then desired

4. 2 Add natural shadow Add natural shadow Image shading is a visual effect that allows the user to place a shadow of an object giving the impres- sion that the object is raised. To add natural shadow, you need to work on the original image layer so as to ensure that you are making a natural shadow like that object. Proceed by duplicating finally particular the image layer and then separate the original shadow from its background. To do it some of the tools will in- clude hue/satu- ration, curves etc. In order to achieve the perfect drop shadow effects, you can try dif- ferent settings. Once you get the shadow place it behind the image. level,

5. 3 Engage photo retouching Engage photo retouching As discussed above, there are instances where one will take a much-cherished photo and the resulting picture will not be perfect. Getting that perfect scene togeth- er again may be a long shot therefore thanks to Photoshop; you can retouch or air- brush your photo therefore making it perfect. The process requires to retouch the above spots use several retouching tools such as the spot healing brush tool, healing brush tool, patch tool, clone stamp tool, the brush tool, filter specifically the noise tool and high pass among others. Remember, every person wants a different result on their image therefore it is wise to play around with settings finally having what you want in the end.

6. 4 Finalize with color correction Finalize with color correction A photo is composed of thousands of colors, which blend together to create a fan- tastic image. There are times where the tone of an image will not be pleasing. It may be a bit dark or a little bright therefore making a poor photo. Thanks to color correction, you can finally correct color prob- lems on your photo. As usual, to get the best re- sults, it all depends on the settings you use. Some of the tools that will help you color correct your photo include levels, curves, ex- posure, Hue/Saturation, color balance and so on. Designer: Rokaiya Yeasmin Munni Designer: Rokaiya Yeasmin Munni Head of the Marketing of www.clippingpathspecialist.com Head of the Marketing of www.clippingpathspecialist.com