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Over-Editing in Photoshop: How to Avoid 25 Common Editing Mistakes

Over-Editing in Photoshop: How to Avoid 25 Common Editing Mistakes | Photo Editing Software and Applications | Scoop.it

"When photographers 1st start using Photoshop, it is so fun and exciting and over-editing often occurs. Here are the top mistakes often made and how to avoid them.

As a result, many start out playing with filters and plug-ins and over-use them. Sometimes photographers feel Photoshop is all powerful and take images that should have been in a reject pile, and they try to “save” them. As a rule, Photoshop should not be used to save unacceptable photos. If a photo is out of focus, blown out, severely under-exposed, or has really awkward composition, Photoshop will not make it drastically better.  Used in excess, it can actually make the image worse.

Some things like selective color definitely can fall into fads or cliches, meaning they were over-used for a period of time. While selective color edits occasionally look great, more often than not, it is overdone.  The best example I can think of is when a photo is turned black and white and the eyes are colored back to blue."

Kitty Fisher's insight:

Over-editing can get the better of our photographs. Getting lost or fed-up with Photoshop has happened a handful of times to all of us. But reading through what the cliche, common mistakes took the pressure off of my mind and helped me to focus on what could bring the photo more to life.

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Martin Evening's Retoucher's Guide - High-key portrait | Amateur Photographer

Martin Evening's Retoucher's Guide - High-key portrait | Amateur Photographer | Photo Editing Software and Applications | Scoop.it

"Martin Evening on how to create a high-key portrait.


The retouching work started in Lightroom, where I chose to add a blue cast and lighten the corners. I retouched this image using the Vignetting Amount slider in the Lens Corrections panel to apply the corner lightening. However, since Lightroom 3 and Camera Raw 6 the Effects panel can be used to apply a more controlled lightening (or darkening) vignette effect. I then used Photoshop for the remaining retouching and added a shadow mask layer to produce the rippled lighting effect seen in the final version."

Kitty Fisher's insight:

If you want to be skilled in the fashion editing world, this can help you. Or if you simply want a high-keyed portrait, this will guide you.

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