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Ahoy!
Here's something (even I can do) to enhance your glamour or portrait images.
1. Open the photo.
2. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur.
3. Set the radius to 4-10 pixels (use a high amount for hi-res images, low amount for low-res) and click OK.
4. Go to Edit > Fade Gaussian Blur. (Note: This command is under the Filter menu in older Photoshop versions.)
5. Set the fade opacity to 50%.
6. Go to Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask.
Experiment within the following ranges: Amount: 80-200, Radius: 2-5, Threshold: 10-15.
7. Go to: Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation.
8. Move the saturation slider up to somewhere in the 10-20 range and click OK.
You may want to 'play' with the settings to suit your preferences.
I've set this up as an Action in CS2 thus:
Go to the Actions tab, create a New Action and name it (I've named mine Glamour). The red 'recording' icon should now be highlighted at the bottom of the Actions tab.
Open your image.
Go through the sequences described above. Once complete, press the 'stop' button in the Actions tab. Done. Action saved. To test, open an image, find the Glamour (or whatever you named it) Action and click it. The result should be instantanious.
I'm hopeless @ PP, but I've incorporated a before and after image for your delectation so you can see the results. I've heard or the Orton effect etc, but as a PP numpty, I thought this looked pretty nice none-the-less. Not too shabby for a PP novice.
I hope this may be of some use to you guys.
http://www.mjk.talktalk.net/images/beforeandafter.jpg
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Here's something (even I can do) to enhance your glamour or portrait images.
1. Open the photo.
2. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur.
3. Set the radius to 4-10 pixels (use a high amount for hi-res images, low amount for low-res) and click OK.
4. Go to Edit > Fade Gaussian Blur. (Note: This command is under the Filter menu in older Photoshop versions.)
5. Set the fade opacity to 50%.
6. Go to Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask.
Experiment within the following ranges: Amount: 80-200, Radius: 2-5, Threshold: 10-15.
7. Go to: Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation.
8. Move the saturation slider up to somewhere in the 10-20 range and click OK.
You may want to 'play' with the settings to suit your preferences.
I've set this up as an Action in CS2 thus:
Go to the Actions tab, create a New Action and name it (I've named mine Glamour). The red 'recording' icon should now be highlighted at the bottom of the Actions tab.
Open your image.
Go through the sequences described above. Once complete, press the 'stop' button in the Actions tab. Done. Action saved. To test, open an image, find the Glamour (or whatever you named it) Action and click it. The result should be instantanious.
I'm hopeless @ PP, but I've incorporated a before and after image for your delectation so you can see the results. I've heard or the Orton effect etc, but as a PP numpty, I thought this looked pretty nice none-the-less. Not too shabby for a PP novice.
I hope this may be of some use to you guys.
http://www.mjk.talktalk.net/images/beforeandafter.jpg
Staff Edit : Images changed to clickable links. Pictures must not exceed current forum limits as per the rules.
Please feel free to replace this with a fresh/resized image and remove this text
