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07/27/2006 06:58:02 PM · #1 |
I want the fish's face to stand out more. How could I do that.
She lookes too sharp and does not stand out against the coral behind her face. I sharpened but very very little.
The thin whitish/blue lines around her tail are actually her fins...the tips of her fins are clear.
What do you think of the bokeh?
Message edited by author 2006-07-27 18:58:59. |
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07/27/2006 06:59:25 PM · #2 |
edit:
Ah, you've fixed it.
Message edited by author 2006-07-27 18:59:46. |
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07/27/2006 07:00:58 PM · #3 |
I think with such a brightly colored fish, you would want to burn (darken) the background a bit to really make her stand out.
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07/27/2006 07:04:26 PM · #4 |
Quick edit. Selected background with magic lasso tool. Added a new layer in Soft Light Mode. Filled selection with Black and Faded layer to taste.
Edit:
Same as above, just added a new Hue/Sat Adjustment layer with the selection to desaturate the background a bit.
Message edited by author 2006-07-27 19:08:51.
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07/27/2006 07:08:35 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Quick edit. Selected background with magic lasso tool. Added a new layer in Soft Light Mode. Filled selection with Black and Faded layer to taste. |
I am still trying to learn PS...thanks. |
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07/27/2006 07:09:45 PM · #6 |
| What about just desaturating the background? |
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07/27/2006 07:13:27 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by yanko:
What about just desaturating the background? |
Too artsy-fartsy :-P
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07/27/2006 07:13:54 PM · #8 |
Partial selective desaturation
full selective desaturation
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07/27/2006 07:14:56 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by yanko:
What about just desaturating the background? |
Too artsy-fartsy :-P |
Prolly for non-artsy-fartsy folks who like cheese. Btw, I added a "partial" desaturation version just for you!! :P |
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07/27/2006 07:15:38 PM · #10 |
just clone in some of the bluish tinted bokeh over the white area around the fishes face. you'll want to use a mask.
the blue in the BG should make the orange pop right out.
Message edited by author 2006-07-27 19:16:11.
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07/27/2006 07:17:55 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by soup:
the blue in the BG should make the orange pop right out. |
Could color-shift the whole background to blue for a nice complementary color approach.
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07/27/2006 07:34:07 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by soup:
the blue in the BG should make the orange pop right out. |
Could color-shift the whole background to blue for a nice complementary color approach. |
Too artsy-fartsy! :P |
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07/27/2006 07:36:39 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by yanko:
Too artsy-fartsy! :P |
Mostly fartsy.
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07/27/2006 07:50:25 PM · #14 |
I like the natural greens better...the blue looks too fake to me.
Thanks for the PS tips. |
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07/27/2006 07:54:58 PM · #15 |
just the part around the head needs to have a blue tone, use a mask to mess with that area solely, or clone in the blue. don't fartsy me - i've already been there today...
i don't have any software installed yet, so verbage will have to suffice.
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09/19/2006 02:14:43 PM · #16 |
| Yanko - can you explain to me how to do selective desaturation. I'm new to Photoshop and am trying to figure it out. |
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09/19/2006 02:16:47 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by zeus0826:
Yanko - can you explain to me how to do selective desaturation. I'm new to Photoshop and am trying to figure it out. |
Here's one way: Tutorials :: Selective Desaturation Within the Basic Editing Rules
Some other good reading in the 'Tutorials' section of DPC, under the 'Learn' menu heading. ;^) |
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