How would YOU edit this in CS6?

[JustJazzie]

I snapped this just trying to get a shot I could practice my nonexistent PS skills with. Right now I am on my own with pocket sized youtube tutorials, and I dont know a thing. So dear photoshop experts tell me what YOU would do to this photo so I can start learning.
This shot is SOC, besides a quick crop.

 

[tecboy]

What dog is this?

What do you want to do with this photo?

 

[JustJazzie]

What dog is this? What do you want to do with this photo?

It's my dog. Her name is Hecate.

I just want to practice my photoshop skills....just taking suggestions so I can start looking up tutorials....

 

[runnah]

B&W with a ND filter.

 

[The_Traveler]

there's nothing to edit beyond darkening the bone a bit.

 

[JustJazzie]

B&W with a ND filter.

I can post process an ND filer?! Interesting. I'll go look it up! Thanks.

 

[Parker219]

There is not much to do for this particular image.

Some "how would YOU edit it" posts do well....some don't. It depends on the content. This is one photo, I don't think many will take the time to edit. ....I said that so 20 people will edit this for you...lol

Post some other images, landscapes or something.

 

[JustJazzie]

there's nothing to edit beyond darkening the bone a bit.

So you're telling me I need to take a bad picture to practice my PS skills? :giggle:

 

[runnah]

B&W with a ND filter.

I can post process an ND filer?! Interesting. I'll go look it up! Thanks.

Its a preset in the B&W option under the adjustments menu.

 

[weepete]

Well I'm no expert, barely a beginner myself but I'd try and match the colour of the brown carpet in the RHS as it's too light, probably try a bit of dodging and burning on his coat to even up the reflected light from the flash and clone the background so it's all that brown rug and maybe try a B+W conversion to see if it worked.

 

[JustJazzie]

There is not much to do for this particular image. Some "how would YOU edit it" posts do well....some don't. It depends on the content. This is one photo, I don't think many will take the time to edit. ....I said that so 20 people will edit this for you...lol Post some other images, landscapes or something.

I am terrified to ask how others would edit my landscapes. They are pretty pathetic! But perhaps I can dig up an old one that isn't so....blah..... Thanks for the advice!

I'm mostly interested in portraits but unfortunately DH and I have an agreement that I won't post pics of the kids online, and they are my go to subjects. *sigh*

 

[runnah]

There is not much to do for this particular image. Some "how would YOU edit it" posts do well....some don't. It depends on the content. This is one photo, I don't think many will take the time to edit. ....I said that so 20 people will edit this for you...lol Post some other images, landscapes or something.

I am terrified to ask how others would edit my landscapes. They are pretty pathetic! But perhaps I can dig up an old one that isn't so....blah..... Thanks for the advice!

I'm mostly interested in portraits but unfortunately DH and I have an agreement that I won't post pics of the kids online, and they are my go to subjects. *sigh*

Take a purposely crappy photo of yourself and then try to correct it. Things like fixing hot spots, blemishes and wrinkles are all great skills to have. Look into high and low pass smoothing and sharpening. Also check out things like clone stamping, blending, opacity, and blending modes.

 

[amolitor]

Darken the bone slightly, yep. Try to pull a little more detail in it.

Put a very light vignette on it. You should not be able to see the vignette, unless you compare with/without versions side by side.

 

[Tailgunner]

I started out practicing on basic editing: Exposure, Contrast, highlights, shadows, colors, and brightness.

It's really simple. Anyhow, I'm assuming you know how to open a photo CS6.

Click on Images Tab > Adjustments. From there you can adjust all of the above mentioned basic edits. Now you can target specific individual areas such as the dog or the back ground wall by selecting the area with the Quick Select Tool. I use this when I JUST want to lighten up the foreground of a landscape photo for example. You just quick the Quick select tool and outline what you want selected. This can be a pain sometimes. Once selected, moves to edit the photo will only happen inside the selecting area. When you're finished, right click on control and click deselect (Mac user).

 

[JustJazzie]

[/QUOTE]Take a purposely crappy photo of yourself and then try to correct it. Things like fixing hot spots, blemishes and wrinkles are all great skills to have. Look into high and low pass smoothing and sharpening. Also check out things like clone stamping, blending, opacity, and blending modes.[/QUOTE]

I do have plenty of these. I will look into all of the tools you mentioned. Thanks.

Darken the bone slightly, yep. Try to pull a little more detail in it.

Put a very light vignette on it. You should not be able to see the vignette, unless you compare with/without versions side by side.

Thanks!

I started out practicing on basic editing: Exposure, Contrast, highlights, shadows, colors, and brightness.

It's really simple. Anyhow, I'm assuming you know how to open a photo CS6.

Click on Images Tab > Adjustments. From there you can adjust all of the above mentioned basic edits. Now you can target specific individual areas such as the dog or the back ground wall by selecting the area with the Quick Select Tool. I use this when I JUST want to lighten up the foreground of a landscape photo for example. You just quick the Quick select tool and outline what you want selected. This can be a pain sometimes. Once selected, moves to edit the photo will only happen inside the selecting area. When you're finished, right click on control and click deselect (Mac user).

I am used to working in aperture for all of these basic things. I mostly got photoshop for the things I CANT do in aperture. is there a reason to learn to do these in PS? Are the results for the basics "better" than the results that I would get if I stick with aperture for my main editing?

obviously selecting in PS is definitely something I need to get familiar with, I'm just referring to the basics- exposure, sharpening, burning and dodging??? Does anyone know?