Sepia
1) Image > Adjustments > Desaturateto remove color
2) Image > Adjustments > Color Balance
3) Move sliders (adding mostly red and yellow)
to make photo sepia-toned.
Color Sketch
1) Duplicate background layer2) Image > Adjustments > Desaturate, to remove color
3) Filter > Other > High Pass, 2.0 pixels4) Image > Adjustments > Levels, move sliders to make
contour of photo5) Change top layer’s opacity to 50%, and blending mode
to Overlay6) On bottom layer, Filter > Artistic > Cutout
7) To add texture, Filter > Noise > Add noise; amount:5%, distribution: Gaussian, monochromatic: checked
8) Filter > Blur > Motion Blur; angle: 45°, distance: 10px9) Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen
Photohunt
1) Use blur tool on the fence pole.2) Use burn tool on the little tree.
3) Draw an extra shadow using the paintbrush tool.
4) Make the chimney a different color using the paintbrush tool.
5) Use the dodge tool on the big tree.
Color Contrast
1) Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels, move sliders to correct levels of highlights, shadows, and midtones. You can also use the dropper to adjust levels.
2) Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Brightness and Contrast, move sliders to correct brightness and contrast.
3) Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue and Saturation, to adjust the lightness and saturation of each color in the photo
4) Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance, if the photo has a color overtone
5) Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen, if needed
Vignette
1) Make selection using elliptical marquee tool.2) While selected, right click > feather.
3) Choose to feather 15 pixels.4) Right click > Select Inverse, then delete the
part that is now selected.
Still Motion
Shutter speed: 30, use a tripod
Slow shutter speed captures motion and makes it blurred.
Night Photo
Shutter speed: 8 secondsF-stop: 7.1
Long exposure time allows camera to capture all movements, like the light.
Old Color Tutorial
1) Open a black and white photo.2) Image > Mode > RGB, to switch from grayscale
3) Enter the quick mask (Q) and use the paintbrush to paint all areas of skin in the photo.
4) Go back to normal mode, then Ctrl + Shift + I to invert the selection
5) Ctrl + C to copy the selection, then Ctrl + V to paste it into a new layer.
6) Repeat steps 3 to 5 until you have layers for all the sections.7) Click on the skin layer, then Layer > New Adjustment Layer
> Color Balance and check Group With Previous Layer. Move sliders until color looks right.
8) Repeat on other layers.
Selective Color
1) Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation2) Select which colors you want to discard (for
this photo, green and yellow) on the drop-down menu, then move the saturation slider to -100.
Panorama
1) Using a tripod, take 4 or 5 photos, rotating the camera each time.
2) Load the photos onto the computer.3) Depending on the size of the original photos,
make a new document that can fit all of them.
4) Paste the photos into the blank document and line them up.
Photogram
1) Place a piece of film paper under the enlarger.
2) Arrange the object(s) on the film.3) Turn on the enlarger (exposure time: 6-8
seconds, F-Stop: 4.5)4) Develop the photo (developer-1:30,
stopbath-:30, fixer-5:00, rinse-5:00)