1. Adjustment Panel
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This picture was taken at the Half Moon Bay Beach in California. The top photo is unedited and taken with my iPhone, while the bottom photo is edited using the adjustment panel in Photoshop. The first adjustment that I used was adjusting the brightness and contrast. I increased the brightness of the picture, as well as the contrast because the original picture was very dull and gloomy. I then increased the vibrance, saturation, and lightness of the photo to make the picture less gray and bring out the colors to make them pop. Finally, I added a little bit of cyan, magenta, and yellow to make those colors in the picture more visible and to illuminate the sunset, flowers, and waves.
2. Adjustment Layer
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This picture was also taken at the Half Moon Bay Beach in California, but in a different section. The bottom photo was edited using the adjustment layer in Photoshop. The first adjustment that I made was by adding another layer for brightness and contrast to make the picture brighter and bring out the blue color in the picture. I also added a vibrance layer, increasing the vibrance and saturation to make the colors pop. Then, I added a color balance layer to bring out the yellow against the mostly green and blue colors in the picture so that the picture would have some more color to it. Lastly, I added a photo filter and chose magenta, increasing its density to create an ombre effect from the blue to magenta in the clouds.
3. Filter Gallery
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This picture was taken in Times Square, New York City. The top photo shows the original colors and buildings of Times Square in the daytime, while the bottom photo was edited using the filter gallery in Photoshop to show a perception of what it would look like at night. Using the filter gallery, I used the glowing edges filter to create and add a glowing and vibrant night vibe to the picture. I increased the brightness and smoothness to really capture the New York feeling of being in Times Square with all of the bright billboards and lights at night. I then made the edge width four to create an outline that was not too thick or skinny in order to capture the right balance of bright outline to illuminate the buildings and billboards.
4. Image Mode
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This photo was taken at Cha Cha Matcha in New York City. The top photo is an unedited photo of a sign in the cafe, while the bottom photo is edited using the image mode feature in Photoshop. I first added grayscale to the picture. This gives the picture a more simplistic look and really illuminates the lettering so you can see the glow of the letters.
5. Smudge Tool
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This photo was taken at a waterfall in Costa Rica. The top photo shows an unedited photo of the waterfall taken on an iPhone, while the bottom photo shows an edited photo using the smudge tool. I first adjusted the smudge tool to have a smaller strength so that I could smudge smaller areas. Then, I smudged the areas around the waterfall to make it blend more into the background and decrease the roughness of the edges. Lastly, I increased the contrast to make the photo a little bit clearer.
6. Brushes
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This photo was taken at a Florida Georgia Line concert at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts. The top photo shows an unedited photo during one of their performances, while the bottom photo shows an edited photo using the brushes tool in Photoshop. I used the “Kyle’s Spatter Brushes, Pressure Control 02” and made the size of the brush smaller so that it wasn’t too thick and so that I could use it in smaller areas. I then used the eyedropper tool to get each color of the lights that illuminated from the stage. After, I used the brush around the lights illuminating from the stage to create a glittery effect of the lights.
7. Patch Tool
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This photo was taken in Costa Rica during a sunset. The top photo is an unedited photo of the sunset, while the bottom photo is edited using the patch tool. I used the patch tool to patch the bottom plants (left side) to make them the same as the bottom right plants. I also increased the saturation and hue of the picture to make the sunset more vibrant. Lastly, I decreased the brightness to make the sunset stand out even more and make its colors really pop against the background.
8. Clone Stamp
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This photo was taken on Montara Beach, California. The top photo is an unedited photo of the rocks on the gray sand beach, while the bottom photo is edited using the clone stamp. I first used this tool to cover my foot in the picture. Then I clone stamped the small rocks in the middle of the picture. I added these rocks to the top right corner of the picture to add in more smaller rocks.
9. Blending Modes
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This photo was taken in Toronto, showing a view of the CN Tower and the Rogers Center and the middle photo was taken at the Half Moon Bay Beach in California. The top and middle photos are unedited, while the bottom photo is edited using blending modes. The first thing that I did was I used the magnetic lasso tool to select the buildings and tower of Toronto to separate it from the background of the sky. I then used the lasso tool to select harder areas and to fix too much selected areas. After, I copied and pasted the buildings into a new layer (background was now gone) and used the multiply blending mode for the background picture of the cliff. This made the cliff picture less dark. I then added an inner shadow of purple using the blend mode hard light. I made the opacity 35% so that there’s a tint of purple in the picture that’s not too distracting to the rest of the picture.
10. Highlight and Shadow
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This photo was taken from a cruise ship in Boston Harbor, capturing the city of Boston. The top photo is an unedited sunset picture of the city, while the bottom photo is edited using the highlight and shadow feature in Photoshop. I first added some shadow and increased the tone of the picture to make it look less dark. By doing this, the buildings look less dark so you can actually see the details and shape of them more clearly. Then, I added a lot of highlight to bring out the sunset and increased the tone to make the sunset really stand out. It also created the reflection on the water.
