Given
how concise the world has now become, your pictures need to stand out
if you want to make a mark.
And
that’s not an easy task.
But
it’s not rocket science either. If you want to create stunning
photos that will make the viewers go wow, there’s only way to do it
– Photoshop.
And
we’re talking about dramatic alteration here. When you start out
with a great click and then use Photoshop effects on it, you end up
with stunning photos worthy of being put in Instagram’s hall of
fame.
Photoshop
effects that work wonders for you images
1.
Sharpness is paramount
If
you are allowed to make only one change to your image, it should be
adjusting the sharpness. Crisp clear images instantly stand out. And
while you need to reduce shakiness to prevent blurred clicks and
choose the focus points judiciously, you also need to fine tune to
create tack sharp photos.
Depending
upon whether you shoot in RAW or JPEG, you can manually manipulate
the camera to take sharper images. Plus you need to pay attention to
the shutter speed to avoid camera and motion blur.
When
it comes to post-processing photos, the amount of sharpness you need
to introduce also depends upon the size of your final photo. More
sharpness would be required at the output if you’re outputting a
larger file like a 20x30 inch click.
Post-processing
for sharper images typically starts with manual blending and then you
move on to adjusting complete or partial sharpness. Noise reduction
is again important to get tack sharp images. If you’re serious
about getting crisp clear photos & sharp
images,
here’s a great e-book
that talks everything sharpness – from camera settings to
post-processing.
2.
Use Actions and Presets
It’s
weird how so many people badmouth these pre-done-up tools. Both
Photoshop Actions and Lightroom Presets not just save you oodles of
time, freeing up your schedule for more taking and processing more
images.
These
series of recorded steps does the basic processing that you ideally
do with every photo – resize, increase sharpness and adjust RGB. So
instead of manually doing this every single time, you’re automating
the entire process.
Plus
Photoshop
Actions
and Lightroom
Presets
give you insights into how the pros enhance their images. The actions
that you buy or get as a freebie are all created
by professionals
who have a lot of understanding of what clicks in the post-processing
stage and how to get a certain type of effect.
In
fact, you can also get Photoshop Actions for different genres of
photography. If you’re into landscape photography, you can score
Actions that are created specifically for landscapes, but these won’t
work for street photography since street portraiture or general
panaroma clicks too need a certain type of element added to it, so
for street photography get Actions and Presets
specializing in street photography.
Or if you’re a fashion photographer, you know how glamorized
fashion photos are, so you have to get your hands on Actions that are
built specifically for fashion-centric
clicks.
3.
Pay attention to color
A
commonly overlooked step in post-processing is working with color.
Most photographers stick to the routine RGB adjustment and then
forget about it. What they don’t know is that they can sharply
alter their images just by playing around with colors.
This
step changes the face of your clicks completely as you can
selectively and individually change the color of certain objects in
the photo. Or you can simply enhance the overall color combination of
the image.
Create
a stunning black and white portrait from a colored click, and with
certain added elements that filters may lack. Or you can take a black
and white image and color it, Codijy
is a great tool for photo
effects.
4.
Consider adding overlays
Overlays
are some of the basic Photoshop effects. If you’re a rank beginner
still grappling with the massive tools and techniques that make up
the photo editing giant Photoshop, you can start small with something
like overlays.
One
thing to keep in mind is to not overdo it. There’s the 14-yar-old
teenager adding overlay after overlay with stolen quotes on it way
and then there’s doing overlays the correct way.
Like
for instance if you want to quickly enhance wedding images, consider
wedding
text overlays
that are designed to bring in that soft dewy touch that are common to
wedding photos.
5.
Turn your photo into a painting
There’s
this age-old war between paintings and photos that continues till
date. No, we aren’t asking you to take sides but to merge the two.
Painted photos are a relatively new concepts but one that’s
rewriting the rules.
Plus
one look at a painted photo and you can’t help but be in awe, like
seriously, is that even possible! This is art, and like every form of
art you now how much of what needs to be put in and where.
Some
people think applying the Dry Brush Filter is all you need to create
painted photos, but they cannot be far from the truth. These, by
themselves, look horrendously ugly. There’s a way to turn your
photo into art and if you really want to become the next digital
Picasso here’s
a great tool to download now!
This
photoshop
painting
bundle not just teaches you the technical requirements (you need to
know the intrinsic technical aspects if you want to actually be good
at it) but also has tons of actions and brushes that you can
straightaway use for existing photos.
Post-processing
photos is important, and there would hardly be a single photographer
in today’s time who doesn’t enhance their images during post
processing. Although you might click a stellar shot with a camera, a
camera still has shortcomings that can both be fixed in Photoshop and
the image itself can be dramatically transformed to the possible best
it can get.
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