Sometimes, the most
interesting images can come from
unexpected sources. All it takes
is a little creativity, the right tools,
and, in most cases, a few extra minutes.
We can turn this ordinary snapshot into
a stunning portrait in minutes with the
simple, intuitive tools found in
CorrectPhoto and
iCorrect EditLab Pro Plug-in (or
iCorrect EditLab ProApp). The
following tutorial takes us step by step
through the process.
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Let's begin by
zeroing in on the subject and cropping
the image to a 5" x 7" portrait size
using CorrectPhoto's crop-to-fit tool.
CorrectPhoto's preset cropping formats
take the guesswork out of cropping to
specific print sizes and put you in
charge of how your prints turn out.
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Next, let's correct
the red eye with Correct Photo's red-eye
reduction tool with variable cursor size
and zoom capability for extra precision.
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Now that we've
finalized the physical properties of our
image, let's work on giving it a more
artistic look. One of the unique
features in iCorrect EditLab Pro is the
way it handles black and white
conversions. Rather than simply
discarding the color information to
create a grayscale image, it works in
such a way that you can bring back, or "resaturate"
certain colors on hue-selective basis.
Let's start by using the one-click Black
and White conversion (B/W) button to
give us our grayscale image.
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Then we can bring
back the similar colors found in the
skin tones, flowers and other objects by
identifying them in the image and
adjusting the Saturation control to the
desired amount. At this point we
could also adjust the brightness or
modify the hue of the selected colors if
we want to.
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After we've brought back the colors we
want, we can further tweak the settings
in tabs 2 or 3 until we achieve the
final look we like.
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Overall, a fairly
simple transformation from an ordinary
snapshot to an artistic portrait with a
few simple tools and a couple minutes.
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