so, as promised, i photoshopped my mom. as i am new at this software, i used mothers day as an incentive to practice photoshop, using a photo of my mom.
as you see, my mom is beautiful anyway. she certainly does not need any editing. but, since learning is all about practice, here is what i did:
first, i cropped the photo, to place more emphasis on my mother, and to get rid of some of the distracting background.
then i sharpened the color of the photo. the 'improved' photo looks brighter than the original, that one looks a little faded or washed out. the improved colour also brightened her eyes.
then i brightened her teeth. i also used the blurring tool so soften her wrinkles a little. not too much, they add character after all. you can see the effect most on her eye on the left, and on the forehead.
the background really bugged me. i used the paintbrush tool to remove part of the burglar bars growing out of her head. the part on the left has blinds behind it, and i was not sure how to remove the bars without making the blinds look funny, so i just darkened the colour of the bars using the paintbrush tool. now it is less distracting.
i'm sure there is a lot i could still do, and a lot i did in the wrong way. some of it happened by accident, so i'm not sure if i could repeat it. but i had fun, and i'm learning and i'm getting more confident. now, if i could just figure out how to use the blurring tool on my face every morning...
what do you think? do you have photoshop? do you use it? does it terrify you? tell me. i love hearing from you!
happy mothersday, mom!
jacki janse van rensburg - SCRAPPIN TIMES
