Tammy Mitchell Photography » photoshop tips http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com Life In Pictures Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:32:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Photoshop Friday: Colors and Brightness http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2010/02/26/photoshop-friday-colors-and-brightness/ http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/2010/02/26/photoshop-friday-colors-and-brightness/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:07:07 +0000 Tammy http://www.tammymitchellphotography.com/?p=1083 I have had some interest from people over on the facebook fan page for photoshop tips and tricks, so I thought I’d share them here too for those of you that aren’t facebook users :)

I am NOT a huge editor.  I prefer to know my camera and do my best to nail the shot without the aid of photoshop.  That being said, I do adjust ALL of my photos…just minorly.  There is something to be said (in my opinion) for making the image shine just a little bit more with two simple and quick tricks. 

The two most used combinations on my computer are control M and control U.  If you’re a Mac user they would be apple M and apple U for you.  Control M will adjust your curves (or the brighness of your image) and control U controls the hue/saturation of your image.  By nudging these measurements ever so slightly you can make a HUGE difference in your images. 

See what I mean???

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The image on the left is my sooc image (straight out of camera) and the on on the right has a teeny bit of tweaking with those two measurements.  Pretty big difference, huh?  Give it a try and let me know what you think! :)

Have a great weekend!
-t

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