ETCetera: Adobe Photoshop

If you want a more dramatic outlook in your photos, you should use dragan effects. It gives more clear details to the picture.

Now this is going to be the output after applying dragan effects.

This is an original portrait of my grandfather from our HD camera.

It’s quiet easy but I’ll put a few details about it. But there are things I won’t explain, cause in which I assume you already know.

· Duplicate your original photo to another layer. So that if ever you mess, you still have your original portrait untouched.
· Name the layer of your original photo: ORIGINAL. Name the layer of your duplicate photo: DUPLICATE

The measurements may differ from the picture you’re using with mine.

· With the adjustment, another layer has been added. Right click on the layer, and then select Merge Down from the options. That is to add the adjusted levels to our Duplicate layer.
· Next, let’s add contrast and highlights to the picture using CURVES on the adjustment tab.

You could adjust the curves similar to what I have there.

· MERGE DOWN the adjusted layer to your duplicate layer
· Now, let’s suffuse the colors to darken the picture by lowering the saturation under the HUE/SATURATION in the adjustment tab.

· Use the BURN tool to darken the vibrant parts or, to have a clear detail on the parts of the face or even in the background.

Without burn tool

With burn tool on the nose, forehead wrinkles, cheeks and on the background

· Create a duplicate layer from your duplicate layer. Name the third layer: FILTER

· Under the layers tab; by default you can see a normal blending option for your layer, change it to OVERLAY.
· DONE. Using the same picture I have, you should have the same output:

With more practice and familiarization with the tools and adjustments you can have your own measurements later on and apply it anytime you want to.

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