Editing photos 01

USING: Adobe Photoshop CS3

This tutorial will help you beautify your photos, making them look more professional.

I'm using this picture (you can find it in our fashion scans):

Now first convert the mode to grayscale. (Image >> Mode >> Grayscale), do this to turn your image black and white. Don't use desaturate because the quality will go down.
Now convert it back to RGB mode (Image >> Mode >> RGB Color), because you'll want to add colour later on.

Make a new layer and fill it with #322241, set it to lighten and to 70%

Make a new layer again and fill this one with #9a8fa4, set it to screen at 17%

Yet another new layer, fill it with #a41d46, set it to lighten at 30%

It should now look somewhat like this:

Copy your background layer and put it on top. Set it to Soft light at 75%

No go to Layer >> New Adjustment Layer >> Selective Colour
Use these settings:
Whites
C : +1
M : +3
Y : +100
B : -32

Neutrals
C : -14
M : -6
Y : -6
B : +27

Blacks
C : +20
M : +12
Y : -9
B : -10

Feel free to play around with these settings.

Now this is the end result: