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This Photoshop Actions Blueprint was sent in from Karen of Smile-Play-Love Photography. Thank for you sharing how you edit your photos with all of us.
- Ran MCP’s Studio White Bright Spell. This Photoshop action from the Bag of Tricks set turns light white and grayish backdrops into high key white backdrops. I used this at about 80% to get a bright white backdrop, often referred to as High Key White (I use a white backdrop and natural light for most of my portrait photography work so I LOVE THIS ACTION and use it on every single photo!)
- Ran Portraiture at default settings at 100% opacity
- Did a “Defog” unsharp mask (14-40-0)
- Used MCP’s “Eye Doctor” Photoshop action: catchlights layer and sharpen eyes layer at default settings
- Used MCP’s Powder Your Nose photoshop action from “Magic Skin” at default opacity – brushed on skin under eyes, across forehead, cheeks and chin (I use this on every photo I edit as it helps with under eye circles, blemishes, scars, wrinkles, and even double chins without looking unnatural)
- I did a curves layer with a very slight s-curve set to luminosty and then another curves layer lifting the midtones slightly
- I used MCP’s Free Photoshop action Touch of Light at about 30% on the slight shadow her right side of face and MCP’s Touch of Dark at about 20% on her hair on her left side of head as it was a bit too bright
- My final step to present proofs to my clients is to brand it with my logo. I set up a ‘branding bar’ to match all of my new stationary about 2 weeks before MCP’s new “Finish It” action set came out. I wish I would have waited, as it would have saved me a lot of time and headache! Jodi inspired me to add some curved corners. I run this final step as an action that allows me to save it both for web (sharpening and resizing) and for print (as a 4×6 and sharpened for printing) since a number of my clients like to order a proof album rather than just view their photos online.
That is my process for every photo I edit. I have combined all of these steps into a big batch action that I run on every photo. MCP Actions seriously changed the way I post-process, and helped me turn my photography from a hobby into a business. Thanks Jodi!
Karen Gunton
Here is before editing and getting a high key white backdrop:
Here is after editing – shown with the high key white backdrop and tones:
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What a save Jodi! Beautiful.
She looks so much better! Amazing what actions can do!! That bluish background is throwing me a little. It does something with her hair to me. But it’s such a great improvement any way.
Awesome!! Might play with the color/exposure at her part-otherwise looks so great!
that is an AWESOME save!!
Gorgeous after photo! Thanks for sharing.
You’re a miracle worker! That lady is gorgeous….nicely done!
That was a great save Jodi!
I think that’s an awesome save, Jodi! The only other thing I can see is that there is too much cyan…especially noticeable in in her hair. I would use selective color and pull about 30-35% of the cyans out of the neutrals. I might mask back on the background and her eyes… I use selective color a lot when I feel most of the color is right and I don’t want to play with the entire red, green, or blue channels in curves and then mask back.
I think this looks fantastic! Way better than the original, that just looks flat!
Very nice Jodi!
What an amazing save!
WOW!
Jodi,I am really lovin your blueprints. I just bought the Quickie Collection and the blueprints are so helpful, helping me to work better with an already great action set.Thanks,Beth
Wow Jodi! That’s amazing! I probably would have just deleted that photo and assumed that it couldn’t be saved. Beautiful work! 🙂
Nice!
Ummm, WOW!!!! Enough said.
Wow, thank you so much for all these Tuts! They really help me better understand what I can do with the MCP actions.
Beautiful save Jodi!!
Wow! I am really impressed–nice save!
beautiful after picture. It’s amazing how you got it so sharp.
Awesome. I love the blue-print posts the best. It really helps me understand how to use the MCP actions to its fullest potential. More blue-print posts – it’s such a visual learning tool. Thanks Jodi.
W. O . W!! good save.
Jodi-that is an awesome save. It looks beautiful! 🙂 I really, really enjoy using your actions. My absolute fav. The magic skin is great!
Wow! What a great job. Once again, I love seeing your recipes. I use your actions all the time.
OMG, you just went up like 5,000 notches on the Awesome scale!
Great save! I really cannot believe the improvement….it is that great! Nice work!
Jodi – this is amazing. Thanks for sharing these, I have almost all your actions and I love them, and I couldn’t live without them. This helps me alot to see the power of it all. Have a great Memorial Day weekend.
Beautiful! I’ll bet she’s glad she sent you the photo! Your actions are on my wish list 🙂
amazing what can be done post production – this looks great
Wow! Unbelievable save! You Rock!!!
I have to say that your Skin Cast Blast is my FAVORITE and probably my most-used MCP action. So many times, I have been able to make a good photo GREAT by using it to adjust the color cast on a photo. Sometimes I use it and I’m amazed at how much better the image becomes—even though I hardly noticed the color cast in the first place! (although with this one, the color cast was totally noticeable, haha)Keep these blue-print posts coming, Jodi. They are very informative but also showcase how amazing your actions are!!!
Oh my goodness! I had no idea such a “save” was possible, just incredible. Thanks so much for sharing…I’m hooked!
YUCK!!! I had one like this before but it was dark yellow/orange, hard, hard, to fix… The outcome is absolutely amazing… I feel, red and yellow are the hardest things to correct. Blonde hair is hard to play with, it tends to get a gray/blue tint to it… Great composure, nice angle, overall great save!!!! As always Jodi, your actions are a life saver…..
I’ve been reading your blog only for a short time now, but this post is the only one that made me want to comment because WOW!!! You did an amazing job
Wow…what a great save. Thanks for the blueprint. Love your actions.