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Sometimes your daytime photos fail to capture the depth and warmth that you remember seeing in person. This amazing photo by Amanda of Sparrow Memories Photography is full of personality. What an adorable shot. Amanda sent me her before and after and felt that while she loved the original, it needed an extra something. Admittedly, her favorite MCP Photoshop Actions set is Fusion. She uses at least some actions from Fusion on nearly every edit.
Here are her steps for this image – the Blueprint shows how she got from the before to the after using actions in the Fusion set (which works inside Photoshop and Elements).
If you prefer your photo not quite this warm, you could definitely dial back the Magic Markers and not do the last One Click Color, but Amanda loves rich color pop and this is how she achieved it.
Thank you, Sparrow Memories, for sharing your edit with us! MCP Fans – when you edit your photos, come share your favorites on MCP Actions Facebook Page. Yours could be selected for a future Blueprint.
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Thanks for the step by step. Beautiful photo Amanda!
Lovely ..Can i ask why you flatten? thanks
Flattening is a good idea before blemishing because you can only edit blemishes on one layer at a time. If there were multiple layers, i.e. contrast, brightness, color saturation, you’d only be editing one of those layers with a blemish tool while the other layers aren’t touched. Flattening will let you edit things like blemishes on all the layers combined.
a little too rich and sharp for me, but interesting nonetheless!Thanks!
Lovely, thanks for sharing!
The picture is priceless, but I’d dial it back a bit.
What lens was this with ?? Sooooo beautiful !!!!
Cool action, I’d use this but would tone it down on the sharpness and saturation…but it’s a personal preference! Thanks!