Lightened Up, Up and Away Edit!

June 27, 2014/MCPActions

Last Updated March 23, 2020

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Before:

coverphoto2 Lightened Up, Up and Away Edit!

After:

coverphoto1 Lightened Up, Up and Away Edit!

Photo Equipment & MCP Actions™ Products Used

Camera and Lens Used: [amazon_link id=”B004V4IWHY” target=”_blank” ]Nikon D5100[/amazon_link], 50mm 1.8
ISO, Aperture, Shutter Speed: ISO100, f1.8, SS 1/800
Software Used: Photoshop
Actions/Presets Used: MCP’s Free Photoshop Actions, Newborn Necessities Photoshop Actions, Fusion Photoshop Actions
Extra Details: Steps taken to achieve final edit:

Opened images in ACR. Before is after it was cropped to 8×10.
Sharpen at 75 in ACR, Auto white balance.
Opened in PS:

{Fusion} Exact-O-Sharp masked on subjects (ran it twice)
{Fusion} One Click Color
{Fusion} Frosting
{Newborn Necessities} Natural Vignette
{Newborn Necessities} It’s a Girl
{Newborn Necessities} Cake Smash Color Pop, masked on sky, set to 100%
Ran Facebook Fix from free set, which has been tweaked for my personal settings of 96dpi and 960px on long side.
Finally added to long shot at 2048px on long side, and shrunk slightly to all fit together.