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From This to This!

Alamama here for your Photo tip of the day. I am still a bit new to this, but I wanted to share with you a little of what I do to my photos to “enhance them.” These instructions are for PSE.

 

Let’s take your photos from this:

 

To this:

 

  This is VERY easy. If I can do it, you can do it. It’s what I call it “Christine Do-Able”!!

  1. In the “Layers” section, Right-click on your photo.
  2. Duplicate Layer.
  3. Just above the picture, in the “Layers” section, see “Normal”? Click on that, when that opens, click on “Soft Light”. (You can change to Opacity Percentage until you get the look you like. I used 100% here.)
  4. Now, under your “Special Effects”, click “Photo Effects”.
  5. Then you’ll want to click “Tint Sepia”. (You can play with the Opacity Percentage here too. Again I used 100%.)
  6. Right-click on the top photo in your layers; click “Merge Visible”.
  7. Now click “Tint Sepia” again.
  8. Here I used Opacity of 64%. Play around until you get it the way you like.

 

Can’t wait to see your pictures using this!!! Thanks for taking the time to read this!

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10 Responses to “From This to This!”

  1. Andrea Says:
    October 24th, 2008 at 11:41 am

    Great and simple tip! Can’t wait to try it!

  2. Joy Says:
    October 24th, 2008 at 12:44 pm

    can you do this is CS3 I cant find special effects

  3. Muss Says:
    October 25th, 2008 at 6:48 am

    How cool is this!!
    Will try to find a way to do this is PS! ;D
    Thanks for the tip!

  4. Scrap Saturday 24 – Daisy Chain Says:
    October 25th, 2008 at 7:58 am

    [...] used a colored-sepia-tone technique that was inspired by this tutorial over at ScrapMatters (I found a quick alternative on CS3 using one of the default actions — I [...]

  5. Beth Says:
    October 25th, 2008 at 8:04 am

    Those photos look awesome! I had to try this in my latest layout — I soon found that there’s a default action in CS3 for sepia tone, so it was really quick to do on my two-page layout. :-) Thanks for the tip!

  6. LeahO__74 Says:
    October 25th, 2008 at 11:39 am

    This is a great tutorial! Do you know where I can find it for Adobe Photoshop CS3?

  7. Brooke - in Oregon Says:
    October 25th, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    I am sure this is possible in CS3, I just don’t know where Special Effects would be located.

  8. Carol Says:
    October 25th, 2008 at 6:04 pm

    Another person using CS3 and cannot find special effects – any help or suggestions?

  9. alamama Says:
    October 25th, 2008 at 7:16 pm

    I have no idea how to use CS3, sorry.

  10. alamama Says:
    October 25th, 2008 at 7:16 pm

    It may be called something other than Special Affects.

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