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Getting it Right with Photoshop CS-4

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If you are a newer users of image editing software like Photoshop you are in for some frustrating times. The frustration is caused when we appear to have made some great changes to our image, but when we take a closer look or print it, we see that it is far from perfect. Take our image below as an example. The sky could do with being a little darker to add some impact and appeal and the foreground needs to be lightened and the colour improved. Carrying out those manipulations doesn't sound very difficult, but as a newer user of Photoshop you will be in that steep learning curve and the solution often seems miles away.

Take a look at the image below, at first glance and at this size all looks fine.

However, lets take a closer look and we find all is not well and the work is unacceptable. The changes we have made can clearly be seen and they completely ruin the image.

In this tutorial we show the newer user a simple and effective way to overcome this problem and it is one of those techniques that is not just right for this image, but it is something you can put in the bank and use over and over again. It is what I call the bread and butter techniques in Photoshop. Those you will use again and again.

In this video we take you through the techniques to create our finished image below. We use Quickmask, the Eraser tool, The Levels and Hue and Saturation. All basic manipulation tools, but ones that make such a difference.

And when we look at the image up close, it is still OK

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