The first action I like to use from this collection is the "On the Spot Sharpener". This set has so many wonderful actions for retouching portraits in Photoshop that I can't live withoutĪll the Photoshop Actions I talk about below are from this collection unless I mention otherwise. Its super easy to do that using one of my favorite (and most frequently used) Photoshop Action collections - the Pretty Retouch & Makeup Collection. I usually like to sharpen my subject's eyes and mouth. With the Clone tool, you can select the area of your photo that you want to clone from by alt+clicking on an area of your image and then painting over the area you want to remove. If you find that you need to be more precise, then use the Photoshop Clone tool. You can access the Photoshop Heal tool using the Photoshop keyboard shortcut J and then quickly run the tool over the legs of the hoop to remove them from your image. Once the photo was open in Photoshop, I removed the legs of the floral hoop using the Heal tool. If Photoshop isn't already open, it will begin opening and your image will appear in Photoshop. Moving your photos from Lightroom to Photoshop is super easy! Simply use the Lightroom Keyboard Shortcut CMD (Mac)/CTRL (PC) + E. Once I've completed all the the basic edits to my image in Lightroom, I move my photo to Photoshop for all the fun stuff! For this image, I chose a preset from Pretty Presets Summer collection.
In Lightroom I make the basic edits to color and exposure as well as add any presets that I want to enhance my image. Using the presets and actions have simultaneously improved my work so much, not to mention all the regular tips and tutorials that Pretty Presets and Actions emails to keep me posted on things I have wanted to learn or improve on.įor this post, I will show you how I edit this floral hoop photo to create a realistic and magical fairy image utilizing both Lightroom & Photoshop.Īre you ready to have some fun? We'll start the tutorial using my SOOC (straight out of camera) floral hoop image: When I first started photography, my work was inconsistent and far from where it is today. Pretty Presets and Actions have completely changed my editing.
Editing Magical Fairy Photos Edit Like a Pro Series (Part 3)