FIX-IT-FRIDAY - NO.64- "Pretty Purple Girl"

This weeks picture is lovely to start with. The focus is not tac sharp and it's a little 'flat', but it really didn't NEED a lot of work  ~ that said I like to play!! :)

Original

(PSE7)

Basic Edit in Camera Raw 

Temp +7, Exp +0.15, Recovery 15, Black +3, Contrast +17, Clarity +24, Vibrance +13, Saturation +6

Sharpen +21, radius 1.0, detail 34

Noise reduction ~ Luminance +7, Colour +7

I could have just left it there if I wanted, but what fun would that be?!...

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PSE #2

I can't really remember what I did, but I know I used some actions;

Cropped to loose some of her arm on the right.

DP Mom's Perfect Workflow

 PW Bring out the Eyes (which I also applied to her teeth at a lower opacity!)

DPM Oh the Drama

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PSE #3

Ummm ~ what did I do..?

Applied a beige 'Soft light' colour layer (reduced opacity)

Applied a purple radial gradient layer @ low opacity in mutiply mode.

applied CoffeeShop vignette

maybe some other stuff too!

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PSE #4

Duplicated the previous edit and converted the copy to BW. 

Copied the BW edition and pasted it back in as a layer, set to Soft Light and reduced opacity.

Used CoffeeShop Block it to frame.

Totally happy with this :D!!

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PSE #5

No play is complete with out a B&W!

Using the BW edition I made above I used a guided action ~ Grant's Tools curve (basically it gives you a traditional curve tool to use and applies the adjustments in a layer) ~ set to 'increase contrast'

Reduced the opacity of the contrast layer to 59%

Selected her eyes and applied unsharp mask (on a dupicate layer)

Reduced eye layer to 25% 

Flattened & SFW

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LIGHTROOM 3

LR #1

I always like to play in LR too ~ it just feels different!

I wanted some rotation  - it somehow brought her eyes out

I used the 'iris enhance' & 'teeth whitening' adjustment brushes

basic adjustments similar to CWR edit

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LR#2

In keeping with purple week...

I converted my LR1 to B&W (just click the BW tab)

fiddled a little with the contrast

then changed the split toning to give a purply look!! :)

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LR#3

From LR1 I applied Isabelle LaFrance 'Soulful Sunshine' #4 

Brought down the brightness very slightly.

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LR#4

From LR1 ~ applied Isabelle La France Soulful Sunshine #3

again adjusted the brightness slightly, but I also changed the split toning shades a little.

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I think that's about it!!

I normally have a go in GIMP too, but not this week ~ it's been a long week!

If you'd like to join in with FIX-IT-FRIDAY hop on over, everyone will be pleased to see you!