Fix-it Friday #67 – Andrea Riley’s Contribution

I was all over the place with this week’s fix-it.  I wanted to keep the fix soft and girly while still keeping that great punch of pink in the skirt.

1.  I adjusted the photo in the RAW editor.  Below are screen shots of what I did.  (Because I have a Mac, I have access to the full RAW editor.)

2.  After opening the photo in Elements, I duplicated the layer and used the healing brush under her eyes.  I then reduced the opacity of the layer to 45%.

3.  Selected the eyes and used unsharp mask (44-3.6-0).

4.  Adjusted the levels, only changing the midtones.  (0-1.18-255)

5.  Next, I ran Pioneer Woman’s Sunshine actions and reduced the opacity to 23%.

6.  To bring more of a sunny touch to the photo, I used a sunshine overlay from Patti Brown’s Kaleidoscope “The Light Set“.  I used “Touch of Sun Left” twice on the photo.  The first time, I covered the entire photo.  The second time, I extended the layer beyond the photo.  This helped position the “sun” in different places.

7.  Pioneer Woman came into play again with the Warm action reduced to 31% opacity.

8.  I used Unsharp Mask on the entire photo (50-1.4-0).

9.  I used the dodge tool set on midtones slightly around the edges to give a softer look.

The photo now looked like this:

10.  At this point, I cropped in on her face just for a different look.

11.  I took the photo back to landscape mode.  Because of all the grass, the photo seemed very green.  I wanted to see what it would look like if I removed the green.  I used a hue adjustment layer, chose green from the dropdown menu, used the dropper tool on a piece of grass, and removed the color.  I love how the girl instantly became the focus.

12.  I was in an editing mood, so I kept going.  :)  Over the previous photo, I used the FloraBella action “Milk & Honey” reduced to 57% opacity.  (Love, love this action!)

13.  To create an even more whimsical look, I went back to my layer of light (left) and brought it into the photo again.

14.  I added a really light pink filter to the photo.  Just for the fun of it, I also added a photo mask to soften the edges.