My favorite blog, I Heart Faces, has a great weekly feature called Fix It Friday, where they post a photo and let contestants edit it anyway they choose. Since these photos are always way better than anything I've ever taken, I thought I'd try my novice-editing hand at post processing a great portrait. This week's submission is "Cutie Pie" by my friend Lolli over at Life is Sweet.
Here is the beautiful original shot:
And here is my edited version:
Here's what I did:
Opened Image in GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)
Increased brightness and contrast using curves
Added new layer
Lowered opacity to 40%
Selected paintbrush, fuzzy circle, opacity 20%, color white
With brush size same as iris, painted over irises of eyes to brighten color
Flattened image
Saved
Opened in Picnik Premium
Cropped slightly
Increased color saturation
Played with Orton effect, but portrait looked better without it!
This was so fun! I think I overdid the brightness because I lost the detail of her cheek in profile. And of course, I didn't do anything original here, but it was great practice for me! I think I'll try again next week too!
40 comments:
Looks pretty good to me!
I love the editing, it makes a good picture really great.
how fun...i may have to check this out!!!!!
Beautiful job! Love the crop and eye work. Wonderful color, too!
Great job!! I love fix it fridays!
First time out, and you did GREAT!!
Fixit Friday is all about all of us stretching our processing abilities!
I love what you did. Editing is so much fun and there is so much that you can do! :)
Wow, I LOVE that, but I didn't understand ANYTHING that you did, except crop and save! :)
I saw that. Very nice! I need to figure out how to do that to my pics.
Thanks for the sweet comment. You are too sweet!!
Good work! I'm so impressed! I'm frustrated, though, because when I saved the pic and then tried to open it up in my Photoshop Elements, it's tiny! When I make it fit to my screen size, it's all pixelated! Bah!
I just saw your nice comment on i♥faces...thank you so much!!!
I like it so much. If you overdid the brightness, I can't tell! It is smashing!
Her eyes really pop now. I love it!
Have a great weekend!
very cool! I love both photos! I wish I could learn more about photoshop. maybe if I get time I might just start playing around, who knows!
blessings...
Hey there. Thanks for stopping by my blog. :)
Great job editing! :)
Thanks for introducing me to this awesome new website. :)
That is a friggin killer idea.
And I LOVE how you lightened it up and made the eyes pop - it's angelic.
I think you did GREAT! I have heard so much about GIMP but never tried it. I really like what you did with this pic!
I like your cropping of this photo. I like the eyes and skin tone you achieved.
That is a beautiful picture! I love how the photo editing brings out her eyes even more.
I like it!
That's a beautiful first-attempt! Well done :D (FROGMUM)
Oh how pretty! Amazing job!
a very good edit.. I totally heart I Heart Faces!! Welcome to the addiction :)
Oh, I love that you told us what you did to it too! That is great!!! Good luck this week!
Great fix to the picture!
Great job, it looks really good. I think I might have to give this a try..
You did a beautiful job!!
Looks great! I have Photoshop but have absolutley no idea how to use it!
My daughter downloaded GIMP for me and I cannot even figure out how to use it, so I think that you are doing pretty awesome in using it!
I like the picture you edited.
Great job! Her eyes look beautiful!
I really like it.
I think you did a great job! Love the enhancement of her eyes. Nicely done.
very good job!
thanks for the comment. i am not sure how mine doesn't move...when i set it up there was a couple options and i picked the stationary one. try clicking on the link and see if there is still a stationary option :)
I just want to stop by and say Hey my nickname is Carebear! Love the pic by the way!
Wow you are amazing! I try to mess with the photos but I found the auto correct is my friend anything else isn't so good ... LOL
Thanks so much for stopping by! Love your blog it's so cute!
good job. I like how bright it is.
That looks really pretty, I see what you mean about losing detail, but it is either detail or punching up color, etc.
Looks great! I suck at editing! Thanks for stopping by my blog!
This is really awesome job...
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