Fix-It Friday #64

It’s time once again for another Fix-It Friday over at i heart faces!  Today we’ll be using a photo of Michelle Johnson’s beautiful little girl dressed in purple… to go along with our weekly theme of course!

She’s such a beautiful little girl!  I felt that the photo needed brightening and really needed to bring out her eyes more, as I felt they were the real focus of the photo.  This week I have 2 fixes, 1 color and 1 Black & White This is how I edited the photo in Photoshop Elements 7:

Color Fix:

1. Amy McMasters “Squeaky Clean” (flattened).
2. Paint the Moon’s “Simple Lighten” (flattened).
3. Paint the Moon’s “Sunny Day” (flattened).
4. Coffee Shop’s “Baby Powder Room” to smooth skin and help correct dark under eye circles (flattened).
5. Pioneer Woman’s “Bring Out the Eyes” set to 20% opacity(flattened).
6. I selected the irises of both eyes with the quick selection tool and put them on their own layer by clicking Ctrl-J.
7. I then ran an unsharp mask (enhance—>unsharp mask) and set the amount to 1, the radius to 2, and the threshold to 2. 
8. I then, still on the eye layer, played with the color variations (enhance—>adjust color—>color variations).  I lightened the eyes 1 time and increased the blue 1 time.
9. I then set the eye layer to 30% opacity.  (flattened).
10. Amy McMasters “Squeaky Clean” again  (flattened).
11. resized and prepared for the web.

I think my color edit did just what I planned.  I brightened it up and really added some “pow” to the eyes.  I love how the edit turned out!  Here’s my color edit:

Black & White Edit:

1. Amy McMasters “Squeaky Clean” (flattened).
2. Paint the Moon’s “Simple Lighten” (flattened).
3. Paint the Moon’s “Sunny Day” (flattened).
4. Coffee Shop’s “Baby Powder Room” to smooth skin and help correct dark under eye circles (flattened).
5. Pioneer Woman’s “Bring Out the Eyes” set to 20% opacity(flattened).
6. I selected the irises of both eyes with the quick selection tool and put them on their own layer by clicking Ctrl-J.
7. I then ran an unsharp mask (enhance—>unsharp mask) and set the amount to 1, the radius to 2, and the threshold to 2. 
8. I then, still on the eye layer, played with the color variations (enhance—>adjust color—>color variations).  I lightened the eyes 1 time and increased the blue 1 time.
9. I then set the eye layer to 30% opacity.  (flattened).
10. Amy McMasters “Squeaky Clean” again  (flattened).
11. Pioneer Woman’s “BW Beauty” (flattened).
12. Amy McMasters “Apricot Cream” (flattened).
13. Pioneer Woman’s “Slight Sharp” (flattened).
14. resized and prepared for the web.

Here’s my B&W edit:

Here is a side-by-side comparison:

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