Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
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B&W Selection
. This edit walks you through using the Smart Brush to create a black-
and-white photo with one object left in color (as opposed to B&W Color Pop, described
below, which leaves one
color
wherever it appears in the photo).
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Black and White
. This edit lets you turn a photo black and white
and
add a soft glow to
create the look often seen in classic black-and-white portrait photography.
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High Key
. This edit helps you to create the look, especially popular for portraits, where
the exposure is very bright, with low contrast and very few shadows. High-key images
generally seem happy and upbeat.
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Line Drawing
. If you've tried the Pencil Sketch filter and weren't happy with the res-
ults, this guided edit gives you some help with additional tweaks to get a (somewhat)
more realistic looking drawn effect.
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Low Key
. The opposite of a high-key photo, a low-key image is very dark and shadowy
with lots of contrast. The emotions they convey are also darker and more thoughtful.
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Old Fashioned Photo
. Use this guided edit to create a sepia-toned photo with an aged
texture.
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Saturated Slide Film Effect
. You may be old enough to remember the ultra-saturated
colors you could get by shooting with certain types of slide film. This guided edit walks
you through creating a similar look digitally.
If none of those effects strike your fancy, click the Camera Effects category, which includes
the following:
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Depth Of Field
. If you have a point-and-shoot or cellphone camera that takes photos
where the entire image tends to be in focus, you can use this guided edit to simulate the
kind of
selective
focus that's possible with a large-sensor camera like a DSLR (where
your subject is in sharp focus and extraneous details aren't). You can use the Lens Blur
filter (
Lens Blur: Creating Depth of Field
) to achieve the same effect, but this Guided
Edit is simpler.
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Lomo Camera Effect
. The name of this effect may not mean anything to you, but if you
click it in the Guided Edit panel, the example image's style should be familiar. Lomo was
a brand of camera that produced photos that, technically speaking, weren't the greatest:
They were oversaturated, had shadowy vignetted corners, and the registration (align-
