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High-Contrast Portrait Look
The super-high-contrast, desaturated look is incredibly popular right now, and while there
are a number of plug-ins that can give you this look, I also wanted to include this version,
which I learned from German retoucher Calvin Hollywood, who shared this technique dur-
ing a stint as my special guest blogger at my daily blog (
www.scottkelby.com
)
. The great
thing about his version is: (1) you can write an action for it and apply it with one click, and
(2) you don't need to buy a third-party plug-in to get this look. My thanks to Calvin for
sharing this technique with me, and now you.
Step One:
Open the image you want to apply a high-contrast look to. Let's start, right off the bat, by
creating an action to record our steps, so when you're done, you can reapply this same look
to other photos with just one click. Go to the Actions panel, and click on the Create New
Action icon at the bottom of the panel. When the New Action dialog appears, name this
“High-Contrast Look” and click the Record button. Now it's recording every move you
make... every step you take, it'll be watching you (sorry, I just couldn't resist).
SCOTT KELBY
