Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Step Three:
Now, at this point, depending on the
photo you applied this effect to, you
might have to drag the Exposure slider to
the right a bit, if the entire image is too
dark (that can happen when you set the
Contrast at +100), or if the photo looks
washed out a bit (from cranking the Shad-
ows slider to +100), then you might need
to drag the Blacks slider to the right to
bring back the color saturation and overall
balance. Outside of those potential tweaks,
the next step is to desaturate the photo
a little bit by dragging the Vibrance slider
to the left (here, I dragged it over to -44).
This desaturation is a trademark of this
“look,” which kind of gives the feel of
an HDR image without combining
multiple exposures.
Step Four:
The final step is to add an edge vignette
to darken the edges of your photo, and
put the focus on your subject. So, go to
the Lens Corrections panel (in the right
side Panels area), click on Manual at the
top, and drag the Lens Vignetting Amount
slider to the left (making the edges really
dark). Then drag the Midpoint slider
pretty far to the left, as well (the Mid-
point slider controls how far the darkened
edges extend in toward the middle of your
photo. The farther you drag this slider to
the left, the farther in they go). This made
the whole photo look a little too dark, so
I had to go back to the Basic panel and
increase the Exposure amount a little bit
(to +40) to bring back the original bright-
ness before the vignette. I included a few
befores and afters on the next page just to
give you an idea of how it affects different
images (though I didn't add vignettes to
them). Hey, don't forget to save this as a
preset (see page 196), so you don't have
to do this manually every time you want
to apply this look.
