Graphics Programs Reference
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Step Nine:
Okay, it's decision time once again.
What does it need next? I think the whole
image could be a little more vibrant, so I
can: (a) Reopen this image in Camera Raw
and drag the Vibrance slider to the right
until it looks good to me. You'll have to
save the file as a JPEG, PSD, or TIFF first.
(See page 19 if you don't remember how
to do this.) Or, (b) do this right in Photo-
shop. Go under the Image menu, under
Mode, and choose
Lab Color
, then do
the Apply Image move we learned back
on page 289. I chose the “a” channel here.
Whichever you choose, it will add color
and contrast. Don't forget to switch back
to
RGB Color
mode when you're done.
Step 10:
I try to keep the viewer's attention off the
outside edges of my image and focused
on the subject instead. One trick to do
that (well, my favorite anyway) is to darken
the edges all the way around with an
edge vignette. I used the Lens Correc-
tion dialog here, which we learned two
ways to do, starting on page 206.
