Fix It Friday

Before

AFTER

In Photoshop Only

- Adjusted Curves to brighten the picture

- Adjusted levels to adjust lightness

- painted on light to the face

- Used MCP Actions for Fingerpainting the clothing

- Used MCP Frame it

- Adjusted the lightness one more time in Curves

AFTER IN LIGHTROOM

- Cropped the photo

- Corrected White Balance in Lightroom

- Adjusted Exposure (+0.67)

- Recovery (30)

- Fill Light (46)

- Brightness (15)

- Decreased Clarity to soften the light and face

- Increased Highlights (+21)

- Decreased Lights (+6)

- Decreased Darks (+13)

- Decreased Shadows (-10)

- Increased the saturation on blue tones, and decreased the yellows and reds

- Masking (+75) to sharpen the face

- Imported into Photoshop CS4

- Sharpened

- Ran Noiseware

- Added Frame

- Finished

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Black and whites AFTER

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