Color Retouch

here is my stock photo .. look boring :)

Let's retouch this.

Stock

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Final

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First step.

Go to Image >> Adjustment >> Brightness/Contract

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Have this ( now my picture had depth )

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Pick Lasso, Magic wand or any selection Tool to create the selection around the girl

Bring her to new layer ( Ctrl + J ), called "model" layer

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Applied Layer Style in "model" layer

We have this :)

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Some new adjustment layers

-First, Color balance ( Layers >> New Adjustment Layer >> Color Balance )

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-Next, Brightness/Contract layer

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Pick Rectangle Marquee Tool, draw one selection at center of this pic

Set Feather ( Alt + Ctrl + D ) = 50 px

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Fill Black color, mode = Multiply, Opacity = 50%

Create some mask or Pick Eraser Tool, clear red-marked area

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We done Coloring step,

Type some text

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Add layer style

In Multiply mode

(Duplicate text layer if the effect doesn't hard enough )

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Find and use some Floral Brush

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and here is Final Result !

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