how make any photo look pro in 30 secs

This is a small thing iv found over the short time iv been "Photoshopping", im not sure if everyone knows this but here we go:-

This "effect" will make the colours in a photo more vibrant and give the photo and overall more professional look.

I will show you how to go from this:

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...470841152f.jpg

To this:

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...it14/werty.png

in less than 30 secs

Pull up any stock/photo you want

"Ctrl+A" then "Ctrl+C" then "Ctrl+N" "enter" then "Ctrl+V" twice

On the top layer/duplicate, go to filter>blur>gaussian blur set the blur to 4.8

set the layer to "overlay"

create a new blank layer and click "Ctrl+A" make sure the foreground colour is black the go to edit>stoke and set a border size appropriate to the size of the image

and there you go all done

this may take a bit longer the first time but after a while you will get used to it and be able to do it quicker and quicker

Thanks for reading hope this has been a help to someone

F

wow simple trick for newer gfx manip people nice work.

isnt the first one pro already b.c someone has set up lighting and everything seems to work, but the one you did just make it look blurry and over contrasted. you should use this tut on something like mystic or medieval that would work.

the original looks more "professional." the second is a specific effect for something like what b said.

this effect works also without the blur and setting the duplicate layer to overlay
makes the colours more rich

F

I think the second one looks better and that made me go and have a
play (with photoShop) :rolleyes:

This was my first go

From this

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...P1010039-1.jpg

To this

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...326/Lauren.jpg


Second go I mixed up from reading this http://www.gfxvoid.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20755

From this
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...MEatBrands.jpg

To this

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...andscopy-1.jpg

Guess I still got a lot to learn but i think both pic are made a bit better.
Right back to trying and getting the first one a bit better.

Thanks for the info
Hog

nice tutorial mate thanks.

Nice and easy sig :P
But imo its to blury XP

Wow, Nice.
I like it.
And if it's too blurry, Can't you just set the Gaussian Blur lower?

meh. maybe you need to choose some lower quality photos to work with?

Nice and Simple tut, I'll try it out. Here's my outcome:
From this:
http://tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:...37;2Bbrown.jpg
To this:
http://i709.photobucket.com/albums/w...sBrownAvvy.png

Sweet!
Before.
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j8...20Pics/159.jpg
After.
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j8...xperiment1.png

awasome,,,, thank u very much

Ohhh god...Charmed is my secret shame

the first one is more pro work and looking good with lights n all, the second one is just ruining the compo... although this migh twork for lq photos

You don't have to make this photo look pro.
Have you seen her tits, mate?

nice and simple, i might use this for my myspace pictures lol.

gaussian blur ftl!

ahh an old trick out of the book...

i put it to soft light couse it wass a vrry dark picture XD

loved this tut man quick and it works with most pics

i'm afraid this diminishes the quality of the pictures, unless you use a select gaussian blur via layers and erase whats not required. in theory you'd end up creating more work for yourself if you done this,

Although. Good gimmick for wedding photography. clients would love it.

there is somethin seriously wrong with her tits...

Their fake.

http://i28.lulzimg.com/bbf1fb0933.png



more than tits.