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Dave Emery's Photoshop Tips
Here's how to do it ![](../images/before_after/before&after2_web_small.jpg)
Egyptian Citadel Lion
- Before
After
![](../images/before_after/IMG_8509_web_small.JPG)
- Open in Photoshop
(Elements 3)
- Make a copy – leave
original alone
- Quick fix –Smart Fix
of copy
![](../images/before_after/SNAG-000_less_small.jpg)
- Make another copy of
the quick fix
(Top copy is foreground)
- Bottom copy is
background
- Background - Cool &
saturate background
![](../images/before_after/SNAG-002_less_small.jpg)
- Foreground – Lighten
shadows, sharpen, warm
![](../images/before_after/SNAG-003_less_small.jpg)
- Foreground – Magic
wand tool, select sky (tolerance 25), delete
![](../images/before_after/SNAG-004_less_small.jpg)
- Flatten
![](../images/before_after/SNAG-005_less.jpg)
- Save as jpeg
![](../images/before_after/IMG_8509_web_small.JPG)
Aswan, Egypt
- Before
After
![](../images/before_after/IMG_9220_web_small.JPG)
- Open in Photoshop
- Rotate image left
- Custom Rotate – 2
degrees left
![](../images/before_after/SNAG-006_less_small.jpg)
- Make a copy – leave
original alone
- Quick fix –Smart Fix
of copy
- Crop
![](../images/before_after/SNAG-008_less_small.jpg)
- Clone out remainder
of rigging with sky
![](../images/before_after/SNAG-015_less_small.jpg)
- Make another copy of
the quick fix (Top copy is foreground)
- Bottom copy is
background
- Background - Cool &
saturate background, lighten by 10%
![](../images/before_after/SNAG-017_less_small.jpg)
- Foreground – Lighten
shadows, sharpen, warm
![](../images/before_after/SNAG-016_less_small.jpg)
- Foreground – Magic
wand tool, select sky (tolerance 20), delete
![](../images/before_after/SNAG-019_less_small.jpg)
- Erase water in top
layer, 250 pics (75%)
![](../images/before_after/SNAG-020_less_small.jpg)
- Flatten
![](../images/before_after/SNAG-022_less_small.jpg)
- Save as jpeg
![](../images/before_after/IMG_9220_web_small.JPG)
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05/20/08
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