The Photoshop Elements 4 Book for Digital Photographers
Chapter 9. 38 Special: photographic special effects
Photo by Scott Kelby Exposure: 1/500 Focal Length: 34mm Aperture Value:
This is where the fun begins. Okay, I don't want to discount all the immeasurable fun you've had up to this point, but now it gets really fun. This is where we get to play around in Elements and change reality, and then send the client an invoice for our "playtime." Did the model wear a blouse that was the wrong color? No sweat, change it in Elements. Was it an overcast day when you shot the exterior of your client's house? Just drop in a new sky. Do you want to alter a photo to make it look like you shot it with a soft focus filter on your lens? Now you can do it digitally. Do you want to take your income to the next level? Just shoot a crisp shot of a $20 bill, retouch it a bit, print out a few hundred sheets on your color laser printer and head for Vegas. (Okay, forget that last one, but you get the idea.) This is where the rubber meets the road, where the nose gets put to the grindstone, where the meat meets the potatoes… (Where the meat meets the potatoes? Hey, it's late.) |