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1. Introduction to storytelling photography: Hi, With dream team
from pastel studio. My husband Daniel is
a photographer and my name is Yulia and allows
that post-processing. I have always been obsessed with his vintage pieces
because I feel like they have their own soul. They have so much history
in them and they have so much to tell
us as they began, been an old children's
illustrations on Pinterest. It all came together
like a puzzle. I'm constantly looking for
even touch toys and furniture. Vintage look in closest. I most look neat
myself or purchased in winter secondhand
shops and demand, I find Samson brushes. I literally can't sleep at night because I'm
seeing going over every detail of how to create the perfect image that
I see in my head. All our images have dreamer, melancholy, and lots
of magic in them. I will show you all
tips and tricks that will help you
take your images to the next level and
make them look like a vintage illustration might tutorials are very
easy to follow. Basic photoshop knowledges are quite enough to watch my redoes. I love to make my editing
videos as easy as possible, but with wow result at the end, I do use additional plugins
and some of my redoes. So you will also learn
how to work with Nick collection and exposure plugins and speed
up your workflow. When you look at our warp, you can escape
reality for a while. Yes, it may look in a
semi realistic style, but there is a beautiful fit. There is Samson's sold timeless about those vintage looking
images is that it's not wonders and many of our clients loud to
capture zag kids this way. Welcome to our winter story. We will be happy to share
our passion with you.
2. Prepare your Image Properly in Camera RAW : So today we will, edges is beautiful,
mommy and me. First of all, we'll
start our work from searching for
the profiles that I use for lots of my images. We will kick, click
here browse profiles. I have here favorites, and I will use v
in touch for max. Image instantly match Varma. We will come back. Here. We will change a few
settings as well. We will leave shadows
a little bit more. Blacks as well. Highlights. We will reduce exposure, may be just a
little bit as well. To be able to go all
sotto geometry, upright. Click here. Like this. It looks much
better, especially on Zoom. Miro will keep it like this
and we will click Open.
3. Crop Image / Clone Tool / Soft Light Modus: And we'll mention Photoshop. This is raw file
and this is dour. I would crop image some sunlight. The girl is in the center. Gloms stamp out, I don't
sin goods necessary here. Click stamp Verbit,
don't need says. Here on Zoom Miro very
carefully as well. Constantly changing area
where we pick color, hold and just Tim. Now it looks much better. We can see the oblique layer. Now we will give a little bit
more contrast to the image. For this, we can use soft light. Move alleles at about $0.40. Then we'll go to the
Image Adjustments. Sometimes I go to the levels, but now I will own Lego to
the shadows and highlights, and we will make shadows up. Highlights also, both 100%
normal and don't doses. But for this image, I send kids. But let's see if you can
see is a difference. We will keep it like this
for novel flattened image.
4. Background Color Changing: Now we will use our
quick selection tool. We will try to select this bar. Click here on this minus 30, move vertically
or don't need it. Again. It's difficult. Xenophobic can right-click
with the mouse. And we can chose fuzzer, be 25 till ten. Peak sales. Apply effect at Canvas. Click. Okay. And now we will go to select inverse. Now we will use filter,
the Gaussian blur. Let's use about the valve. Okay? Next we will
grades the empty layer. We will use solid color. We will pick some
color matching to our colors came from the image
and for the mom's dress. Exemption, glycolysis
click Okay, zen videos, blending
mode, soft, light. Zen. We can hold Control. Select both layers,
creates a grope, will apply it on our background and maybe a little
bit here as well. We can create the layer mask, use z black brush, TEN percent capacity,
the ability to remove from girl dress. Bit less esoteric. Remove. We're done. Bit about Santa Barbara. See something like this. At about maybe
twenty-five percent we can remove here as well. As you can see, we have made our background darker and self-taught
as Gaussian blur. And to have applied
some darker color. Maybe we will remove
here as well. Not 100% might be at about 50%. And actually this small
imperfections on z we can use, was this smudge tool. Just drag this small imperfections logs, this maybe pick some color law of boss it to be the same smudge tool. Just transition areas
where we have painted. Excuse anybody, we will apply a
lighter oil paint and it will look even soft term. But for now we can
flattens the image.
5. Work with the Hue/Saturation: And actually the same colors
that we use, the paint, our image we can use
again was this column. We can create empty layer color. Using the normal brush
and blending mode color. Again, we can just beat these areas,
whereas too bright. For me. We will look in Navigator. It's very useful as we can
see our image smaller. So it's for our eyes to see
all this distracting for us. Reduce the opacity to be. Yes. We can see is that this mirror reflection is called nods at them as here. So we should ban did
actually as well. Specialists address as well. We just spent at low opacity. The difference now is not as big as it evolves
as you can see. Thompson here. Just a little bit more. Dress has too much
been kicked color. Flexion does not have it at all, so we will have to correct
it as well a little bit. I see. As Valerie sure. To use a smudge tool again so we can flatten the
image, duplicate the layer. Now if we want to correct
a little bit disease, collars on Z address little bit. We could go to the hue and saturation may be in rats as it has some
red since the stones. And we can even use this. Select it. Click. We can see how it's changing. Color scheme here. Bottom. Sorry, just would
click on the address. We can correct, for example, increase the lightness,
reduce the saturation, even search for the thorns. So there are lots
of options in rats, we can adjust some sand
and yellows as well. So mostly we had yellows
and reds on our address. We can just play with
the settings here. Make it, for example. Let's keep it like this grid. The layer mask can thrill. I turned white brush. Let's try for now
about 40% capacity. We can just remove this areas. Dress was too saturated. Just drag for my eye. Now it's much better. We will keep it like this. We can flattens the image. Duplicate layer.
6. Work with the Mixer Brush / Dodge / Burn: Now we can use our
mixer brush tool. It does not have any
college very important. So know Carla, no Color. Lot, mix and flow, about 90%. And we're just careful, can mix skin tones. We can use, we can reduce
the opacity of course, if needed. This our changes. And of course we can
use the normal brush, wide brush holding out. We can pick some bright and very low pass it
and not more than 10%. We can lighten some
areas where we exist. We can see is that
we will flattens image to black kids or
layer four, dodge and burn. And we can use
screen or dodging. Even this tool over here, dodge tool I use
sometimes as well. Dodge Tool, midtones, and exposure very alone,
about maybe 10%. We can brighten the areas. Emphasize our highlights. You can reduce the opacity everywhere where light is
heat and we have to emphasize more carefully, we do it more beautiful of all
DB is the result. Of course, I'm
trying to make it. Pasta. Hebb's idea how it works. Just emphasize the highlights. You can already see changes. If you want to
remove some sense, we can use black brush
and for example, grids the layer mask, black brush and some areas. Remove the afflicted. We want to flatten the image, duplicate the layer,
and to use, again, I would like to
brighten this area. In the center. We would have the
most attention in the center of the image exists. You can see it on
our smaller image. All our attention now
is in the center. Like this. More on the address is it's two gray. Looks gray now. Maybe we will remove this fx. Here on the counters
of the dress. Like this. You can
see the difference. We can flatten, duplicate the layer and
for burn and we can use multiply blending
mode as well. Burn tool. Here. Let's dry as is this time
multiplied with the layer mask. And I turned and again, wide brush and the
opacity low as well, about 20% capacity about so low, we can darken areas. We have shadows. Here, we have enough shadows. Maybe we can add on a
little bit on the phase. What also makes the
image smaller and apply? Unless told beat
corners of the image. Texture layer, we
will darken it later. So don't meet much dark union. Now. This is enough. We can flattens the image again.
7. Work with the Gradient / Color Balance / Liquify / Overlay: Now, I would like to make about parts of the image more bright and the
bottom part darker. So we actually will have most of our attention here
in the center. And to darken this
part at the bottom, we can use for this gradient, we will pick some darker colors. This time. It comes in like Zs, some brown color. Click Okay, we will click
gradient, linear style. We don't change any sin here. Just click Okay. We can reduce the
opacity about like Zs. Using black brush. Remove this fact
from the center. We can lower the opacity at about the person
and carefully, maybe, no, maybe even not that much on
live froms address. We will carefully remove avoidance avoidance Zoom, border. So how would I say it? I don't know this
contract service address. We should avoid. It will add volume to our image. Magazine much more interested. Again, even lower opacity. Just a little bit here. You can see big difference as we have all our
attention now. The center of the
image and Anzac girl and on the dress, her mom. We can duplicate the layer and we can do more. For example, we can add some color to the cheeks
and leaps for this, we can use our
color balance just at about plus 25 rights
in the mid tones. Maybe just a little bit
and shadows as well. To be grids, the layer
mask control I don't want to use and wide brush. We can control our opacity. Just add some color exists. Actually, she's still far away. It's not noticeable, but just in case it's possible
to do like this, one of the methods using color balance and we
can flatten image. And Vicodin, also use Liquify. Liquify just a tiny bit. Dress. More interesting, mall. Write it carefully. Just a tiny bit. We could use also this blot. It also gives a little bit more volume control on the size of the
brush. Of course, a normal brush like this. And we will click up this, our challenges after
using the Liquify. Just, just a tiny adjustments
but looks beautiful. And we can let them see
Mitch duplicate the layer, add magic to the image. Now we would use my overlays, this overlay I created myself
as I like this color scale. We just drag this
image over here. Then we can hold Control
and drag it over here, not n, but maybe
over here click. Okay. We can use soft light and do can see very
beautiful changes. It looks like race. And excellent. I also like the F act on the skin as it's March
environment now, not always, button
says case I would even keep 100% capacity also on z. Then we will throw my baby will try to
drag till the end. So let's see. Yes, It's not that a bit. We can keep it on
the whole image. Let's see again. Yes, I like it like this. We can do black adds a layer.
8. Color Correction / Oil Paint / Work with Nik Collection: Maybe at minus five. Layer mask can throw I turn vert and you
use an old brush, we can just brush on. Give it more natural
log not yellow. Needed to control Z positive. Maybe Alexis become
flattened image again. Duplicate the layer. I will use a few times. Like Nick collection,
I use it a lot. It's very helpful
for my editing. I have color FX, sprawl. I'll old version but
satisfied visit. Actually be cool to go to the dark and light and
send third for example. And here we can control
center luminosity. Luminosity, a center size. Using this stone play
center, very useful. We use the center ourselves. I would like because the
center to be here on the girl can control burger
velocity minimum, maximum. Let's try some satellite. Maybe. About 25, will always depend
on your image. Let's keep it like this for now. We will leak. You can see different. Now even more attention. The center of the image. Now, I like this effect. Let's see. We have a
new collection again, this time. For detail extractor. We will give more
detail to the dress and to the detail extractor. We can use different
sentence here as well, but I will not change. And of course, you can experiment and see what would work better
for your image, but I would keep it like this. Now click Okay. Now we will create
the layer mask again, of course can throw I to invert. Let's try it. A two-person to pass it to now. Apply on liver will
give more detail. Even the face with
lower opacity as well. You can see it changes. Really brings back the details. The image as you can see. We can flatten mitch again. Duplicate, duplicate layer. And actually, if we vote like to correct the colors of the image, we can use our color
balance again. For example, we would add
cyan to the highlights. A bit yellows, in mid
tones, a little bit. Just a tiny bit. And in shadows blues, There is no, and for our
creativity and experimentation. So it really depends
on your taste because there are so many South thousands
possibilities how we achieve our final look and reach turn in we could
apply on our image. As you can see, we
had such scholars, we could achieve some
satellite exists as well. So it really depends a lot
on our test, on our vision. Always good to experiment. I would apply this
effect to not 100%, but my bad about search,
the person dies. Domain highlights a
little bit brighter. Skin tone, looks
all some more poor. I would keep it actually. We can flatten the
image for now. What we could do more. We could also use
stylize oil paint. And to give more artistic lobe, we could use this settings. I normally use always the same. So sterilization,
clean list 100, shine also 0 as well. But do you could experiment
with your image and maybe correct a little bit
depending on your test. But I use this settings like
this, I will click Okay. You can see how beautiful
it looks. In here. For example, realist solved
on Zoom background as well. But we can, of course, the layer mask and using black brush remove this
effect. Very weird. Don't need it about 80% from the hairs. It looks very, very
beautiful, very soft. I wrote keep it. We can control the capacity
to remove tiny bits. We don't need it. Lag brush, law capacity member remove just a little bit here. On the dress. I like this f
factor as well, but again, it depends from your taste. But to keep it like Z, we can lead turns image
again, duplicate the layer. I would show you one more. Again from Nick collections
that I use a lot. Gross processes.
9. Work with Nik Collection Plug in / Bokeh Overlay: We have here different
options how EV can, again color our image. So as I say, there is no and how
beautiful your code. Our image, Zai Suan
looks very beautiful. For example. Beautiful
gold colors. I like this one as well. I can decide to reach one
would look like boss. Let's try this one for now. Stands I normally have about so tesserae person
and never mall. But just because it's not
necessary, we will click Okay. If you want to be good, control the opacity again. Of course, great
against the layer mask. Black brush. You want in some laces vehicle to just fuller removes this
effect, for example. Example from the face maybe. Let's see. Abbas it. We achieved such
interest in Ramadan and eosin Nick collection,
as you can see, especially on this small image, we have even more sunlight
here in the middle of XAML. Looks very beautiful. We can flatten the image. A few last steps. We could actually use XA levels. Again. If you hold the Alt, we can see this red areas so the image is
already overexposed. We will look at suffice now. We will come back a little bit. We'll add shadows
just a tiny bit about plus three or four grades. The layer mask, can I turn over? Again? Needs this effect. All the ways avoidance. Areas, counter solves
address or a head, it would give more, much more volume to the image. Always tiny bit,
just a tiny bit. Just like wide brush
and the whole image, but it's a tiny bits here is
a tiny bits on their face. Would look more beautiful. More interesting here
as well, avoidance. Share those, just add a
little bit more light. The highlights, I would say maybe even again
here in the center. Let's say again. Here in Navigator. You can perfectly
see difference. Looks beautiful to me. Now, I can stop and tie vote
to use even more magic. I would deal with the
goal to bulk can be, can add it. Here. For example. Let's try. Again. If you don't
like this effect is Dawn TOC badge and it's got, it's always good to know is
that it's possible to use such same screen
blending mode, screen. Zappa, size, of course, just tiny bit maybe
at about four to 5%. Layer mask black brush
to be a removal. Rooms address. Of course. Not sure if I like it here, but anyway, let's
keep it like this. Random mall was a
mirror reflection. Again, blending
mode screen reduce the opacity layer to soft light. So it again depends. No, I said good
store dark green. Black brush again,
remove this effect. Legacies. Let them know our image. Black kids, the layer
four sharpening. I normally use Filter,
sharpen, unsharp mask. And I have this sentence
here, amount 15 right, dose 111 or 12, more or less. Centralized. Brush. Magazine
material, A-sharp gifts. Contrast as well. We can flattens the image. And I would show you one moment, I said in NIT collection
how to add contrast. But normally use it
for Zack losses. Sometimes I also use
tunnel contrast. It's really strong so we
could controls the mid tones. For example, magazine. Should adjust it to
your image. Click Okay. We can apply on later onset
dresses, for example, to give even more attention to them and even more texture. Layer mask can throw I turnover. Only needed exists. Reduce, we reduce. Did not notice this here. Short beaker.
10. Sharpening / Tonal Contrast: It does use ANSYS
texture section. You can see the difference. It also gives such extra glow. A little bit. Looks beautiful. Closes Live, sees. Actually I like
how it looks like. But for those who
like small contrasts, always good to use
Multiply example. You can see gets darker. Soft light as possible to apply. For our images. Again. Just to experiment
or again vehicle to use a Layer Mask and
black brush and remove. For example, variable
sin gets to match. Actually, we can see our
image z to be started ways. See our before and
after, before and after. Hope you enjoyed
this video. Bye.
Iuliia Barkova
