Learning the ropes.

[Obliviou$]

I really want to get better in handling photoshop.

Here's a little thing I did-

1. Resized.
2. Shadows and Higlights.
3. USM.
4. Framed.
5. Photofilter --> Cooling filter 80.
6. Resized.

Before

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/AlexChristensen/Bridge.jpg

After

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/AlexChristensen/Stokkavannet-bridge.jpg

IMO the sky got nicer, but I would like to keep the snow whiter.
Any tips on how to do this?

Thanks,
Alex

[JerseyJay]

IMO the sky got nicer, but I would like to keep the snow whiter.
Any tips on how to do this?
Alex,

Very nice. What do you mean by whiter ? Do you want to keep original white color from the initial picture ?

[Obliviou$]

Yes, and then some. The W/B got a little off. As you can see the snow is now kinda bluish.

[Dracofish]

Use layers to do what you need to individual parts of the picture and incorporate them all together to get an accurate rendering of the scene.

[Verse914]

Heres the way that I would do it...

create a duplicate layer
select the top half using the pen tool and adjust just like you were. Then the top just gets changed and not the bottom half.
http://www.verse914.com/photo_adjust1b.jpg

heres how it looked with a quick touch up...
http://www.verse914.com/photo_finished1b.jpg

[Obliviou$]

Hehe, I actually figured it out myself a while ago. With (Jay's?) background bluring tips, a lot of other possibilities were just around the corner :)
I.M.O it looked unatural with the photofilter on only the sky. Because the sky should reflect a little in the snow.

But thanks.

Verse: Did you use the photofilter? It turned out more natural than my try, I probably just made it to strong :)

[Verse914]

Yeah I used the photo filter, but turned it down to about 10%. I also adjusted the hue/saturation a little to make the sky a little more blue.

[domvonne]

Hi,

Can i know how do i create frames or borders in photshop ? ?thanx in advance!

[Obliviou$]

Image --> Canvas size.