Ten By Two

Ok i'm going to start bloggin some photoshop techniques.

There are heaps of ways to make a smiple image look stunning. 

And photoshop makes it so easy.

For my own reminder as well as to help all you photo lovers i'm going to try and post a new technique or effect every now and then. Horray!

So first up is how to create a simple vignette. These looks great on desaturated or Black and White images and it is so so so ridiculously easy. 

Vignette (pronounced vin-’yet) is a sort of framing element that you’ll sometimes see in photos (particularly older photos or Lomo shots), in which the image fades out toward the corners. It’s most commonly seen as a fade out to black, but white is also used sometimes. The vignette can be a powerful element of the photo because it has a natural tendency to draw the eye toward the center of the photo.

1. DO THIS AS YOUR LAST STEP IN PHOTOSHOP!!!
2. Create a new empty layer on top of the stack. Ctrl + Alt + Shift + N
3. Fill the layer with pure white. Shift + Backspace
4. Set the blend mode to “Multiply”. Alt + Shift + M
5. Apply the vignette filter to the new layer.
   Filter >> Distort >> Lens Correction…
6. Mess with the “Amount” and “Midpoint” sliders in the “Vignette” section.
7. Press “OK”, and now you have art!