HELP!

does anyone else see the bright glow on the edge of my husbands harms. i had to dodge the background and not sure if that's when that happened or when i sharpened it. how do i fix it??

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If you dodged the background you might have dodged part of your husbands arms. Your son looks like part of his arm also has a highlight. Did you dodge anything in that area also?

Sometimes this works instead of dodging, but you'll have to go back and mask out the white t-shirt..

Do an adjustment layer called "selective color". Choose white, and then pull the black out of the white until it looks the way you want it to. IF another color cast is showing, just pull that color out as well.

If it stil needs more, try and do either a curves adjustment or levels adjustment to brighten it up some. You'll have to mask of the people though.

I don't see a glow... but I can see a few spots that didn't get dodged completely.

When you dodge near the edges of something make sure you use a soft brush so the edges blend in smoothly. You may alredy be doing that, and it does help.

I see it, I think it is probably from dodging... I would also try the steps Kristy gave you.

YOUR SON IS ADORABLE!

DavidSR wrote in post #6678457
If you dodged the background you might have dodged part of your husbands arms. Your son looks like part of his arm also has a highlight. Did you dodge anything in that area also?

yes i did dodge close to his arms.

Kristy wrote in post #6678459
Sometimes this works instead of dodging, but you'll have to go back and mask out the white t-shirt..

Do an adjustment layer called "selective color". Choose white, and then pull the black out of the white until it looks the way you want it to. IF another color cast is showing, just pull that color out as well.

If it stil needs more, try and do either a curves adjustment or levels adjustment to brighten it up some. You'll have to mask of the people though.

I don't see a glow... but I can see a few spots that didn't get dodged completely.

When you dodge near the edges of something make sure you use a soft brush so the edges blend in smoothly. You may alredy be doing that, and it does help.

thanks kristy i will give it a try. i am still learning about layers and such. just when i think i know what i'm doing i add a layer and everything goes weird.haha. i will give it a try though. thanks for the tips!!

blondine wrote in post #6678636
I see it, I think it is probably from dodging... I would also try the steps Kristy gave you.

YOUR SON IS ADORABLE!

thanks!!! i think he's pretty adorable too!!! He makes me want another one!

Kristy wrote in post #6678459
Sometimes this works instead of dodging, but you'll have to go back and mask out the white t-shirt..

Do an adjustment layer called "selective color". Choose white, and then pull the black out of the white until it looks the way you want it to. IF another color cast is showing, just pull that color out as well.

If it stil needs more, try and do either a curves adjustment or levels adjustment to brighten it up some. You'll have to mask of the people though.

I don't see a glow... but I can see a few spots that didn't get dodged completely.

When you dodge near the edges of something make sure you use a soft brush so the edges blend in smoothly. You may alredy be doing that, and it does help.

Kristy, how do I mask of the people on Photoshop? Haven't used this tool yet...

Svetlana wrote in post #6679826
Kristy, how do I mask of the people on Photoshop? Haven't used this tool yet...

Here's one way...

http://www.grafx-design.com/12photo.htm​l

I normally just use the pen tool and select whatever I want to not be affected..inverse the selected and make any corrections that I need to that particular selection.

DavidSR wrote in post #6679939
Here's one way...

http://www.grafx-design.com/12photo.htm​l

I normally just use the pen tool and select whatever I want to not be affected..inverse the selected and make any corrections that I need to that particular selection.

thanks for that link...i think i'll spend the evening reading through a bunch of those tutorials!!

Svetlana wrote in post #6679826
Kristy, how do I mask of the people on Photoshop? Haven't used this tool yet...

I use masks all the time for everything. I do all of my processing on separate adjustment layers and masking them allows me to control which part of the image needs the adjustment or not... or even how much...

Here's a simple tutorial the explains the basics. Once it clicks in your head, you'll love the creative control.

http://www.photoshopes​sentials.com/basics/la​yers/layer-masks/

Kristy wrote in post #6680439
I use masks all the time for everything. I do all of my processing on separate adjustment layers and masking them allows me to control which part of the image needs the adjustment or not... or even how much...

Here's a simple tutorial the explains the basics. Once it clicks in your head, you'll love the creative control.

http://www.photoshopes​sentials.com/basics/la​yers/layer-masks/

thanks for the info kristy!! i will be looking at it. that's what i've been trying to learn. how to use layers and such to isolate and change certain parts of my photo.

DavidSR wrote in post #6679939
Here's one way...

http://www.grafx-design.com/12photo.htm​l

I normally just use the pen tool and select whatever I want to not be affected..inverse the selected and make any corrections that I need to that particular selection.

Thanks so much for the link!! Added to Favourites!!

Kristy wrote in post #6680439
I use masks all the time for everything. I do all of my processing on separate adjustment layers and masking them allows me to control which part of the image needs the adjustment or not... or even how much...

Here's a simple tutorial the explains the basics. Once it clicks in your head, you'll love the creative control.

http://www.photoshopes​sentials.com/basics/la​yers/layer-masks/

Kristy, thanks so much! I`ll be playing more with it now for sure!