Photoshop Basics

This photograph has been vignetted this is where the outer edges are darkened to make the viewers eyes drawn to the centre. I have also used the dodge and burn tools; the dodge tool lightens the area that you click on whereas the burn tool darkens the area you click on.

To make the photograph vignetted on Photoshop you have to first go to the Elliptical Marquee tool and cover most of the image, but before this you must change the feathering to between 60 and 90; this will make it look more transitioned rather than having a clear line where the circle has been drawn. Next you need to go to select > inverse, then image > adjustments > brightness/ contrast; from here to can alter the brightness and contrast to what you want.

This photograph has only been slightly changed; I have used auto-colour, this just automatically makes Photoshop adjust the colour in the photograph. The colour has been slightly darkened and been made slightly 'fuller'.

To use auto-colour you need to go to image > auto-colour. There is also different things you can use after clicking on image such as auto-contrast and auto-tone.

This photograph has simply been de-saturated, this is where all the colour is taken out of the photograph and it becomes black and white. I also adjusted the brightness and contrast to make parts darker and parts lighter to shows a clearer difference.

To de-saturate a photograph on Photoshop you need to go to image > adjustments > de-saturate. To alter the brightness and contrast you need to go to image > adjustments > brightness/ contrast.