I wanted to share how I treated my photos for the Beach Flower Album. Thanks for all your comments!
I kind of cheated. I used Mulletgods free Vintage White action. There are a lot of great actions that I love to play around with.
This is what my photo looked like before -
ORIGINAL
The photo after I applied the Vintage White Action -
APPLIED VINTAGE WHITE ACTION
Then I turned off the CURVES 1 layer.
I then targeted the original layer. And selected Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Selective Colour
To bring more of the purple out from my daughters top I selected the magenta colour on the palette. Selecting the black will affect the lightness and darkness of any magenta in your photo. Selecting the other colours will add to the magenta in your photo. So you could end up having a cold or warm tone of magenta.
On the same window, I adjusted the yellow and red in my photo, to bring out more glow in my daughters skin. Then I chose the black colour to subtlety lighten the overall image.
This is the final result -
Easy Peasy! Thanks Mulletgod!
Here's some advice on creating a layout.
Keep It Simple. You dont always have to create a masterpiece.
