On Sun, 21 Jan 2018 14:10:15 -0800, Savageduck
wrote:

On Jan 21, 2018, Peter Jason wrote
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On Fri, 19 Jan 2018 17:22:13 -0800, Savageduck
wrote:

On Jan 19, 2018, Peter Jason wrote
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...of about 30 people, in sunshine with kids and dog, what is the best
sequence of treatment?

A little more explanation on your part is needed:

Are you actually using Photoshop?

I'm using PS6 photoshop.

I guess you mean CS6 not PS6.


How much adjusting/editing experience do you have using Photoshop?

Not much.

Start with a few more experiments, and check some of the video tutorials
available.

Jullianne Kost provides some good tutorials most are geared for recent
Photoshop/Lightroom releases, but she has an extensive archive which can be
accessed, either from her site, or YouTube where you can refine your search
for Photoshop CS6 where you will find a whole bunch of useful stuff.

http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh5bKKSi_bGJh717hVlEbRg

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=photoshop+cs6



Is this a single image of a group, or is it a series of photos of groups of
people?

Here it is, a one-shot single group with the exposure adjusted to
-0.7. Maybe -1.0 would have been better?
https://postimg.org/image/homnfil9h/

That is not too bad, and I wouldn’t consider any further global exposure
adjustment. Perhaps some mild dodging over the group with a soft brush, on a
separate adjustment layer. If it is too much you can adjust the layer opacity
down, redo, or if that doesn’t work, delete the layer.

It doesn’t look like you had cooperation from the adults in the group.
However, it does add some character to the shot.
What was distracting them so much?

Me, running around the swimming pool trying to beat the 12sec timer.



1/ Crop to 6 x 4 ratio (A4 approx)

Leave resizing/cropping until you have finished with all but sharpening.

2/ Adjust levels,
3/ Dodge & burn pale/swarthy faces.

If you must, but be careful, and do that work on seperate layers.

4/ Sharpen locally or totally.

You will probably need to sharpen selectively, as over sharpening of faces
is
not desirable.

5/ Annotate with text layer.
6/ Vibrance.

Why would you need vibrance?
Just because it is available doesn’t mean it should be used.

With skin tones and faces, saturation and vibrance are adjustments you
should
use very cautiously, if at all.

If you actually need this, consider adding vibrance on an adjustment layer
before sharpening. Doing it that way you can tone the effect down by
adjusting the layer opacity down.

Is this OK? Also I have to graft myself into the picture so if I
just match head size is this OK?

If you are building a composite by adding your image, consider doing that on
a layer earlier in your adjustment so that the selection will be less
obvious
and blend in better.