Kitty Thoughts
Isn't this picture just adorable? It was taken while I was at home visiting my parents over the Christmas holiday, and I just had to play with the color and mood of the image. Here's some of the steps I took, in case you are looking to reproduce a similar feel:
- Crop to the desired subject. This photo had a lot of extra "bits" that didn't need to make it into the final image, so I cropped them out first.
- Duplicate the layer and adjust the Curves to emphasize the color of the image.
- Blend with the background until you find a good effect.
- Duplicate the layer, and apply a Sepia tone (I use Virtual Photographer)
- Duplicate the result, and apply grain until you get a good effect
- Merge everything to the background
- Duplicate the layer, and apply a Gaussian Blur with a radius of 50
- Add a layer mask to the blurred layer
- Create a circle gradient from black to white so that the black area is in the area to where the viewer's attention should be drawn
- Done! Export for the web, upload to your photo album, or keep playing for different results!
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