Most of the photos you see on social media are edited, and we’re not just talking about selfies. Landscape photographs are often edited, even for competitions (legally, may we add), as the practice can bring attention to details the photographer otherwise wouldn’t be able to capture.
5 Incredible Photo Edits You’ll Want to Use Over and Over Again
With the power of software and apps, photographers can breathe new life into their images, but what photo edits will impact your work the most?
Here are 5 you’ll want to use more than one.
1. Erasing the Background on a Photo
Whether you want to add another background to a photo or use a background-less image for your branding, you can easily erase the background of your photos using an AI-powered app. Most popular photo editing sites will let you remove a background from an image with one click.
Depending on what you use, you may be missing key details in your images, such as a strand of hair or the edge of a font. If this happens, use the crop tool to manually remove the section you want from the original image and place it on a transparent layer and save it as a PNG.
2. Turning Your Photo Into a Cartoon
AI technology has significantly improved to the point that you can turn any photo into a work of art. For example, you can change an image into a sketch, oil painting, or watercolor canvas. But you can also edit a picture to look like a cartoon using software effects or social media filters.
But don’t stop there! You can make a landscape photo look more cartoony by removing the shadows, increasing the noise reduction to 100, and putting the detail down to 0. For selfies, use the bloat tool to make your features look bigger and cartoony, like your head and eyes.
3. Retouching Photos and Selfies
According to The Modems, 71% of people edit their selfies. They’ll usually do this to touch up imperfections on their skin, like fine lines, acne, or dark circles. There’s nothing wrong with beautifying your pictures, but some applications may over-smooth or over-saturate your photos.
If you don’t want to use a filter, consider touching up your photo in layers. Start with a spot healing brush tool to remove acne or fine lines, then a dodge tool to even out the skin tone. A burn tool is great for combining colors, while a brush tool can add more color to your face.
4. Removing Objects With Cloning
Photobombers can often make a photograph less personal than you wanted it to be. Other times, you may have captured an unwanted object in your image and want to remove it. You don’t have to crop or shrink your photo to get the look you want if you use a cloning tool.
A cloning tool or brush will remove an object while replacing it with the background behind it. This tool works best when the background has limited textures, such as a sky or a brick house, but you can usually clone most images with advanced editing techniques or using two photos.
5. Adding Warmth Into a Photograph
The best part about photography is the ability to be creative. It’s fun to play with colors, lighting, and composition when taking the same picture, but sometimes you can’t recapture that perfect shot. If your photo seems to look more depressing than it ought to be, it may be lacking warmth.
A warm photo capitalizes on warm tones like red, yellow, or orange, whereas a cool photo highlights green, blue, and purple tones. While you can use an app, you can also manually enhance the warm colors yourself by adjusting the hue and saturation of the entire photograph.
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