A Work in Progress: Selective Desat



This guide was made for entry:
Selective Desat
In Contest:
flower girl


Original image


step 1 of 3

Duplicated the background image. Selected the background image. Filter>Other>High Pass Filter. Set it to 250. This is where I got the extra contrast from.

Creation of Selective Desat: Step 1

step 2 of 3

Selected Color Ballance in Adjustments. Determined to make her not so blue, in Shadows I moved the cyan/red bar to +93. In Midtones I moved the yellow/blue bar to -54 and the cyan/red bar to +2. In Highlights, the cyan/red bar is +5 and the yellow/blue bar is +12.

Creation of Selective Desat: Step 2

step 3 of 3

Added another layer above the Color Ballance Layer. For a more intense eye color, put this layer below the Color Ballance Layer. Used a small brush to color the entire iris of each eye a rich bluish purple and used Overlay to blend it.

Creation of Selective Desat: Step 3

Final result

Creation of Selective Desat: Final Result

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