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Photoshop Mastery Taking Photoshop to the next level ■  BY BEN WILLMORE Conner Huff was in a pickle. His parents wedding photo was badly faded. Hoping to return the image to its former glory, he sent it to the Photoshop Image Ambulance at www.digitalmastery.com/problems. A combination of adjustment layers and blend modes provided for a 5-minute solution. Faded Fixes F irst, open an image that could use some reviving or just download the image were using here. Well start by fi xing the faded area in the center of this image. [NAPP members may download the image used in this tutorial from www. photoshopuser.com/napmem/departments/ photoshopuser.html.] To isolate that area, choose the Elliptical Marquee tool and click-and-drag across the center area. To reposition the selection before releasing the mouse button, press-and-hold the Space- bar and drag around the faded area. To continue changing the size of the selection, release the Spacebar but keep the mouse button pressed. The mouse button should only be released when the selection closely matches the boundary of the faded area. Create adjustment layers With that area isolated, choose Curves from the Create New Adjustment Layer pop-up menu at the bottom of the Layers palette. Next, click the Options button in the Curves dialog to access the Auto Color dialog, use the settings shown below, and then click OK in both dialogs. That improves the faded center of the image, but the adjustment doesnt blend into the surrounding areas. With the adjustment layer active, choose Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and experiment with the Amount Ben Willmore is author of the best-selling book Photoshop CS Studio Techniques , co-author of How to Wow: Photoshop for Photography , and creator of the hit seminar "Photoshop for Photographers." Get free tips and tutorials at Bens website, www.digitalmastery.com. setting until the adjustment blends with th ...

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