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Ahh, it's nice to be able to do a fix-it-friday again.

Here's the original:
And here's my edit. I used Pioneer Woman's Lovely Action and then the Fresh Color Action. I don't know the story behind this picture, but I love the emotion in it.

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Before:


I'm too tired to link actions. I used Nelly Nero's Ivory Beach Action and Shadow House's old leather and vd21 textures. I'm still not liking her skin tone though. I think I made it overall too dark.

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Again, I think this is a pretty darn good photo already, which makes editing it harder, in my opinion.

Here's the original:

Edit using Nelly Nero's Moody BW action


Edit using Noel Joy's Picture Pop action

And lastly, edit using AMP's Apricot Cream action


I think the black and white is my favorite of the three edits, the skin tone looks washed out in the others.

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Here's the original, already a pretty darn good picture!

And here's my edit. I added a lens flare to the top right corner and used Nelly Nero's Poisoned Peach action. This a little more dramatic than editing I'd do with my own photos, but it was fun to be a little bold today.

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This week's photo was more difficult for me to edit.

Original:

And my edit:
Don't like it at all, but I didn't fell like playing around any more.

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I love photos of babies, especially when they're looking at the camera!

Here's the original:


To start, I cropped the image and used Nelly Nero's baby cream action to get this:

From there, I used Nelly Nero's Preston BW action and Shadowhouse's No Clue texture on overlay. Using a layer mask, I removed the texture from the skin.

To finish things up, I added a frame using CoffeeShop's Web Frame It action.

This is a little out of my comfort zone, with the textures, BW, and all, but I think I like it.

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I'm learning I'm becoming action dependent with my editing. As soon as I open a photo, I look through my actions to determine which I want to use. I think part of is trying to be creative. When I edit my own photos, I'm constantly using CoffeeShop's Perfect Portrait, and Pioneer Woman's define and sharpen, but rarely the more dramatic actions. I think I see these Fix It Fridays as a opportunity to use more of the dramatic ones. Or perhaps, like everything, I'm just over analyzing things.

Here's the original. Personally, I think it looks pretty darn good just straight from the camera.
Comparing the two, they look pretty darn similar. First, I let Elements decide on my auto levels. Then, I'm finding I really like using Pioneer Woman's Lovely action on babies. After running the lovely action, I used PW's Sharpen This action to bring out the footprint. Needless to say, I didn't really do anything dramatic with this photo.

Ok, I had to play a little, so here it's with Coffee Shop's Sepia action.

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Warning, I have lots of edits this time around.

Original

My first edit:

Pioneer Woman's Black White Beauty Action added to above photo.

Pioneer Woman's Heartland Action at about 26%

Pioneer Woman's Lovely Action:

Then, Pioneer Woman's Sepia and a vignette:

I really can't pick a favorite, but it was fun playing around with these adorable babies.

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Out of order, I know. I can't help it I don't get a chance to edit each Friday.

The original.

My edit. Played with the levels, then used Perfect Portrait and Sunkissed--both actions from

CoffeeShop

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The Original. Honestly, I'd just take a new picture the next day. I can edit the light, but the blurriness of the face, only so so.

My edit. Not so in love with it, but tired of playing around.

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Again late, but I loved the composition of this photo so much, I had to play around with edits. In general, I used the layer masks to remove the effects from the subject's face.

Original

I used Shadowhouse's textures and Coffee Shop's Little Perk action.


Here, I used Coffeeshop's LOMO action and added a slight vignette.


And here I used Coffeeshop's Orton action.

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Original

My Edit.

Tried to mix things up a little here. I used some over exposure and played around with multiple actions from Pioneer Woman. I don't really like the idea of correcting blemishes on kids--it's part of who they are when the photo's taken. I don't know how this little dude bumped his eye, but I'm sure there's a story behind it.

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Time for another Friday of editing fun. I used Coffeeshop's painted borders for this one. I don't want to become dependent on actions, but I definitely love how they put everything in one place!

Left is the original, right is my edit. The photo was pretty darn good SOOC, so it didn't take much.

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Time for another week of I Heart Face's Fix It Friday's. Here's the original:

And here are my edits:

First, I used CoffeeShop's perfect portrait action (left). And I wanted to have some fun trying other actions, so I played around with the butterscotch action (right).