paint shop pro 7 : moving mountains

week 2 : manual photo enhancements
part two : additional image experiments
anyone who has been through other classes with me knows i have a favorite site (and permission :) for grabbing images of adorable kitties. it is a VERY good thing that CATSONTHEWEB.ORG is located in new england and i'm in nashville, tn. if it was closer, i am afraid i'd have dozens of these darling, furry felines here in the cathouse!

in these experiments, i simply wanted to pull the kitties out of their backgrounds just a bit.
oooooh, they are so hard to resist!!!
original image
emma


original image

this is a lovely pose, but she seems to fade into the shadows here

emma
gently adjusted


adjusted image

  • histogram adjustments
  • gamma: 1.20
  • midtones: 4
  • manual color correction
  • freehand selection of cat, invert selection
  • pure color: black
  • unchecked preserve saturation
  • freehand selection of eyes
  • pure color: yellow green
  • unchecked preserve saturation
  • hsl
  • freehand selection of bright spot on tail
  • lightness lowered, but I seem to have misplaced the settings :(
original image
bluemoon


original image

this is emma's *hubby*
they have two kittens who have already been adopted

i would have dearly loved to use the forbidden scratch removal and blur tools on this background
*smile*

bluemoon
not so blue


adjusted image

  • histogram adjustments
  • gamma: 1.20
  • midtones: -10
  • manual color correction
  • freehand selection of cat
  • beverage: black coffee
  • hsl
  • hue: 0
  • saturation:4
  • lightness:??up
  • more color correction
  • freehand selection of eyes
  • fruits: apple green light
  • unchecked preserve saturation
  • unsharp mask
  • radius: 3.00
  • strength: 30
  • clipping: 4
original image
holman


original image

just playing with color change and popping old holman out of his hole a bit more

holman
adjusted


adjusted image

  • histogram adjustments
  • gamma: 1.00
  • midtones: 17
  • manual color correction
  • freehand selection of cat and dark hole, invert selection
  • misc: jeans light
original image
parker


original image

once again, i just wanted to pop the cat out of the backgroud...AND was just itching to use the cloning and retouch tools to get rid of that foot, or whatever it is, in the background
*sniff*

parker
adjusted


adjusted image

  • histogram adjustments
  • gamma: 1.00
  • midtones: -23
  • manual color correction x 2
  • freehand selection of cat, invert selection
  • fruit: apple red
  • unsharp mask
  • radius: 16.92
  • strength: 28
  • clipping: 5
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