special effects

essential skills

• Create a smooth tone effect to suppress detail and texture.

• Enhance detail and depth to create a dramatic effect.

• Color grade and split tone images to create a signature style.

• Create an image with reduced depth of field.

• Create a Tilt-Shift effect.

• Create a ‘Faux’ style by manipulating focus and color.

• Create a Lens Flare effect.

• Add a creative border and texture.

art

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Smooth Tone technique – Project 1

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