PHOTOSHOP® ELEMENTS 3: DOWN & Dirty TRICKS

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One Hour Photo

Portrait and Studio Effects

Don’t let the title of this chapter

fool you; the photographic special

effects here don’t take one hour.

Most take like 3 minutes. Well, 4 if you’re editing

images with one hand and eating a sandwich

with the other. If you charge by the hour, this

is the last thing you want to hear, but there’s a

way around that: If the photo effect you want

to use has 12 steps, do only the first 10 steps.

Then, drive to your client’s office and present it

as your “initial proof.” Then, drop off your dry

cleaning, go to a museum, have some dinner,

catch a movie, etc. Then, go back to your office,

complete Steps 11 and