The Enthusiast's Guide to Photoshop

64. AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

I WANTED TO CLOSE out this book by doing something a little artistic—to leave you with a source of inspiration, if you will. I took this picture in Amsterdam and it felt a little flat when I brought it home, but that didn’t stop me from trying to do something whimsical and creative with it (Figure 64.1).

Figure 64.1 A picture I took in Amsterdam—the original file.

1. 1 In Camera Raw, we can bring back a lot of the detail by increasing the Shadows and Whites and decreasing the Highlights and Blacks. We’ll round out the picture ...