For the January 2007 issue of 3ABN World, we are running a feature on the new children’s studio that is being built. Since the children’s studio will be housed inside our existing 3ABN Worship Center, using a studio space in the back, we wanted to show what the Worship Center looks like. Unfortunately we did not have any flattering pictures of the building’s exterior, only shots of its construction and later shots prior to the landscaping being completed. The only recent shot we had was taken after all the leaves had fallen. But, with Photoshop, that can be fixed….

As you can see, I made three scenic changes: Colored the sky a bit, painted in the trees (yes, it was done with a digital brush, not a cloning tool), and greened up the grass. What do you think of the results?

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A regular part of my work as a graphic designer is retouching photos. In many cases this involves subtle improvements, but occasionally a photo may need more drastic editing. Below is a somewhat poor photo that needed some work (faded, blue color cast, little real color, noise and scratches, etc.). The flesh tones were so far gone that they could not be restored from color data in the photo itself; I had to manually paint them in. This is not a particularly dramatic example, but it does show the kind of retouching I do.

Before:

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