PiCKLEBERRYPOP

I don’t know about you, but I am all about quick and easy photo editing, and I have a tough time with Lightroom (for whatever reason, we’ll call it a mental block for now lol!). In my internet perusing, looking for fast photo edits I could do in Photoshop, I came across this guy… Peter McKinnon… and his “How to make your photos look better fast!” Perfect, right?

Download the PDF

So, to start with if you’re not familiar with Camera Raw, you can find it here:

In Photoshop: Filter > Camera Raw

In Photoshop Elements: Open Image in Camera Raw

Also he uses a MAC. I have a PC, but was able to figure out what he was doing with his shortcut commands. His Content-Aware step is just a color fill (honest!). I think that’s about the only thing that was even remotely confusing. Here’s my original photo… which is one of my favorites, it turned out really well!

And here’s what it looks like after watching Peter’s tutorial:

It was really simple and I had a lot of fun doing it! Here’s a look at my layers if you’re interested:

Photo actions are great, but, not all actions are created equal. What works for one photo, may not work for the next one, so it’s always nice to be able to work your own magic! I hope you gleamed a little of your own magic out of his tutorial!