1. The quick selection tool - easy to select a section in your photo e.g the background.
2. Refine edge - You can change colours on this, the contrast, smooth, feather and shift edge.
This changes the background you selected if you are on the right layer.
3. You can copy and paste a background image you want e.g of Google Images. On the right hand side, there's a box displaying your layers, you can move them around to ensure your subject is in the foreground of your picture.
If you want 2very similar background images (or2 of the same just smaller to get the detail clearer) Place them together and use the blend tool to merge them together.
4. Filter - Nik Software - Color Effex Pro 4.
Click on the layer you want to manipulate. You can pick an effect to use while altering the colour, contrast, brightness, blur, shadows and highlights of the image selected.
5. Filter - Blur - Tilt Shift.
Controls parts of the layer selected that you want to blur e.g the top and bottom third.
6. Can add text, change fonts, effects, sizes and colours etc..
7. Colour picker tool.
This allows you to get the exact same colour as another part of your image to make sure the colours in your product are consistent.
8. Image - Alterations - Curves.
This alters the exposure to light your image is getting - Making it lighter or darker.
2. Refine edge - You can change colours on this, the contrast, smooth, feather and shift edge.
This changes the background you selected if you are on the right layer.
3. You can copy and paste a background image you want e.g of Google Images. On the right hand side, there's a box displaying your layers, you can move them around to ensure your subject is in the foreground of your picture.
If you want 2very similar background images (or2 of the same just smaller to get the detail clearer) Place them together and use the blend tool to merge them together.
4. Filter - Nik Software - Color Effex Pro 4.
Click on the layer you want to manipulate. You can pick an effect to use while altering the colour, contrast, brightness, blur, shadows and highlights of the image selected.
5. Filter - Blur - Tilt Shift.
Controls parts of the layer selected that you want to blur e.g the top and bottom third.
6. Can add text, change fonts, effects, sizes and colours etc..
7. Colour picker tool.
This allows you to get the exact same colour as another part of your image to make sure the colours in your product are consistent.
8. Image - Alterations - Curves.
This alters the exposure to light your image is getting - Making it lighter or darker.