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Making Corrie Glow

Text is hard to read on busy backgrounds. In this shot of Corrie I needed to add separation between her and the background. I also needed the background to be darker and more OOF (Out Of Focus). Here is how I achieved it.

I began with this original shot that is slightly overexposed and the background is too busy to make text legible as you can see with the version 1.0 composite

At first all I was going to do was add a graduated filter to the top of the image to darken it down and make the text more legible. However, I decided I wanted to add more separation between Corrie and the background. I also thought it would be a nice, almost subliminal touch, to add a slight golden glow behind her to make her and the empty pot the absolute center of attention Here is a movie showing the process:


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