First PSE3 picture.

Eric&Susan

Hi all. Well I've had PS elements 3 for a grand total of two days now and I at least understand some of the basics. Thank you to all who helped directly and to all who wrote articles in the past that are very informative. I got the DW some flowers today and thought it would be a perfect chance to play with PSE3. Now keep in mind the photo isn't the best as it was taken just so I could process it. So here is the photo as it came out of the camera:



In PSE3 I used several new adjusting layers (levels, hue&sat, and brightness/contrast). Here is the result with a frame and sig thanks to digismile and pathfinder:



So how did I do for a nOOb? To much? not enough? Any suggestions?


Thanks in advance,

Eric

Harryb

Eric&Susan wrote:

Hi all. Well I've had PS elements 3 for a grand total of two days now and I at least understand some of the basics. Thank you to all who helped directly and to all who wrote articles in the past that are very informative. I got the DW some flowers today and thought it would be a perfect chance to play with PSE3. Now keep in mind the photo isn't the best as it was taken just so I could process it. So here is the photo as it came out of the camera:



In PSE3 I used several new adjusting layers (levels, hue&sat, and brightness/contrast). Here is the result with a frame and sig thanks to digismile and pathfinder:



So how did I do for a nOOb? To much? not enough? Any suggestions?


Thanks in advance,

Eric

Hi Eric,

Congrats on getting PSE its a great program and it will be a lot of help to you. Thefinal shot is a tad oversaturated but I'm a chronic oversaturater myself thats why I loved my old Sony 707.

My experience has taught me that usually less is more in post work. Gradual increases in saturation, contrast, etc will usually improve your shots w/o making them look overly processed. Since you take good pics most of your work is done when you get the shot loaded into PSE.