Editing Your Photos Is Essential

Highlighting Photos — Using Color, Glows, or Modified Backgrounds

 1. Color Highlights

Give your photos a few intensified colors  Let's say you've got a photo with the correct exposure and a pleasing color balance. Should you kick back and publish your image? Not necessarily. Is your image looking its very best? Likely, a photo editor can enhance your otherwise attractive photo by intensifying some of its elements, producing a colorful, luminous image.

Below you'll see already attractive photos that have been enhanced by applying more color saturation (a.k.a. color purity) to key elements.

See more examples of highlighting techniques on the glow highlights page and modified backgrounds page.

First Color-Highlight Edit  Move your cursor on then off this image to see how a slightly intensified color saturation of flower petals and brightening of the baby's colors have enhanced the original image.

Before and after images highlighting a baby sleeping outdoors on a soft cushion

Blues, yellows, and pinks were increased slightly while brightening the baby and its cushion.



Second Color-Highlight Edit  Move your cursor on then off this image to see how a more intense color saturation of the leaves and butterfly's wings and body, along with background darkening, has enhanced the original image.

Before and after images highlighting a red, orange, and gold African butterfly

The red, orange, and gold colors of the butterfly, as well as the green leaves, were increased.



Third Color-Highlight Edit  Move your cursor on then off this image to see how a much more intense color saturation of background colors and increased hair and facial saturation have enhanced the original image.

Before and after images highlighting flower petals and a child's face

Saturation was added to the background's yellows, oranges, reds, and greens.



Fourth Color-Highlight Edit  Move your cursor on then off this image to see how a slight intensification of background colors draws your eyes to the featured element.

Before and after images highlighting a crowned bird in Kenya

Background blues and reds subtly direct attention to a crowned bird in Kenya.



Fifth Color-Highlight Edit  Move your cursor on then off this image to see how adding a bold blue color tone to the water, shore, and sky plays up the reddened Golden Gate Bridge.

Before and after images highlighting the Golden Gate Bridge

The red bridge stands out amid the image's boosted blues.


Color Highlighting  |  Glow Highlighting  |  Background Highlighting


In addition to these three photo highlighting pages,
see the large collection of WCD's unique photo edit pages in the left column.



Don't wait any longer to showcase your photo presentations. Contact Warren Camp Design today, at 209-795-7661, to discuss your upcoming campaign and learn how Warren can utilize his digital artistry skills to enhance and give prominence to your photos.

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