1.  Control the exposure using the histogram  Crop to correct Rule of Thirds issues  Do you keep the color or go black & white?  Adjust color to taste, including balance in Raw  Adjust highlights and shadows for more detail  Clean up unwanted artifacts  Use vignette to increase focus on the subject

2.  Image Adjustments – Levels and/or Curves for exposure control  Crop tool for cropping  Image – Adjustments for b&w and shadows/highlights  Clean up with Clone Stamp Tool  Vignette is more complicated  Not on a menu and no tool  Do it using layer adjustment and marquee or with distorted lens correction

3. Select the Marquee Tool – add feathering (250 pixels) Draw a selection near the corners Reverse the selection: Select > Inverse Add a Levels Adjustment Layer: Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels Darken the image by adjusting the histogram In the Layers Panel, reduce the opacity of the vignette Adjustment Layer to taste Thanks Darrel Priebe – www.dazzlingphotography.com

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