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So you where one of those who’d like to know how I process my photos?
I made a special screencast that shows you how I processed my latest photos from San Francisco that I posted earlier last week. I’ve chosen to use Exposure 3 from Alien Skin to process these series of photos because this plugin will add that special film look to your photos, and in my mind Film=Retro & Retro=San Francisco.

What about your special actions? I still use them but you can be so creative with a plugin that gives you hundreds of pre installed processing options. Just watch the screencast and you’ll see what I mean because I don’t use the simple 1-click apply and save option. This is a simple example of what you can do, normally I can spend hours on one photo with masking / blending / adding and removing different layers.

Here are 3 thumbnails that show u the difference between the processing techniques. The first photo is the original SOOC, the second one is the photo with a simple 1-click apply and save option, and the third photo is the one that has multiple processing layers.

Feel free to leave comments or ask questions if you’re having trouble.

Here’s the screencast, be sure to set it to the 720P mode to get a clear video.

As for the opening of my brand new blog I am giving you all a free mini tutorial
to re-create the purple haze on your own photos. I applied this way of processing
on my first photo from san Francisco to give it a retro / modern look.

This will be the final result after the tutorial

So lets start with opening a un processed photo.

Then go to Layer > New fill layer > Solid color > OK
To select the purple solid color from the color picker enter the following RGB code: R144 G73 B133 or this Hex code: 904985 and finish with OK
And set the layer Fill opacity to 26%

Go to the adjustments window and select “Curves” and draw a curve just like you see on the screenshot below.

Then go to Layer > New fill layer > Solid color > OK
To select the vanilla solid color from the color picker enter the following RGB code: R254 G252 B239 or this Hex code: fefcef and finish with OK
And set the layer opacity to 21% and the layer fill opacity to 77%

And your done! if the outcome is not exactly what you’d aspected you can easily change the final result by tweaking the purple / vanilla colors or by drawing another curve.

Enjoy!