"THREE-STEP EXTREME"

HI ALL, SCARLET HERE BRINGING YOU A NEW TUTORIAL.
I HAVE BEEN USING THIS
SEQUENCE OF STEPS
EVER SINCE I FIRST STARTED TO LEARN IMAGING.
I HAVE BEEN COMPLIMENTED, RIDICULED, YOU NAME IT
(ALL DEPENDING ON TASTE)
FOR THE LOOKS OF MY FIRST IMAGING....
ONE OF THE MANY ADJECTIVES BEING KNOWN AS "NEON FLASHY".
WELL, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU LIKE OR ARE TRYING TO GET... YES,,, SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS WITH THIS.
FOR THE MOST PART AND SIGNIFICANT REASON FOR DOING IT IS TO
E V O K E
AS MUCH COLOR AS YOU CAN GET OUT OF YOUR MATTE.

UP UNTIL THE PAST YEAR OR SO THOUGH, THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIT OF A GLITCHE TO PREVENT ME FROM WRITING A TUTORIAL ON THIS, THAT BEING THAT THE 3RD STEP CAN OFTIMES CAUSE SOME "WHITISH SHADOWS" (AREAS) THAT YOU DO NOT NECESSARILY WANT TO STAND OUT.

HOWEVER , SINCE NEW EFFECTS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT INTO IMAGE MAGICK, ALONG WITH ME WORKING WITH IT MUCH MORE, THERE ARE WAYS TO GET AROUND THIS.

HENCEFORTH AND THERETOFORE....:-)
I AM GLAD TO SAY I CAN FINALLY BRING THIS TO YOU IN CONFIDENCE THAT YOU WILL HAVE AN IMAGE TO BE PROUD OF!!!

THE STEPS ARE SO SIMPLE THAT YOU WILL BE RUNNING THROUGH IMAGES. NO SAVING URLS!!! NO FITTING TOGETHER PIECES!!!

BING, BOOM BANG...
(HOWEVER, DUE TO THAT SOMETIMES OCCURENCE IN THE IMAGE THAT I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE STEPS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE OR CHOOSE NOT TO USE WITH THE BASE FORMULA. IT IS ALL UP TO YOU AND IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE....
SO, LET'S GO!!!!

BASE FORMULA

ENHANCE/NEGATE
**don't forget about those
"CHANNEL DROP-DOWN" BOXES
for added color

ENHANCE/EQUALIZE

COMPOSITE/DIFFERENCE

FINITO!!!

HERE IS WHERE THE WHITE AREAS THAT YOU DO NOT WANT CAN APPEAR.
HERE ARE OPTIONS TO GET RID OF THEM

(ever since Decorate/Composite came along, getting rid of them is easy
PLUS
you can also add some extra SHAZZZZAM to your image if you wish to...)

IF YOU WANT TO ADD MORE COLOR,,,
TO COVER UP ANY UNWANTED AREAS FROM THE COMPOSITE/DIFFERENCE
OR GIVE IT A BOOST...

-- DECORATE/COMPOSITE
(ANY SIZE BORDER)
(ANY COLOR)
BORDER
COMPOSITE=(ANY EFFECT YOU CHOOSE TO USE)
OR
YOU CAN ALSO USE
-- "ENHANCE/HUE" (ANY PARAMETER YOU WISH)
TO TRANSFORM/BLEND THOSE UNWANTED WHITE AREAS INTO THE REST OF YOUR MATTE.

ORIGINAL

PENSIVE PHOENIX

ORIGINAL

2 WOMEN IMAGED

ORIGINAL

"ARISTOTLE"

NO!!! THERE IS NOT ANYMORE TO IT THAN THAT. :-)

FINISH IT UP AS IS
OR, AGAIN, IF WHITE INAPPROPRIATE AREAS BLEND THEM IN USING YOUR COLOR "TRICKS OF THE TRADE"
THEN DO WHATEVER ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO BUT AS FAR AS THE "TECHNIQUE" GOES..
FOLLOW THE BASE FORMULA.
IT IS THAT SIMPLE.

HAVE FUN,,,AND KEEP THOSE SUNGLASSES NEARBY...

TE NAMASTE,
SCARLET PIRATE VOYAGER