editing tips.

If you have any type of Photoshop (I have Elements 12) you should be able to make some unwanted thing in a picture disappear using the clone stamp tool. All I have to do is press "s" and it automatically makes this tool accessible to me. I am going to show a before and after photo where I used to clone stamp tool and a few actions to kind of blend away a feeding tube.

Before

After

 

Okay, to use the clone stamp tool you have to drag your mouse over an area and press the alt button at the same time. For example, I wanted the tube to disappear but leave behind skin so I held my alt button and dragged the mouse over an area of skin I wanted to "clone", let go of the alt and dragged my mouse over the tube, blending it away. It took some time to match that skin tone, and my perfectionist self still doesn't think it looks perfect, but this little girl's mom is just excited that she can have 7 month photos without a tube in her daughter's nose. To finish up I used the creamy skin smoother action I purchased in the Greater Than Gatsby Newborn Essentials Collection (which I absolutely recommend) all over her face, brightened her eyes like I would any other photo and then added another action that I thought brought out the colors nicely. Here are a few more from this shoot.