THE ANDRE PIENAAR C5 GUIDE

MAKING YOUR PHOTOS MORE VIBRANT

• CREATING A GREATER LEVEL OF VIBRANCY TO YOUR PHOTOS IS CRUCIAL WHEN TRYING TO CATCH THE EYE OF OTHERS. THINK ABOUT YOUR OWN EXPERIENCES, WHEN WALKING IN THE STREET THE MORE VIBRANT AND COLOURFUL BILLBOARDS AND POSTERS THAT YOU SEE TEND TO CATCH YOUR ATTENTION MUCH MORE SO THAN PERHAPS A PLAINER OR EVEN SUBTLE BLACK AND WHITE DESIGN. THIS TUTORIAL WILL LOOK TO SHOW YOU SOME GREAT TIPS ON HOW TO ACHIEVE A GREATER LEVEL OF VIBRANCY TO YOUR PHOTOS.

• FOR THIS TUTORIAL, WE WILL BE USING THE ONLINE PHOTO EDITOR ‘PIXLR’. THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT CAN BE USED TO EDIT PHOTOS IN GREAT DEPTH OR TO SIMPLY PUT NEW FILTERS OR BORDERS ON. THE SECOND OPTION IS WHAT WE WILL BE GOING FOR AND THIS IS EASILY SELECTED BY GOING ON THEIR WEBSITE AND CLICKING THE ‘EASY’ OPTION.

• AS ALWAYS, LET US START WITH A PHOTO OF THE WONDERFUL CITROEN C5.

• NEXT LET US OPEN UP THE ‘ADJUSTMENT’ TAB WHERE YOU WILL SEE A WHOLE HOST OF OPTIONS.

• IF YOU CLOCK THE ‘COLOUR’ OPTION, THREE ADJUSTMENTS SHOULD APPEAR: HUE, SATURATION AND LIGHTNESS.

• AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS MADE HAD CREATED MORE OF A BLOOD RED SKY LOOK, COMPARED TO THE WEAKER GLOW OF A SUNSET SEEN IN THE ORIGINAL PHOTOS.

• ADJUSTING THE CONTRAST CAN ALSO BE THAT MINOR ADJUSTMENT WHICH MAKES OR BREAKS YOUR PHOTO.

• HERE HE HAVE SLIGHTLY FIDDLED AROUND WITH THE BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST, CREATING MORE PROMINENT SHADOWS ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR AS WELL AS MORE GLOWING SURROUNDINGS.

• THIS NEXT IMAGE IS OF THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR, ONCE AGAIN WITH A SUN SETTING SKY IN THE BACKGROUND.

• WITH A FEW ADJUSTMENTS, LET’S SEE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE IT.

• WHEN SELECTING THE ‘FOCAL’ OPTION YOU HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS. • FIRST OF ALL YOU CAN ADJUST THE FOCUS OF THE SHOT, INCLUDING

WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD PREFER A CIRCULAR FOCAL POINT OR A RECTANGULAR ONE.

• FOLLOWING ON THERE ARE TWO FURTHER OPTIONS TO ADJUST THE COLOUR AND THE GLOW. WE HAVE DONE SO AND CREATED A MUCH MORE VIBRANT LOOKING SKY ONCE AGAIN.

• WITH ALL THE OPTIONS FOR EDITING PHOTOS ON PIXLR THE ONLY LIMITATIONS ARE THE LIMITS ON YOUR OWN CREATIVITY. ALL THE BEST WITH YOUR PHOTO EDITS IN THE FUTURE.