You've made your super cool costume, you're really proud of it and you go and do an awesome photoshoot! But how do you make your photos that much better??
With photo editing you can do a wide array of things from making your photos sharper and crisper, adjusting the colour, painting out blemishes or even going as far to completely change out the background! There are plenty of tools available for doing this, but the most common one you will hear of is Adobe's Photoshop and Lightroom. You can also use programs like Affinity Photo, or my favourite (and definitely the least conventional) Nuke. I've had plenty years experience using photoshop, but never to actually edit photos. This is something I want to get better at. I'm learning Affinity photo right now as well, which does all the same things as Photoshop but for a fraction of the cost. The reason my tool of choice is Nuke is because of my years of experience doing compositing for film. In Film and TV you need to know how to adjust colour on elements you are adding to your shot, how to roto around characters and objects to replace backgrounds, and also how to work with different formats and resolutions. This is not the tool I would recommend to a beginner for photo editing, I just find it easier since it's a tool I already use daily. There are SO many books, websites and tutorials that teach you how to do photo editing. I highly recommend looking up some youtube tutorials before you dive in. Try to get some ideas of what you want to do with your photos and watch some videos on how to do that. I just recently bought Kamui Cosplay's book on photography and photo editing for cosplay and I have to say it is by far my favourite reference. She has so many great tips on what to look for in your software, what things you should try changing first on your photo like white balance, brightness and contrast. Well worth a look! I hope this has helped spark some interest for you on editing your photos!
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