How Much Photoshopping Is Too Much?

You may wonder how one notices that a photo is edited so much, or even how a photo that has got so much editing looks like. First, we have e to look at the real meaning of photoshopping. Photoshopping typically means, to alter a photo by use of a photoshop software.

Photoshopping is done in order to acquire the best out of your photo. A simple photoshop can magnify the important details of a photo. The various entities considered while photoshopping are contrast, sharpness, saturation, vibrancy,levels and cropping. But then if these entities are used in excess, they distort the photo and hence the photo loses its originality.

 To what extent is photoshopping too much? The discussion below will answer this important question:

1.    Saturation

Saturation adds more depth of colour to our photos when we edit them. It makes the colours in photos to be viewed vividly. For us to acquire the best saturation, we should increase it gradually.  However, the photo might achieve very bad results if the saturation goes beyond the required level. This will make the colours in the photo have so much intensity and therefore look fake. Too much photoshopping will come out when we see the photo oversaturated and this makes it look ridiculous.

2.    Sharpness

Sharpness in photoshop is very important. This is because it helps remove blurriness and fuzziness from photos. By doing this it means the edges of the photo are altered keenly by the use of Photoshop as the editing factor. If the photo has got a high number of pixels, then it is rendered sharp but it will become too much if we exceed the normal level of the lens blur. Too much of the ‘amount ‘ and  ‘radius’ will make the photo look counterproductive and distorted.

3.    Contrast

While photoshopping, we should put contrast into consideration. By adjusting contrast, the brightness of a photo is determined.  We can realize that there is too much photoshopping when we look at a photo and the lights or darks are clipped, this tells us that the photo has lost details because of too much photoshopping. When there is too much photoshopping, we can notice that the edges of the images have halos and thus the image has no detail at all.

4.    Levels

By using photoshop, levels are adjusted by the use of curves. We should adjust the tonal range of the image in order to get the best results. However, too much-photoshopping spoils the clarity of the image since too much adjustment of the curves makes the image to have either so much light or too dark. if the middle pointer moves too much higher than 1.00 or much lower, then that is too much photoshopping.

5. Cropping

Cropping is simply cutting out that which is not necessary for a photo by use of photoshop. If there is something in a picture that makes it lose meaning then it can be cropped. Nevertheless, if an image is cropped without reason, then it loses meaning and that is too much photoshopping.

In conclusion, when we use too much effect in photoshop to edit a photo, the photo becomes of no essence and that is too much photoshopping.