High-Contrast Look

The super-high-contrast look is incredibly popular right now, and while there are a number of plug-ins that can give you this look, along with a Camera Raw technique I’ll show you next, I wanted to include this version, which I learned from German retoucher Calvin Hollywood, who shared this technique during a stint as my special guest blogger at my daily blog (www.scottkelby.com). The great thing about his version is you don’t need to buy a third-party plug-in to get this look. My thanks to Calvin for sharing this technique with me, and now you.

Step One:

Open the image you want to apply a high-contrast look to.

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