Vignettes - and adding a little D*R*A*M*A

Today I am going to show you how to add a simple vignette to you images in PSE6.

First lets open an image, like this one of Princess-in-Training. Isn’t she cute (everyone say yes!) I just love that look on her face!

Next, we are going to go into filters and choose Correct Camera Distortion.

Your screen will now look like this:

On the right side you will see a slider for creating a vignette. Slide it toward the left to achieve the amount of vignette you want in your image. I like to turn off the Grid at the bottom of the page and then I can see how much I am sliding down my amount and midpoint.

Now click OK and you are done!

Like I told you easy – a vignette to add dept to our image!

I like it just fine – but that is about it. Still kind of flat for me. I like something a little more dramatic. So let’s add a little drama!

Using my Shape Tool I am going to drag a white rectangle over the image. Notice that I have white as my foreground color and black as my background.

You then repeat the steps to create a vignette – but first you need to simplify the shape.

Create another vignette with the slider.

Click okay when you are satisfied with your vignette.

Now for the drama – we are going to blend the vignette to the image of Princess-in-Training!

On the right side of your screen, right about the Shape in the Layers palate you will see a menu drop down that say normal. Click on that as I have:

Now you want to select Multiply – make sure that you have the Shape layer highlighted in the Layer Palate.

Merge the layers together and wow! Here is my final image :D

This is just a spring board to enhance your images her are some variations I did just to show you the possibilities!

Yes, she is defiantly a drama queen :D