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Often a very good photo is ruined because it lacks "pop". This is a way of saying that the image looks flat and boring.

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Often a very good photo is ruined because it lacks "pop". This is a way of saying that the image looks flat and boring.

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      <title>Now you're ready to mark the black point. The black eyedropper should still be selected. Place your cursor directly over the marker you left before on the man's hat. You'll know that it's di ...</title>
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      <title>Making sure the white point eyedropper is still seleccted, click on the 2nd marker that you left, on the man's shirt.&#13;
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I've place markers on his face to show the shadow and highlight ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://dgrin.smugmug.com/Tutorials/Photoshop-Start-Here/Make-Your-Image-Pop/2292454_mjGJs#119801389_MWKPn" title="In the case of this image, the focus of our interest is the man's face. So that is where we want to have the most contrast.&#13;
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I've place markers on his face to show the shadow and highlight ..."&gt;&lt;img src="http://dgrin.smugmug.com/Tutorials/Photoshop-Start-Here/Make-Your-Image-Pop/sample-points/119801389_MWKPn-Th-1.png" width="150" height="131" alt="In the case of this image, the focus of our interest is the man's face. So that is where we want to have the most contrast.&#13;
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      <title>So now you've got two new points in your curve.&#13;
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All you need to do now is to make the line between the two steeper. Experiment with it, and see what looks good to you. &#13;
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This type of a  ...</title>
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All you need to do now is to make the line between the two steeper. Experiment with it, and see what looks good to you. &#13;
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All you need to do now is to make the line between the two steeper. Experiment with it, and see what looks good to you. &#13;
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This type of a  ..."&gt;&lt;img src="http://dgrin.smugmug.com/Tutorials/Photoshop-Start-Here/Make-Your-Image-Pop/curves-curves/119806836_85Yee-Th-1.png" width="149" height="150" alt="So now you've got two new points in your curve.&#13;
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This type of a  ..." title="So now you've got two new points in your curve.&#13;
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All you need to do now is to make the line between the two steeper. Experiment with it, and see what looks good to you. &#13;
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All you need to do now is to make the line between the two steeper. Experiment with it, and see what looks good to you. &#13;
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This type of a  ..." title="So now you've got two new points in your curve.&#13;
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      <title>And here's the result.&#13;
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Better, eh?</title>
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Better, eh?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://dgrin.smugmug.com/Tutorials/Photoshop-Start-Here/Make-Your-Image-Pop/2292454_mjGJs#119801250_7WBQX" title="And here's the result.&#13;
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Better, eh?"&gt;&lt;img src="http://dgrin.smugmug.com/Tutorials/Photoshop-Start-Here/Make-Your-Image-Pop/5049646901-curve/119801250_7WBQX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="And here's the result.&#13;
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Better, eh?" title="And here's the result.&#13;
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Better, eh?" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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Better, eh?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://dgrin.smugmug.com/Tutorials/Photoshop-Start-Here/Make-Your-Image-Pop/2292454_mjGJs#119801250_7WBQX" title="And here's the result.&#13;
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Better, eh?"&gt;&lt;img src="http://dgrin.smugmug.com/Tutorials/Photoshop-Start-Here/Make-Your-Image-Pop/5049646901-curve/119801250_7WBQX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="And here's the result.&#13;
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Better, eh?" title="And here's the result.&#13;
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The compression that I had to do to animate it is evident, but you still get the idea!</title>
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The compression that I had to do to animate it is evident, but you still get the idea!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://dgrin.smugmug.com/Tutorials/Photoshop-Start-Here/Make-Your-Image-Pop/2292454_mjGJs#119852962_PFiy4" title="Here's an animated toggle to show you how far we've come from the start.

The compression that I had to do to animate it is evident, but you still get the idea!"&gt;&lt;img src="http://dgrin.smugmug.com/Tutorials/Photoshop-Start-Here/Make-Your-Image-Pop/119801250-S/119852962_PFiy4-Th-1.gif" width="150" height="100" alt="Here's an animated toggle to show you how far we've come from the start.

The compression that I had to do to animate it is evident, but you still get the idea!" title="Here's an animated toggle to show you how far we've come from the start.

The compression that I had to do to animate it is evident, but you still get the idea!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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The compression that I had to do to animate it is evident, but you still get the idea!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://dgrin.smugmug.com/Tutorials/Photoshop-Start-Here/Make-Your-Image-Pop/2292454_mjGJs#119852962_PFiy4" title="Here's an animated toggle to show you how far we've come from the start.

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