The video, hosted by Peter McKinnon, is a tutorial on how to enhance photos using Photoshop. He starts by explaining the importance of photo editing and the tools available in Photoshop. He then proceeds to demonstrate how to use the Camera Raw plugin in Photoshop to adjust the exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, and whites of a photo.
Next, he shows how to clean up dust or imperfections on a photo using the spot healing brush tool. He also explains the importance of working on layers in Photoshop, which allows for easy adjustments and corrections.
He then demonstrates how to sharpen an image by blurring it first and then applying a Gaussian Blur. He also explains how to desaturate an image to affect only the lightness and darkness while sharpening it.
Peter then demonstrates how to warm up a photo by creating a new layer and using the Content Aware tool to change the color of the photo. He also shows how to make certain parts of the photo brighter or darker by creating new layers and adjusting the brightness and contrast.
Finally, he concludes by showing how to group all the edits together into a single layer and flatten the image. He emphasizes that the style of the photo is a personal preference and that the more consistent one is with their style, the more recognizable it becomes.
The video ends with Peter thanking the viewers for watching and encouraging them to interact with the comments and likes.
1. The speaker, Peter McKinnon, is discussing how to improve photos using Photoshop.
2. He mentions that basic editing skills can be applied to photographs at home using Photoshop.
3. He is using Photoshop CC and recommends using Adobe's subscription-based service.
4. He demonstrates how to tweak the exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, and whites of a photo using the Camera Raw plugin in Photoshop.
5. He explains that the vibrance can be increased and the clarity can be tweaked to sharpen the image.
6. He emphasizes the importance of working on layers in Photoshop to avoid irreversible edits.
7. He demonstrates how to duplicate a background, stamp a visible layer on top of it, and paste that image into the new layer.
8. He explains how to sharpen an image by blurring it first, and then desaturating it to affect only the lightness and darkness.
9. He uses the High Pass filter to enhance the sharpness of the image.
10. He explains how to warm the photo up by creating a new layer and using the Content Aware tool to change the color to orange.
11. He demonstrates how to make the eyes brighter or darken the mountains in the background by creating new layers and adjusting the brightness and contrast.
12. He emphasizes the importance of subtle edits for a pleasing end result.
13. He concludes by stating that the process of editing photos is a matter of personal preference and that it's cool to see one's own style develop.