The video is a tutorial by Peter MacKinnon on how to enhance photos using Photoshop and Camera Raw. He starts by explaining that sometimes, a photo taken on a vacation or trip might not look as good when viewed on a computer. He suggests using Photoshop and Camera Raw to edit the photos and make them look better.
He begins by importing a photo into Photoshop. He then uses the Camera Raw plugin to adjust the exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, and clarity of the photo. He also explains the importance of working on layers in Photoshop, allowing for easy adjustments and corrections.
Next, he demonstrates how to clean up any dust or imperfections on the photo using the Spot Healing Brush. He also shows how to duplicate a layer to make edits without affecting the original image.
He then demonstrates how to sharpen the image by first blurring it and then using a high-pass filter to make it look sharper. He also shows how to warm up the photo by adding a layer with a color picker and changing the blending mode to soft light.
To make the eyes brighter and the mountains in the background darker, he creates new layers and adjusts the brightness and contrast. He also shows how to darken the mounds in the background by drawing a line along the waterline and using the Curves tool to darken the image.
Finally, he adds an adjustment layer for curves and bumps up the curves at the bottom of the image to give it a slight overall bump in brightness. He then groups all the edits together and resets the image to its original state for comparison.
He concludes by emphasizing that editing is a personal preference and that the more consistent one is with a particular style, the more that style becomes their own. He encourages viewers to experiment with different settings and steps to develop their own style.
Here are some possible facts extracted from the text:
1. The text is a transcript of a video tutorial by Peter MacKinnon on how to make photos look better fast using Photoshop.
2. The tutorial covers topics such as Camera Raw, Gaussian blur, Spot Healing Brush, clone stamp, layers, blending modes, curves, and high pass filter.
3. The tutorial uses an example photo of a man standing in front of a lake and mountains and shows how to enhance the contrast, sharpness, color, and mood of the image.
4. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of working in layers, being subtle with edits, and developing a personal style.