highlight an object

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ckm
Aug 12, 2005
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Can someone tell me how to highlight an object (face of one person in group) with a circle or oval, and then make the entire rest of the photo slightly opaque?
This is to allow all the attention to the object inside the shape which will remain at the original quality.
Thank you
Kent
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Charley
Aug 12, 2005
Select the face or area that you want to highlight.
Then copy that area to a new layer. (right click and select – layer by copy)
Go to Brightness/Contrast and adjust this layer to be a bit lighter than the background.
If you want you can change the active layer and do the same for the background layer only adjust it to be a bit darker.

There are many other "and more graphically correct" methods of doing this, but this should give you what you are looking for.
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Charley

"ckm" wrote in message
Can someone tell me how to highlight an object (face of one person in group) with a circle or oval, and then make the entire rest of the photo slightly opaque?
This is to allow all the attention to the object inside the shape which will remain at the original quality.
Thank you
Kent
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ckm
Aug 13, 2005
Charley,
That should do exactly what I want.
Thanks for the reply.
Kent

Charley wrote:
Select the face or area that you want to highlight.
Then copy that area to a new layer. (right click and select – layer by copy)
Go to Brightness/Contrast and adjust this layer to be a bit lighter than the background.
If you want you can change the active layer and do the same for the background layer only adjust it to be a bit darker.

There are many other "and more graphically correct" methods of doing this, but this should give you what you are looking for.
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ckm
Aug 13, 2005
Thanks to several who answered. The tip from Charley using the various brightness/contrast method really did the job exactly like I wanted.
"graphically correct or not, it is practically correct"

Kent

ckm wrote:
Charley,
That should do exactly what I want.
Thanks for the reply.
Kent

Charley wrote:

Select the face or area that you want to highlight.
Then copy that area to a new layer. (right click and select – layer by copy)
Go to Brightness/Contrast and adjust this layer to be a bit lighter than the
background.
If you want you can change the active layer and do the same for the background layer only adjust it to be a bit darker.

There are many other "and more graphically correct" methods of doing this,
but this should give you what you are looking for.

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