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Dreamy Photos
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1. Open the image that requires the fairy dust treatment.

2. Using the Vignette Trick; blur the edges of your photo . Use a big value for the Feather (90)

3. On a new layer , Draw small areas with a soft edge paintbrush .
4. Select the layer by holding the Control Button and clicking on the image in the layers menu.
5. Click on the eye to make this layer invisible.

(In Photoshop, you could use a Mask instead)

6. Select the painted layer (CTRL+CLICK) Animated example, and Feather (CTRL+ALT+D) your selection (Once again use a big value).


7. Modify the Curve (CTRL+M) to something like this.

You can replace this step by modifying the Brightness/Contrast (Bright=50/Cont=40).

8. Bring up the Hue/Saturation Menu (CTRL+U). Then decrease the Hue by (-10 or more) and increase the Saturation (±25).
9. At this point you could also modify the curve again to get more highlights.

You could also combine this effect with the Glamour Photo Trick
   
 

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