I really like how these pics look. Very myspace-y lol. Does anyone know how to get these effects?

Up the brightness & contrast?

A lot of those effects can be created from Duplicating the picture, setting that layer to soft light and then upping the Brightness/Contrast. Real easy.

Personally I enjoy the Duplicate, Screen, Duplicate, Soft Light or Overlay maneuver.

Or you could simply just up the Brightness/Contrast by at least 20 respectively.

thanks guys! The colors didn't turn out EXACTLY like in the pics but I'm guessing it depends on the camera and your surroundings

If you're using Photoshop, I think you should add a new adjustment layer (layer>>new adjustment layer I think, but I don't have photoshop opened so I'm not exactly sure), and set a new gradient map that is black and white. If your preview is checked, the pic should turn black & white. Then, when you press okay, set that new layer to Luminosity.

And then I think you should edit the curves.

And then MAYBE, just maybe, do some selective coloring.



The little things count as much as the big ones. ;)

most of the time its the camera's doing.
levels, brightness/contrast, duplicating the layer and setting it to overlay or soft light
does the trick.

thanks for all the suggestions you guys! I've tried using all these methods

are there any sites for these kinds of myspace-ish colorings and stuff? lol

Define sites?

This is done in photoshop.


Open your image, then duplicate the layer. On the duplicated layer go to filter>>blur>>Gaussian blur.

Make that setting about a 6.7 to 7. Hit ok

Now make the blurred layer set to Overlay. Thats it. Adds a pretty glow to the image. You can change the effects by adjusting the blur or using different layers like screen, darken etc.

pixieneedles: thanks! that's like my oldest technique. never fails!

Along with all that was mentioned in this thread, there's also things called "actions" you can download and use in Photoshop.

A place to get the actions:
http://browse.deviantart.com/resources/app...ctions/?order=9

And here's how to use them:
http://www.shutterfreaks.com/Tips/GettingStartedPS.html