If you were to guess what application that window came from, what would be your first guess; Aperture? Photoshop? Nice try, but it actually comes from Preview.app. By hitting Option+Command+C, you can obtain this little popup that let’s you adjust the color levels in your photo. Here is a picture of my sister with a baby panda before modification. Notice all the annoying fake shrubbery in the background.
After some cropping and a few quick adjustments (mainly on the contrast and sharpness, we get this as our final product
Without any photoshopping at all, I’ve managed to get rid all the annoying foliage. If you look closer and compare the two pictures, it also becomes apparent that the colors appear much warmer as well. This took all of 30 seconds to do which is about the time it takes Gimp to even start up!
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