Smart Photo Editor is great for creating photo-artworks.

Below is shown a ‘before & after’ example of such a transformation.

So how was this achieved?

Here is a visual ‘step-by-step’ guide showing the  transformation stages. Note the mask – this was created using a soft edge brush – no attempt was made to be precise as it was not necessary in this instance.

Let me restate the process of transformation:

1. Load original image
2. Crop original image
3. Apply ‘Vibrance’ effect by Tony
4. Apply ‘Extreme Sharpness’ by David
5. Apply ‘Photo-art at a click 049′ by andrewb2012
6. Create mask at this stage – basically we erased some of the ‘Photo-art at a click 049′ effect to reveal previous stage
7. Apply ‘Vignette masks 012′ by andrewb2012
8. Use the ‘Image Treatment’ feature to:

• Lift ‘Darks’
• Lift ‘Shadows’
• Increase ‘Clarity’
• Reduce ‘Saturation’ a little

This process is typical of how I use Smart Photo Editor.

Hope you find this useful.

Regards,

Andrew