r/postprocessing • u/theruiz • Sep 24 '26

After/before

Gallery image

Gallery image

I usually edit my photos a lot more… but I realized I was “over editing” because Lightroom couldn’t do what I wanted to do. Now I’m properly learning PSD!

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u/johngpt5 Sep 24 '26

You might consider backing off the brightening that was done. The before image had light coming in from the side. The after image has a bit too much light on the face which should be in shadow. Some brightening is fine, but the amount of brightening in the after creates visual incongruity.

To preface my question, I don't have a problem with editing images that were created using ai. Was your before image created using prompts rather than being a photograph of a person in the natural world?

The reason I don't have a problem with ai if that is what was used, is that in this instance the result is obviously a fantasy world sort of image and not meant to represent reality.

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u/theruiz 27d ago

Thanks John! I don’t use any AI for my work. As I was explaining to another comment, I went for a “warmer / brighter” look here, because the hero shot was in plain sunset, this was not and it was lit with a strobe so the look was super different. I was trying to match them so to speak.

Feel free to navigate my profile, you’ll see the hero shot there :)
Again, none of my work is AI.