How to make a plain image better with simple photoshop anyone can do

I have been looking on this site for about two years now and finally said, I am going to publish something! This is my very simple instructable on how to make an image look a little to allot better using photoshop or a similar program.

Anyone can do this with photoshop or similar image editor to make a not so great photo better, and in some cases much better! Open up photoshop and you should have the oh so familiar screen here. If you don't have photoshop there is a very similar program called GIMP you can download for free. Here is a link for downloading GIMP. GIMP

Step 1 Getting started with an image

Now open the image you want to make better. I chose to use this photo of Alton Brown from the food network. Why did i choose it? Well i just like Alton Brown!
If you want to use this photo feel free to right click it and save and open it up, if you have another photo to try this simple process out on then load it up and lets get started.

Comments

[buttersnake]

Im assuming the show he is on took the image, i found it on google and there isn't any links to the original.

[shooby]

Did you take this photo? If not, then you should probably give credit to the person who did. Simple instructable- this is assuming that the person doesn't have Bridge and Cam. Raw, right?

[theRIAA]

you should use adjustment layers so you can change things later. and you could desaturate the red channel a little more /: these things are hard, but at least you figured out how to not over do it, most photoshop tutorials end up with a result worse than the beginning.

[buttersnake]

Ive been working with PS for about 9 years now, i didn't want to go into layers or anything to advanced on the instructable. This was made for people who really don't know PS so they could get started in it and feel good about actually making an image better. I like the slight redish tone it has because of the desert scene its set in, thats the reason i saturated the red and left it like that :)