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Best practices in Pet Photography

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✨ Step-by-Step Instructions

1. Frame Your Pet Perfectly

Use the to compose your photo.

Make sure your pet is either:

  • In the center, or

  • At one of the rule-of-thirds intersections for a balanced composition.


2. Remove Distracting Objects

Get rid of unwanted elements like people, leaves, or bright objects using:

For clearly defined objects like a leash, try the tool for best results.


3. Add Bokeh for Depth

If the background is quite sharp, it’d be better to create a slight bokeh effect (to keep the sharper focus on the pet) using:


4. Adjust Lighting

To brighten or darken your pet’s image, use:

  • Decrease exposure slightly if your pet is overexposed


5. Enhance Contrast & Pop

Use:


6. Remove Unwanted Color Casts

Remove/decrease some predominant hues from the fur or the background to ensure the natural colors:

  • Example: remove blue from white fur, or tone down yellow in green grass.


7. Sharpen Eyes & Fur

These tools can also help sharpen key props like pet’s toys — just mask the object before applying:


8. Add Depth with Dodge & Burn

  • Lighten brush → paint highlights and glares

  • Darken brush → enhance shadows


Ready to try it out on your own photo?

Let your creativity shine and share your best pet edits! 🐶📸

→ Gaussian Blur

Use > Mask AI to select the background around your pet before applying the blur.

– brighten shadows on darker pets

→ Smart Contrast slider

→ Accent AI slider This helps your pet stand out, especially against clean backgrounds.

Go to → HSL → Saturation

To enhance detail, use the following tools with to target only your pet:

→ Small details

(use Universal or Low setting)

Use the to bring more volume to your subject:

Blur tool
Masking
Studio Light tool
Develop tool
Enhance AI tool
Color tool
Masking (Mask AI/Object Select)
Details tool
Supersharp AI tool
Structure AI tool
Dodge & Burn tool
Link Text
Erase tool
Clone tool
GenErase