Tip of the Week – Free Pop

Here are too images, the one on the right is the original image and the one on the left has some nice crunchy pop to it.

There is a really easy technique to get this pop with just a few clicks. You can even write your own action and create it at will.

The technique is easy:

1. Duplicate Layer
2. Change layer style to overlay (as seen in the layers palette above)
3. Use the fill and change to your desired percentage. I used 50% here.

If you want a bit more pop you can even do a smart sharpen.