# Get a step-by-step editing plan for my photo

Specific editing steps for your photo in the app you use, in the right order, to reach the look you want.

- Topic: Images, Video & Design
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Design, Rewrite & Edit, Plan, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/get-a-step-by-step-editing-plan-for-my-photo

## Prompt

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Help me edit a photo. I will attach the original image.

**Editing app:** [e.g. "Lightroom Mobile", "Snapseed", "iPhone Photos", "Darktable", "Photoshop"]
**Look I want:** [e.g. "natural and bright", "warm film look", "moody", "clean black and white"]
**What bothers me about it now:** [e.g. "too dark faces", "gray sky", "crooked horizon", "colors look off"]
**Where it will be used:** [phone screen / print / social media]

Give me an editing plan in this order:
1. Crop and straighten: the crop ratio and framing that strengthens the composition.
2. Exposure and white balance: what to adjust first and in which direction.
3. Tone: highlights, shadows, whites, blacks, contrast, with approximate slider directions and starting amounts.
4. Color: vibrance vs. saturation, and specific color adjustments (e.g. reduce orange saturation on skin).
5. Local edits: areas to brighten, darken, or mask (sky, face, background).
6. Detail: sharpening and noise reduction suited to the output.
7. Final check: compare with the original, look for halos, oversaturation, and unnatural skin.

Use the tool names in my app; if they differ by version, say what the tool is usually called. Give amounts as starting points, since every photo differs. Keep edits honest when the photo is presented as documentary or news.
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## What to fill in

- phone screen / print / social media

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