Brettaney

Thanks for all your help!

How does it look? I moved the sun back up, do you think it's high enough that it wouldn't be spilling on them? I also added the rays.

Okay, here's my go at it. I toned down the red to an orange. I also added a hue/sat layer to all but the people to make the fall colours pop a little more. How does it look? Can I make the flare have a little more of a starburst effect to it? Just something subtle.

Yes, I have. I can only find the top box in your screenshot, not the bottom one. How do I get to that one?
Edit : Nevermind, I found it  Thanks.

Okay, I'm stumped. How did you make that gradient fill layer like that? I know how to add a gradient fill layer, but I can't figure out how you got it that colour and on an angle. I know I can just copy the layer on to my own photo, but I'd like to know how to do it myself too.

Great!

No thanks

Hello! Here is an example of the type of sun flare that I would like to try on this photo. What do you think?
https://m.facebook.com/FlorabellaActions/photos/a.374377016661.154136.168699921661/10152810608421662/?type=3#_=_

Okay, how does this look? I'm a total liquify newbie, and did have to start over a few times, but it isn't as scary as I thought!

I'm here for help to close that darn eye that kept wanting to peek at what was going on!

Just kidding, I lied. It's not SOOR, the raw edits are done and also some edits in PS. Sorry

This is SOOR, but I'm guessing I didn't get all the noise?

Can I remove or lessen the glare on her glasses? I've looked through other glare questions on here and can't seem to figure it out!

One more question, would I do my cropping and sharpening for print before adding the overlay?

Thank you!

Just to clarify, after painting and scuffing, would I just take a picture of it and create an overlay to apply to my photo?

There are white scratches and scuffs. To me it looks like a canvas that has been roughed up with sandpaper or something. The photo I took these from is a cell phone photo of the painting, so the quality is awful. Can you see the scratches in the first photo? The one with the feet?

I was thinking I'd do the scratches a greyish brown colour since white won't work on the photo she selected. 

My client wants this photo to look faded and distressed. I decreased the saturation to fade it. (Was that the best way to do it?) She would like scratches and scuffs along the edges. I'm sure I could probably buy an overlay for that  somewhere, but do you know of a way I could achieve the look in PS?

I have a picture of a painting with the kind of distressing she wants, but I can't find it online to link to it. Am I allowed to post the example photo here? I could even just post a close up of the corner if that would be better.