How To Create HIGH CONTRAST Portraits for RUGGED LOOK in Snapseed App | Lightroom Mobile | Dragan Effect

 Today we are gonna create high contrast portrait similar to Dragan effect by adding highly

detailed eyes and skin using the free Snapseed app.

• Here I have opened the image in Snapseed.
• First opening Tune Image menu, will decrease the Highlights to get as many details from
• the brighter parts of the face
• Also increasing Shadows to recover details mainly from the eyes here.
• Now using Black & White filter to convert to Black and White.
• Will check if changing color options will give a good headstart here...
• ...but will settle with Neutral option.
• Next opening Curves.
• Will crush the blacks further here.
• Darkening the overall image further with another Curves effect.
• Here we need to recover the details back on the eyes and the teeth.
• So going back to the masking screen on the Curves filters and removing the effect to
• get brightness back here on the teeth and the eyes.
• We are gonna enhance these in the later steps.
• To do that, opening Brush tool for some Dodge and Burning to enhance the eyes.
• With brush value set at -5 for burning, brushing on the darker parts here to further darken them.
• On the brighter part of the iris to make it more shiny.
• Brushing carefully on these rough edges around the eyes for more enhancement.
• Will do similar dodge and burn on the teeth.
• Next using Curves, will fix the contrast by adding some more whites.
• Applying it in the masking screen on eyes and the teeth.
• Here's the difference right now.
• Now going to Tonal contrast filter.
• Will increase the value on the Medium tones only so that the contrast is increased only
• on the mid tones which pops the portrait more.
• Adding one more Tonal contrast effect.
• Using Curves, I am gonna make curve like this to make the image dark grayish.
• Going to masking screen, will apply the effect with a bit less transparency on the surroundings.
• More Dodge and Burning with the Brush tool now.
• Brushing on parts of the face to enhance features on some areas.
• Zooming in and taking time to fine tune the bright and dark parts here.
• Also enhancing the turban.
• Going back for some masking work.
• On top of this, applying some vignetting with the Vintage filter.
• Some masking work to make it bit more interesting.
• I am gonna also make it more grainy with the Grainy film filter.
• Removing the style strength completely, not want to add any color here.
• Adding lot of grain here for rough look.
• Tuning overall contrast.
• Will be moving to Lightroom app now to make some final tunings as Lightroom gives more
• control with whites and blacks.
• Here in Light menu, tuning whites to make it not too overexposed...
• ...also blacks.
• Tuning the Curves.
• Also adding sharpness selectively using Masking slider in Detail menu.
• Adding sharpness.

The final result here.