HowTo: Make Your New Year's Cell Phone Pictures Look Like They Were Taken With a Good Camera

HowTo: Make Your New Year's Cell Phone Pictures Look Like They Were Taken With a Good Camera

If you missed our tips on taking top-notch photos New Year's Eve, you may want to tune in for Lifehacker's tutorial on making your smartphone pictures look like they were taken with a quality camera. Below, learn how to:

• Create a more shallow depth of field to make the subject of the photo pop.
• Enhance the color of the photo with the gradient tool and blending modes.
• Add a spotlight with the gradient tool.
• Remove unwanted parts of the photo with the clone stamp, healing brush, or content-aware fill feature (new to Photoshop CS5).