tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91780427359682476032024-03-14T06:33:29.554-07:00photoshop tipsPhotoshop Tipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146769034728373345noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178042735968247603.post-78998594939097605512013-02-12T09:47:00.002-08:002013-02-12T09:50:53.093-08:00Make up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Open a picture. Duplicate it and then make the background invisivle</div>
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Press Q key, then select Brush tool, usually round, with 0% hardness and desired diameter, depending on the picture. Then start ot draw the face, EXCEPT the eyes, the nostrils and the mouth. Usuallu - skin only. Avoid, also, the ears.</div>
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Note that the red zones you are making now will be selected areas agter you finish making the face red with the brush tool.</div>
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When you are ready pres again the Q key. All the area, exept the red, will be selected</div>
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Menu-Select-Inverse - so to inverse the selection</div>
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Menu-Select-Modify-Feather - and choose an appropriate range for feathering, depending on the size and quality of the picture. Here i used 10px.</div>
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Menu-Filter-Blur-Gaussian blur and choose an appropriate range, so the face looks like glass, but either not too much, and not too less. Tip: zoom it and take a look at the minor spots - then decrease ot increase the blur level so eventually it looks perfect</div>
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Make the background visible and devrease the opacity of the duplicated layer if you think it is too much unreal. Everything depends on how you see it.</div>
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Flattern image /right mouse click on the background layer and select Flattern image/, so it will be ready for the make up</div>
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Add new layer and set it to Soft light, then choose a brush tool and choose black colour. Then begin to draw an eye line around the eye. Don't forget the other eye.</div>
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After finishing drawing the eye lines go to Menu-filter-Blur-gaussian blur and select the appropriate range, uslually a small px, so the eye line looks real. You can decrease the opacity of the new layer you are using now, so it looks even more real</div>
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From here all the technical steps are equal, they differ only by colour and opacity.</div>
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Eye make up: open a new layer and set it ot soft light. Choose the desired colour for the eye make-up. Note, that in Soft light mode of the layer colours are very different than the real one - lighter nad not that intense like the real one, so mind it.</div>
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After completing the drawing around eyes go to Menu - Filter - Blur - Gaussian blur so it looks more real and if you want decrease the opacity of the layer</div>
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Lips/lipstic</div>
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open a new layer, set it to Soft light and choose colour. Draw carefully the lips. If you want you can draw a lip line with a colour a little bit darker than the main, so the lips look really sexy. When you are ready follow again the Blur-Gaussian blur filter, but ming that too much pixels of the gaussian blur will cause the colour to spread outside the lips, so make it right. Decrease the opacity of the layer, so the colour don't look that intense.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;">Make up of cheek-bones and whitening the "T"-zones.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;">This is very important part if you want the face look realy amazing. Those are real make-up tips and tricks and now we are going to make them with photoshop.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;">I will separate the steps in 2 parts - white and black part. The all go the same technical way.</span></div>
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White step</div>
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open a new layer, set it to Soft light and choose the whitest possible colour.</div>
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With the brush tool start drawing the lower part of the forehead, the nose, the cheeks /without the sculss/, the chin and a spot above the lips.</div>
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It will look like that before the blur steps</div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">After applyong the white parts go to Filter-Blur-Gaussian blur and note that you have to find the border between too much white and too much spread of the white. Something like this</span></div>
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After that you can decrease the opacity of the layer so it looks more real.</div>
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The same as the white one, but choose the blakest possible colour and draw only the cheek-bones</div>
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It will lokk like this befor the blur steps:</div>
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After that apply Filter-Blur-Gaussian blur so it looks real</div>
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Something like this:</div>
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Decrease the opacity</div>
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Shaprening the eyes, nose and lips</div>
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Flattern image if you havent done it so far. Then shoose Lasso tool and set it to "Add to selection"</div>
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Then draw circles around the eyes, nose and lips</div>
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Ahter that go to Menu-Select-Modify-Feather so the selection won't be that sharp. Then press Ctrl+Alt+J so the selected area paste in new layer.</div>
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After that make the background layer invisible, so only the new layer with the selected parts stay:</div>
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After that go to Filter-Sharpen-Unsharp mask and choose the amount depending on the quality of the picture, so the higher quality-higher amount, not less than 100%. You will notice that the area sharpens.</div>
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Usually the magazines use that colour filters to make the picture look perfect</div>
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Go to Menu-Image-Adjustments-Colour balance and drag the Cyan and Blue sliders so the image lokks more blue and cyan:</div>
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First create a new .PSD document, 600 x 400 pixels in RGB mode, 72 DPI with WHITE background color. Now prepare your assets. Install the Times New Yorker font into your computer and open the .PAT file.</div>
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First, we need to make a layer from background. To do this, right click on Background layer and choose "Layer from background" name it as you wish and hit OK. Now go to Menu > Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options and use the settings below. You can also access Blending Options with two faster ways. First and the fastest way is to double click on the layer in your layers menu. Other way is to right click on the layer in your layers menu and choose Blending Options. When you are done with all the settings below, don’t forget to hit "OK" in the Blending Options window.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.dafont.com/times-new-yorker.font"><span style="color: blue;">Free Font Download – Times New Yorker</span></a></b></div>
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Now we can start making our text effect. First choose a type tool and change font to Times New Yorker, size around 174 pt and anti-aliasing Sharp. Now type your text somewhere in the center of the image. You can write any word, but in this tutorial I’ll use "KOBISUN". All letters uppercase.</div>
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Go to Menu > Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options and use the settings below on your text. You can also use the quicker methods to access Blending Options from "Step 2" of this tutorial. When you are done with all the settings below, don’t forget to hit "OK" in the Blending Options window! This is the main text layer and will do most of the effects.</div>
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Now duplicate your text layer by selecting the text layer in layer menu and going to Menu > Layer > Duplicate layer and name it as you wish. Now go to Menu > Layer > Layer Style > Clear Layer Style as we will make different style for this layer. Finally, go to Menu > Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options and use the settings below on your text. You can also use the quicker methods to access Blending Options from "Step 2" of this tutorial. When you are done with all the settings below, don’t forget to hit "OK" in the Blending Options window! This text layer will be above the 1st text layer in your layer menu. It will just add the dark shadow to the final result.</div>
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Download and open both photos in Photoshop. Start by working on Deer photo. With Polygonal Lasso Tool make selection of deer. When you have completed, press Ctrl+C to copy deer. Paste selection on scenery photo with Ctrl+V to have something similar to what I have.</div>
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Update deer layer opacity to 45% so we can see background.</div>
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With deer layer selected go to Select > Load Selection. Hide deer layer (click on layer eye to turn layer visibility off). Select background layer and press Ctrl+J to duplicate layer selection into a new layer.</div>
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Turn back layer visibility on in deer layer. Select Polygonal Lasso Tool and create a selection like mine.</div>
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Go to Edit > Transform > Warp to change the shape and perspective.</div>
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Begin to stretch the content of the layer to create the impression of the distortion of space.</div>
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Delete deer layer by selecting it and pressing Del. With background fragment layer selected Go to Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast.</div>
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Apply following layer styles by going to Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options.</div>
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Go to Select > Load Selection to load selection. Create a new layer on top and change layer mode to Hard Light. Select Brush Tool (black color, hard round brush with opacity at 30%-50%) and apply to bottom parts of selection.</div>
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Create a new layer above all and update layer mode to Hard Light. Select Brush Tool again and highlight upper parts of selected area with white color.</div>
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<b>Final Results</b>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">copy write:<span style="text-align: left;">http://www.photoshopstar.com/effects/ghost-in-the-landscape/</span></span></div>
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<b>Final Results</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Open Photoshop and create a new document, I'm using 2560x1440 pixels so I can use it as wallpaper. Fill the background layer with a very dark grey (#181818).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Add another layer and fill it with a gradient using dark yellow, red and blue for the colors. Use 30º for the angle. After that change the Blend Mode to Overlay.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Add a new layer and go to Filter>Render>Clouds. Make sure you have black and white for the background and foreground colors. After that go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Use 70 to 100 for the Amount, then change the Blend Mode to Color Dodge.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Now let's create a hexagon shape to use as brush. Select the Polygon Tool (U) and create an hexagon with black. After that go to Layer>Layer Styles>Strokes. Use 7 pixels for the Size and Inside for the Position. After that go to Blending Options: Custom and change the Fill Opacity to 50%.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">To create the brush just select the hexagon by holding Command(mac)/Control(pc) and clicking on the thumb of the layer, then go to Edit>Define Brush. Name your brush and get back to the document with the design.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Go to Windown>Brushes. Select Shape Dynamics and use 40% for the Jitter. Keep the other values the same. Then select Scattering, select Both Axes for the Scatter and use 700% for the value. The last thing here is Transfer. Use 40% for the Opacity Jitter and keep the other values with 0%.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Add a new layer and group this new layer, it will be inside a folder. Change the Blend Mode of the folder to Color Dodge. With the Brush Tool (B), select the hexagons brush we created in the previous step, then using white paint the layer with some hexagons.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Use 2.0 pixels for the Radius.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Duplicate the layer and then go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur again, this time however use 5 pixels for the Radius. Change the Fill Opacity to 60%. Also with the Eraser Tool(E) delete some areas that might get too bright.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Select the folder in the Layer Palette and go to Layer>Add Layer Mask>Reveal All. Select the layer mask thumb and go to Filter>Render>Clouds. After that go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Use 20 pixels for the Radius. Applying the clouds fliter with the mask will hide some areas based on the clouds colors.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Add a new layer on top of the others and the select the Paint Bucket Tool (G), change the type to Pattern and select a stripped pattern, the one I used you can download it here. After that rotate it 30º. You will have to duplicate the layer and move it the new copy to fill the whole screen. Select both layers and go to Layer>Merge Layers.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Change the Blend Mode to Overlay and once again add a layer mask and apply the clouds filter with blur in the layer mask as we did in the previous step.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Add a new layer and then group this new layer into a folder. Change the Blend Mode of the folder to Color Dodge then select the Brush Tool (B). With a rounded and very soft brush; use white for the color and paint some light flares.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Add a new layer still inside this folder. Get the Gradient Tool (G) and then click on the gradient to open the Gradient Editor. Change the Type to Noise, the Roughness to 100% and select both Options: Restric Colors and Add Transparency. Fill the layer using this gradient but using an Angle Gradient type.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">With the layer with the Angle gradient selected go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Use 10 pixels for the Radius. After that with the brush tool, add another light spot exactly in the middle of the angle gradient.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Add a layer on top of the others, then fill this layer with black. with the Eraser Tool(E) and a big soft and rounded brush, delete the center a few times until you have created a vignette effect. The idea here is to darken the edges of the design.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Select all layers and duplicate them, after that, with all duplicated layers selected go to Layer>Merge Layers. The next thing to do is to go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Use 15 pixels for the Radius .</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Duplicate this blurry layer so you will have 2 layers. For the first one change the Blend Mode to Overlay and the Opacity to 40%. For the second one, the one that will be on top of the others, use Screen for the Blend Mode and 30% for the Opacity.</span></div>
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<b>Conclusion</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">This is a very simple effect to create in Photoshop, and as you can see we didn't use any special plugin or stock photos, we just used basic filters, the brush engine and some blend modes. There are lots of things we can create in Photoshop and these types of abstract effects are my favorite. Now it's up to you to come up with your own!</span></div>
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<b>Step 1</b></div>
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Open Photoshop and create a new document, for the size I used 1920x1200 pixels. After that fill the background layer with a very dark grey (121212).</div>
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With the Rectangle Tool (U) create a rectangle in the middle and crossing the canvas, use white for the color.</div>
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If you are using Photoshop CS4, convert the rectangle to Smart Objects so you can apply Smart Fllters. Then go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Use 10 pixels for the Radius.</div>
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Add another layer and then with the Brush Tool (B), use a very soft brush, with 0 hardness. Select white for the color and then start painting some spots. Use the keyboard shortcuts [ and ] to reduce the opacity of the brush, that way you will be abel to create more variations.</div>
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After that select the rectangel layer and this layer you have just painted and then go to Layer>Group Layers. The layers will be in an folder on the Layer Panel. Change the folder's Blend Mode to Color Dodge then.</div>
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Add a new layer on top of the backround layer but beneath the other layers including the group with the light effects. Then fill the layer with any color and go to Layer>Layer Style>Gradient Overlay. Use Multiply for the Blend Mode, 90% for the Opacity , 180º for the Style and for the Colors use purple, red, yellow, and green. Also over the Blending Options, change the Fill Opacity to 0, that way the layer will have just the Gradient Overlay.</div>
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After this step you will be able to see a very nice and colorful background already.<br />
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Add a new layer, on top of the gradient layer but beneath the others. Then go to Filter>Render>Clouds. Make sure you had black and white for the background and foreground colors. After the clouds filter, go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Use 20 pixels for the Radius. Change the Blend Mode to Soft Light, then with the Eraser Tool (E) using again a very soft brush, delete parts of the layer. The idea is to make the gradient less uniform, like a smoke.</div>
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Create a new document using 100 pixels for the width and 10 pixels for the height. Resize the background layer so it's half of the height, 5 pixels. Select all and go to Edit>Define Pattern. Name the new pattern the way you want it, and you will have a very cool stripe pattern.</div>
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Back to our design, add a layer on top of the background layer but beneath the others. Then with the Paint Bucket Tool (G), change the type from foreground to pattern. Select the stripped pattern you have just created and fill the layer with it. After that change the Opacity to 2% and go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Use 2 pixels for the Radius.</div>
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<b>Conclusion</b><br />
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Press Command(mac)/Control (pc) + Alt + Shitf + E, and you will have a new layer with all the layer merged. Then go to Filter>Noise>Add Noise. Use 1.4% for the Amount and Gaussian for the type. Now it's all about adding your brand and you have an awesome wallpaper. Once again we have just played with Blend Modes and basic filters. Most of the light effects use the same process, so it's all about trying and playing with the tool.</div>
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<b>Step 1</b><br />
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This tutorial is made up of three parts—the background, the text itself, and some final extra effects. So first of all we’re going to make a background. To do this we create a new document in Photoshop. I made mine 1920 x 1200 because I want this image to sit on my laptop background.</div>
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We start by drawing a Radial Gradient with the Gradient Tool (G) going from a light yellow-green (#adbf41) to a mid-range green (#328a26). I wonder if I’ve ever written a tutorial that doesn’t start with a radial gradient. </div>
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<b><b>Step 2</b></b></div>
<span style="text-align: justify;">Now for this image we want to create a really textured background, faintly resembling paper. So the first thing we need is … a paper texture!</span><br />
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Happily you can grab some really awesome grungy paper textures from Bittbox and they are nice and large too, which is good because this is a huge canvas.</div>
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So I can’t remember which texture I used first, but grab one, desaturate it (Ctrl+Shift+U) and stretch it over the top to fit the canvas.</div>
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Now we set the layer to Overlay and 70% Opacity to blend the texture with our nice green background.</div>
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<b>Step 4</b></div>
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Now to get a really distressed look, I then copied this layer, spun it around 180′ and set it to 20%. Then I brought in a few more layers of paper texture (using different textures, mostly from Bittbox) and set them all to faint overlays, one on top of the other.</div>
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This was partly for the extra distress, but also because I realised that the textures looked a bit grainy and not small and sharp. So by combining extra textures and then fading it all back, I can get a nicer, sharper overall look.</div>
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Anyhow as you can see in the screenshot there are six layers here. Don’t forget if you are a Plus member you can download the PSD file for this tutorial and take a look in there yourself!</div>
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<b>Step 5</b></div>
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Now I duplicated the original background gradient, placed the duplicate layer above all the textures and set it to 40% Opacity—this tones back the texture so it’s not quite so grungy! </div>
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<b>Step 6</b></div>
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Now we create a new layer over the top and using a large, soft, black brush, add some black to the edges. It’s worth toning back the opacity to about 30% and Overlay. You can then duplicate the layer and run a heavy Gaussian Blur over it (set to about 32px). That way the edges really soften out. </div>
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OK, we now have a nice background!<br />
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<b>Step 8</b></div>
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OK, we are now ready to make some grass text. To do that, we’re going to need some nice pretty grass to cut. After a lot of searching, I finally found this lovely photo on Flickr of grass.</div>
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So download the image at full-size and copy it on to your canvas.</div>
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Next we need some type. So select a font you want to cut out with. I chose Swiss 924BT, which is fat and condensed type. I thought it looked nice and grand. And I’ve written the text "EARTH". That’s because I’m making five of these wallpapers—earth, water, fire, air, spirit … it’s like that cartoon I used to watch as a kid, Captain Planet!</div>
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Anyways, so just set your text out in white and set it to Overlay and like 50% Opacity. This layer won’t actually show in the end, it’s just a guide layer. </div>
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OK, so here’s the text on top of the grass we got earlier.</div>
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Now a bit of planning! To make text out of grass, it’s not going to be enough just to stencil out the grass. Rather we need it to look all rough, with bits of grass sticking out the edges. To do that, we’re going to use the letter shapes as a rough guide and then trace roughly around them and periodically jut out to trace around blades of grass.</div>
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I’ll warn you now, it’s very tiresome! </div>
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OK, so here we are tracing. You should use the Pen Tool (P) and frankly, if you’re not handy with it before you start, you will be by the end!</div>
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Notice how in the parts where my path juts out, it sort of follows individual blades of grass. That way when you have the final cut-out they will look like pieces of grass sticking out. </div>
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When you’ve finished your path, it’s best to save it in the Paths Palette. You can do this by switching to that palette and then clicking the little down arrow and choosing Save Path. That way if you need the path again later, you can grab it.</div>
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Anyhow, double-click the path to get the selection and go back to your grass layer. Duplicate the grass layer so you still have more grass for the other letters, then invert your selection (Ctrl+Shift+I) and cut away the excess grass. In the screenshot I’ve faded back the duplicate grass layer so you can see the cut out "E" part. </div>
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OK, so here we have our "E" on the final bakcground. As you can see, it looks only slightly better than if we’d just used the letter to stencil out the grass without bothering to trace. But that’s OK, what it needs is a bit more depth. After all, if that letter was really sitting there, we should see some shadow and sides to it. </div>
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First of all though, we’ll add some layer styling to give it a bit more of a three dimensional look. The styles are shown below. </div>
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Here’s the first set of layer styles… </div>
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Now duplicate that layer, then clear the layer style off the duplicate, so we can add some more styles. This time add the styles shown below…</div>
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Here’s the second set of layer styles… (Note that it’s 51% Opacity so it’ll blend in with the previous layer)</div>
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<b>Step 16</b><br />
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So this was all just experimental, and it kinda looks OK, but obviously has a long way to go. Now we’ll add some shadow. For that we’ll use a technique that I demonstrated in a previous tutorial, Using Light and Shade to Bring Text to Life</div>
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The idea is to make a three dimensional look. So Ctrl-click the grass layer and then in a new layer below, fill it with black. Then press the down arrow once and the right arrow once and fill it again, then repeat over and over until you get an effect like that shown. I think that was about 15 steps of filling.</div>
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<b>Step 17</b><br />
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Now we run a Filter > Blur > Motion Blur on our shadow with a 45′ angle and a distance of about 30. Then set the text to a low opacity of about 50%. You should have something that looks like the screenshot below.</div>
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<b> Step 18</b><br />
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Now move the shadow layer down and to the right and magic happens! All of a sudden it looks like the letter is casting a shadow. Pretty neat!</div>
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<b>Step 19</b><br />
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Now I duplicated this layer three times. Each time I erased a bit of it away so that as the shadow is closer to the text it gets darker. I set these layers to Multiply.</div>
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<b>Step 20</b><br />
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So this text is looking pretty cool, but for that extra bit of depth we should add some bits of grass in the background/shadow area. Rather than cutting out more grass, we can just use this current letter transformed about so that it’s not obvious that we’re hacking it together.</div>
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So as you can see below I created a few pieces of grass. They are just cut up bits of our main letter.</div>
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<b> Step 21</b><br />
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Now by moving those pieces into the shadow areas, we can make it look like there is grass sticking out and it’s a real 3D object made from grass!</div>
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Because these new grass bits are in shadow, you might want to use the Burn Tool (O) to darken them appropriately.</div>
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<b> Step 22</b><br />
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So yay, one letter down … four to go! Good thing we didn’t choose a long word like erm I don’t know … laborious!</div>
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<b>Step 23</b><br />
Using the exact same technique … here is the A;<br />
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and the R and T … you get the picture.<br />
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<b>Step 25</b><br />
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And finally, the whole word! The only extra thing I did here was to move the letters apart a little. Each letter is in its own Layer Group which makes moving it around much easier.</div>
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<b> Step 26</b><br />
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Now nice as it’s looking, our text is a little lonely and monotonous. So in this last section we’ll add a few more elements to the design. Note we don’t want to overdo it, though, because I want this to be a desktop background, so space it is important (for all my icons!).</div>
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So first up, let’s add some extra text. Here I’ve placed a nice quote about the earth and unity taken from the Baha’i faith (that’s my religion!). I love quotes, because it means we get three parts to decorate—the quote, the quotation marks and the source.</div>
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The text is in a variation of Swiss which is thinner, but still condensed. Using multiple fonts from the same family (heavy, light, etc) is a good, safe bet for keeping your type looking coherent.</div>
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So here I’ve set the quote to Overlay and 50%, then duplicated the text and set it to Screen and 50%. Then I’ve added quotation marks in the same Swiss font, but made them extra large and a bright shade of green. Finally, the source of the quote is in teeny letters and centered vertically. And, of course, the whole quote has been measured out so it’s exactly the length of the main "EARTH" text.</div>
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<b>Step 27</b><br />
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Next we’ll add a bit of a highlight to the scene. To do this, create a new layer above all the rest, and using the Gradient Tool (G), draw a gradient of white -> transparent towards the top left. Then set this layer to Soft Light and 50%. This will turn it into a nice subtle bit of lighting.</div>
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<b> Step 28</b><br />
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Now we’ll add two eye-catching elements to offset all the green. These will be a brilliant blue butterfly and a little red ladybug. I used the excellent everystockphoto Web site that searches a ton of free stock Web sites for you to find two awesome images to use: Ladybug | Butterfly</div>
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<b>Step 29</b><br />
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Placing the images is pretty easy. First the butterfly. We just open up the image in Photoshop, use the Magic Wand Tool (W) to select all the white area, then go to Select > Modify > Expand and expand the selection by 1px to make sure we’ve got it all. Then press Ctrl+Shift+I to invert the selection and copy the butterfly over to our main canvas.</div>
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The ladybug I selected needs to be cut out of it’s image. To do that I used the Pen Tool (P) and traced around the little guy and then just cut him out that way.</div>
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So here are our two extras. As you can see, the lady bug looks a bit weird actually because I did a quick’n'dirty job of cutting him out. But that’s OK because he’s going to be tiny so you won’t be able to see the details anyway.</div>
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So paste them in and then shrink them down and place them appropriately. It’s best if they aren’t close together, because that way they’ll balance each other.</div>
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I added a drop shadow to each. With the ladybug it’s a very close shadow because he’s small and walking on the grass. With the butterfly, I set the distance to about 10px because he’s hovering in the air and therefore the shadow lands a little ways away.</div>
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<br />Photoshop Tipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146769034728373345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178042735968247603.post-52020925133284057482012-03-28T08:43:00.000-07:002012-03-28T08:43:37.449-07:00How to Create a Menu Bar in Photoshop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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create a menu bar</div>
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<b>Step 1</b></div>
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Start off by making a new Photoshop document. Choose the rounded rectangle tool, set the radius to 12 pixels, and create a wide rounded recntalge, as shown below, It doesn’t matter what colour it is because we’ll be creating a gradient with the shape next. </div>
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<b>Step 2</b></div>
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Choose dark maroon (6f1300) for the foreground color and a lighter shade for the background color (c82e00). Make a selection (select > load selection) using the rectangle </div>
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Choose the linear gradient, cirlcled in green (a). Open the gradient editor, by clicking on the sample gradient, and choose “foreground to background” (b)</div>
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To create the gradient, drag form the top to the bottom of the selection, which should produce something like in the iamge below. </div>
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This is the 2nd part of this Photoshop tutorial, to create a menu bar. Next create a thinner rounded rectangle, and make a selection using it (select > load selection) </div>
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Set the foreground color to a peach shade (ff7a4f) and the background color to f33a01. Create a linear gradient on the thinner rectangle (b)</div>
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For the text i’ve used the settings shown below</div>
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And you should have something as shown below!<br />
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<br /></div>Photoshop Tipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146769034728373345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178042735968247603.post-50452488252698145422011-12-31T10:23:00.000-08:002012-01-31T04:17:29.851-08:00How to create Happy New Year 2012 Colorful Greeting Card in Photoshop CS5<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Start working by creating a new document (Ctrl+N) in Adobe Photoshop with the size 1920px by 1200px (RGB color mode) at a resolution of 300 pixels/inch. Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay.</span></div>
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Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.</div>
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We’ve got the next background:<br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Insert the message text for greeting card. Select the Horizontal Type tool (T). Select a font, size and color in the Character panel.</span><br />
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Click in the canvas and type ’2012′. Press Enter to apply the text.<br />
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Hold CTRL button and click on digits’ layer in Layers panel to get the next selection:<br />
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Return to background’s layer (make sure it’s active), insert the mask on the layer by choosing Add layer mask on the bottom part of the Layers paneland then press CTRL+I to inverse the color. Click the eye icon next to the digits’ layer to hide its content in the document window.</div>
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Now we have to decorate the digits, representing in this case the small circles of different colors. Their layer will be situated under the background’s one. Use the Ellipse Tool (U) to draw the first ellipse.</div>
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Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay.<br />
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Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.</div>
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We’ve got the next result:<br />
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Continue drawing the next ellipse:<br />
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Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay.<br />
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Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.</div>
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We’ve got the next result:<br />
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Draw another shape:<br />
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Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay.<br />
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Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.</div>
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We’ve got the next result:<br />
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Draw one more ellipse:<br />
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Click on Add a layer style icon from bottom part of the Layers panel and select Gradient Overlay.<br />
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Click in the color bar to open the Gradient Editor and set the color stops as shown. Click OK to close the Gradient Editor dialog box.</div>
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We’ve got the next result:<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Copy Write:</span>http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/30970817/1/create-happy-new-year-2012-colorful-greeting-card-photoshop-cs5</div>
<b>Post Pages: 1 2 3</b>Photoshop Tipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146769034728373345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178042735968247603.post-18172253231892974052011-12-24T20:51:00.000-08:002011-12-24T20:51:50.348-08:00Merry Christmas Background with Red Baubles for Greetings Card<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Final Results</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6vrTaGXZ85URUbjToNxnjwdj6HgjaQnTqXEPOu6apneES_jDoG0LrFVE-pgQNO2ai2P2rat0BKB26TgTVoNklBMVXB3w6KvYypKITqpQ9WcXB2wejhcmfv4b7fUP_vc4tbywuGkHj1I/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL6vrTaGXZ85URUbjToNxnjwdj6HgjaQnTqXEPOu6apneES_jDoG0LrFVE-pgQNO2ai2P2rat0BKB26TgTVoNklBMVXB3w6KvYypKITqpQ9WcXB2wejhcmfv4b7fUP_vc4tbywuGkHj1I/s320/1.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;">.........</div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_529285510"></span><span id="goog_529285511"></span></div></div></div></div>Photoshop Tipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146769034728373345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178042735968247603.post-75581461902906881222011-12-20T08:54:00.000-08:002011-12-20T08:58:11.865-08:00Text over face Image with Photoshop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Final Results</b> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdm2n9TBdszJtibUp5yEE0ry99Aa-2dSbo3Db9EVyYgcMYlXZquNrwQzPnJEZCSX_JM0QfamAMLvyTDgZzBzamWhA72JZ74rhyVqDA-yaXmOJBX_Uz2CCll8S3ZWaaZ0rwrgjm86fBuX4/s1600/half-final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdm2n9TBdszJtibUp5yEE0ry99Aa-2dSbo3Db9EVyYgcMYlXZquNrwQzPnJEZCSX_JM0QfamAMLvyTDgZzBzamWhA72JZ74rhyVqDA-yaXmOJBX_Uz2CCll8S3ZWaaZ0rwrgjm86fBuX4/s320/half-final.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Here is an easy way to make any picture even your own portrait into text in Photoshop.</span><span style="text-align: justify;">Let’s begin by opening a picture in Photoshop that you want to see in text format, I used this one:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpaErguvtYjbMixchw7zRlY9YmJ95hcakMWyZuDNQ6twN4j7ZeMkLnQJ793ysXiUDqMLHthSXwSNiXX03sB32UBjoWNgjnBq-ch_CAlN2uXFS6PtEpXPBeOMAmki6EvGuH7YjoS77Quo/s1600/Girl+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpaErguvtYjbMixchw7zRlY9YmJ95hcakMWyZuDNQ6twN4j7ZeMkLnQJ793ysXiUDqMLHthSXwSNiXX03sB32UBjoWNgjnBq-ch_CAlN2uXFS6PtEpXPBeOMAmki6EvGuH7YjoS77Quo/s320/Girl+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Desaturate the image (Ctrl+Shift+U), then Add layer mask (Layer>Add Layer Mask>Reveal All). Select all (Ctrl+A), copy selection (Ctcl+C). Then go to Channels (Window>Channels). Select Layer1 mask and make it visible. Then paste (Ctrl+V) and deselect (Ctrl+D). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtMw18NiOd5DStlnfaJKCZCOKm2mSCgf_5RZvKsFTbA7b8CtPeA5qhEkSJTXHJoR45e1lec7IC7-MzXmLgKy1OcXOjS-0WPkEwpq5GalJbl8XQ62cawKxPu8lS5GF3BjDCvp7zc51o0s/s1600/mask.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtMw18NiOd5DStlnfaJKCZCOKm2mSCgf_5RZvKsFTbA7b8CtPeA5qhEkSJTXHJoR45e1lec7IC7-MzXmLgKy1OcXOjS-0WPkEwpq5GalJbl8XQ62cawKxPu8lS5GF3BjDCvp7zc51o0s/s320/mask.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Go back to Layers (Window>Layers), select Layer Thumbnail and fill everything with white.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrhFOC8fLd-8f0jlrXRnDczDzrbBzpPUr2xuOiFDWJsAa4o95WarO2PIi6xG8kVcXsSi55sSbSe4r4rdmaP69kB1Iv7ONf57Is64KGX2LkYUNhpJvTvZvGgYzhXTO3T47XsZqfvQWF9Y/s1600/maskw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsrhFOC8fLd-8f0jlrXRnDczDzrbBzpPUr2xuOiFDWJsAa4o95WarO2PIi6xG8kVcXsSi55sSbSe4r4rdmaP69kB1Iv7ONf57Is64KGX2LkYUNhpJvTvZvGgYzhXTO3T47XsZqfvQWF9Y/s320/maskw.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Create new layer (Ctrl+Shift+N), fill it with white and bring it to Back (Ctrl+Shift+[). Now select Text gizmo and highlight the whole canvas area. Then copy text from any source and insert it in the highlighted area. I used the standard filler text. “First of all you need to open a respective document or a file with its respective program. Like suppose a mp3 file has to be opened with MP3 compatible program that can play it. Not with a Notepad or MS WORD. that is similar in each case. A *.doc file cannot be opened with NOTEPAD because its not capable of reading it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Look mate, there’s more characters in computer than you are supposed to know. You perhaps knowing the characters from A-Z,a-z,0-9, & special characters, etc. But the computing thing requires massive amount of various combinations of”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
Apply the following settings to the text:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSxscEQihTMqN4nBcd_qLoXhASVzKTY_4pFLQzF66TyiPwkCqXlVkV1DF18cy3CMZRomOsZ-vM-_UlrnpurE0yTBqabuuxrj1jdE-2S0uwYMlgSxAkTHoyuZH4kfVu63Ib1PV12MlDRQ/s1600/Text-Set.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSxscEQihTMqN4nBcd_qLoXhASVzKTY_4pFLQzF66TyiPwkCqXlVkV1DF18cy3CMZRomOsZ-vM-_UlrnpurE0yTBqabuuxrj1jdE-2S0uwYMlgSxAkTHoyuZH4kfVu63Ib1PV12MlDRQ/s1600/Text-Set.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You should come up with something like this:</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdm2n9TBdszJtibUp5yEE0ry99Aa-2dSbo3Db9EVyYgcMYlXZquNrwQzPnJEZCSX_JM0QfamAMLvyTDgZzBzamWhA72JZ74rhyVqDA-yaXmOJBX_Uz2CCll8S3ZWaaZ0rwrgjm86fBuX4/s1600/half-final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdm2n9TBdszJtibUp5yEE0ry99Aa-2dSbo3Db9EVyYgcMYlXZquNrwQzPnJEZCSX_JM0QfamAMLvyTDgZzBzamWhA72JZ74rhyVqDA-yaXmOJBX_Uz2CCll8S3ZWaaZ0rwrgjm86fBuX4/s320/half-final.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">For a really convincing effect you can simply duplicate the layer with text (Ctrl+J). Also, you can choose the layer with solid white color (without mask) and fill it easily with shades of grey (#e0e0e0). Although this would be cheating, inasmuch as the image is easily painted with its original colos, but at the same time this increases the quality and is not terribly noticeable.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Here’s what I came up with as a result:<b style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; text-align: center;"> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidGLz2jPO-ekohB2U5pgOFyhuJt88IFErTDKgVD0pU3jErWZno_iYWJ8sVPyaW9g5ocFTvvYomyG_1Z25BzU7BAMd_v_iceKhMSKiQtjiEtXBGu_KhvaJSLItSIoDhcG8kZDgGSbDtxqU/s1600/Girl-Final-Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidGLz2jPO-ekohB2U5pgOFyhuJt88IFErTDKgVD0pU3jErWZno_iYWJ8sVPyaW9g5ocFTvvYomyG_1Z25BzU7BAMd_v_iceKhMSKiQtjiEtXBGu_KhvaJSLItSIoDhcG8kZDgGSbDtxqU/s320/Girl-Final-Small.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Copy Write: </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.okapixel.com/category/text-over-face-image-with-photoshop</span></div>Photoshop Tipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146769034728373345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178042735968247603.post-69574560393006375532011-11-23T08:46:00.000-08:002011-11-23T08:53:24.708-08:00Create a Cutout Photograph<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Final Results</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKfzREe6RQjQs7nhk14bGrbQjIYPTmpNcRrG7IZQLBuFc8C4KVSJ71ao1wZIOy5gzXcepJw_08r_JB8XLtymXMaLIysDBcKflUNSmF0hz7rYUcY0x9emDdxXJCs933XM5zG_-eY-nabg/s1600/final-preview.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKfzREe6RQjQs7nhk14bGrbQjIYPTmpNcRrG7IZQLBuFc8C4KVSJ71ao1wZIOy5gzXcepJw_08r_JB8XLtymXMaLIysDBcKflUNSmF0hz7rYUcY0x9emDdxXJCs933XM5zG_-eY-nabg/s640/final-preview.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Step 1 – Put The Images Together</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">For the start of this tutorial you’re going to want to bring the picture of the girl running into the picture of the kitchen. You can do this by opening the file then copying and pasting, or using File > Place. Once you’ve got the picture of the girl running inserted convert that layer to a Smart Object. Right click on that new image layer and choose "Convert To Smart Object" from the contextual menu. If you haven’t used Smart Objects before, they can be a real lifesaver allowing a better non-destructive editing workflow many previous versions of Photoshop didn’t have available.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Make a duplicate of the girl running Smart Object layer you just converted by pressing Command/Ctrl + J. After this, turn off the visibility of this duplicate layer, we won’t need it until later.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Tip: A neat trick is that you can also drag files directly from their folder into the canvas of the kitchen picture and it should make it a Smart Object automatically. (Windows users may need to change their workspace/view to make this possible.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKH9wYnrQtkraqkAQDig-xbCCromhsxvtAEGPkLiGFINBVXLHd8BZfyLXM2diDJXPJuVCG09yfnowTzyYTTuAOng_W-2vUeaEdRSrZUGD29ih93Jhwc27-Z-GZ4XYyEKzgnbnJoO-GklA/s1600/2-insert-SO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKH9wYnrQtkraqkAQDig-xbCCromhsxvtAEGPkLiGFINBVXLHd8BZfyLXM2diDJXPJuVCG09yfnowTzyYTTuAOng_W-2vUeaEdRSrZUGD29ih93Jhwc27-Z-GZ4XYyEKzgnbnJoO-GklA/s400/2-insert-SO.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Step 2 – Find The Focal Point</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The next step might seem a bit obvious, but you need to identify where in the staging image (the one you’re compositing into) is the area that’s most in focus. This is often a part of compositing that gets over looked. If you don’t do this you can really paint yourself into a corner that is hard to work around. If you are compositing elements into an area that’s out of focus just remember that you’ll need to blur any additions out to match the out of focus of the staging image. In this case the kitchen image was shot with a really small depth of field, it almost resembles a tilt shift style image. To make sure I know where this area is in the image, I create some guides by dragging from the rulers to frame the focal point of the image. If you can’t see your rulers just press Command/Ctrl + R. The menu option for this is under View in the menu bar.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxRGeLERTTSfCR4xeDWSOqoBdO8CsxoVzIIKXvcveXwv8KOrfkoOlS_NFJiXSnvi_G4QtyPx5_dHBs_zI6_JkGO7jNQ7D7PrGZCzS5pRWp6-aBDCJujQiFmP3f1Q-VZG4NpupZYgOuWM/s1600/3-guides-focal+point.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxRGeLERTTSfCR4xeDWSOqoBdO8CsxoVzIIKXvcveXwv8KOrfkoOlS_NFJiXSnvi_G4QtyPx5_dHBs_zI6_JkGO7jNQ7D7PrGZCzS5pRWp6-aBDCJujQiFmP3f1Q-VZG4NpupZYgOuWM/s400/3-guides-focal+point.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Step 3 – Find The Perspective</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now we need to Distort the image of the girl running so that it looks like it matches the perspective of the surface of the counter top. I always find that perspective is one of those things that can make or break a piece so I like to trace the vanishing points of an image to help guide where I’m going to place the image. The vanishing point is where all the edges eventually lead to and meet. In an image like this, there are two vanishing points on what is called a two point perspective. The red lines below show the left vanishing point, the only one I’m concerned with for now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7cbY6GHQN-vdzN_AdlsFwCR8Tt3MDPChDDG-bRrsh_NIraVecvKUVeOFGbR-Vdh92KjZ8shG6zzVa5-I8z43upb5rbXNotjLg8zr0OA9Rjt3I2t4n9pl8m70GFTvB44RXUI0Fo2Bjpc/s1600/4a-perspective.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7cbY6GHQN-vdzN_AdlsFwCR8Tt3MDPChDDG-bRrsh_NIraVecvKUVeOFGbR-Vdh92KjZ8shG6zzVa5-I8z43upb5rbXNotjLg8zr0OA9Rjt3I2t4n9pl8m70GFTvB44RXUI0Fo2Bjpc/s400/4a-perspective.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After this I feel like I have a better sense of where the surface plane is. So now it’s time to make the layer of the girl running visible and press Command/Ctrl + T on Windows so that you can Free Transform the image. The great thing here is because you made this layer a Smart Object earlier, none of this distortion is permanent nor are we resampling any pixel data. So even after we distort the pic, if we wanted to adjust the tonal values of this image afterwards we could without any loss or rework necessary.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">To Distort the image hold down the Command/Ctrl key and move with the central coordinate markers instead of the corner markers. This way you’re not abstractly distorting the shape of the image and instead you can distort it in a way that feels more intuitive to matching the perspective plane of the image. This is something that should be practiced if you don’t regularly distort images to match a three dimensional space.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitf6PqFlEa-3Tj0l82cesrcHFVeFLMQL44HXhyphenhyphenwELYJeQBVSCyAGaGzwAzZNZTBKZwAHtx9L1XW-SDf9rM1QQFuq2od4L832p2RFWF5-KEKsX6th3ayvZpKf62Ncl1Fu5FDUdiVwONB1A/s1600/4b-distort.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitf6PqFlEa-3Tj0l82cesrcHFVeFLMQL44HXhyphenhyphenwELYJeQBVSCyAGaGzwAzZNZTBKZwAHtx9L1XW-SDf9rM1QQFuq2od4L832p2RFWF5-KEKsX6th3ayvZpKf62Ncl1Fu5FDUdiVwONB1A/s400/4b-distort.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once you have the image matching the correct surface plane of the counter top, and you’re ready to match your perspective now hold Command/Ctrl and distort from a single corner to match the perspective lines on your image. From here move it into a position and layout you feel works best for you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQWfOEQ-hVHa3ED_J2Uc6CYVN_F6j9v5qK5srBPxa80oUGFtW6ugycGANtoMt-uCodUFPNIKwfWDMAaHSb__woHGNqhozXk4UT2TMMekAu2e0CDeD-u1HgYZ1Pv7Njgb-qBod25yB0Do/s1600/4c-distort.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQWfOEQ-hVHa3ED_J2Uc6CYVN_F6j9v5qK5srBPxa80oUGFtW6ugycGANtoMt-uCodUFPNIKwfWDMAaHSb__woHGNqhozXk4UT2TMMekAu2e0CDeD-u1HgYZ1Pv7Njgb-qBod25yB0Do/s400/4c-distort.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 4 – Make It Less Rigid</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">With your image moved into a position that you like, and in the correct perspective of the kitchen counter surface plan, we want to add a little dimension to this rigid photograph placed on the counter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJuLIziLK2R5_GhMTcF1j218Un_9oZnTf9uqPofCHGfexQYqvz5oP0RKwGhzuzgeIvXfSUKq8UARWEPqei4fFb86VH8V8uuFpnAsd80rG1w8p59vipZ2lQ-sR2sw0goJeIZhx7btQ-PA/s1600/5a-warp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJuLIziLK2R5_GhMTcF1j218Un_9oZnTf9uqPofCHGfexQYqvz5oP0RKwGhzuzgeIvXfSUKq8UARWEPqei4fFb86VH8V8uuFpnAsd80rG1w8p59vipZ2lQ-sR2sw0goJeIZhx7btQ-PA/s400/5a-warp.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So while you still have your Free Transform box active now look up in the menu bar and click on the Warp Mode button so that we can do a more organic type of transformation. Once you’ve switched to this mode you can pull down on the corner so that it curves over the edge of the counter top and you can bend any side edges to add a curling effect to the photograph. The real reason to do this is to create a shape that forces you to add shadows and highlights. By making it so you can add shadows and highlights you should get a much more convincing composite.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLg-dVIGznSAn9rZePZN2G7EEMtQDiwHQdwhNUVbuuXnlcDK9TZLLkwJWfGNWC7jQHecbLmXfvegtXlcf9HFSDhYFGF81LTWytubKmC-rNKWtNBkQjeul-yfTLFzKr2pTbIwPy_XZ2tA/s1600/5b-warp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLg-dVIGznSAn9rZePZN2G7EEMtQDiwHQdwhNUVbuuXnlcDK9TZLLkwJWfGNWC7jQHecbLmXfvegtXlcf9HFSDhYFGF81LTWytubKmC-rNKWtNBkQjeul-yfTLFzKr2pTbIwPy_XZ2tA/s400/5b-warp.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 5 – Separating The Character</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Remember the duplicate of the girl running picture we made earlier, right after we converted that layer into a Smart Object? Now make that layer visible and using the same transformation and distort techniques move it into position but this time match the vertical surface plane of the perspective instead of the counter surface. This will become our character that has broke free and is running out of her photograph.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu2KbB2FmcsB9OGvq7jgWSEFvImBxZqMPkh5mPXgu_AnuvLWVUk44znO8sBLZo7oCHgAyRFKzRd5aRTWghpf5KJwcudx8gjyHWs924f8VVPGq_z6kQXMiALMeZmxqKY8AuxvNV4P7UGyc/s1600/6-2nd+girl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu2KbB2FmcsB9OGvq7jgWSEFvImBxZqMPkh5mPXgu_AnuvLWVUk44znO8sBLZo7oCHgAyRFKzRd5aRTWghpf5KJwcudx8gjyHWs924f8VVPGq_z6kQXMiALMeZmxqKY8AuxvNV4P7UGyc/s400/6-2nd+girl.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 6 – Cutting Her Out</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">What makes this technique fast is the stylization of a choppy cutout from the photograph. As if it was done by some children’s scissors or an old xacto cutting knife. To emulate this I use the Polygonal Lasso Tool, and loosely clicked around the girl’s silhouette. You could also do this with the Pen Tool and produce a saveable Work Path that could be converted into a Selection. This could be very useful if you were dealing with more than one character in your final piece. Remember to click with some extra space around your character so that it accentuates the detail that the character is flat and from a piece of paper. Later in this tutorial we’ll add some slight paper frayed edges for texture here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSq4IS79CBwupeyZTCVvsjeceDXejhuvoiuZt2Gf5DEnd9lbx7ADtgOACUBhIQGEjqHLntYwQXBdthQrYR6Ri73qOuRgyF1U_uga41vC7JcA5Ozqee4nP0sstaab1f0_66SBlkB3_YrI/s1600/7-cutout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSq4IS79CBwupeyZTCVvsjeceDXejhuvoiuZt2Gf5DEnd9lbx7ADtgOACUBhIQGEjqHLntYwQXBdthQrYR6Ri73qOuRgyF1U_uga41vC7JcA5Ozqee4nP0sstaab1f0_66SBlkB3_YrI/s400/7-cutout.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 7 – Mask Out & Position</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Once your selection is made for the upright girl running, make sure you have that layer targeted and then press the Layer Mask button at the bottom of the layers palette. This will isolate the girl with your choppy selection.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBvc8OiNIl-ZVlJtrhkxYLKeq2Aiz14YtsMzOCqkXj1KwJ4oXwV3OIQaos0ZxReSRrsv8m_Z-G-FkboM_AJJUPn_Opr2cMcpBTiAx7hG5VRyxnh3S8SHTXxtNIjEhUrmEDMUqZoL-rfI/s1600/8b-cutout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBvc8OiNIl-ZVlJtrhkxYLKeq2Aiz14YtsMzOCqkXj1KwJ4oXwV3OIQaos0ZxReSRrsv8m_Z-G-FkboM_AJJUPn_Opr2cMcpBTiAx7hG5VRyxnh3S8SHTXxtNIjEhUrmEDMUqZoL-rfI/s400/8b-cutout.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Next move the girl into position, using the Move Tool, so that the foot aligns with the original foot on the flat surface image.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVuyb18xub8WKAxrVbqOmFYGgruEyhuQIL1K38iR9n0yXdfQdpmPGvZwl-wTP4MtqejsYaEn4SdPdO_X8sOr-mJHaxR7WPCinQUavtq7I0_02_N4Znm_s5ZNjzCK78tHLEEMKYqjFOS5c/s1600/8-cutout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVuyb18xub8WKAxrVbqOmFYGgruEyhuQIL1K38iR9n0yXdfQdpmPGvZwl-wTP4MtqejsYaEn4SdPdO_X8sOr-mJHaxR7WPCinQUavtq7I0_02_N4Znm_s5ZNjzCK78tHLEEMKYqjFOS5c/s400/8-cutout.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 8 – Making The Hole</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Now that you’ve got your girl running setup to be vertical and cutout from the image, we need that same shape to be cut out from the image that appears to be resting on the counter surface. There are lots of ways to do this, but the way I did it was to right click on the layer mask we made on the upright girl running layer, then chose "Add Mask To Selection" from the contextual menu. You could just as easily hold the Command/Ctrl key and just click on the layer mask, that will give also give you a selection based on the layer mask. Once you have this active selection go to "Select" in the menu bar and come down to choose "Transform Selection."</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This will produce a bounding box around your active selection that allows you the ability to transform and distort just that selection and not the pixels that are currently selected. Using the distort techniques we learned earlier, by pressing and holding the Command/Ctrl key, Distort the selection until it aligns around the image area of the girl that is flat to the counter surface. You’ll then use this mask to remove her from that picture, and produce your see through hole for the effect we’re making.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-QN93-fE8k7tTRZsaHuEZNbDkb2V-G8YMD_rOf6cqwfNYXrL3Kfu1KOoxXVlMHjKtIAi09m_3OIQdMZpqBDMTjyjTvUbgyytbrS6_yO3HbPRTjvto4j1PidNAnewjC81RJ8XYMhWRM0/s1600/9-cutout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-QN93-fE8k7tTRZsaHuEZNbDkb2V-G8YMD_rOf6cqwfNYXrL3Kfu1KOoxXVlMHjKtIAi09m_3OIQdMZpqBDMTjyjTvUbgyytbrS6_yO3HbPRTjvto4j1PidNAnewjC81RJ8XYMhWRM0/s400/9-cutout.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">As you have that selection in place, just Inverse the selection by either pressing Command/Ctrl + I. You can also go to Select > Inverse in the menu bar. Now target the layer that has the image of the girl running flat to the counter surface, press the Layer Mask button and you should end up with the girl cut out from the counter surface image and the rest of the photo intact. If you’ve done this correctly it should look like the preview below. You can now see the vertical girl running picture with no background from her source image, and the other girl running picture flat on the counter surface with the selection knocked out to create the hole in the surface photo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdFwO_fZqJ7bEbcD-Xd7qHw0mR2Jv88dOeY-fDgz0VenpU3-3Oo3z4Vai0qmjnMQPEYV0gSzqGLUoCNPoBZ8v3I9kRdAKS9x9knwKyQRoeUnwIn51dcpef-ORBg5t6CvGhCZIQUU-XSA/s1600/9b-cutout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdFwO_fZqJ7bEbcD-Xd7qHw0mR2Jv88dOeY-fDgz0VenpU3-3Oo3z4Vai0qmjnMQPEYV0gSzqGLUoCNPoBZ8v3I9kRdAKS9x9knwKyQRoeUnwIn51dcpef-ORBg5t6CvGhCZIQUU-XSA/s400/9b-cutout.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Step 10 – Layer Styles</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">So now we need to add some surface shadows for all that distortion, transforming, and warping, that we did earlier. Although I’m a big fan of just painting in shadows so they look more organic and less like a calculated digital production this is often a major time suck, so in this step we’ll take advantage of the drop shadow feature and then modify that after it’s added to create a better shadow for the image. So you’re first step is just to add a Drop Shadow by clicking on the Layer Styles button at the bottom of the Layers Palette and choose Drop Shadow.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4C6qXWnKEnV1aXK0DUz9DVPyitxkCALvi77SGLFbMFKTF95DOdd2xboe86DGb08PDYlcDAXZwslhrgofpX-ZMowjNYSaiWcQhjaj6OFepVQEv_tihgfKBiSLrrUY5TG58whpzCTXKns/s1600/910-puppetwarp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG4C6qXWnKEnV1aXK0DUz9DVPyitxkCALvi77SGLFbMFKTF95DOdd2xboe86DGb08PDYlcDAXZwslhrgofpX-ZMowjNYSaiWcQhjaj6OFepVQEv_tihgfKBiSLrrUY5TG58whpzCTXKns/s400/910-puppetwarp.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><b>Step 10 – Layer Styles</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">So now we need to add some surface shadows for all that distortion, transforming, and warping, that we did earlier. Although I’m a big fan of just painting in shadows so they look more organic and less like a calculated digital production this is often a major time suck, so in this step we’ll take advantage of the drop shadow feature and then modify that after it’s added to create a better shadow for the image. So you’re first step is just to add a Drop Shadow by clicking on the Layer Styles button at the bottom of the Layers Palette and choose Drop Shadow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpBqRZaEnuawzwv3-X-XqMNU4Z0FzOaln8P1P6lFJDsjLO0l0hehyphenhyphen5N5FVZj1C997IMziYWUP78BO1TMBnGMV1t7TeiWwQn5sfQX6xtZL0lc5GpyQn3iALockDH0F_Vz5Mg7Je7jQePU/s1600/11-shadow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPpBqRZaEnuawzwv3-X-XqMNU4Z0FzOaln8P1P6lFJDsjLO0l0hehyphenhyphen5N5FVZj1C997IMziYWUP78BO1TMBnGMV1t7TeiWwQn5sfQX6xtZL0lc5GpyQn3iALockDH0F_Vz5Mg7Je7jQePU/s400/11-shadow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b> Step 11 – Shadow Coloring</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">When I’m adding a shadow, whether it’s painted or a style, I always remember something my art professor in college told me. "Mark, shadows aren’t black…EVER!" Now I don’t know how true that is for the argument of science but I get the point. Shadows are an artifact of lighting that are cast onto a surface that most likely has color on it. So I try to use that influence in much of my compositing work. Here I sampled a dark color from the counter surface, and then I experimented with the Color Burn Blend Mode in the Layer Style Drop Shadow dialogue box options. This should give you a more subtle shadow. I adjusted the settings until I found that tone and contrast was similar to objects that original existed in the background photo so that it would be more convincing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It’s worth noticing also that I keep the Size value down at 0. The reason for this is because we’re going to modify the softness/blur of the shadow by hand so it’s more believable. In Photoshop one of the simple rules is that it’s much easier to blur something then it is to un-blur something. So having a good sharp source to work with is always best in my opinion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEbs5D-36y3aIdOrq_X148whLYETgOLb-YrgaZH21RN71tt_RIN33P4Hfu5haiqJ51HVatxS2n9N0tFdBzpnA9SeKBVbHDMxhbuAyUGo9i5-W4n1ZSq_4VJPQ22-cfV7-Si_EAr_06N0/s1600/12-shadow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEbs5D-36y3aIdOrq_X148whLYETgOLb-YrgaZH21RN71tt_RIN33P4Hfu5haiqJ51HVatxS2n9N0tFdBzpnA9SeKBVbHDMxhbuAyUGo9i5-W4n1ZSq_4VJPQ22-cfV7-Si_EAr_06N0/s400/12-shadow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 12 – Separate The Shadow</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">After you’ve added the generic Drop Shadow, we’re going to convert that Layer Style into it’s own layer. To do this, Right Click on either the ‘fx’ icon in the layer with the Drop Shadow or click on the effect label itself. Scroll down and toward the bottom of the contextual menu there should be an option for Create Layer. This will then separate the Layer Style from it’s original layer and produce a new layer of it’s own. This new layer should be labeled with Drop Shadow in the layer title, and you’ll notice the blending mode and fill percentage mimics the original dialogue box settings. Now you have the shadow on it’s own layer in physical pixels that can be modified uniquely.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2W36PEGNV3cCp_np-GjN7lkZd0B2iFJ_RWVN_EVluiN3nNCODpmWL0bYuORdSnZSK52vMx56iF_cU0Jgsp43l7SrT_in-uhj3r-izzdu_8p2zj-REnstk0ASRANCvz4oVMVIV46Kb2c/s1600/13-shadow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2W36PEGNV3cCp_np-GjN7lkZd0B2iFJ_RWVN_EVluiN3nNCODpmWL0bYuORdSnZSK52vMx56iF_cU0Jgsp43l7SrT_in-uhj3r-izzdu_8p2zj-REnstk0ASRANCvz4oVMVIV46Kb2c/s400/13-shadow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b> Step 13 – Warp The Shadow</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Now that you have the Drop Shadow as it’s own layer, use both the Free Transform and Warp Mode techniques we utilized earlier to modify the shadow so that it better represents the shadow on the surface of the counter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFw1N_Pc9ctOPyBWRw-WBYH55R-AtZyuMcRpOGmsLPJ4Fgpsg7zt0IxvN_Pa1W9zAQ5VVPBPtPpbqlc-sPPnRE1lNFYhrHXFFfKH_4lOzV0XNeYFHcf5AA0VHc_sxXMagzPkXj-u6kaI/s1600/14a-shadow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOFw1N_Pc9ctOPyBWRw-WBYH55R-AtZyuMcRpOGmsLPJ4Fgpsg7zt0IxvN_Pa1W9zAQ5VVPBPtPpbqlc-sPPnRE1lNFYhrHXFFfKH_4lOzV0XNeYFHcf5AA0VHc_sxXMagzPkXj-u6kaI/s400/14a-shadow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My advice here is to think about where you created curves on your surface photograph earlier so that you can Warp your new shadow to compliment those curves and bends of the photograph. Any part of the surface photograph that should be touching the counter top would have almost no drop shadows at all. Any edges of the photograph you bent up, would require being able to see more of the shadow under the photograph.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfWcI_Bzrv4plE9tq_50PXgk7b8bthlJVFGVa4qyZgZLcNntqS_yhm1haMMfTzGdptcEuC-AOvYanyJjI9GPBekXG63Yc763tmUBbYRk0aCXP1mCFP_dzbkygbp8eRJ4d8O05Yehh2UE/s1600/14b-shadow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfWcI_Bzrv4plE9tq_50PXgk7b8bthlJVFGVa4qyZgZLcNntqS_yhm1haMMfTzGdptcEuC-AOvYanyJjI9GPBekXG63Yc763tmUBbYRk0aCXP1mCFP_dzbkygbp8eRJ4d8O05Yehh2UE/s400/14b-shadow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For the outer edge of the counter I cut a section of the drop shadow out and warped it to run parallel to the vertical axis of the counter top edge surface. This is primarily done because in the background image I can tell that there is a strong light source from high above, and slightly off to the left of the photographers frame composition.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqORvOYMdkbpGF0Jq0J6n2x60HtzTotMm69mowpS5q1yWgUTNBzXbfNW407ZYbJssu3JpAVh8_AjJZCYWWmOqWomau4XgyxLVpxEQOye2nCa245dqg30TN6HfXhj497T8NyV1XUWdKmc/s1600/14c-shadow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqORvOYMdkbpGF0Jq0J6n2x60HtzTotMm69mowpS5q1yWgUTNBzXbfNW407ZYbJssu3JpAVh8_AjJZCYWWmOqWomau4XgyxLVpxEQOye2nCa245dqg30TN6HfXhj497T8NyV1XUWdKmc/s400/14c-shadow.jpg" width="400" /></b></a></div><b>Step 14 – Smart Object</b><br />
At this point I convert any layers I have for the drop shadow into a single Smart Object. Just hold down Shift and click on multiple layers then Right Click on the highlighted layers and choose "Convert to Smart Object".<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HkN1VpnQGcxSXzvOA4udvv2JiEhyphenhyphenKXmZ1f6hSLaJ2iiE5OAVYcanI-44hDaaWWmY3pAz_zElLTEjrcanHPMq1NSDao3dK-nBxzYusr1VSuxwziXmgmHDmV7k9U5bw7EH6xEoxHMC9Cg/s1600/15-shadow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HkN1VpnQGcxSXzvOA4udvv2JiEhyphenhyphenKXmZ1f6hSLaJ2iiE5OAVYcanI-44hDaaWWmY3pAz_zElLTEjrcanHPMq1NSDao3dK-nBxzYusr1VSuxwziXmgmHDmV7k9U5bw7EH6xEoxHMC9Cg/s400/15-shadow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The reason for this is so that I can blur my shadow without permanently committing to those blur values.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUv8W2HWVvckn2XfvUjy52MOkRSCP_Hnhtx-1iNpjNiHmGVD77HtYNNRx3xp3UKI9G84CjNHRZYU_3o-9CASQy4tTyJ-snMzmo_vL9y1Sc9DW1VGUEFjLzGmYJxvba3AbNb1snWPHWDE/s1600/15b-shadow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUv8W2HWVvckn2XfvUjy52MOkRSCP_Hnhtx-1iNpjNiHmGVD77HtYNNRx3xp3UKI9G84CjNHRZYU_3o-9CASQy4tTyJ-snMzmo_vL9y1Sc9DW1VGUEFjLzGmYJxvba3AbNb1snWPHWDE/s400/15b-shadow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 15 – Subtle Shadow Tweaks</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">After you’ve blurred your Smart Object, the one you created from all your Drop Shadow layers, go into the mask of the Smart Object using a soft feathered brush and paint out the areas that should not be so soft.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tip: Remember, the closer an object is to the surface the more likely it is the shadow will get sharper edged. So mask out your soft shadow by painting into the mask of the Smart Filter so it will appear to sharpen the edge of the shadow where appropriate. You can see in the example below which areas I left soft and which ones I masked out the filter to gain a sharper edge shadow. This will help create a more dynamic believable lighting effect for your composite.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuZWij72zsg8RLcKxELZqHU0DpsL1hAcE9dLWQDXHSKOhu7VvpAp7d93eTzsSK0XdBG2pk0M9W0z02NVJc3ekqObunb8g1P1YK2pD8Qbyx_zR5HSzFBgQ1BnmXgagu02QTEUl5LZMyKg/s1600/15c-shadow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuZWij72zsg8RLcKxELZqHU0DpsL1hAcE9dLWQDXHSKOhu7VvpAp7d93eTzsSK0XdBG2pk0M9W0z02NVJc3ekqObunb8g1P1YK2pD8Qbyx_zR5HSzFBgQ1BnmXgagu02QTEUl5LZMyKg/s400/15c-shadow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 16 – Fix The Less Obvious</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">So all of your fancy shadow work will be for nothing if you don’t notice things that need to be fixed. For example, here there is an original highlight from the source kitchen photo that is running behind our added photograph and underneath our made up shadow. There should be no highlight here!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXvklXDXoxaNmb7FfTgKWf8zxPLADhSRNLcGReXMYJ_0v7rbPMF6BXDrU5SB4cbk_lZGBafA6TfyAcsPS2CLQg_BtXvSFjs8YPlvxkDGoHtuKfuI7peGMrnKDUy2sdcwtPVC5rpSi1GP8/s1600/16-fix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXvklXDXoxaNmb7FfTgKWf8zxPLADhSRNLcGReXMYJ_0v7rbPMF6BXDrU5SB4cbk_lZGBafA6TfyAcsPS2CLQg_BtXvSFjs8YPlvxkDGoHtuKfuI7peGMrnKDUy2sdcwtPVC5rpSi1GP8/s400/16-fix.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So to fix this, you can just use the Stamp tool to remove the highlight. You could also consider using more modern tools like the Patch Tool or Content Aware Fill, but in this case the old tool is fast and easy to use. The way I did this was I created a new layer above the Background Layer. Then I chose my stamp tool, and made sure that I had the option for "Current & Below" selected on the tool. This allows me to have all my other visible layers active and seen but it will only clone pixels from the Background layer below this new layer. After this is set, choose a soft brush and work the Stamp so that it blends the highlight into the shadow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1659x8TVMVzl_a6doG9O6qaV4jmNxgh5Ib388PyVpcsJvHWjs1c1t3zHGPpdJ8atIuiAacDjmF19SB9MlJoC7fDZeOJCICz4lg0Q1ppLBzKLTXHRXCwcfE6z6XjJZUTMcftAT0yFcOjI/s1600/16b-fix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1659x8TVMVzl_a6doG9O6qaV4jmNxgh5Ib388PyVpcsJvHWjs1c1t3zHGPpdJ8atIuiAacDjmF19SB9MlJoC7fDZeOJCICz4lg0Q1ppLBzKLTXHRXCwcfE6z6XjJZUTMcftAT0yFcOjI/s400/16b-fix.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The cool thing about doing it this way, is that I can keep my shadow which we created on one of the layers high above the Background Layer. Because our Stamp options were set to only clone the Current Layer & Below I can see how I’m cloning out the highlight in relation to the shadows we manufactured earlier.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pjiUykPrNA5evToCQXQmdGjLGEHapr-JjcQYYKKG6qHtwaEu-vjjhqC9eNuEXc4SSaVTiXkATdNHCMGkzz_bbV20KvQEIZsqd23gdN2vLMZGWnDsniMP5ckbs47BWBH08BOF5IaS9eY/s1600/16c-fix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pjiUykPrNA5evToCQXQmdGjLGEHapr-JjcQYYKKG6qHtwaEu-vjjhqC9eNuEXc4SSaVTiXkATdNHCMGkzz_bbV20KvQEIZsqd23gdN2vLMZGWnDsniMP5ckbs47BWBH08BOF5IaS9eY/s400/16c-fix.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<b>Step 17 – Dab it Darker</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">My last little touch for lighting is to take some of the areas where the shadows could look stronger/darker and build those up for depth on the surface of the counter top. So I made a new layer in my layers palette above the existing drop shadow layer. Then using another color sample of the counter top, like we did earlier for the drop shadow, I painted in a few small parts using a soft brush with the sampled color. Next I set that layer to Multiply so that it would naturally darken between the two sampled colors and help enhance the shading. If you want to have more control, set the Opacity of your brush to 40% and then build up your painting by dabbing and layering the sampled color into the areas you want to improve.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvkyLnBNf26bdoGfuMeaA3Oz3d9t95keKzHzvizJ-Pu0iss7uLkam9JIHFL7KEZr9uWruLWUjIAcJFvDkGsgNht8QAK1tf6MmkUEcD0Q4UEu3I3vaaHRb_KiiAaKkJ4T5vi0OHztTruk/s1600/17a-fix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvkyLnBNf26bdoGfuMeaA3Oz3d9t95keKzHzvizJ-Pu0iss7uLkam9JIHFL7KEZr9uWruLWUjIAcJFvDkGsgNht8QAK1tf6MmkUEcD0Q4UEu3I3vaaHRb_KiiAaKkJ4T5vi0OHztTruk/s400/17a-fix.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Step 18 – Match The Highlight Direction</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Remember earlier when we removed that higlight that was running underneath the photograph and through the photograph’s shadow? Even though it was accurate to remove that highlight it means that we still need to add a highlight to this photograph because it’s the new surface that is closest to the light source. To produce this I make a selection of my photograph, the easiest way is just Command/Ctrl + Click on that surface photo’s layer thumbnail. From here I chose a reflective gradient type with my swatch being white to transparent. Then I dragged the gradient within the selection until I got it to align with the counter top ridge edge. All these little details of lighting are what help making it feel more natural. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdr6ZcEEc0pmTMQI88k1uDwHyXEnJBZfBE7yn3_9NrQNeAe_77dzngOc5UyqRTO3S_TQfaaQ9nYwjtfMLFFzRZpOD6oybMuk-2ddv2H0PgGsUFcMIyuiK_4akaj-av99m77DjyauSH7JM/s1600/18a-fix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdr6ZcEEc0pmTMQI88k1uDwHyXEnJBZfBE7yn3_9NrQNeAe_77dzngOc5UyqRTO3S_TQfaaQ9nYwjtfMLFFzRZpOD6oybMuk-2ddv2H0PgGsUFcMIyuiK_4akaj-av99m77DjyauSH7JM/s400/18a-fix.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 18 – Cast Shadow</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Next we need to add a cast shadow to our girl so that she looks more dimensional and interacting with the light direction from the source background photograph. Using the same techniques as earlier, I selected the girl’s cut out shape. Used that to fill with a dark surface color that was sampled from the counter top. Then the shadow was blurred, the top left was reduced with a mask out in the space of the hole, and the blend mode was set to multiply so it would adopt colors more naturally. From here the opacity is turned down to your own liking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifd4f45hBB9rUAyq-PjZL3y40CM5ejbSRyj0KzzqdB58eiB6_-8zoVWakGKjSwUVEX3qUul-Pjg12Wj6OaKq1ENZaiUnc-q9MgVgi9_N7U5CLrW82lFcrsBXi4zBXZcl-eAiC5w0eQduQ/s1600/19a-fix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifd4f45hBB9rUAyq-PjZL3y40CM5ejbSRyj0KzzqdB58eiB6_-8zoVWakGKjSwUVEX3qUul-Pjg12Wj6OaKq1ENZaiUnc-q9MgVgi9_N7U5CLrW82lFcrsBXi4zBXZcl-eAiC5w0eQduQ/s400/19a-fix.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 19 – Torn & Frayed Edges</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">We’re almost done, but we need to add this small important step to help create a little more realism and texture to the effect. If this runner was to magically free herself from the confines of her photograph I think there would be some tearing or fray to the photo paper. Now you can take that concept and go crazy and really tear up the page but I thought that might be distracting. Instead, we’re going to use some brush settings to create a simple fray behind the girl and in the hole of the image below. So we’ll start with the spatter brush that comes with the default brush set in Photoshop.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ZiAf9jYSCraqTcR9mVEu4avhpIsxyp1N9kQwx4rmRNK85aD8125-jdoOj5VroNFFc3rJiP2ozfHVrbAyv7KGRG3d3rG29ix4pXn8OR09FMo9BiuQ7zKaxOYHy0OQOawSUL-f3gCdmsM/s1600/20a-brush.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ZiAf9jYSCraqTcR9mVEu4avhpIsxyp1N9kQwx4rmRNK85aD8125-jdoOj5VroNFFc3rJiP2ozfHVrbAyv7KGRG3d3rG29ix4pXn8OR09FMo9BiuQ7zKaxOYHy0OQOawSUL-f3gCdmsM/s400/20a-brush.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">From here we’ll customize the brush settings. Pressing F5 on your keyboard will bring up the brushes palette where you can customize all of the brush options. There’s a lot going on here, but your end goal is to create a brush that has a random variance to it so that as you paint it appears natural and organic in it’s stroke. In most of these dialogue boxes this is called Jitter, and it’s a great feature of the brush tools for getting wonderful effects really fast. Below you can see screen shots of my settings, but explore some other settings, and maybe some other texture brushes to see what you can produce and make it your own.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1j06dGTz02UbnO-2liZvB0oS-l6BU7vbgywOeb4earvmQqfG_0nPSGRSJO8dtdfRC2gIiC242_Rojfi7U0n9JsL1v9RuDV8EOZVcu3H00e0en_Wd-m6bdy-5nWM4Oeq79RndLJ5ePtnA/s1600/20b-brush.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1j06dGTz02UbnO-2liZvB0oS-l6BU7vbgywOeb4earvmQqfG_0nPSGRSJO8dtdfRC2gIiC242_Rojfi7U0n9JsL1v9RuDV8EOZVcu3H00e0en_Wd-m6bdy-5nWM4Oeq79RndLJ5ePtnA/s1600/20b-brush.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Step 20 – Make A Work Path</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Now, that you’ve got a brush set, load a selection of the girl (easiest way I find is to Command/Ctrl + Click on the layer mask of the upright image of her, this should auto load a selection). Now with the girl selected, bring up your Paths palette, and press the button that is labeled "Make Work Path From Selection". If you’ve done this correctly you didn’t even need to switch from your brush tool, bonus points for you if you did that! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmiQ5xeFivgDd_ulyao7nKHlK8PKitAS0-hM6nXxPG710vOKXV69ZcYS6FHYETQNcaOgrMBH5C-3GFZGCjXE8B7dTIsfglTQ3kjPiRSCrBoeZ9APBDj9p4JLDpjZrsP8SMwMtKJ_6BaU/s1600/21-stroke.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmiQ5xeFivgDd_ulyao7nKHlK8PKitAS0-hM6nXxPG710vOKXV69ZcYS6FHYETQNcaOgrMBH5C-3GFZGCjXE8B7dTIsfglTQ3kjPiRSCrBoeZ9APBDj9p4JLDpjZrsP8SMwMtKJ_6BaU/s400/21-stroke.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 21</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">You should now have a work path around the girl, and you have your customized brush active with the brush tool chosen. Create a new layer that goes beneath the layer of the upright girl running, stay on that layer. I then set my brush size to 9px for a size.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Choose white as your foreground color. Now press the "Stroke Path With Brush" button in the Paths palette.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This should now create a fibrous sketchy stroke from your custom brush around the contour of the girl. To create some denser strokes and more variety, press the Stroke Path button a few more times, I did mine twice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdeLKo8eSm59l9dGXQ3IEAxga6hCaH62YEyU0OSrWzLW6ngNhUi4LpzvZsIVqfn-RUoBowrmTJewdXNXNGokllzuf2IwUjtsaruuG1akB2nLUCVeAYN6nwa6YG4yHEe3aKipjszbCzWc/s1600/22b-stroke.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTdeLKo8eSm59l9dGXQ3IEAxga6hCaH62YEyU0OSrWzLW6ngNhUi4LpzvZsIVqfn-RUoBowrmTJewdXNXNGokllzuf2IwUjtsaruuG1akB2nLUCVeAYN6nwa6YG4yHEe3aKipjszbCzWc/s400/22b-stroke.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Here is a preview of what that looks like after you’ve applied the brush stroke. A helpful tip, if you like the treatment of the brush stroke for a fibrous/torn/frayed edge save it as a Brush Preset in your brush palette so you can use it again and work faster next time!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfdVIhKoLtsimrphqGO_Y0b3nhFWO97LzqNdW51Nq2zhqwW10dpp6qg-axoFLf2-EsugVXOs_OfhGRI4XDE8clL7HL26h-iPXfp0nU290ekdeeyK90u4PfxkVQeFpRxZXN7K9Rr4Yv9VY/s1600/22-stroke.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfdVIhKoLtsimrphqGO_Y0b3nhFWO97LzqNdW51Nq2zhqwW10dpp6qg-axoFLf2-EsugVXOs_OfhGRI4XDE8clL7HL26h-iPXfp0nU290ekdeeyK90u4PfxkVQeFpRxZXN7K9Rr4Yv9VY/s400/22-stroke.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Down by the foot of the girl, I erased some of the brush stroke. I did this because I didn’t want her to be completely torn free of the photograph yet causing the two images to interact more as one image to the viewer. So just make a quick marquee down by the foot, and simply press delete on that layer with the brush stroke.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlpEM1ZNzg_XvsV2-MGO4L0Teo-RxmYfa9xx9NkOPY3lXTD_DclkprRMcqAesIdwmHmierhll3Z6i0XvEjeoLZalXaTyBPgN-Ctpx40wEvF4imdOvAGRViWZNPT5VvxYTP05u8cjOZ4BE/s1600/22c-stroke.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlpEM1ZNzg_XvsV2-MGO4L0Teo-RxmYfa9xx9NkOPY3lXTD_DclkprRMcqAesIdwmHmierhll3Z6i0XvEjeoLZalXaTyBPgN-Ctpx40wEvF4imdOvAGRViWZNPT5VvxYTP05u8cjOZ4BE/s400/22c-stroke.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b>Step 22 – Adjust The Global Three</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The final and last step of all my composites usually involve global adjustments. Things that I can do to make the piece feel more unified in its appearance. This usually involves three key things. Luminance: Does the brightness of the images composited seem to match? Contrast: Are the shadows, and highlights between the composited elements equal in their appearance of contrasting tones? Saturation: Are the colors for my additions as vibrant and dense as the ones in the source image, or are they too saturated?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">For this piece, I had been working with the Luminance and Contrast concerns in mind all along, trying to match my shadows and highlights to those I saw in the kitchen image. But, our girl running photo appears to be much more Vibrant and Saturated with it’s colors comparing it to the kitchen image. One thing I find is that too much saturation is a clear sign of something being done on a computer, so I like to with draw saturation when I have the choice of either/or. It feels a little less "rendered" and more natural. Plus, a lot of computer monitors now have the saturation and contrast already turned up very high so that could actually take your image and push it further.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">So all I did as a final step was add two Vibrance Adjustment Layers above all the other layers. Make sure they are not clipping grouped. (If it’s indented from the alignment of the other layer thumbnails, it’s grouped. Remove a clipping group my pressing Command/Ctrl + Option + G on a Mac, or CTRL + ALT + G on Windows).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">For the final values I experimented with two Vibrance Adjustment layers on different parts of the photograph. I kept the vibrance and saturation down on the surface photograph but I kept the vibrance turned back up on the girl running. Experiment with this to your own taste so you feel it best suits the background image.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGiUkvFgtz8qHEiuTCNqF2wGLK2dp78k5QLb5ZrJJjsCUMUeaeBTkH9fcT8Nul1xU3-ii9J6nIJXscH0IhSNLJtuDO-9fxW886mDhjSrZSmF2XEIRpHKNcD_IeUomwyNRNsUjraeWd0o/s1600/24-adjust.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGiUkvFgtz8qHEiuTCNqF2wGLK2dp78k5QLb5ZrJJjsCUMUeaeBTkH9fcT8Nul1xU3-ii9J6nIJXscH0IhSNLJtuDO-9fxW886mDhjSrZSmF2XEIRpHKNcD_IeUomwyNRNsUjraeWd0o/s400/24-adjust.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Conclusion</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">When you’re done compositing, crop to create a unique, macro styled, break out graphic. Here’s a close-up crop of the final piece and a wider preview below.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I hope this tutorial covered enough wide variety of techniques that you gained a few ideas or learned something new to add to your toolbox of tricks for making graphics. Have fun with your pixels!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKfzREe6RQjQs7nhk14bGrbQjIYPTmpNcRrG7IZQLBuFc8C4KVSJ71ao1wZIOy5gzXcepJw_08r_JB8XLtymXMaLIysDBcKflUNSmF0hz7rYUcY0x9emDdxXJCs933XM5zG_-eY-nabg/s1600/final-preview.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqKfzREe6RQjQs7nhk14bGrbQjIYPTmpNcRrG7IZQLBuFc8C4KVSJ71ao1wZIOy5gzXcepJw_08r_JB8XLtymXMaLIysDBcKflUNSmF0hz7rYUcY0x9emDdxXJCs933XM5zG_-eY-nabg/s640/final-preview.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Copy Write: http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/photo-effects-tutorials/create-a-cutout-photograph/</span></div>Photoshop Tipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146769034728373345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178042735968247603.post-44825919267342600572011-11-20T08:39:00.000-08:002011-11-20T08:39:14.350-08:00Invisible Clothing Effect<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='470' height='400' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwCQkuwf_fQ0YTM0VXoJjNDnfa_B3UyLnBUB3FVrY15KJvJp_H7qecZvcNbAtQVv6rxqSWPgyWzJQ9Ozkb6xw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Photoshop Tipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146769034728373345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178042735968247603.post-33011259242183263292011-11-15T07:59:00.000-08:002011-11-15T07:59:54.740-08:00How to Extract Background<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='470' height='400' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzyr_iqcPR-WVsalGjLbObbXEgeCGBvERsVG-b4-O19lReqlzDxGZwZMuioAdBhcOsVZustwq-S7I25OTyXPQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Photoshop Tipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146769034728373345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178042735968247603.post-32397626331060932782011-10-28T19:02:00.000-07:002011-10-28T19:03:20.379-07:00How to change hair colour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='470' height='400' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxQbzKCvokAQpyl7dtfg1HqAQCRYEnAAknGJRGBTAyzcu4qpgy0L3nF8FBU-YUwBfD63-tPPw9RSu8n4iIXFg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Photoshop Tipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146769034728373345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178042735968247603.post-79375785154328228542011-10-11T05:47:00.000-07:002011-10-11T05:47:35.347-07:00Create a Spectacular Flaming Meteor Effect on Text<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Final Results</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9nQn7lMMfoB8XYS_hItOnim2cn0HsB-mmtK92ZtxCAjMN-Wv7vzBMGlt3Z2B5ykl4gQVXNZaRZpZccVlxGw3rJYqOCwwr-bYn9ILTYEALnr2cwivZQD-wo4u_ZkeFdFdH2B8pkiaAnf0/s1600/fire_conclusion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9nQn7lMMfoB8XYS_hItOnim2cn0HsB-mmtK92ZtxCAjMN-Wv7vzBMGlt3Z2B5ykl4gQVXNZaRZpZccVlxGw3rJYqOCwwr-bYn9ILTYEALnr2cwivZQD-wo4u_ZkeFdFdH2B8pkiaAnf0/s400/fire_conclusion.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 1</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">First create a new document and fill it with a dark grey.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtifwF_ORdqL9wzhtVPdyOSPvBGk2m7Rl9yTa7QH-oLQZ0p5n7hs0pJpdzNfs4jYBpCA45pnD2ccupWqcemJ9encL5MX3-po9VLC0ikoUprWZiiH9Y-EORoa16YlxbPUyueZIb9MATn2A/s1600/fire_s1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtifwF_ORdqL9wzhtVPdyOSPvBGk2m7Rl9yTa7QH-oLQZ0p5n7hs0pJpdzNfs4jYBpCA45pnD2ccupWqcemJ9encL5MX3-po9VLC0ikoUprWZiiH9Y-EORoa16YlxbPUyueZIb9MATn2A/s400/fire_s1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<b>Step 2</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Create a new layer, call it “Clouds,” and using the Lasso Tool (L), make a selection similar to the one I’ve shown below.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Set your background color to a 50% grey and the foreground to a dark grey. Go to Filter > Render > Clouds and, holding the Alt key, create clouds. After that go to Images > Adjustments > Levels, and change the input levels and output levels until you make the clouds neither too dark nor too light (see the image shown).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This layer will be on top of the others. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZ9j6GfwEmYh0csu5DuMr7IRTB4XWxlMAmJaL0i4oiDyWxV_rBY48goi5htkCEhcV3pNHDq8G8LYflYanR72EVod9WOR1F4UWv3N293xEAt7yP13EJCyRB1mb2xJnZI0PwYQ-y57mwL8/s1600/fire_s2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZ9j6GfwEmYh0csu5DuMr7IRTB4XWxlMAmJaL0i4oiDyWxV_rBY48goi5htkCEhcV3pNHDq8G8LYflYanR72EVod9WOR1F4UWv3N293xEAt7yP13EJCyRB1mb2xJnZI0PwYQ-y57mwL8/s400/fire_s2.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><b>Step 3</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Create another layer and repeat Step 2, but this time just change the background color from 50% gray to a blue or green color. This will create a small cloud, lighter than the big one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWsVwgwVXUgFCTS_qka4khHGRlFhSy2pshbl0p0Ag-57-0yEHHlooGcR5Y_V_gELOzlaYGY8fD5y1kKd0AHvvcqyneQsfBnL6CBF-FIvDSLDMXPf3pFZ62u8ivb3X0tXB4IsPMOx22X7E/s1600/fire_s3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWsVwgwVXUgFCTS_qka4khHGRlFhSy2pshbl0p0Ag-57-0yEHHlooGcR5Y_V_gELOzlaYGY8fD5y1kKd0AHvvcqyneQsfBnL6CBF-FIvDSLDMXPf3pFZ62u8ivb3X0tXB4IsPMOx22X7E/s400/fire_s3.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><b>Step 4</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Now we’ll switch to Adobe Illustrator to create some text. I used Times New Roman for the font. After that go to Effect > 3D > Extrude and Bevel. Now we will create the 3D text. Rotate the object and change the perspective. You can use the same values as I did (shown below).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwKawZ0aSxfAcI3dji2w-Q-qSvp-9k4WcymfijwxdEpVrGuRXnVygEbHtQg7pYD_1cJ_wDgmhzIrWDEzwr-9kh7i-SZMmlStiw2M1ugCUc7WFXO_dWAltVorGW8kWpTMbhjNQnjEAxqM/s1600/fire_s4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwKawZ0aSxfAcI3dji2w-Q-qSvp-9k4WcymfijwxdEpVrGuRXnVygEbHtQg7pYD_1cJ_wDgmhzIrWDEzwr-9kh7i-SZMmlStiw2M1ugCUc7WFXO_dWAltVorGW8kWpTMbhjNQnjEAxqM/s320/fire_s4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Step 5</b><br />
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<ol><li>Copy the 3D text and paste it in Photoshop.</li>
<li>Place it in the center and add some Noise (Filter > Noise > Add Noise).</li>
<li>Now let’s change the Layer Style. First add Bevel and Emboss.</li>
<li>After that, let’s add a Gradient Overlay.</li>
</ol><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzSeXjpzFWFptjZBgogVLx61cynSuaS-Yz5ws4qJlN4YAIn71bzta2aYU_HzevB4dI5EKNxE9wb5oi0nyMSOGunbJuAtzqUUO6p7wL3UEcIh8JoT7J0ouGaOFccLN1ef-tyq5nu9TCtec/s1600/fire_s5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzSeXjpzFWFptjZBgogVLx61cynSuaS-Yz5ws4qJlN4YAIn71bzta2aYU_HzevB4dI5EKNxE9wb5oi0nyMSOGunbJuAtzqUUO6p7wL3UEcIh8JoT7J0ouGaOFccLN1ef-tyq5nu9TCtec/s640/fire_s5.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><b>Step 6</b><br />
Duplicate the Type layer and add a Motion Blur (Filter > Blur > Motion Blur).<br />
Set the angle of the blur to -53.<br />
Change the layer mode to Linear Dodge (Add).<br />
Create a Folder, call it “Typo,” and move these two layers into it.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Create a new layer and repeat the Step 2, this time using a selection as shown going out the back of the letter T. This will create the trailing smoke.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfoAFksF0QDEXcFOo0iRO7BH0MD4BMUjtUEdIzWFIRWfew1NE1C6dwIZVLjKuUc1TTuOiY1MDQYEFTVMqcZfLuotwCBY81ojLyT3rga_D7QPG2qZ2ztQ1E1EjQz8CRFyVmoBF15Ym_2Vc/s1600/fire_s7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfoAFksF0QDEXcFOo0iRO7BH0MD4BMUjtUEdIzWFIRWfew1NE1C6dwIZVLjKuUc1TTuOiY1MDQYEFTVMqcZfLuotwCBY81ojLyT3rga_D7QPG2qZ2ztQ1E1EjQz8CRFyVmoBF15Ym_2Vc/s400/fire_s7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 8 Creating the FIRE</b><br />
1 – Create a new layer and call it “fire1.”<br />
2 – With the Elliptical Marquee Tool (M), create a selection.<br />
3 – Set the background color to light grey and the background to black.<br />
4 – Create clouds as we did in Step 2.<br />
5 – Change the Levels to increase the contrast;<br />
6 – Change the Hue/Saturation with Colorize selected until you get an orange/yellow color.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Create a new layer, call it “blazes,” and repeat Step 8. After that, duplicate the layer and call it “flames.” Create a folder and move the Fire1, Blazes, and Flames layers to this folder and call the whole folder “Fire.” It will be on top of the Typo layer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEC3V0F3PNgbB7NPPX06gDcoPLOaPZbE7hwIBd5jH_nkKOukPcL-QWR_SgkPa9LKH-QnA7IrzqxvdqXd7u8EITiytFcXStutDxEw05QWus84dW24AJBpMmiCJQEK7OfRerxoOOCZ6hoLY/s1600/fire_s9.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEC3V0F3PNgbB7NPPX06gDcoPLOaPZbE7hwIBd5jH_nkKOukPcL-QWR_SgkPa9LKH-QnA7IrzqxvdqXd7u8EITiytFcXStutDxEw05QWus84dW24AJBpMmiCJQEK7OfRerxoOOCZ6hoLY/s400/fire_s9.gif" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Step 10</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Select the layer “blazes” and go to Filter > Liquefy. There select the Turbulence Tool (T). Now, on the edges of the fire, start creating some blazes. Use it like you would the smudge tool.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1nDnGAVx7HZd9tK5Men__LQjKoADPuGSZ6jckppQ3mqXz95wawh7oH1Hs0Cxw71cTfnFwnSJM_ntSivQ2gzZQkCPbL5yk2uO1voejGufSehPMqLRQ2lbHYd1BwFkSXFR3736NEF36MY/s1600/fire_s10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1nDnGAVx7HZd9tK5Men__LQjKoADPuGSZ6jckppQ3mqXz95wawh7oH1Hs0Cxw71cTfnFwnSJM_ntSivQ2gzZQkCPbL5yk2uO1voejGufSehPMqLRQ2lbHYd1BwFkSXFR3736NEF36MY/s400/fire_s10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Set 11</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">After the Liquefy, go to Edit > Transform > Warp and change the blaze’s form to something similar to the image below. After that apply Filter > Sharpen > Sharp.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPmP399KADrCBMr4Pw7HZlg-dKXUk_EDrLL6IRGdLpOCrz7artG3MHx-NOwHHjUMzAffT_GoNhKZvrJ2ETIst-CLOZa-N29-AN3WzX70X8tRw8oVUClsgSHuZkcMn3zXcyexMZl3Qqbk/s1600/fire_s11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPmP399KADrCBMr4Pw7HZlg-dKXUk_EDrLL6IRGdLpOCrz7artG3MHx-NOwHHjUMzAffT_GoNhKZvrJ2ETIst-CLOZa-N29-AN3WzX70X8tRw8oVUClsgSHuZkcMn3zXcyexMZl3Qqbk/s400/fire_s11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 12</b><br />
Create a new layer and call it “yellow color.”<br />
Create an ellipse selection with 30px feather and fill it with white.<br />
After that edit the Layer Style and apply a Color Overlay using an yellow color and Multiply for the layer’s blend mode.<br />
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The order and the Blend modes for the fire are:<br />
Flames: Lighter Color<br />
Blazes: Normal<br />
Fire1: Lighten<br />
Yellow Color: Multiply<br />
Step 14 Sparks<br />
For the sparks we will use brushes. Create a folder and call it “Sparks.” It will be on top of the Fire folder.<br />
Inside the folder, add a new layer.<br />
Fill it with black and change the Blend Mode to Color Dodge.<br />
Select the Brush Tool and let’s create a brush.<br />
In Brush Tip Shape, change the Diameter to 12, and increase the spacing.<br />
Select Scattering and set Scatter to the 1000% and Control to off. Change the Count to 2 and Count Jitter to 100%.<br />
Select white and start painting some sparks.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Create a new layer and repeat the Step 14 but now change the Scatter Option to 0%. Start creating some single line sparks like swirls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3NCgnQQfNJL3VAk2kfOqpfHC9F8nozsycVMTLW2yWG5gcIOr-B8z9zN1ETXsw1H5vAnbeQgccaTww_8X-Q8jDX2bYs80b24nQRptpk4t7i-VbO_m40w7aogH2zhqT9R5tXISSscA-hbU/s1600/fire_s15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3NCgnQQfNJL3VAk2kfOqpfHC9F8nozsycVMTLW2yWG5gcIOr-B8z9zN1ETXsw1H5vAnbeQgccaTww_8X-Q8jDX2bYs80b24nQRptpk4t7i-VbO_m40w7aogH2zhqT9R5tXISSscA-hbU/s400/fire_s15.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 16</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Here I used the Gomedia Spraypaint brushes to create those tiny little sparks, but you can repeat the step 14 changing the Brush size only. Basically, create a new layer, put it behind the others, fill it with black, change the Blend Mode to Color Dodge, see the color to white, and create the sparks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvNBPIAUMrUDBKpdoonzN6-IcsiTo6yFNdQ3YqD97SXR7ants0UuKF5hctw-WZZWN6APbndRjYhcHGiXtjdVv3BCXqD_rEPZz4rLM5ZGdAzzb8xTHc9AVEJiFtm6x03x7oywxBOAgfpI/s1600/fire_s16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvNBPIAUMrUDBKpdoonzN6-IcsiTo6yFNdQ3YqD97SXR7ants0UuKF5hctw-WZZWN6APbndRjYhcHGiXtjdVv3BCXqD_rEPZz4rLM5ZGdAzzb8xTHc9AVEJiFtm6x03x7oywxBOAgfpI/s400/fire_s16.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b>Final Results</b></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9nQn7lMMfoB8XYS_hItOnim2cn0HsB-mmtK92ZtxCAjMN-Wv7vzBMGlt3Z2B5ykl4gQVXNZaRZpZccVlxGw3rJYqOCwwr-bYn9ILTYEALnr2cwivZQD-wo4u_ZkeFdFdH2B8pkiaAnf0/s1600/fire_conclusion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9nQn7lMMfoB8XYS_hItOnim2cn0HsB-mmtK92ZtxCAjMN-Wv7vzBMGlt3Z2B5ykl4gQVXNZaRZpZccVlxGw3rJYqOCwwr-bYn9ILTYEALnr2cwivZQD-wo4u_ZkeFdFdH2B8pkiaAnf0/s400/fire_conclusion.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Photoshop Tipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146769034728373345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178042735968247603.post-44818261985576127342011-09-29T05:33:00.000-07:002011-09-29T05:33:35.157-07:00Hair Selection<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='470' height='400' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzNXapar3pWBH4rh0AtGv_08nbIAMlGdsUYVcABUipUyMgOqaPMTpaCBo5nkkqPYGe4kwgtHEIKjBz9weYv' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Photoshop Tipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146769034728373345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178042735968247603.post-48402283685064290332011-09-15T07:53:00.000-07:002011-09-15T07:53:54.430-07:00Fantasy Portrait Speedpaint<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='470' height='400' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwLrt-VAIvSd3pQoQZ3sgR2jkGXqhsFKhWlDYk4-sibLM0GXTZC9XOi2U6oCU-QDEPvXH_HroV70Owhqsc2jg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Photoshop Tipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146769034728373345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178042735968247603.post-79397697834588195702011-08-31T09:26:00.000-07:002012-07-24T19:02:33.171-07:00Digital Makeup<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Photoshop Tipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146769034728373345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178042735968247603.post-67644500407046205942011-08-21T09:18:00.000-07:002011-08-21T09:18:17.850-07:00Light Tubes Text Effect<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Final Results</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbSs1327WwYZ2yRcuxRg9guARaIZcEeqMCFVDY8E0VM0ebjdsS-zDqfHYyXAefHn3CiPeM59ZEJgZrPot0I3eQV6HTxcN4MDEGZ2mM7cQjWWcxQoOaIjnE2H1shwoTgRoak56ZxJ9sf5E/s1600/final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbSs1327WwYZ2yRcuxRg9guARaIZcEeqMCFVDY8E0VM0ebjdsS-zDqfHYyXAefHn3CiPeM59ZEJgZrPot0I3eQV6HTxcN4MDEGZ2mM7cQjWWcxQoOaIjnE2H1shwoTgRoak56ZxJ9sf5E/s400/final.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> Notes:<br />
* the software used in this tutorial is Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended<br />
* the size of the final result image is 1024 * 768<br />
* you might want to check the Basix Page to see some useful topics on dealing with Photoshop basics, such as loading palettes and some shortcuts.<br />
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<b>Step 1</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Set the Foreground color to #990050, and the Background color to #6e0023, then, create a Radial Gradient from the center of the document to one of the corners.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6oSlmT2YomfYys4k7fCZioEZ9rVLg_7g9uEFXLSZp4aZK1hGdW_Hl_HsyT-cPwwfzm2IF1IwZBKCo08XqromTDxr5UjPkcZKLkbCRuYJ3rSTkb5sqR5xKzhhJYvwC2KT3-d2ZvJIcGk/s1600/LightTubes_01_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6oSlmT2YomfYys4k7fCZioEZ9rVLg_7g9uEFXLSZp4aZK1hGdW_Hl_HsyT-cPwwfzm2IF1IwZBKCo08XqromTDxr5UjPkcZKLkbCRuYJ3rSTkb5sqR5xKzhhJYvwC2KT3-d2ZvJIcGk/s400/LightTubes_01_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Set the Foreground and Background colors back to Black and White. Create a new layer on top of the Background layer and call it “BG Texture”, then go to Filter -> Render -> Clouds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmBIwnqZ_XNW13jyB7AO3mXE-62ld7cSJ25iwRYxMSL8q9DePgfOyfjEAfbTxqsbv20LbAjHNx6zPXyqaA3IlucSeZb1Dzpk-cBo4kUC1WsTfriYw1w-xBxRRDsZFvR1SlaiWfmFVQlg/s1600/LightTubes_01_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmBIwnqZ_XNW13jyB7AO3mXE-62ld7cSJ25iwRYxMSL8q9DePgfOyfjEAfbTxqsbv20LbAjHNx6zPXyqaA3IlucSeZb1Dzpk-cBo4kUC1WsTfriYw1w-xBxRRDsZFvR1SlaiWfmFVQlg/s320/LightTubes_01_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Go to Filter -> Artistic -> Paint Daubs, and change the values as shown below:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOunWjkgESvJQlB1mhpbuIdy5MwjcDQHSiL6VpFhMTj_GTzUo0v1Kayp6FO-Bp73usRTqvM_kkuwve0k-_FlUOwV2EylZzOQidFdG3BEzqD_hUuT9D75p_pDNdWyvkIYZxk1b_qJ6nC_U/s1600/LightTubes_01_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOunWjkgESvJQlB1mhpbuIdy5MwjcDQHSiL6VpFhMTj_GTzUo0v1Kayp6FO-Bp73usRTqvM_kkuwve0k-_FlUOwV2EylZzOQidFdG3BEzqD_hUuT9D75p_pDNdWyvkIYZxk1b_qJ6nC_U/s400/LightTubes_01_7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, create your text using the white color. The font is Xpressive, and the size is 250 px. We are going to change the Tracking value in the Character panel (Window -> Character) to 200 so that there is enough space between the letters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6y9F_s0Dch469ci2RVfERVpD0b-jBFG72Al2iWx8J3JEQbX9kMFyGIQEJ0Ha4zcI6_60xi0EARDd1Dzk91MYJlJWuXjjCnOR04ndP6py2Fmk7S60lH22neef6DxXmdQbXMIZg9nFgmjY/s1600/LightTubes_01_8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6y9F_s0Dch469ci2RVfERVpD0b-jBFG72Al2iWx8J3JEQbX9kMFyGIQEJ0Ha4zcI6_60xi0EARDd1Dzk91MYJlJWuXjjCnOR04ndP6py2Fmk7S60lH22neef6DxXmdQbXMIZg9nFgmjY/s400/LightTubes_01_8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, create your text using the white color. The font is Xpressive, and the size is 250 px. We are going to change the Tracking value in the Character panel (Window -> Character) to 200 so that there is enough space between the letters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCqheR_EPELq8sLCteLZ0PDcsGb13HXCoaP0dqsgPCxAEf4Yra-Dx12YHHKFk2aPgKFO5OtT4hRHV5MZb3RUXLWLqP9cYN5vx9DQnYMgmGPoVRKHOrOaxuGwcR03iMJ1pVKfKuhmv87k/s1600/LightTubes_02_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCqheR_EPELq8sLCteLZ0PDcsGb13HXCoaP0dqsgPCxAEf4Yra-Dx12YHHKFk2aPgKFO5OtT4hRHV5MZb3RUXLWLqP9cYN5vx9DQnYMgmGPoVRKHOrOaxuGwcR03iMJ1pVKfKuhmv87k/s400/LightTubes_02_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> Once you’ve created the brush, go to Edit -> Define Brush Preset, and type in a name for the brush.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNJ1ueF6dJ8MyZ-rIqYZFAFQ_yozWGWD2mgDjAG1CGBgKqdGgufioWQCLH3wAP8UHRuvstf_lLMlb0qMopkZerw6JZwI1EVFUKYGue8Pw4A5M3nXLzHj0TJHRp_eVt1913UJ_GbqGv0g/s1600/LightTubes_02_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNJ1ueF6dJ8MyZ-rIqYZFAFQ_yozWGWD2mgDjAG1CGBgKqdGgufioWQCLH3wAP8UHRuvstf_lLMlb0qMopkZerw6JZwI1EVFUKYGue8Pw4A5M3nXLzHj0TJHRp_eVt1913UJ_GbqGv0g/s400/LightTubes_02_2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Open the Brush panel (Window -> Brush), and under Shape Dynamics, change the Size Jitter to 40%. This will make the size of the brush different each time you click.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG_4BlqaJsD5fs6uqb5agu3P_dHfNOfwh5ehxAseY_V7PVbb1rmD42cDZijjja3QpThujUIxBKR5XnwxqDgm0LHDkSBoAhXYR-FD2L8y050LmeEmDuZMmH1CXeNg5Air_GjICNv80uP7o/s1600/LightTubes_02_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG_4BlqaJsD5fs6uqb5agu3P_dHfNOfwh5ehxAseY_V7PVbb1rmD42cDZijjja3QpThujUIxBKR5XnwxqDgm0LHDkSBoAhXYR-FD2L8y050LmeEmDuZMmH1CXeNg5Air_GjICNv80uP7o/s400/LightTubes_02_3.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Back to the original document, create a new layer on top of all layers, and call it “Brush”. With the white color, start adding some tips around the letters</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6R4L7yx0KvXqBPdNtxRtfS4Iz8dP_wd62NnUA0biKPYeTeNvhIb69HbDK1gZ4W9_XXTRYfR0jdGPH9afsDmi5ZyoYOdWsIPEr0FYyA-EiqFCIW1-TS9d530N7eBANVxoBhwevYQ37ts/s1600/LightTubes_02_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6R4L7yx0KvXqBPdNtxRtfS4Iz8dP_wd62NnUA0biKPYeTeNvhIb69HbDK1gZ4W9_XXTRYfR0jdGPH9afsDmi5ZyoYOdWsIPEr0FYyA-EiqFCIW1-TS9d530N7eBANVxoBhwevYQ37ts/s400/LightTubes_02_4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In order to rotate the brush, you need to change the Angle value under Brush Tip Shape, or simply move the small arrow in the Angle preview box. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9fahtHtTyFP09FVZXNMK6aHoZUemNiIfB4noVIrnyB6AnBQk7O0lY2SkJZ1aqkbvLJ2go9n-y6UaqzoJROM7vY5FQy4E56fLi-6uh4g1STsOXBqTYtqfSQ1PdgTbHjnonPPdXNnLNBk/s1600/LightTubes_02_5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9fahtHtTyFP09FVZXNMK6aHoZUemNiIfB4noVIrnyB6AnBQk7O0lY2SkJZ1aqkbvLJ2go9n-y6UaqzoJROM7vY5FQy4E56fLi-6uh4g1STsOXBqTYtqfSQ1PdgTbHjnonPPdXNnLNBk/s400/LightTubes_02_5.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once you’re done with the tips, duplicate the text layer, and make the original one invisible (by clicking the eye icon next to it).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Fme7brFXKRWf9YNLUBa-RoL6lZ9hGldjC2DOcvo6OORz6fjcxE9Nd0UBsyaOKEdwnrXbZ55UGXE95aRbx0DhRvfE-30Picluysj8HycO20RAo3bTc-WdoilxfV58dxQ6sASxDGrFbJc/s1600/LightTubes_02_6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Fme7brFXKRWf9YNLUBa-RoL6lZ9hGldjC2DOcvo6OORz6fjcxE9Nd0UBsyaOKEdwnrXbZ55UGXE95aRbx0DhRvfE-30Picluysj8HycO20RAo3bTc-WdoilxfV58dxQ6sASxDGrFbJc/s400/LightTubes_02_6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Select the “Brush” layer and the duplicated text layer, then go to Layer -> Merge Layers, or press Ctrl + E. Rename the merged layer to “text”, and change its Fill value to 0%.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVCnmBDcVhvtbwoB4qoV0jQ5k1_1Uz0gSNwOkOXYfr6z_1uTeg5OlUu7u64kkrIyG-iAeXXSfI6mUEZx6itBQEv_bd0QGhG7mM4rsdnexD085M0z8w6gVSk518nIzeoepJm3zD9i6C_s/s1600/LightTubes_02_7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKVCnmBDcVhvtbwoB4qoV0jQ5k1_1Uz0gSNwOkOXYfr6z_1uTeg5OlUu7u64kkrIyG-iAeXXSfI6mUEZx6itBQEv_bd0QGhG7mM4rsdnexD085M0z8w6gVSk518nIzeoepJm3zD9i6C_s/s400/LightTubes_02_7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 3</b><br />
Double click the “text” layer to apply the following styles:<br />
Drop Shadow: Change the Distance to 0 and the Size to 18.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Create a new layer right below the “text” layer and call it “tips”. Pick a soft round brush with a similar size to the tips you’ve created, in this case, it is 10px. Set the Foreground color to #ff0078, and start adding dots right where the circular tips are.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXEwoVEkk0N1VJjCSk7db6CMWRaHZH57URMXO6ZzyQGytwmnZyGLwPEd61ZAAET5qp4hHXYUZzV9Gfdb4rGSGTgMZx0-kxK-4jhiZKzKqtzM2izdV8KZKkzdDIAeSlvjowLGNJY2lDu8/s1600/LightTubes_04_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXEwoVEkk0N1VJjCSk7db6CMWRaHZH57URMXO6ZzyQGytwmnZyGLwPEd61ZAAET5qp4hHXYUZzV9Gfdb4rGSGTgMZx0-kxK-4jhiZKzKqtzM2izdV8KZKkzdDIAeSlvjowLGNJY2lDu8/s400/LightTubes_04_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>After you add the dots to all the tips, double click the “tips” layer to add the following layer styles:<br />
Outer Glow: Just change the color to #ffbad5.<br />
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Create a new layer below the “tips” layer and call it “Light”. Increase the brush size to 30px, and add more dots where the tips are.<br />
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<b>Step 6</b><br />
Once again, set the Brush size to 10px, and change the Spacing to 25%.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMI_HXdYvB6UgDILSb7G_QJZ-vqDsaCASGdEgHFiSO4s7OGtumP8fMqP8RmOrZKWVB5975gEq4iCZMiyaOT0bY7M2USDZbobDpbwHgOX5SgQk0pWleWgyQEPwzJlhZeHUwMLlwKnHzSU8/s1600/LightTubes_06_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMI_HXdYvB6UgDILSb7G_QJZ-vqDsaCASGdEgHFiSO4s7OGtumP8fMqP8RmOrZKWVB5975gEq4iCZMiyaOT0bY7M2USDZbobDpbwHgOX5SgQk0pWleWgyQEPwzJlhZeHUwMLlwKnHzSU8/s400/LightTubes_06_4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Set the Foreground color to #ffe0f3, pick the Direct Selection Tool, right click on the path, and choose Stroke Path.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPTMXd0bwvnhwwuHw_x-WBVE2oemvHmlhEum4EsnndiOR8GJF7DizobZlQK3GAK8oCGklPFHkv4uN0oquvAXzfTnZZjCWeevS16BaS7sFnRWgXGFLjXl5_LnqP9-EfQQwAIRdOhojHMqw/s1600/LightTubes_06_5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPTMXd0bwvnhwwuHw_x-WBVE2oemvHmlhEum4EsnndiOR8GJF7DizobZlQK3GAK8oCGklPFHkv4uN0oquvAXzfTnZZjCWeevS16BaS7sFnRWgXGFLjXl5_LnqP9-EfQQwAIRdOhojHMqw/s400/LightTubes_06_5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Choose Brush and check the Simulate Pressure box.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Pick the Ellipse Tool and click the Paths icon in the Options bar at the top. Start drawing circles around the tips. Then, create a new layer on top of the “Stroke” layer and call it “Sparkles”.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSUXZ8M0rTIGlQkFcm-PXOjIFQ1m9BCy2XTOemiFX90xKJUwEg7WrtkA7vV9qoABnUgwGm8qhVMyP0jwBL0RC4zoS1rQD5j7EfHrJYIbB0Lpg8R9GJNAbygA__BgqIDzfEQO4abpAZes/s1600/LightTubes_07_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSUXZ8M0rTIGlQkFcm-PXOjIFQ1m9BCy2XTOemiFX90xKJUwEg7WrtkA7vV9qoABnUgwGm8qhVMyP0jwBL0RC4zoS1rQD5j7EfHrJYIbB0Lpg8R9GJNAbygA__BgqIDzfEQO4abpAZes/s400/LightTubes_07_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Stroke the circles with this Sparkles Brush the same way you stroked the path in the previous step (Step 6). Then, change the “Sparkles” layer’s Blend Mode to Vivid Light.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNHSf2B_2UNAs8lZwmUOrP_cSwrUxKz_1ZK75lOUs3mjKEq-gf_6NIjAarEbtKp-bJ5dPcDf2Lmtjd1Ov_ZNU7Z-akNbctpfsNS4pRF5YfSYUxWGDgJVhVNT-Sv1VGtBFpROxPdfR-CE/s1600/LightTubes_07_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNHSf2B_2UNAs8lZwmUOrP_cSwrUxKz_1ZK75lOUs3mjKEq-gf_6NIjAarEbtKp-bJ5dPcDf2Lmtjd1Ov_ZNU7Z-akNbctpfsNS4pRF5YfSYUxWGDgJVhVNT-Sv1VGtBFpROxPdfR-CE/s400/LightTubes_07_2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Create a new layer below the “Stroke” layer and call it “Highlight”, then change its Blend Mode to Overlay. Pick a big soft round brush, and with the Foreground color still set to #ffe0f3, start adding some highlight spots around the text.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnP1zJSo8RLWl3PNCl0r-ieiL-7NOyEiUq86xbP8O4xL0HDZhFFFwzwyQOk6pxl9J-zxIxEdd8cuN2Kgm17u4i7CIr-WELWSG7dxpjFl4Z9qFpuVPtl1iwhePcKtWHaBOpjM2DiPpxWgE/s1600/LightTubes_07_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnP1zJSo8RLWl3PNCl0r-ieiL-7NOyEiUq86xbP8O4xL0HDZhFFFwzwyQOk6pxl9J-zxIxEdd8cuN2Kgm17u4i7CIr-WELWSG7dxpjFl4Z9qFpuVPtl1iwhePcKtWHaBOpjM2DiPpxWgE/s400/LightTubes_07_3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Create a new layer on top of all layers and call it “Sparkles – 2″, then change its Blend Mode to Overlay as well. Pick a big sparkles brush from the Sparklies Photoshop Brushes pack.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13ZjDXr2mZNU9f9mATCXmiESUS0MH56gubS1Xh00lSWJXAzGTAkqWGDccydLp1SAcCGMZP-EE2lslYFlC0pWQ1AfbUVse1o0YjM2uOX3XAf2xaBKKvSua6rGBCCySZiR5pOgoR3q8NkY/s1600/LightTubes_07_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13ZjDXr2mZNU9f9mATCXmiESUS0MH56gubS1Xh00lSWJXAzGTAkqWGDccydLp1SAcCGMZP-EE2lslYFlC0pWQ1AfbUVse1o0YjM2uOX3XAf2xaBKKvSua6rGBCCySZiR5pOgoR3q8NkY/s400/LightTubes_07_4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Use the brush to add more glowing highlights.<br />
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Photoshop Tipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146769034728373345noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9178042735968247603.post-9492816947197317792011-08-13T07:37:00.000-07:002011-08-13T07:39:56.483-07:00Cool Cloud Break Effect Using Photoshop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='470' height='400' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzMatJaNHtm8KY8IohOBLUkuRzxdNXdQUTYddWDqKR5yZlBqpBHF_yqpPs5Kkd_zVPIO7G_BowvI0ASkK9y6A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br />
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<a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Step 1</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Open the image of the room in Adobe Photoshop. First thing which you need to do is to unlock the background layer. To do this, double click on the "Background" layer in the layers palette and name it "Room."</div></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Next, you need to remove the garbage in the lower right corner. Use the Clone Stamp Tool (S) to remove unwanted areas. Use a 130px brush with 0% Hardness, then Alt-click in the area to the left of the garbage and paint over the areas you want to remove.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8LBeHhWijgEaFHeOH1eNL6K3JPg7_2Jn91OWxoQlcADsfSsQ8mmQBpcrRuhpXQKr-DWQ3ALr0jGuFJHw2K438NKUPvbWnShN6nIEu8zAzSsHiQGpVoubImJvW6QLV_FCXz1EHb0mSgs/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8LBeHhWijgEaFHeOH1eNL6K3JPg7_2Jn91OWxoQlcADsfSsQ8mmQBpcrRuhpXQKr-DWQ3ALr0jGuFJHw2K438NKUPvbWnShN6nIEu8zAzSsHiQGpVoubImJvW6QLV_FCXz1EHb0mSgs/s400/2.jpg" width="378" /></a></div><b>Step 3</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Now, using the same process remove the graffiti on the pillar, only this time, Alt-click on the pillar above the graffiti, as indicated below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_TVu3_K4PQpZ2pEhVkXznwAQmKGYCLQY75ctP2fdp5SgWLqqaVFJvXjDvPAbpXVcLa_USAngldEJp5aPqdVnt1Kyk8m3DC7r0kUs_VRnh3RMoK7qlGWcoVtx46tiNvZN-WtXRqy1tK5A/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_TVu3_K4PQpZ2pEhVkXznwAQmKGYCLQY75ctP2fdp5SgWLqqaVFJvXjDvPAbpXVcLa_USAngldEJp5aPqdVnt1Kyk8m3DC7r0kUs_VRnh3RMoK7qlGWcoVtx46tiNvZN-WtXRqy1tK5A/s400/3.jpg" width="378" /></a></div><b>Step 4</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Create a new layer above the "Room" layer and name it "Fog". Select the Brush tool (B) and load brush pack DarkFog.abr, which you downloaded. Using those brushes paint on the "Fog" layer, until you have results similar to below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2Ag0KtgPqjLMkcTPBJIFpo5dPNUUkEADLzj0Lklnk4-6yCWvgYt_WDrlmhXFwe_BQC_m8F5Apd29xUhGIuPchZPjMxDWiX0QYvox4R7eKjS9WDGceOSmcUbLQ2_Gzs3gjuWWOg0_lDE/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2Ag0KtgPqjLMkcTPBJIFpo5dPNUUkEADLzj0Lklnk4-6yCWvgYt_WDrlmhXFwe_BQC_m8F5Apd29xUhGIuPchZPjMxDWiX0QYvox4R7eKjS9WDGceOSmcUbLQ2_Gzs3gjuWWOg0_lDE/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 5</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Fog should have lesser opacity, and should not be so strong. To achieve this effect add a mask to the "Fog" layer (a), and Alt-click on the mask to edit (b).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPvhgcYmfqrN_dlWFmC0HrgD-Ah_ygIOwe3n2OhbEg5iUWEWFM9ND3QcVPYLu9q-4jVpHRq2gqVzlw5IX5SKADbrRaOfw6kjraQIA8J85fjqUldtypyrzlLh9cpHIZJfGuC-nCEihw10/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPvhgcYmfqrN_dlWFmC0HrgD-Ah_ygIOwe3n2OhbEg5iUWEWFM9ND3QcVPYLu9q-4jVpHRq2gqVzlw5IX5SKADbrRaOfw6kjraQIA8J85fjqUldtypyrzlLh9cpHIZJfGuC-nCEihw10/s400/5.jpg" width="258" /></b></a></div><br />
<b>Step 6</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Use the Brush tool (B), soft rounded with #000000 and paint on the mask as shown below. You may have to lower the opacity of the brush for areas which are next to the bottom edge of the Vector mask.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Now click on the "Fog" layer thumbnail to exit mask mode. You should have the similar results as shown below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8L-yhcPT8KX81hizk00OF6f3wV-zOBTD1bNEA6j6AElaPw5rT2HsTX9rcBdJy3Ch-jnl0SXoQUREbEnAiSUgvLBjmNSOL_HTXft42BDwI0xVEc7J4G5w_8WwVFdFEMqb9Sv9HdpknRo/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8L-yhcPT8KX81hizk00OF6f3wV-zOBTD1bNEA6j6AElaPw5rT2HsTX9rcBdJy3Ch-jnl0SXoQUREbEnAiSUgvLBjmNSOL_HTXft42BDwI0xVEc7J4G5w_8WwVFdFEMqb9Sv9HdpknRo/s400/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 8</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Next, add the girl. Open the image 867275_95262327.jpg. Unlock the "Background" layer the same way as you did already, but this time name it "Girl". Right-click on the "Girl" layer and choose Duplicate Layer. In new window, change Document to ReFuge.psd, and click OK.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vUzPqDGoY8PlnqigzNJDE-znRag-WFt8-Ot63mLSgVJgdeSUNF_yM3Udd7VN8YBYIQKKi6m8jE2ZDNW4-7v-oda5p_8zE0Ghz0fsHHzIRC2feF8jr4nmkz5fnFLO0lncAloCLxIP7ig/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vUzPqDGoY8PlnqigzNJDE-znRag-WFt8-Ot63mLSgVJgdeSUNF_yM3Udd7VN8YBYIQKKi6m8jE2ZDNW4-7v-oda5p_8zE0Ghz0fsHHzIRC2feF8jr4nmkz5fnFLO0lncAloCLxIP7ig/s400/8.jpg" width="400" /></b></a></div><b>Step 9</b><br />
Now place the "Girl" layer below the "Fog" layer to achieve some realism and add a mask.<br />
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Now while you’re on the "Girl" layer, go to Edit > Free Transform or use shortcut Cmd/Ctrl + T to enter Free Transform Mode, and scale down the image and position as shown.<br />
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Using the Pen tool (P), create a path around the girl.<br />
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Right click on the canvas and click Make Selection. For Feather radius enter 0px, with Anti-aliased checked. Click OK.<br />
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<b>Step 13</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Next, inverse the selection. To do this, go to Select > Inverse or use shortcut keys Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + I. Now click on the "Girl" layer mask, and using Brush tool (B), with #000000 colour, paint until everything is invisible except the girl, as shown below. After that, deselect the image by going to Select > Deselect, or use shortcut Cmd/Ctrl + D.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool (M), select the part of the girl as shown below. Make sure that you are still on the girl’s mask layer, and go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Apply Radius amount of 3.0 and click OK.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5rxF9HURb8bNpa8Vb7IWl_AmAmHE0tTjGAWCq8Y36eNiE_ka1ySq_94YFf9tfxNW6nWOFp5v1XBjcvox4XXmJtddrOye3V1s-otsRc2s_7YnWkKNZsWV-TnI4Jq5Qt4yIYQdUJ40QhhI/s1600/14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5rxF9HURb8bNpa8Vb7IWl_AmAmHE0tTjGAWCq8Y36eNiE_ka1ySq_94YFf9tfxNW6nWOFp5v1XBjcvox4XXmJtddrOye3V1s-otsRc2s_7YnWkKNZsWV-TnI4Jq5Qt4yIYQdUJ40QhhI/s400/14.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 15</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">While you’re still on the mask layer, inverse the selection by going to Select > Inverse or use shortcut keys Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + I and go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and apply amount of 1.9 pixels. Deselect the image by pressing Cmd/Ctrl + D on your keyboard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhWkuXiuGa6siUBajKMt9VgaumbA2ojyc3CZit2kBgTyT06L95FBXjgxxVhauCt-Us2aWIeDmqUKbj6WATQIY0oqhyphenhyphenpj8tUsXuM7NFXNAyPhnsJCWqV08T9P0ONs3x9syGAdA0_l38pLA/s1600/15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhWkuXiuGa6siUBajKMt9VgaumbA2ojyc3CZit2kBgTyT06L95FBXjgxxVhauCt-Us2aWIeDmqUKbj6WATQIY0oqhyphenhyphenpj8tUsXuM7NFXNAyPhnsJCWqV08T9P0ONs3x9syGAdA0_l38pLA/s400/15.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 16</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Next, click on the "Girl" layer thumbnail and go to Edit > Transform > Skew and move upper right point slightly down, and bottom right point up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmpfhZjokWHJDcotyiRj3Z5HQETDcd3lybCSPMgQ41-Dcqm1aZAkb4ZJorBaX_I5zqeOOYDCDcB2i4b4cl6bIcxrdj9btiHiJtH44NCzqW-0LqRPQeZs64RR5PaR5sNPhX8KSUB5XcB4w/s1600/16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmpfhZjokWHJDcotyiRj3Z5HQETDcd3lybCSPMgQ41-Dcqm1aZAkb4ZJorBaX_I5zqeOOYDCDcB2i4b4cl6bIcxrdj9btiHiJtH44NCzqW-0LqRPQeZs64RR5PaR5sNPhX8KSUB5XcB4w/s400/16.jpg" width="400" /></b></a></div><b>Step 17</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Create a new layer, place it under the "Girl" layer and name it "Shadow". Turn off the visibility of the "Fog" layer and go back to the "Shadow" layer. Set opacity of the "Shadow" layer to 84%. Using the Brush tool (B), with soft brush paint with black colour, to create shadow as shown below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HK_zdeBZMOsXzDhIw1XojiF7GL0FAx1gX-1Ok2lP9aBAflj89CVaC4G8k1njNFtPPa7KKRgImsN3Kc7yrt9zWRjZdhjb-ixDcHkO1gJuIryHAxCYEcXLT9ojqBu8Chyphenhyphenq4Iazy_8r2EE/s1600/17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-HK_zdeBZMOsXzDhIw1XojiF7GL0FAx1gX-1Ok2lP9aBAflj89CVaC4G8k1njNFtPPa7KKRgImsN3Kc7yrt9zWRjZdhjb-ixDcHkO1gJuIryHAxCYEcXLT9ojqBu8Chyphenhyphenq4Iazy_8r2EE/s400/17.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<b>Step 18</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Turn on the "Fog" layer. Create new layer, call it "Blue 1" and place it above the "Fog" layer. Using the Paint Bucket Tool (G), with #001d3e fill the layer. Set blending mode to Soft Light and Fill of the layer to 80%.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">While you’re still on the "Blue 1" layer, press Cmd/Ctrl + J to Duplicate layer. Rename new layer to "Blue 2" and set Fill of the layer to 69%.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTtG6QZz5sbMJd7zhvrwjDTqvxKpmIdt-k_hOk0yizTgX7v6oB-FJMElMKr-iK0cEcL6P0vwG7bWvbVpUA71Q_ySKTE0p_xFZqBJHDnHP-qts-1X9YfguSWdgGs-YzcOXlCKBSqRvjHs/s1600/19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTtG6QZz5sbMJd7zhvrwjDTqvxKpmIdt-k_hOk0yizTgX7v6oB-FJMElMKr-iK0cEcL6P0vwG7bWvbVpUA71Q_ySKTE0p_xFZqBJHDnHP-qts-1X9YfguSWdgGs-YzcOXlCKBSqRvjHs/s400/19.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 20</b><br />
Again, duplicate layer “Blue 2″, rename it to the “Blue 3″ and set Fill of the layer to 47%.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Now select layers "Blue 1", "Blue 2" and "Blue 3". Press Cmd/Ctrl + G on your keyboard to create a new group, rename it to "Blue blending". Now add new mask to the group.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxj6dGVZDS07EyeVMgExesJZngJyMh0tnVDuDUs4kN16_CjeEZV_GdgKZC9xYKF6aelhW7EvHxbO4FbADQdXW2h617F7Iae3pLCXia0-XGN4CUmDMmqVXnNVRBnP6mvij0vhC3VhqEVo/s1600/21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxj6dGVZDS07EyeVMgExesJZngJyMh0tnVDuDUs4kN16_CjeEZV_GdgKZC9xYKF6aelhW7EvHxbO4FbADQdXW2h617F7Iae3pLCXia0-XGN4CUmDMmqVXnNVRBnP6mvij0vhC3VhqEVo/s400/21.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b> Step 22</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Alt-click on the group’s mask. Using the Gradient Tool (G), with gradient set from #000000 to #FFFFFF, hold down the Shift key click and hold left mouse button somewhere around the left edge of the image and release it at the right edge of the image. The mask should look similar as below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIFpry_ool-VUt3N9NMfXpVDzyjAuzjgk8vvQENJcu1G-C2IVWo8RoRIbwEwRTat3qnVweqfOTrrOZEw8apj8nK4Qzq4I0ehxIxxXYgRB3d3ANh7k3k47w7f_KEohNRrkBBUkdDuoBDE/s1600/22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidIFpry_ool-VUt3N9NMfXpVDzyjAuzjgk8vvQENJcu1G-C2IVWo8RoRIbwEwRTat3qnVweqfOTrrOZEw8apj8nK4Qzq4I0ehxIxxXYgRB3d3ANh7k3k47w7f_KEohNRrkBBUkdDuoBDE/s400/22.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 23</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Click on the group’s thumbnail to exit mask mode. Create new layer, name it "Green blending" and position it above the group "Blue blending". Using Paint Bucket Tool (G), fill the layer with #00e610 colour, change Fill of the layer to 53% and change Blending mode to Multiply.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqIgrBAnr5P7ePdSKm8SWIAORWXZVPIO9Je4SkNixMazxft1QMPSGszfEu2Vs7pxGTFQSByAYCIV6cOxG2aBANdwJjFGrKjdmyUJAPrX5ri9nXLvfos_-RSILlQCllIHuItiszzQY13U/s1600/23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXqIgrBAnr5P7ePdSKm8SWIAORWXZVPIO9Je4SkNixMazxft1QMPSGszfEu2Vs7pxGTFQSByAYCIV6cOxG2aBANdwJjFGrKjdmyUJAPrX5ri9nXLvfos_-RSILlQCllIHuItiszzQY13U/s320/23.jpg" width="320" /></b></a></div><b>Step 24</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Now add a mask to the "Green blending" layer, Alt-click on mask and with Gradient Tool (G), with gradient set from #000000 to #FFFFFF, hold down the Shift key click and hold left mouse button somewhere around 1/3 of the image from the right edge of the picture and release it at the left edge of the picture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybs1r4DB2lr_x5LRFyP2L71WzS1p54Ikrkn-qigMG1xcMjlTEu_nT8qRSjj3iLttXPC2DAUintmQDwV5ccf8LbGeWHKe6cBDLPzvmFKQMKOZ43NXhtekHz6UIFr5dCabO1cUMAG5k_70/s1600/24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybs1r4DB2lr_x5LRFyP2L71WzS1p54Ikrkn-qigMG1xcMjlTEu_nT8qRSjj3iLttXPC2DAUintmQDwV5ccf8LbGeWHKe6cBDLPzvmFKQMKOZ43NXhtekHz6UIFr5dCabO1cUMAG5k_70/s400/24.jpg" width="400" /></b></a></div><b>Step 25</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Click on the "Green blending" layer’s thumbnail to exit mask mode. Now we need to adjust the lightning of the girl to achieve better results. Select the "Girl" layer, go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels and check Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask. Use the following settings for the Levels.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmbe9KIRJBit_MzlRkJnxyPO38ROtCu6kyOswL1trZp2L12m17O9Rcj5roDHJToTDP9ZQbvC3TuZGUvwxAZTZWglHv4K4PKJbaMLUPUO4lH3n84yS6kXq8B6OompVNpsQhsqdyInQ76es/s1600/25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmbe9KIRJBit_MzlRkJnxyPO38ROtCu6kyOswL1trZp2L12m17O9Rcj5roDHJToTDP9ZQbvC3TuZGUvwxAZTZWglHv4K4PKJbaMLUPUO4lH3n84yS6kXq8B6OompVNpsQhsqdyInQ76es/s320/25.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Step 26</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Now, go back to the "Girl" layer. Go to Image > Auto Color or press Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + B and after that go to Image > Auto Contrast or press Cmd/Ctrl + Alt + Shift + L. Next, using the Burn Tool (O), burn the parts of the girl which should be covered with shadow created from the light which comes through the windows on her right side. Using Dodge Tool (O), highlight the parts of the girl which should be more highlighted.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-oHVAN-8Ka25aELYuRHd9BMjyEDCwERzbN6RuWww2858EGb0tc_etfZyDgARbX8jYpS8C-D6s8P8VnmpW_VSfLiIHGCyLEc0bOZcj1HT3wdb0kOLpdpmYD0ARWyybbc9-Hr84j019J4/s1600/26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-oHVAN-8Ka25aELYuRHd9BMjyEDCwERzbN6RuWww2858EGb0tc_etfZyDgARbX8jYpS8C-D6s8P8VnmpW_VSfLiIHGCyLEc0bOZcj1HT3wdb0kOLpdpmYD0ARWyybbc9-Hr84j019J4/s320/26.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Step 27</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">We need to darken the right side of the picture. Just above the "Room" layer create another layer and name it "Darker Parts". Turn off visibility of all layers except "Room" and "Darker Parts". Using Brush Tool (B), with large soft brush using #000000 colour paint on the layer until you get results similar as shown below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPJ6e7ePS4WQYzmODh00_q-37pcjyUyWhSjpkO08_fR2BJovqNMWHnufpWi_KGQ0wpZ-cxKzu7R1aH4zQqj6fJYZoSLCAjh0NnqHmJ6N-c6ffWEUO2X44PEoUNJA06KLu7ePgnAPxR2Q/s1600/27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPJ6e7ePS4WQYzmODh00_q-37pcjyUyWhSjpkO08_fR2BJovqNMWHnufpWi_KGQ0wpZ-cxKzu7R1aH4zQqj6fJYZoSLCAjh0NnqHmJ6N-c6ffWEUO2X44PEoUNJA06KLu7ePgnAPxR2Q/s400/27.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 28</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Set Fill of the "Darker Parts" layer to 16% and turn on the visibility of other layers. Now you need to make a frame. To do this, create new layer at top of the others and name it "Frame". Now, go to Select > All or press Cmd/Ctrl + A on keyboard. Now select Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) right-click on the canvas and click Stroke. Set the following settings and press OK.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXEiq50YU3wse8tT-7ELYoKiBfuw6QIa4kCfq2NHU_2JEykbc6zqsH2CE3OR8HxKZ1kZmJGtNFU7118izCX3Nh8n29GSqxXOA5H8F2qcaeBaSsKhW-vb26wAoE2iqsiHtWiupUW89kSM/s1600/28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXEiq50YU3wse8tT-7ELYoKiBfuw6QIa4kCfq2NHU_2JEykbc6zqsH2CE3OR8HxKZ1kZmJGtNFU7118izCX3Nh8n29GSqxXOA5H8F2qcaeBaSsKhW-vb26wAoE2iqsiHtWiupUW89kSM/s400/28.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 29</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Now Ctrl-click the "Frame" layer’s thumbnail to make a selection. Go to Select > Inverse or press Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + I. Now, go to Select > Modify > Expand for 12px. Now, using Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) right click on the canvas and choose Stroke. Use the following settings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9K33NAONtP7bIrBylPZOjeMqBhnsM7VkU66wnguM0ZmJSu-1yuWd41WvP77x43GtmFdDRHcDzuxfJOnP_4SlFF0SdfgaPBTm3tmcGvXLjQ5aLC8up9xjwcsfccCifLQ9of3MF7VZiOQ/s1600/29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy9K33NAONtP7bIrBylPZOjeMqBhnsM7VkU66wnguM0ZmJSu-1yuWd41WvP77x43GtmFdDRHcDzuxfJOnP_4SlFF0SdfgaPBTm3tmcGvXLjQ5aLC8up9xjwcsfccCifLQ9of3MF7VZiOQ/s400/29.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 30</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Using Horizontal Type Tool (T) in top right corner of the canvas type "Refuge" (but NOT over the frame) with SF Iron Gothic Extended font, Regular style, 18pt size of the font, Strong anti-aliasing and white colour.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbGQbbvmbALx1IXHlGcdg7Ft_JO_aAkm-2FuQ6PyHCv_ElBEK6fKVUc2pScLwjQ6NRCYwVZn1fL2S2rbyeRbecDP0RLqqUk7_MsM2VF0XQZy-iy6WYc7fRz4RUy33ThYSfwrd0YMEvmk/s1600/30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYbGQbbvmbALx1IXHlGcdg7Ft_JO_aAkm-2FuQ6PyHCv_ElBEK6fKVUc2pScLwjQ6NRCYwVZn1fL2S2rbyeRbecDP0RLqqUk7_MsM2VF0XQZy-iy6WYc7fRz4RUy33ThYSfwrd0YMEvmk/s400/30.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 31</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Right-click on text layer you just created and go to Blending options. Insert values as shown below for Inner Shadow and Satin.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-dp-YJeFV1mzrxlcdTA_5qKFJ2LzzEjAezy4q30fh0kR3P2bxqAKUXm6zEBFdxVy82FkxRZsXZ_-2mpFhwywYU4IAxn-Mhk9PAo5m2W3C3FgfATTygAnL05RQEIcDfmoO_yVUwmHO9g/s1600/31+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-dp-YJeFV1mzrxlcdTA_5qKFJ2LzzEjAezy4q30fh0kR3P2bxqAKUXm6zEBFdxVy82FkxRZsXZ_-2mpFhwywYU4IAxn-Mhk9PAo5m2W3C3FgfATTygAnL05RQEIcDfmoO_yVUwmHO9g/s640/31+%25281%2529.jpg" width="417" /></a></div><b>Step 32</b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Now open the 471469_37266465.jpg paper texture and duplicate it to the project (as done with girl). Position the layer at top of the others and name it "Paper texture 1" and go to Edit > Transform > Rotate 90 Degrees CW. And position it like shown below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1vNFwOrKUaVTB_BNi05v5xnaENncLR2XkjDOUve5FYSpueVH8eAJMU3Wye55lkhzLVZK2nep9s6QGUYQsFcQ-WUugr9HcYC6-KG9smhsukJx8g6Gd2m7w3tYyPtW157oUutECJKPCWE/s1600/32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1vNFwOrKUaVTB_BNi05v5xnaENncLR2XkjDOUve5FYSpueVH8eAJMU3Wye55lkhzLVZK2nep9s6QGUYQsFcQ-WUugr9HcYC6-KG9smhsukJx8g6Gd2m7w3tYyPtW157oUutECJKPCWE/s400/32.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Step 33</b><br />
Set "Paper texture 1’s" layer blending mode to Multiply.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Next, and final step is to open the 256004_5343.jpg image, duplicate it to the project, position it at top of the others and name it "Paper texture 2". Rotate the image, scale it down a little bit. Set Blending mode for the layer to Overlay and opacity of layer to 70%.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXUuleYiMcPsRp0CuS7QCPo1ViSweAQQ2_BBz2_a5jFfhq0INCkIVMXr2WfiGzS5GCTDxlmvH_jzFmKMfguZRPjzUNDzOqryIbvm07dxPtt9FPrpm9Sla4wblzHw0sMUQ_eh8yIf9CE0/s1600/34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXUuleYiMcPsRp0CuS7QCPo1ViSweAQQ2_BBz2_a5jFfhq0INCkIVMXr2WfiGzS5GCTDxlmvH_jzFmKMfguZRPjzUNDzOqryIbvm07dxPtt9FPrpm9Sla4wblzHw0sMUQ_eh8yIf9CE0/s400/34.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Final Results</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8c5Mqhd-O4kA_91bWWu9cDCoH4K35Mv0SW_hyphenhyphenzatBsEe6gsHNIsIwlFFcMt1EOIDozDlQptpdVnBL_PApvjrjBkivra1icheTF9jGWIhQXIBX6x_8MhLSq6qrQ8YJnLR1h2iLfXvpi4/s1600/finalClick+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8c5Mqhd-O4kA_91bWWu9cDCoH4K35Mv0SW_hyphenhyphenzatBsEe6gsHNIsIwlFFcMt1EOIDozDlQptpdVnBL_PApvjrjBkivra1icheTF9jGWIhQXIBX6x_8MhLSq6qrQ8YJnLR1h2iLfXvpi4/s400/finalClick+copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;">Copy Write:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/photo-effects-tutorials/create-a-dark-and-gloomy-photo-manipulation-in-photoshop/</span></div>Photoshop Tipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146769034728373345noreply@blogger.com0