ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CSX

TUTORIAL
DarkLight Photo Manipulation

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Darklight Photo
Manipulation
In this tutorial I will
show you how to
make a very nice
elegant but dark
photo manipulation
that will further
make your images
stunning and put
emphasis on the
subject matter in
your photo. Here is
the final result:
Darklight Photo
Manipulation
Lets begin.
First find an image to
use. In this tutorial I
used a wallpaper of
Alexis Bledel and
resized it. Make sure
the image you
choose is darker
otherwise you won’t
get the same effect as
me.
Here is the stock
image.
Open up your image on Photoshop. And
duplicate the layer of the image.
On to the Gaussian Blur.
Darklight Photo
Manipulation
•The settings I
did were:
Then desaturate
the following like
so.
•Then set the layer to Multiply.
•Now Merge the two layers together.
•Get the Dodge tool out.
•And clean up around her face and
make it a little more vibrant, since
we want her face to be the focal
point.
•Afterwards choose the Burn Tool
and make around her eyes dark.
•After doing both of these it should
look similar to this.
•After this duplicate the
layer, then desaturate and
set the layer to Lighten.

•Now it’s the final steps of

the photomanipulation.

•Go to the circle that’s half

white and half black and
click on it.
•Then go to
Brightness/Contrast and
apply the following.

•Next go to Curves and apply.

•And lastly Levels.
•And the final result
should be
something like this.
BEFORE AFTER