BDM's (ola Download and Tau ed i” REE ‘Create amazing works of fantasy art to equal the ca TUTORIAL Be ae LCR aC ee ele trae) Ne ay | Everything to make you a better digital artist is right hereBlack Dog Media Master Your Tech To continue learning more about Your Apple tech visit us at: www. See com Print & digital editions Featuring the very latest updates Step-by-step tutorials and guides Created by BDM experts Check out our latest titles today! es Masterclass ser au) , Py 2 SPECIAL DEALS a F and Bonus Content L ad ee ‘Sign up to our monthly newsletter bdmpublications.com/ultimate-photoshop and get the latest updates, offers and news from BDM. We are here to help you Master Your Tech!Your photo editing journey starts here Let us show you just how powerful | Photoshop is, while discovering a range of tools and techniques that CCTM Moll Talal felicia Citron cst coer aa Polo ol MER ol aco (tan Ll ir-lt) might imagine. This guiddlbegins wife a the various tools and editing Basics that can get you up and running in time. The second half concentrates: on some creative projects that Will expand on what you’ve learnt and have you creating new images, just like a digital professional.(MareFrost, editorrn’ Contents Object selection tool Properties pa Type layer properties Pattern presets Warptool Pattern gradient Brush toeraser The frame tool Maths in numberfields Blend mode preview The color wheel Defaulttext Updated undo Transform tool Auto-commit Double-clicktext edit Content-awarefill Gohome symmetry16 _Thehistoryof Photoshop 18 _KeepPhotoshop uptodate 20 Maininterface 22 Menus 24 Thetoolbar 26 Keyboard shortcuts 28 Usinglayers 30 Adjustment layers 32__Usinglayermasks 34 _ Selection tools 36 Making selections 38 Healingbrushtools 40 _ Brushes, penciland eraser ett al 44 Theclonestamptool 46 Gradientfilland paint bucket 48 Modifyingselections -52_Goppingandresizing “54 Quickmaskmode 56_Contentawarefillandscale _ 58 Adjusting exposure Contrast and saturation Adding a graduated filter Correcting lens distortion Panorama stitching Colour replacement 72__ Softfocustechnique 3/8 8/2\8 78 80 82 84 86 88 92 Fantasyartcreation 100 _Neoneffect 106 Double exposure effect 114 _ Motion blur 122 Torn paper portraits 128 _Stepandrepeat 136 _Legoportraits 144 UsingPhotoshopand Lightroom Classic CC Create specularhighlights Any colourfromanywhere Blackand white colour control Advanced clone stamp control Colour match yourimages Combine adjustment layers Precise lens flare placement. 152__ Processing Raw files 154 _ AdobeCameraRawinterface 156 _AdobeCameraRawmenus 158 _ AdobeCameraRaw workflow wenpanpunatorcom 5Updates and Features We take a closer look at some of the latest updates = -==ssse"" seen in Adobe’s layer-based image editor. Contents Paucar) Ries ctien EMO easceauneel SMO secec ln) bas Me edu SUC : Cer Simetoec ou 8 _Typelayer properties Pee cse cas ee Pens Mat 12_Distribution spacing : Ee nen rs Pie ocensaesla bd enero Pca é 4 Pua cr PM eeeretenterls SOME eos Pee ens cic SO icutco REM SO naa REMC eu) SME ene ee 13 Symmetry Smt a Caren- F } eTCheck out these useful new features and tools 1can be considered something olan tity guar bass. Somotines tho updates aro at th timo of witing) and explore some of those ‘evorexpanding and complexbeast Sincelt subtle containing bug fixes and thon there arene features. Some are incr, whe others aro a ‘was frst created, evry, subsoquont tration of the major updats acing new features and tools _tlomore expancive and could be areal boeft the software has aided feature upon feature. to Photoshop's arsenal Wethought twas ie to your dg editing wodtow: We'll thom for you have subserbed to Potostop CC, updates _totakealook athe atest version of Photoshop youand gve you an dea of what each has to oter “ea conmon cccureree and happen ona (06.2020 hich wasnt 21.0.2release version You, the end user. Object Selection Tool Remove Background ‘This recon addtional enhanced feature oxpands upon the Select ‘Subject Took you have an image ona ayer and you want to let Photoshop take a shot at removing the background entroly, thon you can ty this hand feature very easy. Our ‘example has two layers. The op layer is an image wit a boring background that we woul ke to remove. Below it, on ts own layer, sa replacement background forthe subject above ito appear on, You an call up the properties panel ofthe topmost ayer and select the Remove Background option. Photoshop wit analyse the image and automaticaly remove the background. Te subjct remains, but now the background image below can show through to make the image more interesting. Properties Panels TE sec meron BSS U RR eae Frere tohiretiald errr Perr teetenieeirctry eee aS peepee Eee eS Sa, rae Esceenoninren inten Pepe retary pease Type Layer Properties ‘Another set of properties to get an overhaul ae those of the Type. yor When you creato a now lyor of text in your document, ‘opering the Properties panel fort willreveal a much more varied fray of options that ean make your workflow a ile easier and puts Al the main options that you might need ight at your fingertips. Apart from Tansform options the Character and Paragraph properties can be accessed here as wl as more varied Type Options such fas Ligatures and Contextual Aomates. Thre are acitional Quick ‘Actions included that allow you to convert your text layer. There are contions to Convert o Fame and Convert to Shap.Lens Blur Update Seer lati Sccuteniior nea pase ere ora eT Un enero Peaeeert eeteia OG lnjer weve gonetotne channels \ Motion Blur... Pee eed ; erent rae CRE Sc eahedeenc cid er aed Freon several ny peter aera, ver te eae ats pee tony eer earn eet et ered et eet es Ce ot ers crt rere reer eee et Cees Pattern Presets Spit War ver Sit Warp Cr ‘Some new adeiton othe Warp Too get xtra creative cout andthe aby to warp your images in even more iserestg ways. Our exams features aca, which we dupa onto ‘new layer ready to eat You can press Ome + Tio activate the Free “Transform Too and then when yu ight-sek the mage, you can select the Warp option You can adel a 3x3, 4x4, x5 o Custom gf you ho, butityounghtclek he image, you can choose Spi warp Hetzontaly ‘and acl a warp point wherever you Ike on your image. Corl Points Ietyou star the warping process after which mere canbe added and ‘warped to your heart's content. Then, you Spt Warp Vertical, you ‘can acd custom warps inthe vrieal decton to, Andi you choose ‘Spl Warp Grosse, you can warp in both dactons at nce. Lastly Pattern - Solid - Gradient Yyoulold he Shite, you can dao mullet mesh pots and tat ‘acd scale that sletod group none go. wenpanpunuatorcom 9as «(6 ‘This is simple one that lots you switch easly botwoon A\ using a bush of a specific size, colour and properties, te an eraser that uses the same properties but its you erase withthe brush. Wile working witha chosen brush, simply press the tide key (-) anc the brush bbocomes an eraser The Frame Tool Sete rated Sere Sree ee tered Der ae Ce ees Paper ene ye Cerner ion aed Ces erin rt ears ied Ce Ce Ceara Perret ner oes Coren panera erent) eens eras Peer oratory ree caret Blend Mode Preview ‘Te Blend Mode preview i @ handy new tne saving feature that has recently been implemented Up unt now, you wanted to know ‘what alec a partcular blend would have on your images, you had to ET alee ‘select one and apply it. fit wasn't right, you had to undo that choice {rgo back in, choose new blend mode and! apply tal to se the dference. Photoshop CC does away with Bend Mode guesswork. "Now if you lick onthe Blend Mode button and sor trough the Aavalable options, each one you rll over wl bo appiid in ral time, ‘50 you caninstanty see what fect thas. wil rot commit he bland you have chosen untl you actualy lick the prefered blend This also works when viewing the Layer Style dalog panel to. A ‘small change, but a welcome one nonetholessDeke ntl c) Hue Cube Brightness Cube Transform Tool eee ‘by which you can propertonally transform een ees HSB Sliders CMYK Sliders . Povrinsorarpennmcrhoes Lab Sliders fepranicoener aera) nae Cee ee cee ney percoerer ts the Shift ke Vereen) Fearn sieeiot inna ee aed Peed ember rameter ea eee Peter Teen Sei eres ea Ses Pra Panera T ed ey Seo] Default Text Placing a tot layer within your document used result an empty box into ‘wich you would ype your text and ‘hen format twit the comect font. and type size. 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Now yeu can spy dubie-cick your choson txt withthe "Move Too and you can bogin © eat it without the need to Sitch tool,Content-Aware Fill eee Geena coer eta et ee eer rset area(s pinovosony ie eeprom perce eerie eee Poe eet enenens ponpepeeer pier erent Pearson ns operegaab nanny Reiee era ete eee eee Oe ed = peer meets Eerrerns Peeper seer Pactra eset eee io feral yarn envi: = Cone ae URRY ed een Pees nie you are working inthe Photoshop workspace, you wil now see eee cu that theresa small Home icon in the top right of tho Tels options ‘menus you cick ts, you wil be taken t Photoshop's Home screen ‘You can access at anytime while working ona cuent document, ‘reac time you start Photoshop. Using the Home screen, you ean quickly access curent working documents, ick onthe Lear feptions and choose from an aray of tras on te web or cig ‘deeper via Adobe.com, Also if you are Lightroom user, you can ‘ow any LR photos you may have and imper them. I Paral Lines Radi. wenpanpanesoncam 18Uncovering Photoshop Adobe Photoshop is a very complex piece of software. Even people who use it every day as part of their profession may only use a fraction of its capabilities and mastering its subtleties can take time. We can teach you some useful skills and help you to get more out of this fantastic program. Let’s look at the main tools that Photoshop has on offer. Contents 16 _Thehistory of Photoshop 30 Adjustmentlayers 18 _KeepPhotoshop uptodate 32 _Usinglayermasks 20 Maininterface 34 _ Selection tools 22 Menus 36 Making selections 24 Thetoolbar 38 _ Healing brush tools 26 _ Keyboard shortcuts 40 __ Brushes, pencil and eraser; | } :The History of Photoshop Before we begin, here’s a little background information vomas and John Knol read Photoshop the user te et, assemble and compose in 7988 with the release of Photoshop mages using multiple layers ané masks. t LEAR eke: Lae 1.0 following in February 1980 tis a Is this use of layers and masks that are the raster graphics editor and has become the _core features of Photoshop's power: Such predominant industry standard for digital —_—layer-based editing mean you can build very Image eating complex images and create incredible works [Atlis heart, thas a suite of tools that allow of art using this method, eiudte them nay that’s ettng shot of magia. Photoshop allws mute layers to be fc to an image, You an ep Frages them according Gers aera ova fewile) ee The Tools for the Job Image eating aplesors, 2 Photoshop alo has age verity of to that 3 | alow fe ue fo ec he mages framers Formats and Versions rao. Broadly speaking. the 1 covers 3 oo Such as craving, ping, navigate, content Shen aProtoshop dooumente an, ‘selection, text, masking and retouching. Mary of ‘E—_ creates a defaut fie that has the PSD fle fe ois ave action vars rt sow youto teen, Tis san or Protoxrap Docunen porn cere ass ard ttre tnt contains al of teers, acumen, ewe asthe by fo crest phased mak ranepaet Nene and ter content images anda ican ao cess and angus tal make up the id document. Ta & tet ac Rand arber f vector raph anther Photoshop le fat krown a3 PSB, formats, cung ES les and Adobo win lade for Prooshep Bo, Tis sa nag oxen os Tonrat ats ou use vay a= Prooahop CC, ho to, th program cous bated subsototon sere version, as SD 1 uncenone alae number of updates and “Te program's main functional canbe ‘though Acobe ‘number of pugrins, such 1s Adobe Camera Fa itis main thie party compares that devel them. Most of the pug wore replaced wi an the inaction of tha C At the te of wring, Photoshop isin stable reeaoe CO 20192KEEP PHOTOSHOP UP TO DATE Keep Photoshop Up to Date «' Reap the benefits of the most s current versions of Photoshop [ tat Potash and est ter Adobe products nave ‘moved tothe subserition me that can be continually updated, to buy a new version. This i in to older versions of Photoshop where you bought a box containing a ais, installed itand ealed i done, Ifa new version was released, you had to purchase itor upgrade tothe new version, That has been supersedes your computor now maintains an online ‘To make sure you are Keeping your versions upto date, there are a couple of things you can doCreative Cloud sw When you puchase a particular subsertion plan though Adobe, you dovnload the Creative Cd ap wich ee you ‘manage your subscription, your apps, resources and rich more besides, The aop iat has bean ‘pate, butts base functions remain the same Updated recently Bite Below AI Apps in thet eof the page § the Updates button whee you can access any update info. Ths opens a page where you can ow what can be updo, has recently been updated and a isting of whats new wth ‘each updated appicaton ors dob cunt (2 [Ath top ofthe page onthe it are set of cons. yeu lok on the (ge shaped Preferences bute, youl aa the ‘varus preferences that you can aro sut your requirements, The General pane hs a ko your Adobe account ane Cous Storage status KEEP PHOTOSHOP UPTO DATE UNCOVERING PHOTOSHOP B ‘won you open the Creative Cloud app, un the lt sido you are now presented with a manu cortaring App, Categorias and Rescue Links. you cick on At ADDS, you can vw eventing stale as part of your subserton plan, ‘Stayng on this page, you ook Wn othe tp right cemer, you wl ee an Upcate A bouton. Ths can gbly update a apps marked ‘29 having an update avaliable. Nexto that io ‘smalioon comprised of tree dots which contains ‘a dtop down is. \yrat interest us isthe Apps baton Cicking on tis cals up the Auto- pate window, Here, you can, pt ely tum on Alto LUpaate but alco choose whch of your neta apps il actualy be updatd. You can also make ‘sue prevous setings ere appted tothe unde C d= eo Inthe case of Pateshon, youn sion, you can vw and ever ay ay features page. Theres an introductory vido yeu can watch, along with rks to courses and rapes. Theres also a hypotnko more hop ages aalabe on the Adobe watt rose we® eco updes & oe !t you click on the Three dots icon, it ‘brings un a smal werdow caled Check For Updates. you ck tis, you an force t to rescan al eppioatons and acse f there are any now updates curentyavaiobe. Ths can be automated and wellook at rat net Oona = non rae eee) @ "Now your apps will automaticaly be kept up to dte ae ane when Adobe release ‘ev updates foe them, Further onthe page yourwl ee opens for changing the defaut instalation osation an what he dau language valle, wenpanpanetoncam 19Main Interface This is Photoshop’s ee graphic user front end [Dprotoshop has a great interface, dark slate grey work area, slightly lighter ‘monu and paleo bars and sharp whit txt It looks great and really makes photos stand ‘ut rom the background, Let's soe what it has to offer Menu Bar You fnd a the menu options here and mary ‘more etc menu to cont al aspects of Photoshop. Read on forme ta. Tool Palette Here youl fn your ain eng toc. The folowing pages look atthe dial ook and what you can do with them, Tool Option Bar For each too onthe plete there re options, such a rush Seo songs. You thom ints ae, Document Window Each window you opn willhave ts own tb to nity. tnctuces the document nae, curent seang and elour space being used Document Details Here youl ind the compress and eal size ‘of your documont. You can ao cal up oor Infermation such as document pel dmensions Ee Active Image Tre nw eric pros op asa towarcon your ogee th a caer eile 20. wtiretteateacinMAIN INTERFACE Workspace Option Fly-out Palettes Layer PaletteBS mews One look at the menus and you e N US begin to understand Photoshop’s complexity and versatility 1¢ main interface of Photoshop has no fewer than eleven menus and a Help option, each with many options and with many addtional nested ‘sub-menus. I's vital to become familiar withthe contents of the most important ones, Because once you know where to look for everything {you'll be able to work more quickly efficiently and confidently, Let's take a look at some ofthe key menu listings eer eo Print One Copy Image od = Te nage menu wero File Sa prone mtacges The mont npr pion har ae = ‘tno wnat mags elas oe Wote esau ype age ote Open. toopenan stg = Seo, Camas Sav arrege Graven aoc tosmeyercuret amet Potton, attest pocinscecttocm a = ao foot hea yo inde location and Save As... which gives = ‘3 the Adhstments sub-menu, rote Youtocpton osaw nacitecet Cee, = a ‘omatrocaon ano ang the _ ve ade oa spante tear Aloe Fee e . traninensn tsown ig Layer the important Automate and Scripts Edit ‘Under Adjustments you'l find Layers are a vital feature of sib-mer, nich prasad The dt manuhasmanyfeaures _alyeurmanmagecentom, Pot, The mat mpotnt batch poesesrg nd eonated = yoU4 tnd air # au a Suhasargines/Guntes, sponser how a Ne, csting cpt wendpoveso, ReiingCony, vl, Caves hafSaaton_whihletayou oe ana PadeardGutinclowanieten ondary mor. oul rd nome anew jean New tspeing cles ateugnjou!—ranyetieat ceded on utr apr ch probated ier use Teague nerpate, a raestctve tn yr Frtayboad sheet or tee. {your mae. Tho erg ard You ato in toe eats Fate pena can obo a, Sie Catoanar Sea fund tre org wih co ard Pane yan Fe taro, Sc tre a wel asthe colour pres and Preferences sub-menu 22 mwmadnpiseserecineer Peoria et eeeiic ere) Type The ne vanonal Proton thas yi gon ost hs can be thd pangaphanat one Tortr te soven er ecesed femitePancs opto athe pute mutates canbe bundtere peang 0 te wap nd spl tein ging opine Filter Photochop C86 and Cratve (Goud saw arajor overhaul of the ers men, wit many nen ‘options incusing the amazing Adaptive Wide Ange fate, “Tee's the ver-populr Laut fe automatic lene storton ‘conection, a wells a huge range cof othe ters and ett, Dont 92 two wld hough, most of them ae best used sparingly MENUS Yes View The View menu is home to the basi vowing conto ‘sh a8 200m level ut again you' want conto hose {sing shortcuts to save tine. You ao find the very useful conto. forthe Snap function, Including gue lines, essential ven you're lying out a design ‘or composing text onan image Window Thisienta mena yout! be using constantly ut ites had some vay seul features such asthe ‘range ad Wiortspace sub-menvs, which alow you to contol the ayeto abs, winds and he various ool paltes and panesThe Toolbar Let’s take a look at Photoshop’s main editing tools ‘he main elements ofthe Photoshop Toolbar haven't changed all that much since the introduction of Layers and the Move Too! with version 3.0, back in 1994. The shape has changed abit, elongating Into sinale column to take advantage of todays larger monitors and ‘8 few more tools have been added, but anyone who's familiar with any previous version of Photoshop will soon fel right at home. an a creat rip yet sng me Ata ate. 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History Brush The Hey Buh can bo sed © set eto cor sas Eraser cea Jaren eek ar faniage per aectontom nat ner aay tom smudge 0 ort Edit Toolbar rene oiesccie Tis entinyutote Sma tee umm Ped Burn on Switch Colour ‘rondte sors zens leer ratte Soon mines covet ta Toca ‘ose tn ge eee Set Colour Cadeghee oso fe Sete crtesgndcoa Pen selectors ur vmetng cate Berens Thoy cn roscoe Quick Mask Ls ateeyet nang copie ‘eects ine reno g fore oos Type eee ome Screen Mode Path Selection |INEaenen Se Pate unttraons son enchant oD stare 206 aa a. Line ro uedo cree stapes ard tieldio garter wom aconing rn rons seca ar. oan Hand " SO nee ee Terinsrasuese ceo imal aieeriareeenty sara slageinae 1 ost ney prrereerKeyboard 3 Shortcuts ae There’s always a quicker way of doing almost everything in Photoshop no of Photoshop's best foaturos sits huge ist of fully customisable keyboard shortcuts. Amos al ofthe program's functions can bo accessed quickly by pressing various combinations of keys and once you lear those shortcuts your workflow will speed up immensely. ‘You can even make up your own for your most frequently-used operation. Customising Shortcuts the na hace wil be agpled ze when making yeu oun etal overs category headings matching the names ofthe window appearand the nextkeyercombinaion shortcuts hat yo main mera, You fn hat many operations of heysthat you press wil per here ihe scrre use tats eypoara shorts. 26 weminirotatiasonKEYBOARD SHORTCUTS. ST MOR UML TET ei odg ett CREATE New DocUMENT EDO LAST STEP vent seLecrion PASTE FROM CLIPBOARD cow] +(N shit} + {sor shite} + {cove cei} +[ v.} CREATE NEW LAYER Levers 00MIN viEW copy To cu (tt Je[eole(y) (en}+(k on.) om} CLOSE CURRENT DOCUMENT CURVES 700M out View cUTTo cLIPaOARD coe +(e - cola +(x) LOSE ALL bocuMENTS INGREASE BRUSH SIZE FFT ON SCREEN FREE TRANSFORM. ax) +[=xs}+(w) laa] cor] + (4) a+ (1) SAVE CURRENT DOCUMENT DECREASE BRUSH SIZE 100% 200m TURN SNAP ON OR OFF env] +S. leis] an) + (one shit) + {cos} 4) SAVE AS BRING CURRENT LAYER TOTOP SHOW RULERS ‘SELECTALL ON CURRENT LAYER xe} +(sntJ+(S) (sntca)+[ows}+(h) (ees) R wa]+L a] unpo Last steP MOVE CURRENT LAYER UP SHOW OF HIDE GRID DESELECT ALL n+ (2) ons} on} +3] ow}+(0) TOGGLE LAST STATE MOVE CURRENT LAYER DOWN SHOW OR HIDE GUIDES wee ax}+{or]+(Z] cna} (| cow] +{ Fl (On PC the Cu key for your shortuts looks ke this on a standard Windows keyboard. you use a PC and you see ‘an instruction inthis tite to use a Cmd key, then just use Ct instoad. c. a (On a Mac computer the (tr key is replaced by the (oma key on a standard Mac keyboard. If you use a Mac land you see an instruction in thistle o use the Crt key, just use your Gm key instead. cmd wenpanputtorcom 27USING LAYERS @ Using Layers Understanding layers is fundamental to Photoshop editing he concept of Layers was fst introduced with Photoshop 3.0 in 1904, and has become the very core of Photoshop image editing, as well as being imitated by every othor image editing program on the market. Layers are exactly ‘what they sound ike; the elements ofthe image are stacked up and displayed in <3) rl ea Borns Cree Layershave a number of vantages, For ane ting, the abit to change one erat on ene tayer thot alec the oer vers meses trat you can eat your rrage non-destructive, ‘on alyor but you're not sue hows gong totum out, ast make a cplat aye, the crigalto be Hwa, hen do young onthe det and go back he orginal Thar our a yes oy. Tore ae sel ayr, which conan the geptical ebrments of he mage, Tare ae Tat ayers, which contain tet hfomation tic canbe acted ayers, whic such as shapes and 28 swmtsnpsteserecin descending order. Since layers can include ‘raneparency, lower layers can be visible ‘through higher layers. Effects, adjustments and operations can bo appliod to individual layers, or to all ‘the layers at once. You can: move layers around relative to one anther, change the Corder of layers in the stack, tum layere on or off and delete layers, without affecting the ‘others. Some people szem to have a hard time geting their head arcund the concept of layers, so the best way to think of them is {2 a pile of glass panots wth tho olomonts ‘that make up the image painted onto them, with you Tooking down on them from above to 200 how thoy stack up, work paths. and then there ae Achrent ayer, whic pe yer mec ook at Acuna eta on ho folowira pages Thore 8 @ downside to they generate, Ang layers and the rfomaton tht goes along with ham masshereeases the seo the Ho, sp whan uve shad acting and you wart to svete ict you've reted, ts usualy a g2edideat Paton thimage, wich merges ll the vers together ino a single image Steeeee aaa Knowing your way around the Layer paleto i ital f you want to make the best use of this feature, Blend Mode Determines how the ayer interacts wth the layer bet it Can be charged for over ayer ‘ona by oe, or ora group, Visibility Gicsng onthe eye snp renders tne layer andl fects visible. so, A+ ltl 0 vow that ayer ons on, Adjustment Layer rca aa tru ndtare you can ol he peemet ced as Lael, which haps yautoogancelayesina rectly ‘bg eompicaes compasten USING LAYERS Opacity CGontres how tengparent the ayers, and how much of the layer below wil show though. ‘You can se the sider er numare value, Layer Styles ‘This panel lets you add eects such as crop shsdon, bled 60025 Ime gow racket ovefiay and much more active Iyer, ry Layer Filters Choate eon one ie of ar. ora ct ran ac byecetng he rope ys Card te erdern wich ou show a Fill Sitar to Opacity, but ony wer on pa! ifemation, rote bending optons and ie oft. Layer Locks 15 clekng an too btn you can ck ho ljertom any ter act rarepareey image pes nd poston canbe ced ‘perce oeac oar Text Layer There ae several deen yposcflaer. Tt layers not surengy,coniah text characters Background The Backed ayers deft btn las acne sit fled wh ou See reread Link Layers hight afew layers and then cck tis baton to nk the layers Transform ana Move commands wil afc liked eer. Layer Mask ‘ees mack. po based ler, reves ‘or conceal oman, sng ecko ‘conceal or Whi to ee New Group New Layer Delete Layer Cass aneninergin io FD cickng on ts bon Does exc hat u's veh youca dap andaeolaers cient aren banklayer exec od. Chatto deere rent actin ae, o crag alayer othe btn to se enpanpunetorcom 29ADJUSTMENT LAYERS Adjustment Layers A great way to edit your images without damaging them {)\ though there are many eating options Fin the image > Adjustment menu, they ‘allhave one thing in common. When you apply thom to an image the effect they have is destructive, Because they discard information fom the orginal image. For ‘example, if you apply Curves, the Hue/ Irs impossibeto avoid ts mage degradation siogetnor, but by using Adjustment Layers wecan asmuch a possble -Aalustment Layers si above the piel ayer n the ateck and ther ects ae appiled rea! time ashe layers ave splayed. That way ifyou change your mind about an eft, or wish to change it tri has been apple, ‘your ateration doesnt have any futher stfect onthe layer below tan the image degradation n't appled unl the layers re 30. wtiretteateacin Saturation, thon add @ Photo Fitoretfoct, ‘thats three operations that have discarded information, each one degrading your Image quality. you apply an operation repeatedly, such as multiple Curves corrections, you'll actually be ab to 00 the degradation. The only way to undo ‘merged when tatering he mage You can apply Adjustment L ways. Ft, youl Yin tof aval layers ‘Second, you have the Adjustments palette open [3 openin the defaut interface workspace) you can cok onthe button forthe ayer you want to apply. Third, you can clek cn the mic button at the bottom ofthe Layer Palate. Alo hase offer sxacty the same listo opens and pro the same msuts the damage done by these modifications {sto rover to an earlier version by using Undo ortho History paleto, but that also undoes all your subsequent editing as wel ‘This degradation is much worse with 6-bt than with 16-bit images, since there's less Information to start with.ADJUSTMENT LAYERS. \licvEnic PHOTOSHOP ores Caen) ‘Gick on any ofthese butons to nstanly create a new acustment layer. @ srightnessicontrast PhotoFiter @ @ teves ChannelMixer @ ae reece come © ein coontetnicne REN peer te @ Exposure Invert @ enero Senta eee @ Vibrance CACEC eR) Posterize @ @ ueseturation a - ) Tweshold @ @ Colour Baiance roe ee Selective Colour @ ae cree eee eh py oe @ Back nd vite Gaacient ap @ eee eeeeeeeeaet eri Before and After shologaphed ona bight ty Imag, he calous have been stud, bighnes and cers enranced 0 bngU | Layer Masks Add effects non-destructively with Layer Masks ile the Quick Mask unction isan easy way to selectively edt your pictures, tho moro traditional method isto use Layer Masks. The advantage to this ‘method is that itis non-destructive, sof you don't ike the resuits you can jst 90 bback and start again tis also repeatable, because you can use the same mask for multiple effects, saving you time and effort. For this quick ttoral we'll use a Layer Mask to apply a selective monochrome or colour extraction effect. We'll start with {this bright image ofa 30 rendered car. The red tones wl remain in colour while the rest ofthe pieture will be changed to black and white 32 ewmtdnpiseserecan To start with, right-cek onthe thumb ofthe photo in tho layer palete and select Duplicate Layer rom the manu. Atematvy elck ad drag the layer thananalin the pate onto the New Layee ‘button at the bottom of the pate, hich wi also ‘huplicate the aye "New, actuate the new layer by clicking ont he Pelete an then cck on the Ad Layer Mask button at the bottom ofthe pale ROOma & +, Awiito square wil aopoarin tho lor palo representing the new mask. Dotle-ick on tis and te Layer Mask palette vl you. This alte lets you Contguo the mask ha vary of waClick onthe Color Range buton and yout range picker and the cursor wil change ta an ‘eyodropper tool. ick onthe od chasis of the : 1 0 tha a8 muh of Now wa've gota mask that cover the shape of the car but what we need is a ‘mask that eaves the chosen colour, wile covering ‘everyting eee, eo lek on the Invert bution ‘hat swaps the mask andthe background, Tis cecil cretes anole heave though wich ‘he background yer willbe wae, USING LAYER MASKS. Next wo can apply tho effect othe op layer For this one wal use the Black ‘and White menu option since i's a quick ‘and easy efect. You'l Sd itn the Image: ‘Agustmonts menu You can adjust the parameters of he Black and Wt eect wth the sliders (nthe window that pears. The resus ‘are a mater of persona tase, so adjust the parameters unt you'e hagpy ‘The Layer Mask can be used to produce any knd of sooctive oft katie and the great part of ti thatthe cxiginal mage ie sti itact nthe background layer, 80 if you're ‘unhappy with the finished rest you ean just ‘as you can see, the ects working we, SteadSelection Tools This fundamental technique allows multiple methods for isolating specific areas of your image he ability to select discrate areas of an Image and change them you to select regular shapes such as rectangles, olipses and lines. For insolation is fundamental to Photoshop editing and to help _itegular shapes there are several Lasso Tool, which let you draw the with this thar are many diferent ways of making that selection, _—_ aaa tobe selected. For quicker selections there are the Magic Wand and “The most frequently used are the Marquee Tools, which alow Quick Soloction Tools Cm TS Common Options Pa Wears * famcasy-3 epee 6.7% (n08/8#) capt intersect With Selection, which selects onl tom areas you have already stcte. Edge Refinement 34 munkinetieteraconRectangular Marquee Single Column Marquee Elliptical Marquee Make a selection af a rectangusr area of any ‘This option creates a selection oft a singla Cresta alacton fan eliptcl shape of any size or aspect rato. ust cick and ragto the _vatical column of pags. Tis is usetlfor ying size proportion. Just ck and drag to the size Fight size. Hold down the Shiftkay to constan up cther selections or cops that aejusta litte and shape you need and old down the Shit ke the election fo a equare shape and use the too tig. Clo near the area you wont o select raw acre you hot don the At ey he are keys mee the selection ares fend then kag the marquee to the act lection, elise wil be carted an he starting por. Magnetic Lasso Lasso Single Row Marquee > a Ths ool es edge-cection fo ry match your The Lasso|& ae used to make area sectors ‘Thi Is the same as Singe Colurn Marquee, okt othe edges of the subject nthe nage. fom he active lye, butts tne the shape can be but ths tet edecis a single horizontal row ‘You simply draw ane as cose 2s possible to regular, raked out by clkking or drawing a Ine of pels, As wth the Single Column Marquee he edge. Works best on high contast areas, the poet you stared to coe he saeco. thon ckag the marque tthe exact locaton. Polygonal Lasso Magic Wand Quick Selection > wenpanputetorcom 35Making Selections The ability to select and modify only part of an image is fundamental to how Photoshop works Eleiceeee oem CC Eng) Rectangular argues Tool ea ee ‘The Elpicl Marquee Too! works in rmch the same vaya the Rectangular Marquee, but raves a curved shape ‘As with the Rectangular Marquee you can set the Sze or aspect ratio. A rato of x1 cra lipses of various sizes. ether ratios cra 36 wwmsnpseserecin To draw an elipse round your selection, imagine that's actualy a rectangle, srt rom one comer and dag t2 the egoraly opposite comer. Tis can be tricky to get rit, so storativay hold down the Al key and start rom the cant of whore you want your lips o be, no ofthe most basic features of Photoshop is the ably to ‘modify only pat of an image, leaving the rest unchanged. ‘Tho way that we do this is by using Selections, and there are several tools and men operations that we can use to help us achieve this After the Move Toot, the next thee icons on the Tool Palette areal selection tools, ving you a wide range of methods for 'solating an area of your mage. Some are fully manual, while ‘others use varying degrees of automation. ‘The most base selection tals are the Rectangular and Exiticl Marquee Tools. These both alow you to manually selact shape of any size or ofa fixed size or aspect rato. You Can select several areas, ether separately or joined together, land with ahard edge or soft feathered edge. The various Lasso Tools let you select an area of regular shape, again withthe ‘option of a feathered edge. You can draw the area frchand, or ‘te point-to-point Ines for greater precision, Lets take a look atthe process of making a selection, and ‘examine the various options that are avaiable.Simple Area Selection aT To make a sof-eiged selection type a quid number into ne Feather box, The har eaupenineeataos the number, the more blued the edge val be Let's tat of with the singles secon too, the Rectangular Marquee. Tis To craw a sare ek ona pont where you tho "narcring arise othe slctn bor spe fokoing tre cre eC) sth the rages "mexcing ar Ine the Spe eo ‘S eed freehand rectangle, ofc the Tool you use the Paint Bucket Too fl the You can by sting arto of x1. gos ae very EENeenn come) preety For selecting more complex shapes, the \wit the Potygonal Lasso, you ‘A Polygonal Lasso selection Is al # yeu best option isthe Poygonal Lasso Too cick around the edge of the area want 0 cuter copy a complex shape out crifyou ant io craw freehand, then the Lasso you want fo select. When you complete of a background, for example to make it part of isthe cna to go or. Drawng freetand may the loop, ce doubl-cic, the selection is ‘another pete. tis partculanyheptuwhen your ute cd using amouse, but wth tla completed and you'll eee the “marching subject ha los of straight, regular edges that are toe you can use ith enforce, fants border, 22/0 foo wenpanputetorscom 37HEALING BRUSH TOOLS Healing Brush Tools Clean up minor blemishes, dust spots and stray hairs with the Healing Brush Tools yen with a modern digital camera, your ‘photos may have sight imperfections, Maybe it's just astray hair or an unwelcome skin blomish in a porta, or maybe some ‘dust has managed to get onto your sensor, ‘causing dark spots on your photo. Whatever the reason, somatimes you need to remove some smal features trom ‘your images and the best tools for this re the Healing Tools. Thee ae five Healing “Tools in Photoshop, which you can see if you cick and hold on the Spot Healing Brush Too icon inthe tool pales. Peach a oii ogee ae eae) Pete) Ree o Bred aos] eee MeN USEFUL TIP [Fee terol] The Healng Brus ogy fom odor versions of Photoshop. coes mucho same oo asthe Spot Heaing rsh, bus aher ess sophisti. R wate h much the same way asthe One tarp Too. To hel a blemish you fist reed tose sare pont cick on an area of siete whe reid dow thet ay hon pang he samo ‘vert lsh Aa ever, ent comes hesing endclaingtacrriques sub isk. You may fd hat t might tke svelte o get a goed ‘ertisa thal doeen' stand cut as eng cored, 38 swmsnpeseserecan ho Contant Aaa Mow Teo vas itod.cad a Preteshan CSB, Te das that you can sey ava selection round an obec an then kg 10 acta loco. Te progam anayocs te auroundeg tea an ilsin the source th a maching te. actos he Content Avare Mowe Tots ony ssi fryer specie ckeurstares, whan the cect you ‘want move ior y a unform ttre You ‘wlll he more ein hs tte, tet the fal reat. Bockyeunds suchas ass and bus sy swermuch mare sucess cartes rh The Patch Toole sod fr rpang largo roa, Ioan be used in one of two ways; ether caw ‘round the area you want to replace and tren ‘ag the sare to an area of matching clean ttre, sample an area of lean texture and thn drag it over the par you want o repace. Here, a patch of woedan floor can be used to remove some bread crumbs from tha shot As you drag the patch, itil show you area-tee overlay over your target area so you can algn& ‘as best you can fo ensure a good pathrr a y iT Ble} yell Rr Vy) “4 Yi ‘eye ten fe pup wide opens posse fo fob proper camera ecru, but ou Sr Ito yeu porta, Pes ‘and people. When you use itto paint aver an and ea) oc tohapremover. Srp ckonthe eb, the brush sampies the area around t cferng recess andthe tel wl automaticly ‘nd replaces the object witha simulation ofthe andysahow much echessthereis inthe subect's backgrounds. Tha way amples cn be tye and remove and replacetthamore selected and the most efectve options Content rnatualcckng tne whichis usualy Hecker avery Aware sampling. The brush parameters can be carktone, ‘adjusted ke any other bush. con 39Brushes, Pencil and Eraser Photoshop has many tools to help you create images as well as edit them though it is primarily designed and best known as an image editing rogram, Photoshop also offers a range of versatile tool, allowing you to creat orginal artwork as well as adapting existing images. The brushes, Pencils and eraser are designed to behave as much ike their real ie ‘counterparts as possible, to make using them an intuitive process. Hf you have a graphics tablet and a pen, tis helps even more. The Brush Tool The most usel drawing implemer Brush keyboard shortcut 8), wh You select the Brush Tool by clicking on ts icon in the too palette, bu to gt the mo: ‘and more presets than ever before, giving you of the brush ip, the dene, lng thickness, unparalleled versal or creating your own _ stress and angle ofthe brush bristles anc ‘artistic Photoshop masterpieces. adjust or cleable brush spacing. As wall 9s, “The Punct Tool used tobe a separate item rom the Brush Tool, but with ragical ‘expansion of tho Bush in Photoshop to include simulations of aumerous type ‘2nclthe Pec Tool ss nom ‘aration of ho Bi ‘The Penol can be used as @ secondary brush whieh can save te swapping tuetwoon presets and can ago be sed 0 ‘apply a stroke to work paths. You can press ‘Shift + 8 to make it appear. By defaut it uses the 1 pil brush size. The Pencil Toot is limited to hard-edged brush shapes of 5 a macsurelicnamusoaed er in teres | PPacitoo B the new Brush eee ere orbyusthow As ‘custom ‘adjust the shape - F hichasidieal at em 40. wutiretteateacinthis there are many mere options, allowing you to add ran ‘shape and colaur dynamics, I his degree ot soatorng, noe, texture, wet, “he Eater Tool keyboard shorout isa speciazed vraionon the Sh Too and uses ‘ho same patette opens os tom the Sandra brush that t can ener pk tom ‘layer ranaparer, along the yer bene show though. usedon the background tye & ants in whatever te cures background coi ‘As wel aa the rsh pte cptios, he Eraser aso has tool options nlucng Cnacty Flow end one uriaue one, Era o Ht, wich ean be used in conjunction withthe Hater) peti o selectively undo changes i lyers The Mode options rth Easar re Brus, neler Block, which sa sal square-shaped eraser of ‘0d lop BRUSHES, PENCIL AND ERASER ‘Tre are poset bruses o simulate atrustes, pact rayon, big eo brushes, mal tif bates, brushes to qu a gras or aes T sions andadustrents canbe spied to pre ‘options forthe appearance and fh, tere are aso options for ‘on. Thooe ae calla Bland Modes and you car choose which ane to use by cleng onthe Modes butlon inthe Tool Options bar +B ensertes E ee ie Pee “There ae to ater Eraser opens aval You ck andold onthe Ease Too. Background Eraser can, asthe name suggests, erase pats ‘ofthe background, but oes thi by cerwerting the background hoa lj Mage Eraser amply ‘cambires the Mage Wand Too withthe Ease Tool and salty eases contiguous areas of clo Many people wil provably use Photoshop with a pen and tablet device, such asthe "Brush Too! 'o control wenpanpantsoncam 41Exploring Photoshop Okay, you’ve got the hang of the basics and now you want to expand your skill base a little. This is where you can begin to explore more of what Photoshop can do for you with its extensive set of tools and manipulation techniques. Let’s have a look at how you can make some simple edits to images such as cropping, cloning and masking. Contents CO Mts eae Pree enemas Cer estes Eee eve eed oy 54 Ey 58 Cropping and resizing teen Content-aware filland scale ender eetpee LLLThe Clone Stamp Tool THE CLONE STAMP TOOL. USEFUL TIP Remove unwanted elements from your photos he Clone Stamp Tool (also known as the Clone Brush in some programe) is one ofthe most usaful toms in your image editing tool kit. Despite recent developments such as Photoshop's Spot Healing Tool and Content-aware fil, is stil the most precise and reliable way to retouch photographs, allowing you to remove unwanted lomonts such as dust spots, skin blemishes, lons fae lines and other intrusive objects from your pictures. process is entrely manual it ean be somewhat time-consuming, but the results are often superior tothe output ofthe more modem automatic tools. from a selected target the Clone Stamp, move even qute large unwanted objects joe up portal photo, taken ina stuclo from a phote. Our example is setting, of young gi 44 eminem ofthe Clone Ne decided t would be a good demonstration ofthe 12 for cn of te class niga that were mind. This i's port reveals emaved wth his 00Goto your toolbar are select the Clone ‘Stamp Too) Fr the mage wero working on, a brush Size of about 25 - 5 pels ‘be fine, You can make the brush Hardness Aaryuhere betwen O% - 40%, We're gang to Start wth tho blomishes unde her lat oe ce ne as 2 eee Make sure that youve tha Aligned option ticked. This moans thatthe ‘sampling area of your brush moves as your brush eee, ctherwise you wil clone the same sampled area ropeatoy ut you alr. Fran area of clean skin nat tothe lari and then press your Al key. A ‘smal target icon wil appear. Anything under this target willbe your sample to be used as the starting point ofthe lonng, Left your ‘mouse to conf this as your sample area into THE CLONE STAMP TOOL Now move your cursor oer the top of the {aco and postion it over the eral blemish rect below the area you jut sampled. tis ‘Powe as an over So you can see what you are ‘abou 0 clone on ep of your fae. Yu cok {yx mouse ovr the blensh, te clean skin jst sampled wil be cloned ovr te tp o targa samp below erat eye anc ‘cone skin rom that ce ove the blemishes just bolw her ye. you nti ay repented areas that stand out as being cloned, or dflerences in trighness and skin tone, you can choose a new target area and clone in sme naw aint keep the pater random. Now that you know haw ta elena a ‘loan aoa of skin and use to remove bliss, you can start to workaround the face and remewe any oer blames required. 3 ‘As you clone, watch out for any obious repeating pate that giv the game avray.Thaso repeats appear because you have ‘a blemish in your erignal sample area wih is bing stamp ove the tagot skin Pata ihe this nanan ne ft het cloning has been used. you soe ary peters tke this emerging, you can ress Cd + Zand undo those steps and nd a ‘ean area of skin fo sample and try cloning over your target area again, Another trick to hap you, sto crest a new wansparent layer and clone your new kel cto tht. Mahe sure you have Guent Arc "Bpiow selected fom the Sample: menu. You can then clone onto his Glan layer preserving al he Pinos underneath onthe base layer \3GRADIENT FILL AND PAINT BUCKET Gradient Fill & Paint Bucket Fill layers and selections with colours, textures and gradients ne very usfulfacity that Photoshop provides is the Gracient Too. ean fil an area of a layer with a gradual blend between ‘tipo colours. You ean choose from & selection of pre-set radent fis or crate your ‘wn.’ great way to aad gradlent ters for ‘enhancing photographs, orto create eects tr 46 ttre tteaeacin such as vigettos and conre-spot soft-focus Lots take a closer look at how it works You'd te Gracnt Toot about halvay ‘own the Tool Paote.ithas ts own unique sot S of options inthe To! Options bar, the main one being the Grasient Picker, which Its you choose from alist of pre-set gracents ee Soe ie eee aa ae lec Bc) gradient shapes. The delat song isa stag lear grace, tt chor opto incude Pack, ‘Angle, Plc and Diamond shapes Lc the ruc Tels the Gradent has bend nes that yourmi the gent cour wih the layer below tin various ways. THis area way to ertance undscape sets, by using an range tostarepaentgardont lin Overy F Sot Uhh ela =t la coaaryo)| Peer nc acon Ityou lek and hold on the Gradlent Too! you" fe, hat one ofits optons isthe Paint Bucket Tool utich used olan area, ayer, or selection witha ok colour. combinaton vith ayer transparency anc tend modes i's great way to acd a cole tit rior to a whos image. you use the Paint Bucket onthe background layar of yourimage tl lin an area of contiquous colour in much the same GRADIENT FILL AND PAINT BUCKET Below aro the main grace ypes that you can choose fom the Tao! Opens barat he top la ot Photoshop come vith selection feat pre-set grader ade, tut thee are ther packs 1 cracens avaiable, You can loan these tee Grae Picker youl sea smaicon te cog teltot sarc gadertpas nate xd once ‘Otter Grader Tool optons incu the over layer opacity, reversing the drecton ofthe rasent ‘colour ms, changing he “ser” of he cobu ming an ogg he Radial Angle Reflected Diamond \way asthe Megic Wand Too, To ada ti whole rage, create anew layer thn lt wth the colour will he whol ayer and you can ‘then use ayer transparency and blend modes to acheve the efect you'r looking for. “To gat this vintage photo elec, wo used ‘a sand bron colour at 100% apscty and ‘Colour bend mode, wtich combines the ‘il colour with the tones and elours of he background mage. USEFUL TIP Paiapticreet eretry wenpanpunetorscom 47Modifying Selections Photoshop has sophisticated tools to refine selections hotoshop's standard selection tools: the Marquee, Lasso and Magic Wand, aro fine for selections of rogular, shapes, but theyre not so good at picking out soft-edged or very fine ‘shapes. One thing in particular, that has always been a problem, is the edge of fine or untidy hae. Take the photo shown, bere for example This age representative of atypical stud seting, wth goodlighting and there used al he te for cata Homer wo ty what Border Photoshop has otter testo mowiy a selection Border converts the sngle-lne selection into a__Smocth removes the knks an wrinkios rom wich youl find, aporopriatly enough inthe border of the spcifed with. You can the ine of your selection. I's useul when you're Sateen use Moy The pes nics: socteno create to acid you aoa slactng smoot-eded bets, ut val ns Sineoth Exoane, Contact and Feather, secon by using the aint Bucket Tool. Be arobhvely empl, but use nanetndess. aware that he Border extends an equal ametet We hae some examples show 300 from either si of your ogra selection AB wtiretteaacin[As you can see, the edge around the ‘madel's hair loks table, Thea ‘Magic Wand selection has produced a very Jagged edge, because it can't distinguish btwn the fine ecge of the air and the background. Fortunately the atest ‘of Photoshop has a feature calod Selec and Mask, which is capable of making Expand, asthe name suggests, expands the siza othe selection by the specfed number ‘of pikes, The larger the value you expan the ‘salction by, the more the deta and snape of ‘your erga stction wil begin to decrease as i erarges outwards Pema cer ns? Select and Mask i very 20sy to use. Starting wih a Magic Wane! or Pelygonal Lasso selection as close as possibie tothe edge of the har, or any othr sft edge, click on the Refine Edge button on the Tosl Opto barn the dialog window that opens, in Edge Defriton, check the box marked Smart Radius ‘and use tho square brackotekoys to set tho brush size eo thal t's lange enough to coves te razy edge area around the hat. Than simpy pant around the edge, overtapaing both the mada a ound. contacts te opposite of Expand it stinks the size ofthe ealacton by the specified umber of pal, ith tha Expand option, ta more you Contact the section, the ‘more the original selection shape's deta wi come loss wel dened, ‘nen you've been around al the edge area that you want to rein, cick OK and than wai few seconds we the program recaleultes the edge. AS you can soe here, the 9 ent over the We've loka at Feather boo. softens the ‘geo the selection by th acs st in tho ang box I's perhaps the most used option hore, ariel it youre trying to copy ana paste the election into a backround. Unie Smooth ts crates a soft gnateetoct, wenpanpunetorcom 49Curves and Levels The most versatile way to adjust brightness and contrast in your digital images ‘Ul find the Curves function inthe Image > ‘Adjustments menu, or uso the keyboard shortcut ‘Gmnd¢M. The Curves dialog looks a bit daunting ‘most useful and versatile tool for making adjustments to the exposure and tonal balance of your images. ‘We'll use tis female portrait a ‘with. What we want todo fist i ‘wees beyond. ‘The Curves graph i histogram showing the relative strength of rent tones vithin the mage. shows the input dstrbution along the botem ofthe graph athe ‘output up the verical as. The saghtclagonal ne kam ‘corner to cerer indicates tht there i 11 ratio bateen ‘end ofthe nonzantal axs represents the darker tones, ‘whl the rigi-hand end presents the hgh, = The Cures graph can be maripulted in several ‘ways. You ean move the ine rey, by clang ‘nit to place new anchor points and then cragning these points into new positions. You can ao use the row key to nudge a selected point up, down, tt ‘or right, Theo's noi o where the ine can stator fish, oF where goes in batwaen, whic can lead ta yam youl see a button with ahand then mave the cursor aver the image you nati a passes over ightor and darker areas. Picka spot that you vant to ighten clk on and dog upwar ‘and youll ane the tone curve move to mate Using this awesome feture you darken prety much avery tone in the mage, 50. wsbiretteatacinBoosting Contrast ‘ks two anchor ons tthe tne curve roxrhy ‘ne hil of he way rom ether 2 Drag the Safty asthe upper haf te curve ars lowerng re lower hat i, wre the mit ont and bath end the same postions, Tris wil igen the iter areas ofthe image, while darkering th dark reas, nreasng the contest we mahtahing the same crea fexposim, I's an excl make vary preciso adjustments to contrast. Mitone Ighiness can be acustod by movi the mid Emphasising Highlights Fs ‘ ° os To bos the hi highest pot etwas lang the top rorzortal ‘axe, This ineeases the bighiness of he ih ‘iss and ray cause the bighte highighs tobe ue out, but theres can be qt ass ‘or thoi knd of irago. Ts technique works wel h monechrome. producing an ethereal ng ey mage. Pe Inthe Imago » Adustmants monu yout ale tnd the Levels uncon, keyboard shortcut Cd +L The Levels uncton i easier to use than Curves nets you quichy aust the black and white pnts and overall vighiness of your image. I's partcuriyusfulfor mages that contain aot of lght or darc areas, such as dark abject on a ht background, causa it ovis a mathe for feng the ightest and darkest areas ofthe image, whl baving the mi-tones feo to be adjusted upvard or downward CURVES AND LEVELS Lai eit iilds= Re ddseveseaied LTite Ta alae Mile el Send Movi the lanest gent onthe ove to the ght willcaren he shadows, but ths wise bth ‘hodow are mid tone deta. 7 ated ‘by mairo the mc pont of he cuve uDwards slop, fatene the uppe: pa ofthe curve and ‘rghiening the mictones, This emphasing ot shadows s vary sini to beostng conbast, bu Forages wih very high contast sometimes tis oassary to boost the miones fo bale he at rovahy ecu postions along the cave ad then ‘move he mice ove upwards 0 acreve he ete. The other two poets act as anes, weeping he shacks and ghightsuncrangee Moung he mic pont dowrwards has re opnoste tect. wenpanpunttonscom 51Cropping and Resizing Changing the size of a digital photograph ‘omotimes a digital photograph ‘can be the wrong size. Maybe ‘you've ot to0 much ofthe surroundings inthe picture, when {you wanted to concentrate on just ‘the main subject, or maybe the ‘whole image ie too big, and you need to make it smaller to send ‘la email or publish on a website, Doing both ofthese things is very ‘Quick and simple in Photoshop. Well ue this landecape shot ofan ‘ld shack and watermil as the image we want too shack The best oo forthe jobs, not suring, the Cop Tool You" rit ‘the ool pate, fouth down rom the top. Jooks a bit ke two eet-acuares, The Crop Tool is very easy to use. Spy cleleneer ane cemer end then kag bot sound he are you wantto crop. Dit worry frou dent get the sia erat right rst time, bocause you can aclust tha siz ofthe box yung he cay -han ‘omar. Pass Enero econ Noxt welt resize the image to make ita Inthe Image Size dalog box, check. ‘more manageable siz To do this yu the box mavked Resale Imac, need to gett the Image menu and select land open the drop-down option pane blow Image Size, ar use the keyboard shortcut cing the size of tis pct, 20 Als Crd + select Bicube Sharper.ln the Phe Dimensions panel, ener the with that you want your image to ‘appear. ve were peparng tis pcre fora websto, a with of 800 pels wet be idea “he height wil change automaticaly to ‘ha aspect rato the same, Press OK to res the pictur, CROPPING AND RESIZING Next, go back to the image mer, ‘ut this time choose Canvas Size, of use the keyboard shorteut Gm + Alt + C. ring extra pesto tho rage. Bear rind this ie ferent than simply ring the imsge ‘out ee the curent sa in pines at the top of the pal wt te with lower werdow put 8 800 pls, nt surounding the box bolow. Cick OK to Prior the resize. You'llgst awaming that you'e about to chop off par ofthe image, butjust ignore resized the image to 800 x 600,Quick Mask Mode There’s a quicker way of editing selections and masks Stee ton when editing in Photoshop is useful to be able to block off certain areas that we don't want to be affected, For that we usa masks and there are several ways of creating them, but by far the easiest ie Quick Mask, a fantastically ‘soful feature that was fis introduced in Photoshop 7. Quick [Mask lots you create and edit masks and selections quickly and easily using any of Photoshop's pixel painting tools to apply a brushed mask with freehand strokes ofthe mouse. Ie extremely simple to use, but it can produce a wide and, varied range of rests You'll find the Quick Mask mode button near the bottom of the Tool Palette, licking wil togale Quick Mask mode on or of ‘wich on Quick Mak, youl notice that the foreground ‘colours changa to black and whe, patingin black You'l ses that insta of lack, the ec the area you want 9 mask and overap your area, sire sich tothe whito dcalour, Painting white wil erase the mack 54 munkineticstraconGradient MaskContent-aware Fill and Scale Photoshop contains image processing technology so advanced it looks like magic hotoshop CS4 introduced the word to an 7 i mang mu tecketogycacomnen content-aware Scaling ‘aware Scaling, which can resize an image “while preserving the proportions of important image elements. I works by analysing the image and removing lines of pixels that contain relatively ite information, so that plain background wil be affected betore the ‘main subject. The best way tilustrate the ‘affect Is with examples, such as this image of ‘attee and clouds, presring the more ifomnatin-ich pels that als inclueg hore, As aresut a both reg and with an nt hagh recucton aves he cere nro an mage, rave unchanged, though he area has ben edhiced 56 mwnkinsticstraconCONTENT-AWARE FILL AND SCALE Content-aware Fill and Move ‘Starteg vth an image tat has just been rotated, leaving ‘ose empty tangles, ake the Magic Wand Toland select he plan areas aT Net, go tothe Select menu and ack on Mody > Expand Increase the slecton area by a decent amount: fortis pete 10 pes should do nice. "You" Sd Fil in the it men ick on it and you'l 38 the Fil options wiviow appear. Content-aware shoud be selected by taut, but not choose trom the drop-down mera There wi bea short pause whie Photoshop analyses the from the content ofthe immediately surouncing are. ‘ontent-aiare Movois anew fasturenrociced with Photoshop C56 and uses the same ‘8 Content- avr Fl. Te idea's that you can select an object ona background and move it to a now area ofthe image. The Cortei-awareegorthm souk automaticaly filin the ava tht you moved trom and also blend in the moved abject In practic i's not actualy much uso unless the object to be moved Is onaviruay plain background, in when case's oftan sper 10 Use the Clone Stamp anyway, but some people may tnd i use ore ee Steel e wenpanpuntorscom STWHAT IS BERG aePO ee ac Cae CCS! [ao Cer eos Unlimited satisfaction one low price Cheap constant access to piping hot media Protect your downloadings from Big brother Safer, than torrent-trackers 18 years of seamless operation and our users' satisfaction All languages Brand new content ol Tesi c) AvaxHome - Your End Place We have everything for all of your needs. Just open https://avxlive.icuAdjusting Exposure Correcting your exposure mistakes is easy with Photoshop von with the sophisticated technology found inthe ight metering _ystome of modern digital camoras, they aro not inflible. Some lighting conditions ean confuse them, resuiting in pictures that are over he tna rim bt depths anes 22D at mproing he exposure ofthe more common ‘camera, JPEG mages 2 ot surprisingly good etalin areas that meptitaly fxposed woudhave been a beter ‘daa to use an average meter, But We rescue this using an mage ng program. ‘contrast and tonal balance when ecusting the brightness of your mags By moving th Brighiness slr othe ight, be veal righiness ofthe ania pot ia nereaned, bt the na algorthm retain a eascrabl balance in shadow sneak the eect wth the Contrast ler, the rut is reasonably accept, 58 swntdnpateserecanDupeate Levels Cont, by ads he Levels Hetogrm, Youll ——etrapesaningthebiack c-cf pant, the ight theshadcw ata wha bing cut ay mre nc Levelin he same mage > Acjusentsub- thee cu-of pork. ar the one he hls. also eves the deeper shadow areas menu as BightnessConrast. Th Levels isogam representing te mi bac. hea far beta ay fauting he expo is basicaly a grch shoving he propaion ot ofa phtograph than simpy tering the Brine pls nthe erage at each cour rt The raw and miones, wht highlights, sowe Cora, however tin quit the bes way. lt hand ae of the gap rpresnts bak, reed brghen som af hose shedawsiniomic- Austin mid-air naar he ay vedo tis by mavnghemione sade and tha t-te end tt, wth avery onan Curves necnesaqanercpin anon ir eed Dighineas of specie tres and ranges of ones i propery le aco 199 and subtle changos to brightness and vat not just of the mage a @ he relat ag the Caves As with many Photoshop chaos th ky a OS a con 59Developing Your Skills Hopefully by now you will be feeling more confident about using Photoshop and looking to step up your game a little. With that in mind, we have a few more essential editing techniques which may prove useful. Get to grips with colour, filter effects and even panorama stitching for super-wide landscape images. Coron eS Cy Oe ec Uey CUES CCE h cd P(e ere ucas 66 _ Correcting lens distortion PPro Ceecee oe)CONTRAST AND SATURATION Contrast and Saturation Using curves and blend modes to improve colour saturation ani an example wel 0th peacock. In ratty the colour of he scene ls much more tense than looks here, ‘photo was set to a neutral and fat colour mode to capture as much dynamic ange as possible, “This mode gonealylaves mages locking a bit pale and lacking contast and vibrant colour ‘This shouldn't bea problem as the shot is wet ‘@=posed and contains plenty of deta that wil 8 the crease in saturation 62 mwmsnpseserecin e@ ‘Tho simplost way to improve the saturation Is by acking a Hoa/Satiaton adksimont layer. Lke many otter parts ofthe progam, Hue/ Satuation has bean improved in Photoshop, producing asmocther suit than previous Versions you were te boost the saturation by about +70, you'd restore some ofthe missing colour, bat t's a scattergun approach and doesnt ‘fer much ne conto, can aco nerease noise in shacow are n JPEG images. Let's ok at ntrast in your digital photos \ yen you take a cigital photo ota scene, V you are relying on your camera to be fo o-capture altho colours and tones that you see. Untortunately most digital cameras. Simply arent capable of recording the fll range of colours and shades visible to the ‘ bright and colourful scene may prove to bbe abit ofa disappointment when you see it ‘on your monitor. Fortunately there are many ltfornt ways to improve beth contrast and Colour saturation, which might help to restore ‘some ofthe sparkle to your photos. Lot's {ako a look at some ofthe alternatives. 8 ‘A much more controtabie way to adjust both saturation and contastis to use a ‘Curves acusment layer. We've aready looked at Cures inthe sscton on auting expoeu, but by using Blond Modes we can also use Curves to enhance saturation, In Normal lend ‘mode the cuve wil change both contrast and saturation. We're using the same S-shaped cur, which boosts brightness atthe upper tnd ofthe scale anc darkens shadows tthe lower endsifectng the least saturated aress most, and te dad By changing the blend mode 10 ‘most saturated areas least. On a picture tke ths. Luminosity, the curve will ony aft AB) conversa, by using a Color blend itean lp, but thas tobe used with contact ‘made, an S-shaped curve wllaller enhancement for bestest, which may agae ‘colour saturation without slactng brightness, cause an increase in noise. Tis cpion flees 0 shadows and highights are unafected, This ntanee than using Saturaton, Virance i best afectng colour saturation is great 0 keep nose under conto used when processing Ra image feAdding a Graduated Filter Graduated filters can improve photos by adding depth and colour to the sky hotographers use graduated fitors placed in front ofthe camera tens to selectively change the exposure and sometimes the colour of part of a picture, ‘usually to darken the sky toring out detlts Inthe clouds and balance the exposure with the landscape inthe foreground. They come raphic technique, it's possible to duplicate the effect of raduated fiters using Adobe Photoshop and as usual there are several ways to accomplish this. For this example we'll use itu image of a sunrise on some farting exotic location. 64 etiretteatracinADDING A GRADUATED FILTER Graduated Filter in Camera Raw gen Adobe Camera Raw, yout sae a row of tol Icons across the op of the man image wow. uate Fiter con i 0 the right. Wen you ke on the Geacuated Fite ‘mary cere etocts, bux te ane wo want 1 2.00 and-2.70 should proce a suitable efiact eee ors PRI Seater you photo wasn't taken in Raw mods, you can apply a graduated ‘er using the Gradent Tool. To set up the rated fier, frst sac the Gradient To ‘hen sot the foreground colour to dark blue by cleking onthe fregreund square and ‘hon using the colour picker. To app te er, haga ine conn You see aherzorta and veri dteatine Ie an inetd. You alo notices st you can change the ara c te ine by moving the curse and rf Te centran the net the verl. hod wn the Shit ey hile daca. Next, inthe Tol Opens bar, click (on he grade stor arc sleet Foreground io Tansparent, cick onthe bution for Lhecr Graton set the Bending mel ‘Overia andthe Opacity to 90 percent. Make sure the boxes for thor and Transparency rechecked, soturted edge ofthe grace fet, bu thot also a aren Ine at the ep ofthe tame. Ths ‘mats the tp or most stated edge ote efit, with cath eracint between the to Ines. you ‘lg this green ine down, mere ofthe image wil be sat madnum efoct andthe gracint wb share To apply the raion tothe picture, sta. the top ofthe fame, cck arc crag down tothe horizon Ine. yeu hl down the shit hoy it wt const the ie othe vaca. Ta Bue tendedint the sky mala it dere. abe 1 good ia totale he blend colour to match the ‘hy. Apply again if you want dark. wnpanpunetorcom 6SCORRECTING LENS DISTORTION Correcting Lens Distortion Correct the optical distortion of ultra-wide lenses with Photoshop’s Adaptive Wide Angle Adaptive Wide Angle ators tw correct at least some of hese warp the picture to undo ‘lstorton, Remarkaby rast of he of can doa this while sil preserving most ot the deta nthe picture Youll fn Adaptive ‘Wide Anglin the Fars menu 66 wtirettaeacin ‘lect Fisheye fom the Corctonckop-down manu. Pik one of tha vertical nes, nti case the plas inthe foreground, cick near the op of tad crag atine down te ngth oft. You hou! nd thatthe ne wl automatealy ne te na, but you can dag the conta ithe mic: pant of the in to match ne ofthe new features introduced with Photoshop CS6 is called Adaptive Wide Angle; this can warp and bond an image to undo the optical distortion common to all very wide ‘angle lenses. We've all seen photographs taken wi ‘ye" lenges. These lenses are called uta wide-angle, because ‘the angle of view that they ean capture can be as much as 180 degrees. Natural the same shet comes tortion. Staight and ps perspective is massively shortoned and familiar objects take on 10 squeeze hatf a room into rice and that ls extreme optical ines appear to be bent, ‘everything appears to buige outwards and the whole effect is Certainly quite disconcerting, sich You'll see that there is a circle ands where hy tee. Yu can og res nce, ting the Ineo ng in aver poten. you hold down to ee eet) toyposton. you've dane tight he vertical tho mage shoud now ‘and horzonas, tut Ws cetay a reat Improvement andthe vert strictures ate The process wit have let some empty spaces at the edges ofthe image, sit willbe nacessary to crop tha image o remove these. This does mean losing some of he orginal photograph, but he ecu is much lees ctor than it was atthe tart Fick ane onthe oppcste side of the Picture and repeat the process by raging a ine down the uprichs of re piars ranged on the right of the image. This too wil automatically straighton up the Ine hon you're done to finalize the eorecton,Panorama Stitching Get the whole of the landscape into one ultra-wide picture ry iat cameras ve a fsture irown as "Panorama Stitching” or Eemud Panorama Assist” modo. I's thereto help with a particular type of photograph, For the purposes of is uo wel use ‘or rather series of photographs, in which this example of four shot sequence Successive shots are taken aa he camera taken cin onthe Daven coast (spud econ ¢ sane Aer you he the trot shot the camera shows the ee ‘that sot supermpone onthe montor so you son cic phe poton ot ftouresinauccecove sto powcr LO ORURSS Maa feng contain pto shaw ore pawomeseare evan aco seater | a racers pan sequence manually, especialy if you have a tripod handy te keop the camera level. When i's done well the rsuits can be breathtaking, but getting a satisfactory result lant a easy as it looks, eo Having downloaded our pancrarra. ee ‘clues rom te came no a folder sigh ‘onthe PO, sine ore up Photoshop anc ston them ogethar into a panorama, Locate the les on yourhard civ anc open al of ‘them in Photoshop. fyou got the Window > Arrange rena you can view tham al at ‘once in various arrangements. Not essertil, e@ In Photoshop you't find Photomerge in butt ghes you a chance to make a last. the Fle menu under Automate, ang minute exposure chock vith several other automatic processes 68 wousirottaeacim {03} The Potomerge window offers «a numberof options fr how to ‘range your panoramic shots. Fra simple landscape panorama ks tis the Auto Coption shoud werk tne. ck onthe Ade (Open Fes button o ac the fv shots to the Photemerge ist and check the top to Cptions and the bottom option to attempt to Al lank areae with the Content Aware Too.‘Once the Pancras boen rendered, you' 98 that there a6 reas wher the program has hac to warp the picture to corect for perspective, (ree you click OK the merging ‘This is where the Contant Aware Fl Tol process stats and iis completely withave attempted o ade something thet ‘You can ala use tha Crop Tool 10 automatic. wil take a whle to compat, looks bite Sky and sea. Depending straighter out any sgh tt in your possibly qute along whi ifyou have a Con how wel th works, you can always horizon, but hopefly you wen’ need. The ‘computer andr vr large image les. ‘op out thse areas. frished recut shoud lok someting ike thi, enpanpunetorcom 69B ‘COLOUR REPLACEMENT Colour Replacement Swapping one colour for another ne relatively simple operation that you ‘ean doin Photoshop is to replace one ‘colour with another. By using some ofthe ‘election tools we looked at earlier, along ‘with the Hue/Saturation controls, we.can change the colour of individual abject in our photos, such as replacing the colour of the ‘eggshells in this sho. th the Magic Wend, i's beat oad abt at tine Ck onan area tats aisle fo the otal PERCE | 202 you var o sob, and youl nd tt he Magic Ward Tao wl selct an area aroun Se Aelita aa | The 820 of tho selection wil depend onthe tofrancesetirg, By hlang down te St ey end caetlyclking on areas around your stating selection. you can a more areas. ithe wand selects pa ofthe background © testa acs ene sore Use Ornd2 to undo that step, and ny again colours one of thse few occasions more careful, possibly aqustng the trance where the Magic Wand Too s actualy owneeds tt keeps happen. seul 20 wel use ae a tarng pont hore, With a tlranceseting of 20 should be able o pick aut the egal thou! oo much rouble, foreso f Sees oes When you've reached the int of what youcan vsekay select using ‘Aga hold down the Shit ky to act the Mage Ward Tool, youcan fish your ‘more areas to yur slacton yeu ‘section using the olgoral Lasso Teal. By eed to rove any areas om the selection, sting the Feather to er youcan produce @ such as any areas of eng white, you can sherp-edges selection, teat, se the subtract by helding down the Alt hoy anc Selection Bruch Too, ‘going around it with the Lasso,COLOUR REPLACEMENT oe ‘Athough there are several ters we could use at this pont, th mest ‘vorsatla way to change the colour of the selected aoa is the Hue'Sauration Lightness ‘onton. This # common to mast ting programs. ln Elomants you" tin he Exnance manu. When youve ected al the its you want to repair, youcan save the soectonforltr use t2 ava you cong al hat work again you change yur ir Qo ‘You have three options under the Hue/Saturation setting, Leave the Lightness sider in the middle postion to preserve the overall brightness ofthe objec, but you ean exporiment by moving the Saturation and Hue sldrs around ‘As you move the Hue sider, the colour wil start to shift through the specttum of cour, oF you can produce sate colour changes with lower saturation settings, or ‘sy 10 all with subtlety and go for broke wt ul saturation. .|™= = @ When you'e happy withthe rest or when you ees stan blessing, you can clear th election by using the Keyboarcl shortout Cmd+D. and than save the rest ‘nen you save the nal mage a a PSO fle in Photoshop or laments the selections ae saved 2s val, embedded inthe wenpanpantsonsom 71Soft Focus Technique With a few simple steps, you can add a soft focus effect that will give your portraits a romantic feel television and in the 18 9 many commercial and advertising Photographs, for producing a dreamy romantic look. t's also a big favourite with wedding photographers to give ther images a sot, dreamy look. n wadtional photography the effect is achieved with a special iter ‘ited over the camera lens. Many digital ‘cameras now include soft foous a8 a gta ‘fect, but we can produce the same results in Photoshop with ease, using Gaussian blur ‘and layer transparency.TT “Tho ft stop so tun the pct into ‘ sersica layers. Ta do th, go fo the Layer manu and select Duplicate Layee ‘Dont wory about naming is ajo Ne ‘ony one wet going to make esi id Ere re oa Ine Layers pale, set the weneparency ‘ofthe blued ayer to between 80 - 60 percent, Ths ats the tl sharp ler layer show trough, mitgatrg the fects of he Gaussan ble fyou fel tis 20 blued, you can drop the (Opacity down to abut 0 percent Ne, elect vere ro the Select manu fo change the election oa that evanyhng cuted he lipo oolectes SOFT FOCUS TECHNIQUE Next, go othe Fier menu, move down to Blur and select Lens Bar, This isa spec typ2o! bung thal can be adustes to produce corainetact. most eosoly resembles a photographie ens blur eT fee EB cameo Pe erro picture by adding an eliptial vgnetie of further blaring around the abject. This technique tht pervat photographers have been sing almost since tha invention of photoganhy. Fis, select the Epica! Marquoe Too Now acl Lane brite othe election, ng tamuchbiggor dus than befor swe. 8D pet souk do the ob We don’ nee very much biating to this porrat shot, set a ac of 25 peels You may need a smal radius for smaler images, but keep it subtle brag an allptcal marques selection around the port subject. The may is to get right, s0 use Crd D to e-seect you gat wrong. When you're happy with got Select > Macy > Feather. Set 2 radius of about 50-60 piel. (One fil optcnis to use aso eraser anc aoe eros the bAaod yer subject’ aco to hoop sharp # you peer. esonsam 73Photoshop Mega Tips Next, we have a number of more involved tips for improving your Photoshop workflow. There are many tools, techniques and features that you may not have uncovered yet, so we thought we’d share a number of them with you here. They range from creating specular highlights on your images to combining various adjustment layers. Contents PMCs eee Led Ey Moe elas ood 78 Anycolourfromanywhere Mo ace Maen ecu M eres er econo 88 Precise lens flare placement Cy MCUs Keene keel hoan i 1” ; a 1” re a \ \ 1 a |S es L = i aCreate Specular Highlights A specular highlight is the bright spot of light seen on a glossy or metallic FUT a r-Lor-MN i n-sam evel la aNVmllelaaliaeiectem We look at a handy blending mode technique to create strong highlights STN ela This tutorial available for edscience feton image of tok ancidin ait tun thas ten wel ta rendered at hh esos i tng. Crest anew layer above yourbase mage and name ‘specu va fev extra igi to roa sare stonger vu ans and enhance the would hea brighter specu ghign to app mio ok ofthe armen i just we daub atthe momen, but we ean enhance that faeces you double-cck te ‘specular, you can open up the Lave Sie Ile sub, but you wl nate thatthe white bush mark, panel. Under the man General ‘choose Linear Light then focng softy to raneparent, now makes the pele underneath asthebend mode, Atha moment nething ill change unl you uncheck the «much Eighteen mare vivid. Unchackng Trneparercy Shanes Layer “Tanepareney Shapes Layer button, now makes behave more lke a eal:wora specular hang, Usa yer Fraser Tel an shape the white brush mar it, ooo We contnue to a fw mare layrs wh wht rush marks ae mor ke alge ight is rtecng cn re metic sutace Since ts cn then usd ham a erent es 1 acd more itis to ts.on ayer, he ighlght can be moved, sealed androtaed unt youhaveit the amour andthe macharical px Tel va used to remove ary lookhg jst ou want Uunsarte exces ard ge the fal image tla more 2et, wenpanputtorcom 77Any Colour From AnywhereANY COLOUR FROM ANYWHERE QQ) 2122207. 1r te sake of argument, tht ve ae greparng en mage By 00 9010 he bot of he Layer Pte and can the Crate New that eues accord beckgraund. The subject ofthe magerasteen NGF Face Acjustmant Layerican you can choose rom arumber of yer remaved toms orga background and yeu ned io pace a cal bering 10 adusiments, nis case, croase Sos Car, When you do, the Cale Peer [Sota Cer wilopen, 3 Py Dcutie-tox tne Colour Fit tural nthe Qy 1 se colour for SateCcour i usunty black, uss you sk athe Cob cobur chosen whieh the ace forereunc cour, The new ‘Cau Per il appeer again. Hover your cursor over any pt fhe FILT layer wile placed above your cutout subject. Clek and agit soit sts Photoshop werkepace and then tcc arc hl. Wherever your cuss, the breathe subject Now your sublet shoud be satan aback background. _cccur det berth wilbecome the ne backround clo QB Mew curser over te subject's hady ane, in realtime the background Whe he Col Pike is active, resize the Phoochop widow and than wibecome that our Hover the cursor ovis and it becomes a open anther winow beside it. nis cas, we opened Google and dd ‘sandy brow cour lace the cursar aver anand th backgeourd becomes aa search or ‘cobu svaiches! With tha ColorPicker activ, hover your cursor ‘hrker taupe colour Theis ret, but you can go evan the. cre the contents otha oer wna o cap ven mare cok, enpanputetorcom 79Black and White Colour Control 2our porta image prvies a perfect example for is caso 60 to the battom of your ler alto and ck onthe reat New Fil in point There ae a ruber of tong reds, blues, yelows ard Or Acstment Layer bon cropdawn menu wil appear wt it of eens, wih nth we can work. A& mentioned aed, Nis a used nen- austen chocas, cfek an Back & Wt, An adstment layer, cla Black destructive method, co your base mage revein uratocted, {Wie 1, willbe ade fo the layer stack above your main age. 4 ‘As you would expect, the Image wil be corweted to black and wht, Make sure th Layer Thumbrali ctv youcan bt bearin mind he lea non-destructive achustmrt. Keep the ‘lock double-cIck the Layer Thumbralto actuate the Properties pane. We {White 1 ayer active, click onthe Bland Mode panel and choose Lumiesity would recanmend hat you dock the Popertes panel beneath yeu yer ‘rom the merws. At hs pon, the mage should ever back to colour Stack, sie you me Iksly to be accessing ta et when werk in Photoshop. i The ack & White properties pane opays a sares of oour ses. ‘san exo, yu move the Yow scr to the lef thos alo foreach othe primary cleus contained ina cat photo, rem shades wl gt progressively datker. Move the sider othe ht ard dana Vals, trough Gren ‘own to Bue and Magenta the same shades wil stato get itt. Push thotar ight and he ‘hase ders i atlet the bigness ory col within that ton range, cesours il become wha, Is age mahod ornon-deetuchve eng wenpanpinetorasom BtAdvanced Clone Stamp Control The Clone Stamp Tool is one of the most important tools available in Photoshop. With it, you can paint pixels from one part of an image onto another. Let’s look at some ways you can employ the cloning process with greater control. Cats Peis pane ‘This tutorial@ Were enimase stan srt tn on cy. We canoe Clone Stamp Toot create mere versions othe aca and place them # be shot, bu more han Pt, we can have a measure of canto about 1 the cone copy placed when you sar tanta er (0; a 4 922 for your Clone Stamp Tool. Our example Is a brush 1300 cover he centre ofthe art ose ths 3s your clone source. you mave Your Cus, you wil se areal me preview ofthe chosen ps. @ You also have the option to scale the cloned pixels before stamping ino place on your peo. you hel Sr + Al an thn press eer: fe bracket) a ght bracket), you can scale the source Fl. The [kay reese sie anc the kay ircroasos te sie. @ Itis always a great ida to place any cloned samples onto a new ayer Crete anew layer cal ‘cone’ anc elec! the lane Sta Tel tem the toa. ne Manu aos pra make so tal Semple ent ‘Blo, Ts were ra the Background lye onto he nw ler, whois, Q 22 s279n9 8 ope. euro re press ether the < fees than) o > rater te the clones souce. The key cates anlockwse eo {you want to clear the Cione Source settings, cpen the Clone Source pang, cle onthe smal renucon nthe oo right he pane a roose Resa Tanstom fom theft that appease brent oa deft tate x Gene Stamp Teal wenpanpinetorcom 85Colour Match Your ImagesCOLOUR MATCH YOUR IMAGES, hoher wo erample images. The fat ofa forest scene ‘compre warm cious tien gi an veal orange cola co ‘The sooo image's ofa youn ges porta ken ina stuso, Tho tones Bis image ae ch coker wah more of ative cast by comparson layer above he gt the ‘Cuves1' Properties pand ck the Cp To Layer buiton so any acustent ori fects the ge, ot the est. perean tom the ret image. One fhe ck ae sul ute. Ci OK han clk Haig ane chacee cre oth lige tones. The pal gh hragh the ‘reset. Clk Ok to crtrue and cc No o Target Colours Ae Data the Shows target cou picker and than choose the cast cobur eh ‘Tho mage fhe githas been cu ox and placed ona layer above the forest sana, Now you can appreciate the diterenoa nthe two images serd how much the warm mage oto forest ands out agaist coc tones of the ot. Me neo to ater har colour o match her ernerment ‘Aeowitms eto Crete Se Sey neue that he ‘Ouves 1° humbnalis ace, not the mask ck the Curve propertes merwicon in the top right othe pant and choose Ao Oper. The Ato Colour Conectons Ontos panel vill pen. Make se he Fal Dark & at buton is checked ans Srap Newwal Mtenes rex check, ont age might be abt ck, bu you car naw ck ed hog the Cues con pants to ad more contrast. Wve serpy cesta a ‘veryreugh's cure that bath ightan the mage ate and acs contrast. Now wenpanpunetorcom 8SCombine Adjustment Layers» @ tires tes sence toe atom ct oe a @ Becomes rade gto rats ate ‘and checon the Create New FOr Austen Layer ttn, Fem the hed, Now # yu wanted to tantra sae ook oa seperate image, convo manu that appears, yu can stan Cheong vaousaxfusimons fo woutd normaly mean hang orca ho asusient ayers you've used or ‘ater the tone and colour of the argnal meg the gina mage and agey them fo he nw oe. Hower, we ca our agusrents ard um tino 8 Goto Fle> Expo > Calor Lookup Tales an pea tlrame for your Saf ot mat canbe apple to any cher inage without the neo for combined eet. You can chooes tom a numberof Formats and hen ruil austent layers, One hing tbe aire of bore you start, that your ck OK to avelttoafelderef your chlcs, Ten yaulineed 0 oper up ane ‘ere document must nav a locked backeround nye. rage to whic you want your ney crestd fet spoiled . oo e Bre aclusim..s cuss eee ‘Oick onthe Create New Fil Or Acustment Layer button and select Color eo “The image wil now have its colours remapped by the ‘Color Lockup Lookup o ack anew acusimere yar Fem the ‘Cr Lookup aes 1 adustnent jer, using the CUBE fe yu selected sits cide. The ropes, select Load GO LUT ae navigate to where you saved yourfleinthe maga lake cna comply ne lak hat il match revous dp, Hyou saved mito formats, CUBE ea panuer choke wou the nae for any achsant yes, feof your righ, enpanpunttorcom 87Precise Lens Flare Placement ’ This is a handy tip for placing a lens nS | flare effect exactly where you want sen it, on any photograph. The Lens Flare re) BC) Keo ee Momo g = io this lets you work non-destructively Co Bean and with pixel precision. Co) ’aj above you bse mage. nour exemple, Fiter> Render > Lons fare, Ths ope up the Len Flare pana, or wwefave naredit fae, Go ib Edt > il and lhe yer wt 100% Black rere you can choose te Bightnass andl Lon Type foryour fe ete, The Cvs, Ps wi case your min age an toy to, No se the Ble prove 2 1 dag the cent he fare around ode rte Tre’ ayer o Soren anc yourmsn nage wl be vise again, Centimetors imeters| Points Pras To calup he héooraten panel goto: Window > es, Yeu wl set Wh he no panel vile, you can zoom nto your photo andpac he dopa bath the X and ¥co-ordhates of your cursor, Ck he sma curser ve th exc pole you want your Fre appar Malo ante of jasharcon nest tthe X end vues andyou can choose the unts nwhich the Xen ¥co-athnates ne examps 1458 and: 70) ae yu oe acy ‘he cocrdnates ae splayed, ns amp we wed Po, toc helene fae th a’ ye cer! Difference Clouds Lens Fare. reer Goto Ftr> rend > Lan Pa, open the Lena Flare panel Tis tie The fre wl be moved the precise positon you placed your cusar hal th At ky and clk en the preiow age to open anew parel orga Now youcan agit you Brighiress and Lens Type as you lec Frociee Fare Cener, Thre are a bos, where you can enferthaXand —_woukl ermal then prs CK te comms he fae th fae’ yer onthe value. Type nthe values yu made a note frm yuo panel rac Xand values you chose, You ean ad more ng this tecrrigue. enpanpunetorcom 89Putting it all Together Over the following pages are a number of slightly more involved tutorials that build upon everything you’ve learned up to this point. We’ve kept them fun and varied, yet with enough detail to show you more of what Photoshop can do. This may be your first step into the world of layer-based editing, but we hope it won't be the last. Contents 92 Fantasyartcreation 128 Stepand repeat 100 Neoneffect 136 Legoportraits BU Meets iciad BC MU selene Ele) 114 Motion blur Teena ed BPS Mud se aeA Thistutorial Combine multiple image contents Evan elements into fantasy artwork — smi ee eee ee ee ee eee eee) ay Phxabay ae ful cf images that have been assembled in Photoshop using is peract.t lets you put ‘many disparate components to create a final, cohesive end esut.Part of each image elomenton its own layer and the atraction of those websites is thet artists and photographers create __with some careful editing and masking, you can bland ther to Se ee ee et rt ry ete eee en =FANTASY ART CREATION o~) (me » = Ps | ea ( to assable sven image ements We ae gong to use Photos ND arc tnen combine them o create ou very own fantasy artwork. The cerpanents have been donned fom mage sharing sts, where many alr artists have made thar wares vaio for re, GB) 40220 uhm th ion your document ume e:pes Cre Bi stnoymnct nts asc Som rom pnb entiona gine ot ret ob wy fom top ote daar. Thon Gg rctr om cot at co-Pdfteway fom he tn fag. Ca a re Pa FT) ry Cea Cece Open as Smart Obj Crea > ro Bye are gong to tan wih 2 complet blrk document, Gao Fle Drow (Cos + N) and om tha New Docurent pana, et a docuent wh of 2000 pes and aight of 400 lees. Uncer Background Contents telat Teneparent to ces a lank aero start. ress Crete to Bagh, abbey.jog a Now we can ngin our fst mage element Pace Y ebaced snd revista to where your mage elements ae stored. We axe going o place a sky ago fst by doubl-cickng ont. Te sx rragois Paced onthe deat ayer, richie reamed to match the image's lane con 98Bo FANTASY ART CREATION err aoe Coed OOo Settorepreuns calor Fos Grd + Tio move end soho sky ugh ab yous nthe Keop the og" ayer activ, goto the Layer pfiens pane and ck ‘xa. Erte to cont the trarelrm. Ther go ta Fl > Placa 2a Layer ack o act a mast that yer Make sr tha mask is Embed agan and sob he next mage cangener, which of afogay ocean active (notte layer humbrai, go tothe tobbar and choose the Grasant end caled og Sale is mage 20 the dosan'shoreon sts. on telewer gadoie. Tool (G). Then make sure the foreground colour et as black © sre rerim cco termine Tos Optom palates |B Yet nt te oan com ow othe sy much ere ing a gracsert runing rom foreground Yo taaperent et ck snooty. Now we can get some Itaretng archtctare nto our ecene nd dag theo rom the op guidaine stright down to just above the bby gnkg to Fle > Open anc alacing a poto of Mont Sai Michal. This opens Bottom qudsine. When yout go, alblack to ransparentredert s ain, in anew document on fs wn, We need doa te work on hs Image Frage wanstoot ! @ ‘Selection Too! W), Choose Oru kay and you can remove areas fram the selection, such ‘a brush sao of about 30 ivi are beg to slot the sky al around eee the bul, have the main sky area selected. you can iy up ary tobe super accurate since you can than go the Select arc Mask Tool 10 parts ofthe eeecion hat have spiled ever nto the bulcng raf the quice selection you just made 94 wbtreteatacinFANTASY ART CREATION 0 Use tha Refine Edge (Ri) Tool to brush over the main offenders, ke the church se, Then inthe Properties pan, ave the Ege Dtection sider othe gt about and he edges a it xa), This makas the detection more aggressive per HL OK when you're happy © werec:ererencscuret anions ont sve paseo aren lay Name te bye ‘ey’ ae make 940 ts baton you sky anc og layer You can use Cn + T aed scale ae mone the ld, 201 appears to berishg out ofthe mist on rele. Hi Ese to cor the wafer. © 2 eererer yecny ree ty so ut ty01 901 Sb > sere (Shift » Cm +) you can invert the selection, so the beng and te ground ae selected instead. Now you can pass Grn + G to copy @ iret et frm oir st 8 ug tn Oo ‘ue ky snowing on sedges, you can ahways try Layer > Mating > Detrnge and choose a Wath of 2 pics to detect and remove mae of the cutouts eanes eo "Now for some foreground interest, go to Fle > Place Embedded choose the rack pra’ fl, Make sure the rock’ yer eat he top ot the ayer stack an then scale fromthe lower ght pat of tha mage, Wan You have trough ska aur example, ht Erte o.com the tater, oO Koop the ‘rock’ layer active and add a layer mask so we can bland bio the foggy ocean. Make sure te yer mack thumbnais atv rat the main inagethurbnal, go 0 tha cobar ard chonse the Brush Teo) wih atxush se of about 200 pel, Maka eure the fragroundecouris ack, enpanpunetorcom 95Bo FANTASY ART CREATION Qe Sart to paint black on the mask around the bottom ofthe rock areas, oO ‘want to add some extra mist Behind the cut out of Mont Sant he you do, thee areas are concealed, aloning the doa to show Michel, Crete new layer cal ‘mit’ an place t beteen the trrough em bao. th some Smple brush stokes, you can end out the vabbey’ and sy” layers, Press forthe yecropper Tool and sarge a rook and ereae convincing mage of aracky outro the Sea town colour rom the ricnor ofthe using, 5 Peete) ote Fie > Pace Embeded again and choose ‘magician. ng). Pace Make cre tuning a oranda ener racer’ on lek ne a hi chaste betwee te oo an! yr an en the toa ren the mil re mage sgh othe top gue, hen arc scale sot anew tobe sana ao th oy etre. Wren Youle gp. 8 gro-ren rit aase that sp 020. you" hapo wen he paceent, rss Ener tocommet the rare. “ of - s a r fn TA of, < ed = a” r On 10 Fle > Place Embedded yet again and choose ‘birds.png'. Make @ ‘Adc layer mask tothe ‘bes layer and! make the mask active. Choose is between th fa’ and 'aobey’ ayers and fel roe ‘har, round brash of about 250 pels and mak sur the erground othe age fo placa the flock of bird inthe top thd colar black, Use ti lack ruth o alec mask ay ary bis arcund to sbout 0%, tomove, ata and ‘ofthe mage Ht Enero commit the traneforme, ‘ath he spe ard the magican. Rei Layer 96 westireteatacinFANTASY ART CREATION 1 open rake a feehand selection around ee — eee pls othe claboord € Je ‘ow’ to the top ofthe stack and setts N@® Ber Mode to Uncar Light. Selecta large, sof, wee brush of 700 pixels an dab a single, white brush mark over the hand ofthe (can tum tis nto amore magical go, GD 2 rt cee Oc eter Layer btn a rons GD ror est Pro racine oth tpt i Une te Proper rata Dena 10% ans neh be QB) 2224 your man dctrent, pres Gre + Vo paste saacted is urd Node oS nd sale he image to ithovers over the hand of te magician, stack § ron, Soa black areas are isd. Move to mage > Adjusiments > HuetSaturaton (Od + U and make Dice +190, Sauron +40 and Lightness ~49 to make bve glow that radates outwards om the hand of he magician. Now we need to pul al the co}urs of the cteret elements together ite more, QR) ©*00,anyclur casts too much othe age an reds FD sserng Now st ha Bar Wg of he Pato Fr aye ta to Orn Ths asa tof contest he ovr rag. You can da oun the fect by ecg he ye Opacity 0 aut enpanpuntorcom 97B FANTASY ART CREATION ja a8 our preferred look the magia layer: Under ts Properties, clk the Gp To Layer ston, his cps the ‘Levels 1° austen, 0 tony tects the layer below BY The rest tems.areootonal but you ware to mage the cor fre A Now you can move the right ighignt sider fo he et and incresce SM toe ayer, 2 ey more covey maton the a, fr neta, youcan the contrast othe fou inthe yer below. Ac! a second Lave acsment, got Image > Adusiments > Color Balance Cr+ and erga te mictones lp the rock layer and boost its contrast 00 ed Sider tt sie, makrg the mage sry cen, Ifyou wantad, you can do the same oath the fg! and Yo Fra ater war mctones by nudging the OyarvFed WF cpioy 1 gue an eased fing of depth in an erage ‘2 wel. Thea ae other ways te colour machin Photosnop, catan amount of blur o background images. This mimics a shalow depth of ucts harde-o vay of eng falain adigtal camera ishing tis composition Ait Ja 98 weir taiesonCee eosCREATE A NEON SIGN als werkespace, Th image oe ‘Our example image For your information ee 00 pels square. Alte setings wo are going fo use are based an thisimage so You ung a deren sie mage, You may need to aller yours according (Coen) oe Now we have to create our necn effect. Wh the text layer activ, ifyou deuble-cieet you can cal up the Layar ive menu. We il sa ths excusvely to make the neon effect. Start by checking the Bevel & mos box: now fr soma er sive magi ‘alo Boon, @ 1229820 20 ceKon ya conn Maine the ext anc type the wort NEON, or whatever txt you want he ig ore, Ifyou pres Cm +T, you can sale the ext to whatever ize you want Layer Style peers eee @ We reese ss samen stucco he tt Unc the Sete SF sarc, choose Sve: Plow Emboss, Tectrique: Smooth, Depth 250%, Decton fe Up, Siz is 90 pias and Soften i 16 pisos. The sal preven onthe ight Stowe you've aed some basic go wempanpunetoracom 101Ah Lda A Atha © Beret 1082 Bae pee. hoe reas seo Nat, icon the Contour baton ox the Stet to ata (Goss Contours Cove -Daep, selected cckng the sl act Under Een, make the Cantor Cave = Ose again at et ts roi ote cure cant shown HIgh Mode shod be Overlay winte Range to 100%. Te elec te, bu i makes Bo eteing more rounded ‘wi 100% Opacty and Shadow’ Mode shoul be O%% Opacty and tree dimers Layer Style SES Oe coor ory eed om aes ® ‘Back inthe Ste Istng onthe lft ofthe panel, check the Stroke © FIL Type is more involved, clck on the Gracient to open the Gradient buon. The # probably the main one to realy get this eect working, eater, The Gradient Type colours need ding Note that above the Under Stoke > Structure, make te Size 52 pa, Posten is Cante, Blend Gradient Preview you have what ar called Opty Stops and below ars Mods Screen and Opacty is 100%, Check the Overs box (Color Stops, Ck te lt ana Opacty Stop anc make ts Opacity 0% ZZ Vi TAD, | to new mile Caer ‘Stop ang change agin. Now, you noed oad Stops you've are cur bus text coor amuch deer bie using he ‘Opacity Stops drecty above ec 102 wenbinetteatacinCREATE A NEON SIGN © eis 7 228 nA 90 wt 09 0 re Ops ote mide right stop 100%. The Gradient Type prea should now ‘an tom transparent, qcky fade up to 100% of the darker blue and then smooth fae ino the Stor ue on thet right the preview 2 | Clery cod oe ‘Under Structure make the Blend Mode: Overy, Opacity is Nooo 0%. Make the low Colour the Ight blue ued for your tet. Keep the Gradient button unchecked, Une Elements make the Technique Softer, Spread 4% ar Size 250 pels. Qualty canbe as a | me NEON trees snes re yous sn er en layer now has the ofcts ard ses you've just created added to tas 4 ral st. You can doutlecick these ary te to go back in and atthe value you fel hey are in need of twain, 00% and oO ‘Glick on the Sil button and change the style fo Shape Burst. You should now have wet ok mare cognate a Meer gowct. Keep ‘ho Layer Sve panel apenas ww nave cre moe vk oh he floc. Now chuck the Outer iw butlon inte Shes Eton ho of he par ‘You shou now have an eect that uns your txt nto a reasonable facsimile ofa neon tube. You may fl that nr fonts may werk beter than wide, pea fort, but you a ee to use whatever you thnk us your prot oy Tits ready ck the neon tet layer to make tscve and press (Grd +. to cupicat it. You can scala is cony an ext the tet to Iype anow word. We have simpy typed ect and placed the sal tox below the main noon sign We have afew fal acon to trish tof.oe Layer oplons pal and hooge Crete ANow Layer Namo ake aur your kroround cola fhe sare ft be youve baon new layer ‘glow’ and make sure it sits above your background @9 10 and paint a stroke that covers the large main lettering. Then 3 bbl jour vot ers Goto fe toner, sec te sh Yoo! rwauce he Us Sa by press sul £00 pas ano (and chooee alae, sot rus of ok pant anther stoke fo cove o eral ietorng utipty ‘color Burn LUneae Burn Darker Color Lighten seroon ‘Color Dodge near Dodge (46a) Lighter Color ‘Soft Light are Light 20890 nr Ber Moo Oey aatnoohe pn QB Kon te gor ace ard lk payer Makton soles oe blended no the brckwor adding tothe glow elect (ick ho layer mask to make aus sctve an then uve aback weve mace 90 far. alo ars more ish lghtto he man's face, but we ‘brush of about 250 pls and paint on the mass. Bush along the rat ie erate Sopra whet ctwae.Aa QU Shure ke Sse Seve Tec Sach re row layer Caled wies' an make suet sis between the background [Depth 99 pos. Directions Up, Sz is 20 pels and Sota is 15, layer andthe glow’ layer Double-cick his layer to actnata ho Layer Styles pas. Under Shang, the Angle is 0” and Altude is GO". Highight Modis panel sgan and check the Bevel & Emboes buon. "Normal White at 1008 Opacity. Shadow Medios 0% Opacity. 104 wmbinotatesonCREATE A NEON SIGN Cad poe Peete od g ce Gee eam Tete T Cat Ome Cay ce) cary 2m You’re good to glow! Dee easB DOUBLE EXPOSURE EFFECT A Photoshop makeover of a classic technique Ce a eee! Re ee eed ee ee ete rs ee eee ee eee ed ee er Eedouble ex'.png double ex‘.psd._ double ex 2.pn¢ y — fashion-3157027, 1502289, psd fog 9 55672.jpg thunderstorm-3¢ 42148,ip9 sky-1283446,pg or his util example, we ae gop to ned cubase images to ‘end gether. Fre up Photoshop and go o Fie > Open (Ge +), 1 wal or a do.ble posure eo ard navigate to tha foto that contains your mages. We havea prfla set of particule, sa tape hs eckiqua. Tha hwo ron withthe gap sunt street scane Sle! both and pest Open fo procead. down the miele wil be quite soctve. Read oo ee how # ers. cs Sra Ree een rrr cos Pena ered Ce aC ead Corcory Spl ide by 5000 pals igh Tis fgura has a grey bake the double exposure tings D sx stings anc ees uso are bandon en nage of hi a. J io 1ookits best the fare need cuting out so tis on a lan white you re workrg wth deen cd mages, than yourray rth yeuneed2 background. Lucky, ofcourse, Photoshop comes amd wth several cos to ‘ter your serge and ae ta match the mage ee, hep us achieve the veapanpunetorasom 107Peon Pry Co come 108 wenn sr subject has aga is a sing and DOUBLE EXPOSURE EFFECT DC ee men OM Sample AllLaye’s (9 Auto-Enhance Select Subject oro Layer Type Select Filter 3D View Window Help Sed Ct are vs panel at We er ab about 2 joa smmerd at youQB) Cerin 1 war your way sround the figura, the selection starts Cc the Quik Selection Tel onan erea you Want o remove and tat usd the outine ofthe igure don't wery, you can simply goto the to ag te oo over the oversplareas slowly. As an oampl, the sma Tool Opons panel above and cck onthe Subtract Selection baton ahold area between her hans and ara needs remeovng. Ci ont rhe txt er oy (once you hve he fg seacted ccc the Salat and Mask bution, Us the Pine Eg This cpens th varcu fools you can ute torefne tha ads othe ace he edges of he har ae the most abou, Tha mee ‘select, Mak sure you have the Pn Epo Tol ot brush over ary areas that need ering those ae, th better the rtnemant of tose ges became You can ‘eral bush of about 50 pe. usualy keep the brush prepares a ther taut otisDOUBLE EXPOSURE EFFECT GB) 02 y00 nave rene the saloon to y9 nor aerate and wo can use remove ta © grey background Net, we nee 1 make a neways Got he Laver options pans aan WF ora cck'ro Crete ANow Lye buton. Name ths now ae base ord then click ar cag sts beret he ayer contahing the mask fg. You might as wal nae thet yg! forthe sake cf good reusakoepea create naw flor acuement yee WD vescirnert Layer bust row Le 1 adhstrent yer ra’ bye. We ae gang more contrast a tha mage MO wwniinettetracn Disc anc reer ta your ma cocarrent. The secon sow mech Make sue the salto is ate, got the Layer options anal ant than clk cn the kd Mask ton. Amack is added othe mage, his now ona ayer, Any era ouside the electn is clawed ack, wich ‘tect conceals the grey background Py 1200 1 ase" ayer acne ne go to Ect > Fil Shit +F5), choose NP teas your colour and cick OK. The ‘base yer led th ute, so our tgurenow st atop ance plain background, Ned, cick the Ine Proparies anal fr heels acdusmant, you can ag he atts sider onarcs the mie oe Nstogram to neresce he carts. Then go back othe Layer options parel and cick he Coste New Fa (Or fuser Layer aston again and chose Blac & White fm the merDOUBLE EXPOSURE EFFECT QB) 2202s wnt 1 asjusment ayers add othe top of the layer tack, converting the image to menaetwome, IU Wer, yu the varus colour sider o lek on one ofthe Presets oat changes tothe contrast and grey tones inthe image (ck onthe docu ta fhe cher mageto vw ress Or +10 lect he entre rage. Press Crd + Ct py ae ial fo the ipboas and har eu your che active ceounant. Press Oma + V0 pasta mage Into you documert. Make sue t's at he tep of he sack ae rams set By 2 baht ras of the sre! layer now appear to punch a ale in the image ofthe gure biow'it. You can now press Gnd + Tio seo, rote and move te image of the srt uni you ge @cominaton cf he ‘images that oaks good ta you iF BPD) 0 pat, we hae our fore remove ats background converted tp black rc whe and he carta ncratod, ead ere net tage of tho tcrnigue, Tis & wha he second mage we opened Cores No aye tho p Lignan a — change the Blend Mode ots ver Image changes. Th darker ars ofthe street image ery appear when tis in cambation with ary dark areas of the "iu ayer below This is the key toa doube emosure eect. Linear Dodge Ace) Lge Color Overy ‘era bit of tal and rc, wae have aed ata god composition AY J por, the edges ofthe tect mage are que vite, parideiy c- her shuld and arms, That if red, et, 8 need convert this mage fo Back and wit too wenpanpanetoncam THQQ 2 228 2 ceieosoare tet to ts do rary 6 We want to make swe tha ths austment ony lcs ho seat hye, Hack and whe, but whit happens you warted to ring sone cob n-ick and ca090 Crate Coping Mask tom the mend that appears, back ia? Tat quite easy to do, Make so your lroground cols arrow, peng down a the oat layer, os you Ris ppd ‘as Back and then pick age, ot brush of about 1500 pi that you can eck on to make \We seve a sal amount fhe ylow sunt ae reset iage 0 sctrush1o pans cn that mask Each ‘2 cme warmth. Mako tho "seat ayer active arelctek to Ad Lay Masctuiton Ths acs a rank the set nage so ya can useage, at, back ‘rush on ths ako concealer of he uruaried edges he sve a ® Inthe same way we alowed colour back into the image ofthe sirest, we can do the sae withthe maga ofthe at the "Sack & White 1” adustment layer to make it active ard use the lage, ‘ack brs o conceal sect incerta aaaQR) yu eret onthe aces white ayer mack, etetis concealed BY Win tozoecksin ple, te dude cxpceue afc scarp, Taco ‘and hoc colour of he fei reveal agin. 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Youve til (9tyour erga justin case t's neeged. 1212799 sce ase pont ans then mie ong ne ep oe Fs Mociy > Expand. From the Expand Selection lalog 6 Photoshop wil then try to fil the area inside the selection with po, make Expand By: § paws. When yeu clek OK, the slecton wil tetures rom outside the selection. The result ray weal ook ait of ‘enlzge by pits, Go to Et > Fil SH + FS) nc choose Content Avira tits Aneton vill come mare evident as We proceed, Press| ‘28 tha fl mod. Check the Color Adapon button and ck OK nee active eect TG wwntinetlesiraconMOTION BLUR Bo ) Frese Gnd + Jo coat a duplicate ofthe ‘alle’ layer Ca tha new BF yr ate tix’ and make sures nove the ‘ly layer tut below fery> Path Br. This cals up th Br Toke window. A dela the out out true ayer. th “aly Bu” active, youre going ta Begin to path burr place inthe shape of ue ne, so drag the end with te tA roate the sersation of seed row to the far to the imoge p CC has provided new blur tok o ply wth. 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The area sid the ‘coer Burn sear Burn Darker Color ante screen ‘cotor Dope near Dodge (he) Lgmter coor 8 ‘The ‘Black & White 1" adjustment is clipped to the ‘git layer with 'Now for some simple tweaks. Keep the ‘gi’ layer active and change the mask on it, soit ont fects that jer ts maskis hig the eye its Blend Mede to Muli in erdr to blend that layer into the paner ‘2 ofthat ayer aries the colour verson atthe batiom show trcugh the text below it Acng a Levels Acstment and clpping that oth ge layer transparent part of ‘paper lyer. too alows you to add some contrast to the mage, 126 wonbineteatacinQB cme ses ccpn nite on ae ate pow mato eae BD ror oyeacve el doascxctto bry up te Lye Ses om eda th popra to rere Nie nso pene. ice Dep Saiow baton and make he Berd Mode May. ama blk and nage Cot You can save Goce n PSD (Opacity about 70%. 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Spec asm of 640 pls wide by 9640 pikes gh and square selection an tha le sie of your document on ‘Layer wich al have lk Crate when racy. the tarchng ante around show tis ace. es Blending See Ca reserve Transparency > Fl St + FS) and choose lack a your clo Make se Presene Tansperencyis not checked Ht OK ail the square slacien "= (Crd + Die ceartre active selection rg you wihatiack yer isa om + the square sea ta bag the tan art matealy cried containing a copy fhe square, Mae tight usr on ‘Layer? the orignal square ar than it Enter opaoa the copy van enpanpunetoason 129No Thuméniis| Snail Thumbnails Mecium Thumoneils ¥ Large Thumbnails {tip Thumbnails to Lay ¥ Clip Thumbnails te Dee [eno Color Red Orange Yetow Green “ale hit + Al + One-+T to start tho repeat uncon, Each press cress hares away that youcan avid generating al thse ota yes. ‘anew square hat moves re same anount othe rit each ie, You ca Femave athe copes, so you have your eigral square cn ‘Layer creat crough squares setch across the weth of your docu, but yell rearing. efor you star iis ie, t-lck Layer 1' anc choose Select rice tet yu ro have mute ayers n your layer stack Pats fem the menu, You can alee hak Gnd re tk on the thr oma oe coo Ce fet eee ee’ ee ae ea - ‘ith yur square select atin by marching ans, you can nce Move ota ight he cia nd make sure you pres Eee aga, peas At + Od + To start the process agan. Ths ine, when youn ‘You shoul see thatthe copy tl cuined as a selection. Now pres suroto he ight tdbeant cesta nevlaye: Now tisadupleata Shit + At + Gmd + T to place each copy on the same ayer. When yeuhave as smelajer a8 your orga ‘many a8 you need, you can press Cm + D to cer the electionPr ee ee QQ) © crricate tno rw of square we've jst made, ghtcickon Layer te ae) ct Pals again o soc al he squares. You can Dy. At wel anc good, but now we want to ada itte noe rio the raw prs At» Grid +T ta stat than move a copy of he ve sauares dom mi show you mare of he stp anc repeat function's abs. Char ‘Layer the page, hi Ener an then prase Shit = A+ Cr+ T several as. siti erty again and ket the active yer. 00 encchoose the Eid Margin Tcl Ora tal, Mave theo eee eee + i 7 etc re) fe er) et ee 1 of tra lipoa ta he ight atts te use the comer tn elipee onthe et cour document enc fli ack jt a5 yuck th conto handles to scale an sf ott the copy. Make sure you it te square Make sr thatthe aifcee ti seecod (Select Poe # len) and press At + Gnd + Tt start he proces again St as r+ to notes what Mappan nomie not aly more abstact GBp <2 0 ne tector anc choose the Cop Teal (6. Dag the rep contre ND rarctes outwards, crsaing a lager cocumert witha taneparent border Now crest an lye cae stpe’ above Layer 0 Thisshelayer that wil ‘conta the rt part ofthe pte we wa ta make, 132. wwiinetletiracon STEP AND REPEAT pn sea-3025268jpg shu and navigate to Doubl-cck it ulabe pic nna of a mH te ‘Open to pronted rst, we nee 0 unlock he mage. Cick onthe Pacfock con onthe ‘Beckgyoun! layer to cone ayer 0 by defaut. Wee doing ts bacaune we want to eresta mere space arcund he petra which t2 wor 35 we crete the pte. ry wae 30 to the tobe, ches the Rectangular Marque tn ectangl nthe top ret ofthe documer and tha rectangle ack Make se he rectangle vith aching antthe gu on ack evel reveals anc 134 wnatSTEP AND REPEAT )Sa I a2920aaaa4 ig | NaN aN aN ene 2a An unusual and fun way to enhance a portrait 1's a safe bot that most people have had an encounter with ota) as pean peeretlTrane oo Q) Fo ae cong to make abasic Lago-shapad pattern, Go to your ND siemens anc elect New (Crs +N) andmake a new document that 0 pacs wid x 50 pis high. 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