12/12/2011

Tips On How To Include Special Special effects Through Adobe Photoshop - Part 2

By David Peters




Okay, today we are going to explore additional design special effects that can be created by using Adobe Photoshop, and so why don't we start off and learn precisely how. So you might need to add a tender glow effect, which provides a "romantic" look to photos, and so this is what you should do...

1) Select duplicate layer.

2) Then apply "Gaussian blur" to the latest (top) layer. Make it fuzzy, but leave some detail.

3) Now mess around with the blend modes as well as opacity until you get what you want:

Here I will discuss a listing of the blend settings that exist to add to your pics;-

"Darken" or "Multiply" blends Darkens image specifics whilst softening features and adding a halo. Good for delicate, expressive shadows.

"Lighten" or "Screen" blends Lightens the image. Great for including high key or highlight glows.

"Soft Light" and "Overlay" Provides contrast and saturation. Helpful for panoramas and still life photos.

Black And Whitish: By setting the contrast high (curves) as well as coloration saturation reduced, you develop a metallic black and white appearance frequently seen in documentaries along with subdues portraits. Do that through Photoshop's "layers" so that you can most precisely alter the setting in place.

Coloration grading: You understand how some films possess a "special look", golden brown, sick yellow-greenish, awesome blue etc.? You could get the same effect with your photos if you'd like. The simple way is to go to "Image - Adjustments - Hue/Saturation", click "Colorize" and employ the slide bars to choose your chosen grading. If you are going to get a well-defined color, it really is easier to make use of the "Edit - Fill" function. Just select the coloring you want and set the "Blending mode" to "Color". In either case, it's beneficial first to copy the layer prior to starting.

This will allow you to safeguard some of the first colors by flipping the color grading down. Use the "Opacity" slider inside the layer box to get this done. If you prefer a duo-tone picture, just make two duplicate layers while giving them different coloring gradings. Mix them together, again using the "Opacity" slider as well as the numerous "Layer blending mode" choices inside the layer box.

To present the image a warm reddish-orange coloring tone generate two duplicate layers first. Use "Edit - Fill" to produce the 1st one reddish and the second one orange colored. Set opacity to 30 and 60% respectively and choose the "Multiply" blending mode for the superior (orange) layer. Fine-tune it in position to make it just as you desire. Also try adding a soft glow, as spelled out above.

Micro Contrast It's a truly neat trick to improve your contrast and draw out texture details within your photographs. You may even use it if your overall contrast is already maxed out, applying all tonal ranges right from jet black back to virgin white. The process is just like the regular "Unsharpen Mask", but with some special adjustments. Go to "Filter - Sharpen - Unsharpen Mask" and set the "Level" to around 20-30%, the "Radius" at 50-100 pixels and zero on the "Threshold". You'll get a refined contrast improvement that, for some images at least, works very well.




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