Make a photo more contrastive

Make a photo more contrastive

This tutorial will show you how to turn a normal image into a contrastive one!

Step 1: First download the original photo below:


Step 2: Next we use some popular tools to adjust its contrast and brightness like Curves tool (Image>Adjustments>Curves)


and Color Balance (Image>Adjustments>Color Balance) with these settings:




Our photo now looks like this:


Step 3:Duplicate your photo (Ctrl-J) and go to File>Blur>Gaussian Blur and choose a radius of 2 pixels to blur this layer a bit


Step 4: Then from the Layers tab, change the blending mode of this layer to Soft Light


And your photo will become more contrastive like the photo below:


This method is commonly used to emphasize something you want on a photo by making it more contrastive with the background. The model now looks lovely and lively!

Blue Glow Portrait Effect

Before:


After:


The first, open an image file as below:


Duplicate it twice, set the new layer to screen 25% & set soflight 40% for the other.


Create a new layer and put it on top. Fill color #fff200 and set softlight 41%


Now duplicate the background image.
Select the new one and go to Image > Adjustment > Selective Color

Settings like this:
Red: -100. -4. +3. +100
Yellow: -81. +10. -18. 0
Neutrals: +40. -7.-36.-20

You've got this:



Selective color again with another option:

Red: -81.+29.+17.0
Yellow: +100.-55.0.0
Neutrals: +57.+9.-6.0

Your result:


Last selective Color settings:

Red: -15.0.0.0
Yellow: -39.+41.0.0
Neutrals: +20.0.+10.0



Now go to Images> Adjustment > Color Balance:

M: +35.+15.+32
S: +8.+4.+27
H: -8.+8.-7

This is what you'll get:


Now press Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E. Put this new layer on top and set it Multiply, then reduce opacity to 26%


Choose Elliptical Marquee tool to make selection


Then fill color #FFFFFF for it.
Go to Select > Feather > Feather Radius: 20. Press Ok


Then press Del:


Now create more bubbles by duplicate layer & use free transform:


You can use original brushes to decorate your artwork.

This is the final result:

Blissful Glow

Add a blissful glow to the highlights of a photo. This effect works well with portraits.

Bloom Photoshop Tutorial

Step 1

Open an image to edit.


Step 2

Duplicate the layer (Layer> Duplicate Layer or Ctrl+J) and change the blending mode of the new layer to Screen.



1. Add a layer mask to the top layer (Layer> Layer Mask> Reveal All). Make sure that the layer mask is selected.



Step 3

Use the Apply Image tool to apply the Background layer to the layer mask. To do this, open the Apply Image tool (Image> Apply Image) and change the Layer to Background and click OK.



Step 4

Hold the Alt key and click on the thumbnail of the layer mask.


Step 5

With the layer mask still activated, use the Threshold tool (Image> Adjustments> Threshold) and adjust the slider to define where the bloom Photoshop effect will be visible.



Adjusting the Effect
We're now ready to edit the effect. This section is where we'll see the bloom effect in action.

Step 6

Click on the thumbnail of the layer (not its layer mask) to deactivate the layer mask.



Step 7

Open the Gaussian Blur filter (Filter> Blur> Gaussian Blur). Ensure that Preview is enabled and increase the radius to achieve your desired effect.



Step 8

Inside the Layers pallet, click on the thumbnail of the layer mask to activate. Use the eraser tool (E) to erase the bloom Photoshop effect wherever you do not want the effect to appear. Use the brush tool (B) to add areas where you would like the effect to appear. To start, use a brush or eraser with a low hardness and an opacity of around 50%.
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Final Results

Convert a Real Photograph into Comic Book Photograph

Step 1: open any picture in Photoshop you feel right for this effect.



Step 2: Duplicate copy of the Background by Selecting the Duplicate Layer Option from the Layer Menu. We do this just in case any mistake is done then we do not end up ruining the original Image.





Step 3: Now Increase the brightness of the photograph by select the option Shadow/Highlight from the image menu as shown in the screenshot below.



In the Shadow/Highlight Dialog box take the shadow slider to 100% to fully brighten up the image.





Step 4: Go to the Filter menu and select the Find Edges menu, this option will convert the Photograph into an image given below.





Step 5: Using the Fade Find Edges option in the Edit menu we will get the desired effect.



In the Fade Find Edges Dialog box change the Mode Menu to Luminosity from Normal and move the Opacity Slider till you get the desired effect.



The Final Image is given below.

How to create light beams with Photoshop

Do you want to create some awesome light beams with ONLY Adobe Photoshop? It’s very easy to do with this tutorial. I’ll show you how to create a nice piece of art with any image you like. This is a “get started” tutorial, just for the basics. If you start experimenting, you get a lot of cool effects with this technique. Ok, let’s go!

Step 1: The beginning

Search on the Internet for a nice photo or use one of your own.
I used a photo of Hayden Panettiere (Claire Bennet from Heroes). I suggest to take a high-res image, because it’s much easier to erase the background. That said, open Photoshop and click on file -> open to open your image. To free the object from the background, I used the Polygonal lasso tool and the Eraser tool.

Use whatever suits you.



I suggest you know how to free an image from the background in Photoshop, if not, there are plenty tutorials out there to show you how to do that.



After you did this, go to file -> new and make a new document with the size you like.
I used a 1024 x 768 px with a resolution of 72 p/inch. Now copy and paste the image
(without background) in the new document and position and scale it to make it look right! I scaled it down and positioned it a little to the right. Now fill the background with a nice bright color, I used an orange tint (#ffb61a).



Step 2: Tune the image

The imported image doesn’t seem right and looks fake. That’s because the original picture doesn’t have a lot of orange color. We’re going to change that so it fits better. Duplicate your image by left click on the layer and move it to the “new” icon below it.



Now select the image above the original one and go to filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur.
Blur it as much as you don’t see any details anymore. I used 5 pixels.



Go to your layer blending mode and click on “Overlay”. Use an Opacity of about 50%.



Looks much better doesn’t it? Now right click on your original photo and to go
blending options. Click on drop shadow and use these settings:



Step 3: The light beams

Ok now get ready for the great light beams Create a new layer, move it behind the photo and use your Line Tool (U) to draw a line diagonal.



I used 18 px weight with a somewhat lighter color then the background.
Now go to Edit -> Transform -> Warp and start moving the verticies until you get a cool shape out of it.



Repeat this step 3 times. Color all the lines with the color you like.
I used some darker and brighter orange colors. Now you could duplicate those 3 layers and mirror it so it looks like you have 6 different lines.



Step 4: Polar Coordinates

For this step, you have to copy all the layers (so you keep the original ones) and merge the new layers together. Then go to filter -> distort -> polar coordinates.
Use Rectangular to Polar.



Now you have to position and rotate the layer so that it looks like
the beams come from your image.To make the effect looks more 3d, I duplicated
the original straight layers in Photoshop and place it above the image layer so you create a fake depth.



Step 5: Finishing

To make the final image, I created some smoke and warp effects with the brush tool and made some lightning effects. Of course there is a lot you can do to make this a lot better but I hope you get the idea of this tutorial. Click on the image below to view it full size. Thanks for reading and don’t forget to leave a comment so I know all my work wasn’t for nothing. Thanks again!