Create Beautiful Golden Skin Effect Using

Three Different Ways

pureromance88.ucoz.comPhoto EditingMar 08, 2011
Today i will tell you three new ways to make a beautiful golden skin effect using 3 different
color modes: RGB, Lab and CMYK. By picking up new color we can set the tone we want.
You should choose the good quality image to get better result.
I use this stock:

1. RGB :
1a. Duplicate your pic. Sharpen, soften skin it if need.
Press Ctrl+L to adjust levl. Choose Options to set new color:
Set midtones and shadows as defaut, and change highlight with fae78d .

After clicking ok, change input level like this:

Click No when you are asked to set new color as default.

1b. Create new brightness/contrast and Selective color layer:

1c. New level layer:

We have final effect:

2. Lab color:
2a. Duplicate your pic. Change the mode to Lab color without flattening layers.
Press Ctr+L to adjust levels on b channel. Choose options, and set f3d0d0 for shadows:
Change the mode to RGB . We have:
2b. Create a new selective color layer, adjust on Yellows channel:
I really like this effect but if you want, you can adjust the tone. Levels is correct if your pic is
still dark or too strong tone:
Result:
3. CMYK :
3a. Duplicate the base. Change the mode to CMYK. Press Ctrl+L to adjust levels:
Choose Options and replace color like that:
Press No when you are asked to set such color to default.

You should change the mode to RGB before saving your image otherwise your pic tone will
look darker after saving in CMYK.
3b. New Selective color layer :
3c. Now you can adjust the tone and lightness by Levels or Curves. I use Curves:

We're done:
Final effects from different modes:
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Color Blending Collection
pureromance88.ucoz.comColor ManagementFeb 09, 2011
The first tutorials for new year! Color blending style is back with the third collection. Its one
of my most favorite effects and i hope you will like them too. I. Soft high contrast photo
effect:

1. Open your picture and duplicate it. Choose Image-Apply Image:

This step is to remove green tone and reduce blue tone of the pic.

2. Create a new Selective color layer: Neutrals: 11, 3, 9, 0

Its to increase light cyan tone.
3. Stamp visible all layers ( Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E). Choose Channel Pallete, Ctrl+A to choose
Green channel, Ctrl+C to copy it and press Ctrl+V to paste it into Blue channel. We have:
This step is to change color of umbrella to fit background.
4. Stamp visible again. Apply Gassian blur with 4 px then set this layer to Soft light 100.
Press Ctrl+U to reduce the red tone on model face:

5. Stamp visible once again. Apply Gassian blur with 4 px and set it to Hard light 20%: ( You
can choose Soft light mode, it depends on your fancy or your own picture).
6. New Selective color layer: Reds: 86, -23, 12, 0 Whites: 0, -21, 0, 0 This step is to reduce
red tone on model to be suitable for background.
 7. In this step we are about to add rain
effect to this photo. Its a very easy effect and most of you may know it already. Create a new
layer and fill it with black ( Choose Edit-Fill). Apply Add noise filter:

Press Ctrl+L to increase contrast and reduce "rain effect" intensity:

Apply Motion blur:

Set this layer to Screen 100%:

Press Ctrl+L to increase brightness:

Apply Gassian blur with 0.5 px to soften this effect to make it look more natural.
Add layer mask and use soft black brush with 50% opacity, 50% flow to blur the rain effect
on some parts of model:
Final effect:
II. Sweet spring sunshine effect:
1. Open the model stock. Create a new Selective color layer: Reds: 19, -13, 14, 0 Yellows: 0, -
9, -32, 0 Greens: 100, -82, -100, 0 Neutrals: 4, 0, -4, 0
This step is to increase Green tone also decrease the red tone on model skin and hair.
2. A new Selective color again: Reds: -38, -23, 11, 4 Yellows: -8, -36, -51, 0 Greens: 100, -
100, -63, 0 Cyans: 0, 21, 38, 0
Its to increase light yellow tone for skin, hair and cyan tone for background.
3. Create a new Curves layer, click to choose Gray point:

With the tool selected, click to pick skin color on model hand:
We have the settings for Red, Green, Blue channel and result:
Adjust RGB to increase the light:
4. I do a small manip. Choose one from butterfly stock, move it and resize it:
Then Choose Image-Adjustment-Selective color to change color of butterfly : Reds: 100, -36,
-67, 0 Yellows: 100, -9, -28, -26 Neutrals: 13, 13, 0, 0 Blacks: 20, -14, 12, 0

5. Create a new layer, use hard brush, 2 px and soft brush, 4 , 6, 9 px to draw on the pic, then
set outer glow with default settings:

6. New layer with settings:

Use dodge and Burn tool to enhance the eyes.

Final effect:
III. Beautiful night light effect:
1. Open the image. Create a new Curves layer:
Its to increase dark yellow tone of the pic.

2. Create a new Selective color: Reds: -30, 34, 90, 0 Yellows: 4, -26, 16, 20 Greens: 100, -
100, 100, 0 Neutrals: 47, 0, 39, 0
Its to add green tone for background.

3. Make a new channel mixer layer: Red: 105, 0, 0

Its to increase a bit of red tone on model face.
4. Press Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E to merge all layers. Choose Filter-Render-Lighting effect:

Duplicate this layer and apply Lighting effect again:

Add layer mask to eraser hand:

5. Stamp visible all layers. Apply Render-Len Flare:

Add layer mask to eraser the sun effect on model and the background:

6. Add bokeh texure to main document. Set this layer to Screen 50%, then duplicate it and
change mode to Soft light 50%. Add layer mask to eraser effect on model, background.
Final effect:
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The Making of a Blissful Fantasy Album Art

Design
Blog.SpoonGraphicsPhoto EditingJun 17, 2010

I knew before starting this little project that I wanted to base the theme on an inspiration from
the recent Alice in Wonderland movie. Taking the ideas of thick wooded foliage and a curious
girl to build a fantasy scene of my own.
I started out with a spot of research through good old Google Images to refresh my memory
and provide some ideas and inspirations.

A forestry background was needed as a base for the artwork, so I scoured various stock
photography websites in search of the perfect scene. I had a fairly dark scene in mind, with
lots of trees and a covering of greenery on the floor. A strong light source would also have
been nice. I eventually found two perfect shots from DeviantArt, one from Spiteful-Pie-Stock,
and another from YsaeddaStock.
The first of the two images was imported into Photoshop, duplicated and flipped. This helped
produce a long canvas which would lend itself well to being manipulated into cover art later.
The two images were overlapped and merged together.

To hide the blatant mirroring of the scene, I imported and overlaid the second forest
photograph over the centre. A layer mask added and the scenes carefully blended together.
The dark tree in the second image helped act as a useful boundary between the two images,
with just the ground level needing to be merged together with soft erasing.

The light source from the right hand side was chosen as the main feature of the scene, the idea
being that rays of sunlight would flood down to focus on a curious female figure. A basic
scatter brush was used to paint in some rough particles on the document.
A Motion Blur then converted the particles into realistic rays of light, flooding through the
trees and hitting the forest floor.

This layer of sunlight was duplicated a few times, with some layers being changed to Overlay
and Soft Light to help illuminate the surrounding greenery.
With the basic scene in place, a young female model was needed as the main focal point of
the scene. I had a good idea of the style of character I wanted, so I set out scouring the stock
photo websites once more to find a match.

A few potential figures were roughly clipped out and added to the scene to test them in situ.
The young girl looking up was a strong candidate, but I decided on an alternative shot of the
lady in black.
The full size shot of Bells Falls16 by DeviantArt user *Faestock was brought into Photoshop
for some clipping and pasted into the main document.

The figure was scaled to size and moved into place at the end of the sun rays, then the Color
Balance adjusted to match the hues of the surroundings.
To better blend to the figure with the environment Dodge and Burn tools were used to
highlight and shade areas of the dress according to the light source.

A blue overlay was drawn on the dress area of the figure in order to recolour it in honour of
Alice in Wonderland.
The blue overlay layer is changed to Color at 50% to allow the colour to blend with the
original tones and creases of the dress.

Another overlay was created, but this time a white covering over the figure's hair. The
blending mode then changed to Soft Light to lighten the hair into more blonde tones.
A few more sun ray layers were created and moved above the figure, so the light brightened
areas of the skin and dress.

A shadow was needed to generate some realism, so the figure was duplicated and transformed
into place.
A black overlay and a Gaussian Blur created a recognisable shadow, which was then changed
to 60% opacity.

With the scene in place with the background, light source and figure all neatly finished off, it
was time to add some atmospheric colouring. The whole design was copied and pasted on a
new layer, the colour then changed to blue using Hue/Saturation.
Changing the blending mode of the blue overlay to Soft Light mixes the cool blue tones with
the original greens of the scene.

A couple of dabs of colour over other areas of the scene added subtle variations of tone,
darkening the background foliage, or giving brighter yellow lighting.
These overlays of colour really help add more contrast and provide that surreal feel to the
design.

Another copy of the whole design was created, but this time a soft Gaussian Blur added.
This blur was then toned right back using a layer mask, leaving only the background areas of
the scene blurred to recreate a simple depth of field effect.

The three stock images all combine to form a surreal fantasy scene, with lighting and
colouring effects pulling the design together.

The design was destined to be used as album artwork all along, and the long canvas made the
transition to the four page cover booklet easy, with the design spanning across the front and
rear covers. A few typographic elements were added where appropriate to introduce the artist
and provide track information.

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Handy Techniques for Cutting Out Hair in
Photoshop
Blog.SpoonGraphicsPhoto EditingMay 27, 2010

Technique One: Images with Plain Backgrounds

The best photos are those professional studio type shots that are taken against a plain white
background. These shots make it much easier to find the edges of the subject, but trimming
out fine hairs can still be a little tricky. In this example we'll be using the common Channel
technique to trim out this lovely lady.
Open up your image in Photoshop. This particular image doesn't have a pure white
background, but it is a plain colour and has good contrast between the subject and grey
backdrop.

Head over to the Channels palette and review each of the Red, Green and Blue channels. Each
one will be made up of slightly different tones, pick the one with the most contrast between
foreground and background. Drag this channel onto the new channel icon to duplicate it.
With only the new channel selected, adjust the Levels (CMD+L) to dramatically increase the
contrast between light and dark areas. However, don't go too far, as you'll notice some
horrendous pixilation appearing in the fine areas.
Due to the slight variation in tone of the background, it appears grey in the darker areas. Use
the Dodge tool set to a low Opacity to target the highlights and brush over this background
area to really brighten it up.

Switch over to the Burn tool and target the shadows to dramatically darken down the inner
areas of the image to pure black.
Use the brush tool to finish off the blacks by painting over the remaining areas of the inner
section of the image.
Inverse the image to switch over the black and white areas (CMD+I), and give a quick check
for any stray areas that may have been missed by the brush.
CMD+Click the Channel thumbnail to load the selection, then turn back on the visibility of
the original channels. Head back over to the Layers palette and copy the selection. Paste it on
a new layer and hide the original to see the cut out image against transparency.
The selection has managed to trim out even the finest of hairs to give a realistic cut. Paste the
photo against an alternate background. Zoom in and check for any light coloured fringes
around the edges, especially if placed against a darker background. These can be reduced
using the Burn tool set to Highlights and gently brushed over the outline of the image.

Technique Two: Images with Detailed Backgrounds

The Channels technique is all well and good for studio photography with plain backgrounds,
but it gets a little more difficult on standard shots with detailed backgrounds getting in the
way.
Open up your image in Photoshop. This image has a decent contrast between foreground and
background, but certain areas of the hair do blend in with the darker tones of the backdrop.
Start by trimming out the clear edges with the Pen Tool, but when you reach the hair simply
create a rough tracing.
Around the hair portion, aim to include only solid areas of hair that aren't merging with the
background, otherwise the lighter tones will mess things up later.
Make a selection with a feathering of 0.2 pixels to remove any harsh edges then paste onto a
new layer. Reduce the transparency of the image so that the original hair line can just be seen.
Here's where the fun begins! Use the Smudge Tool to draw in areas of new hair, using the
original outline as a template. Begin with a 4px brush to flesh out the thick base hair and
disguise the jaggy lines from the path. A Wacom Graphics Tablet really comes in handy here
to speed up the process and help add varied line thicknesses.
The new hair will soon flesh out the image back to its original appearance. It doesn't look too
bad at this stage, but repeating the process with a thinner brush will draw in those individual
hairs.
Use a 2px brush with the Smudge Tool to draw thin stray hairs in varied directions to add
realism to the image.
The photo can then be placed on any background with ease, and displays a crisp cut-out with
no fringing or loss of fine detail.

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