Post by Ben on Jul 22, 2005 19:37:57 GMT -5
Ever wonder how some photomanipulations got to have a sort of dreamy look to them? Wish you could do that same sort of effect in your photomanips? This thread will show you how.
First off, you need to have the desired image open in Photoshop that you want to modify. Then, duplicate your background layer ONLY once for now. With the background layer duplicated, activate the duplicate background layer by clicking on it. Then, set the blending mode of that layer to Screen. With that done, apply a Gaussian blur with a radius of about 50% to the duplicate layer (Filter, Blur, [bGaussian Blur][/b]. Repeat the above steps as many times as you want until you get the desired effect. I would advise against doing this too much as your photomanipulation will be way too bright.
If you want to go any further with your photomanipulation's dreamy effect, read on.
Create a new layer and fill it with a black color (Other colors will look bad). Now, with that done, apply a Lens Flare filter to that layer (Make sure it's exactly dead center in the middle of the canvas.)
Now, with the lens flare added to the Photoshop document, change the blending mode of that layer to Multiply. Now, for the most part, the lens flare will be too small to show all of the details so you'll want to zoom out until you are able to re-size the lens flare. Do this as many times as you need until most or all of the image details are showing
This is a very useful effect, I kid you not
First off, you need to have the desired image open in Photoshop that you want to modify. Then, duplicate your background layer ONLY once for now. With the background layer duplicated, activate the duplicate background layer by clicking on it. Then, set the blending mode of that layer to Screen. With that done, apply a Gaussian blur with a radius of about 50% to the duplicate layer (Filter, Blur, [bGaussian Blur][/b]. Repeat the above steps as many times as you want until you get the desired effect. I would advise against doing this too much as your photomanipulation will be way too bright.
If you want to go any further with your photomanipulation's dreamy effect, read on.
Create a new layer and fill it with a black color (Other colors will look bad). Now, with that done, apply a Lens Flare filter to that layer (Make sure it's exactly dead center in the middle of the canvas.)
Now, with the lens flare added to the Photoshop document, change the blending mode of that layer to Multiply. Now, for the most part, the lens flare will be too small to show all of the details so you'll want to zoom out until you are able to re-size the lens flare. Do this as many times as you need until most or all of the image details are showing
This is a very useful effect, I kid you not