How to create an Intense & Dramatic Portrait Effect Photoshop

How to create an Intense & Dramatic Portrait Effect Photoshop

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How to match background and foreground color in Photoshop

How to match background and foreground color in Photoshop

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Create a sunset effect in Photoshop using a Solid Color

Create a sunset effect in Photoshop using a Solid Color

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How to warm up your image in Photoshop

How to warm up your image in Photoshop

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How to Color hair in Photoshop using a Solid color

How to Color hair in Photoshop using a Solid color

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How to create a Pencil Sketch effect in Photoshop

How to create a Pencil Sketch effect in Photoshop

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Improve your Photoshop skills

Watching Youtube movies is still one of the best thing to improve Photoshop skills.  But the best way is to do it yourself.

I started with this picture

I wanted to change the colors of her lips and the colors of her eyes.  And i wanted to have the possibility to change the colors anytime during the project.

First i changed the colors of her lips using a Hue and Saturation Adjustment layer.  I changed the colors and made the mask black.  I painted with white over her lips to make them purple.

Then I added a second Hue and saturation Adjustment Layer to change the colors of her eyes.

At least I added a Curve and a Black and White Adjustment Layer.  (For more contrast)

Oher things you can do is to change the background color but this time I didn't do that.  I made a stamp visible Layer and move the first and last layer to a new document. With those two layers I made an Animated Gif to see the Before and After.

If you want be better with Photoshop the only thing to do is practise, practise and practise. Youtube has tons of movies to help you. Have fun.

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Lightroom Quicktip, save your editing as a preset

In Lightroom you can easily save your editing as a preset. For example you can do some split toning and save it as a preset and use it for another picture.

Open the image in Lightroom

Do the editing

Now click on the + on the left site in the preset panel.

Choose with changes you want to save and give the preset a name.

Easy and simple!

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Makes eyes equal in Photoshop (part2)

Another way to make the eyes of a person more equal is using the liquify filter in Photoshop.

Open your image

Duplicate the background layer (Ctrl or Cmd J).  Now go to Filter > Liquify.

Make the eyes bigger with the right panel.

Now both her eyes are bigger.  So add a layer mask and paint with black over the right eye to see the original eye again.

Here is the end result

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Make eyes equal in Photoshop (Part1)

Open and image

Her right eye is smaller. In Photoshop we can easily fix this!

Select her left eye with the lasso tool 

Feather the selection with 10 px

Hit Ctrl or Cmd J to get it anohter layer

Now hit Ctrl or Cmd T to open the Free Transform   Ctrl Click in the middel and  Flipt it horizontal 

Move the eye over the right eye  (lower the opacity to see if it fits)

Add a layer mask anad remove part you dont want with a black brush

Now the eyes are eagel

Now you just have to clonestamp the softbox from her right eye to the left eye and 

now the eyes are eaqal

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How to create a beautiful sunset effect in Photoshop

How to create a beautiful sunset effect in Photoshop 

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How to jump high in the sky in Phototoshop

How to make someone jumping really high in the sky?.  Just follow this steps.

Open the image

Duplicate the background and make a selection of the girl (with for example the quick selection tool). Use select and maks to refine the selection. Choose 'New layer with layer Mask'  for the output

Deselect the top layer and unlock the background layer.

Remove the girl form the background layer. There are lots of way to do it.  Use the clone stamp, select the girl and use content aware fill or the spot healing brush.   Take your time and see how you can get the best result.

Now we should get more space in the upper part of the image.  Use the Clone stamp to make more space. 

Fill it with more sky. To do this can use Edit > Content aware scale or select the top part of the sky with the Rectangular Marquee Tool and extend it using Free transform.

Make the top layer active again and select the girl (not the mask). With the move tool (v) you can move the girl higher in the frame.

And now the girl is high in the sky.

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How to change your background color in Photoshop

To change your background color in Photoshop is very easy.

 First cut out your subject from the background

Then add a new layer underneath it and fill it with a color.  Then add a Hue and Saturation Adjustment layer.

Double click on the Hue and saturation to open it

By moving the hue slider you can find a color that fits best with your subject or the way you like to see your image.

Easy quick and simple !

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How to make clouds in Photoshop

Watch this movie to see how to make clouds in Photoshop.

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Photoshop for Beginners | How to use Color Range

Photoshop for Beginners | How to use Color Range

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