Wednesday, March 4, 2009

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:


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5 comments:

ishani said...

Nice post.Now I'm going to learn photo shop.Good work keep it up.

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Anonymous said...

I like it!

Thanks for sharing the procedures on how to do it..

It's cool I should say.. I will try to follow the instruction..

Anonymous said...

nice tutorial

Anonymous said...

wahoooo great step by step tut.
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