Summer Photo Manipulation
In this quick Photoshop tutorial I’ll teach you how to make a nice, warm, summer photo manipulation for a photo. This tutorial best works for fairly colorful, fairly bright photos. In this tutorial I will be using this stock photo of the lovely Evangeline Lilly.
1.
Firstly, you should find a nice stock photo to work with. As I mentioned above, I used a nice photo of Evangeline Lilly, if you want you can download it and get to work. Start by flipping the image so it’s around the right way, then crop and resize if necessary. I ended up with a document size of 360 x 450 pixels.
2.
Duplicate the Background layer then apply Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen once, then fade it to about 50% (Edit > Fade). This will bring out the details a little bit.
Next, using the Blur Tool, blur the edges (her hair) a little bit, if it’s too strong you can change the strength of the Blur Tool. This just focuses on her face a little bit more.
3.
Again, apply Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen and fade it to about 15-30%, remember, this stuff is optional. Next thing to do is get the Gradient Tool and set the following settings:
The colors I’m using are #b66d39 and #42352f. On a new layer, draw your gradien on the canvas, starting with the lighter color in the bottom left and the darker color at the top right.
Change the layer mode for your gradient layer to Screen and lower the opacity to about 95%.
You will be left with a nice, warm result like this:
Beautiful!
4.
Now to add a few color adjustments. Start by making a Brightness/Contrast layer by going to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Brightness/Contrast… with similar settings to these:
This just brightened it up a little bit.
Lastly, I added a Photo Filter (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Photo Filter…,) these are only available in Photoshop CS2 and up.
This just added in a little bit more yellow, I’m not sure if I’m too fond of it actually.
5.
Lastly, I added a border around the photo, and a few plain white shapes to the right side of the photo. These shapes come with Photoshop, you can find them by getting the Custom Shape Tool and selecting All when in the shapes category.
That’s all for this tutorial! Sorry, but I hope you enjoyed the tutorial! Please feel free to download the PSD file from this tutorial if you got lost on a step.
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21 responses
Isn’t that evangeline lilly?
how to blur the background of picture
Mic: Yes that is Evangeline Lilly
Hani: Use the blur tool, or duplicate the layer, then apply Filter > Blur > Gaussion Blur, then use a soft eraser to erase her face in the blurred layer.
Hope that helps
thank you very mach
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I no write english letter, but I like you website
because i went photo, text and design affect.
And what exactly are the white shapes supposed to be??
And btw . instead of earsing it with a soft eraser I suggest you mask the picture, then you can much more easily undo things…
better: the shapes are just ornamental, i think it makes it look a bit nicer
also, not everyone knows what a layer mask is, i said use the eraser tool because more people will know about it than layer masks
thanks
KATE i love her
hey eli nice tut man
i love the color and the blur effect
Hey! I had to follow a tutorial for a computer science class I’m taking. Now, I’ve never touched photoshop, but your tutorial made everything so easy for me. Thanks for making it clear with all the step-by-step instructions, and thanks for the A!
nice tutorial…. nice effect
great tutorial. too bad i only have ps 7.
Finally I Know How To Do Like This!!
Thanks Alot:D
i like this photo shop thingy but how the bloody hell dya get it ..x
I can’t find photo filter…..:((
i think i like this tutorial anda because of this i can learn much about photos manipulations
Really professional look and easy to create.
Nice work!
She is beautiful. Very nice.
great tutorial. too bad i only have ps 7.
Oh ^_^ … nice
Isnt that the woman from LOST? Her Characters Name Is Kate….
I Love The Show
hai i am kavi, your lesson is very simple and easy.