Photoshop Friday {Issue #5}!

Yeah! Welcome to PS Friday! I hope you like this week’s edition.
Today you’ll add a cool dream-i-fied/handtinted look to a photo, like this:

Cool, huh? But wait, here was my original, totally unedited except scaling and saving for web:

And I need to mention that I adapted these instructions from a tutorial over at PSDTuts.com, and I owe them some thanks for this. :)
Ready? Here we go:

Creating a Dreamy/Handtinted effect on a Photo

1. Open your photo.
2. Duplicate your photo onto a new layer and hide the original.
3. Click on the layer with the duplicated photo, and change the blending mode to Soft Light (this is located in a dropdown at the very top of the layers palette).
4. Duplicate the photo again.
5. Click on the lower of the two photo copies. Desaturate this layer (Image > Adjustments > Desaturate OR in Elements - Enhance > Color > Remove Color).
6. Copy the desaturated layer two more times.

Your layer stack should now look like this:




From top to bottom, the layers are:


Color photo, soft light blend


Desaturated copy, soft light blend


Desaturated copy, soft light blend


Desaturated copy, soft light blend





Okay, a couple more steps to really dream-i-fy the photo.


7. Change the second layer to Screen blend
8. Now, choose layer 2 and do a Gaussian blur (start out with 10 px and see where that takes you � go more or less depending on whether you�re working with a 300 dpi photo)
9. Choose layer 3 and do a Gaussian blur of slightly more than you did in layer 2. (Just play with the slider until you get an effect you like)
10. If you want to create a layout from here, simply link all your layers together and drag them onto your layout.
    OR
11. If you want to add the grunge mask, flatten all the visible layers (Layer > Merge Visible).

Now you can open up my grunge mask from Photoshop Friday #3 and apply it to the photo. I also filled in a bottom layer with black before saving.
Here’s another example:

Okay, little birdies! Fly free! Make dreaminess! Link me up when you create something! I can’t wait to see. :)

Oh, and let’s seeee…. freebie freebie freebie..

Here’s a great one, from the Dover 1500 Decorative Ornaments book/CD again.

Remember, when you have your brush tool selected you can choose the [ and ] keys to make your brush larger or smaller before you stamp it down.

Have fun!

Comments

[patti]

Just soooo cool! Thank you so much for sharing your brilliance!! I tried it out and posted it on my blog! LOVING that technique!!!!

[Dielle]

Went through your archives recently and found this. Thanks for the great tutorial! Here's a LO I made with this one: http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=84291&ppuser=1497

I appreciate how clear and easy your directions are. And
all the photos and screenshots are great!

[Tami]

Awesome! I'm just learning PS. I usually use PSP...so your tuts help a lot and I can use the resulting experiments on my digi layouts! Thanks!

[Shay]

Thankyou so much for sharing these tutorials, they are so simple and easy to follow. I have used this one for a picture of my DD, I thought the photo was a write off because I couldn't see her eyes, but after applying this tutorial it is now one of my favourite photos...

The before and after pics are here http://chantua.blogspot.com/

[anne]

i love this tutorial. just what i needed. thank you!

[gmcneal]

This was pretty easy and clear... I like the instructions you give.. makes it easy for beginners (like me) to follow ...

I clicked on the freebie link and it sent me to amazon to purchase an angel pin ? ? ?

[Sharon Manning]

Love this, thank you so much!
I have tried it on a few photos and some work better than others.
Thanks
Sharon

[Sharon Manning]

Forgot to add my blog where I have posted before and after photos.

http://sharonmanning.blogspot.com/

[K]

this is so cool I turned it into an action! Thanks for the tips!!!! You're the best! :)

[Michele Kovack]

I am so happy I found you! I tried this today and the only question I have is how do you link the layers together when you are done? My link icon was grayed out and I couldn't click on it!

[JuliaGoolia]

I finally found a project for this tutorial. You can see my little man looking his best in this 1930's Vegemite ad re-creation at http://www.scrapbookflair.com/JuliaGoolia/
An_Aussie_Icon_The_Vegemite_Kid/page1
Thanks so much for this tutorial.

[Christine]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this technique !!! Jessica - you absolutely rock!! Your tutorials are so easy to follow and give such professional results. I have a blast learning from you. Here's my example of hand-tinting and grunge frame :
http://scrapgirls.com.ipbhost.com/index.php?automodule=gallery&req=si&img=31456

[linsey]

LOVE THIS!!! Here is the link for the pic I did of my DD playing out in the rain!
http://www.designerdigitals.com/ddgallery/showphoto.php?photo=96957&ppuser=32140