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Photo Effects ›› Turn A Photo Into Winter Scene
 




The first, you open this original photo:



At the bottom of layers palette, you click on this icon



Choose Selective color and set properties like this:





Continue to click on this Choose Hue/Saturation and set properties like this:



Change blend mode to Overlay and reduce opacity 90%



At this state, the result will look like this



Continue to click on this Choose Gradient Map:



Click Ok, you will get a B&W picture

Pick Eraser tool to erase inside the eyes of wolf :



Use Rectangular Marquee Tool to make a selection like this:



Click on this icon choose Hue/Saturation:



Click OK

Click on this icon Choose Color Balance, set something like this:



Click on this icon choose Brightness/Contrast :



You will get the result like this:



Press Ctrl+Shift+E to merge all layers



After that, press Ctrl+J to duplicate this layer



Go to Fitle - > Blur -> Gaussian blur



Reduce Opacity: 30%



Create a new layer, use soft brush (color white) to make some spots light on the wolf



Then go to Filter -> Blur -> Motion blur, set properties like this:



And this is the final result:

 
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Andy said on 2008-08-24 15:08:29
This picture is brilliant, thanks for the guide. You don't happen to have a larger version of the final edit? Love to have it as my wallpaper.