Select layer background, go to Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian blur
Select layer 1, use Free Transform to reduce the size of picture:
Press Ctrl+U to open Hue/Saturation
Then go to Levels (Ctrl+L)
You will get:
Duplicate layer 1, you will have layer 1 copy.
Select layer 1 copy, go to Filter -> Blue -> Lens Blur
At layer 1 copy, you click "add layer mask" icon
Hit D key to reset Background color and Foreground color to default (black and white). Choose soft brush 450px, apply this brush to the lady and some parts on the bridge to get the result like this:
Go to Image -> Adjustments -> Photo Filter
Continue to go to Image -> Adjustments -> Brightness/Contrast
Go to Layer -> New adjustments layer -> Gradient map
Click Ok and a gradient map window will appear, you choose the color range like this:
Set opacity of brush layer: 70%
You will get:
Go to Layer Style of layer 1, set Drop Shadow like this:
You will get the result:
Press Ctrl+Shift+E to merge all layers, then press Ctrl+L to open Levels:
Add some texts to the picture and you will get the final result like this:
Rate and discussion this tutorial
Louise said on 2008-07-17 06:07:18 The 'hit the D button to reset.. background 'nd stuff' doesn't work... I'm stuck there :(
psg said on 2008-07-17 19:07:58 You can do it by choosing foreground is black and background is white
dave said on 2008-07-24 08:07:50 Great tutorial! But frm wer r u usually get ur sources of pic?? i like ur pic but I duno any gud websites wer i can get a pretty much of nice pic.
psg said on 2008-07-24 23:07:42 to dave: i usually get them from some stock sites on the Internet: deviantart.com, sxc.hu ...ect
JDthirteenstepprogram@yahoo.com said on 2008-07-28 05:07:32 I am unclear on one thing, with the layers are there two of the girl on the bridge or three? I.e., background and one layer copy or background and two layer copies?
I really love the end result though and want to try my hand at this, I am just curious about that.
psg said on 2008-07-28 19:07:50 @ JD: After opening the stock, it will be background, and you "Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the background" (as i said in tutorial), you will get ONLY ONE copy.
So in this state, you have 2 layers, one for background to apply Blur effect and one for main effect that you can see in the tutorial above
Aerynmisswolfish@yahoo.com said on 2008-08-05 23:08:25 When I use the brush it looks nothing like the picture are there certain settings I need because with the 25% spacing it looks awful and even reducing the spacing doesn't get me those results.
immybaby-gurl-immi@hotmail.co.uk said on 2008-08-20 07:08:20 i love this, i found it hard at first but i've done it a few times now it's quite easy.
i was trying to add text to the picture and when i was typing nothing was coming up, its nothing to do with the edit, it was doing it before this and still wont work, yet it lets me do !@£$ etc, i really need to get text working, i think it might be on a lock or something?
help!
x
paulsampab1@aol.com said on 2009-01-31 11:01:24 i have downloaded the brush but how do i use it or find it how do i down load it so i can use it
