Raising an Image from its Background
Feb 4, 2020 13:39:35 GMT
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Post by Lillias on Feb 4, 2020 13:39:35 GMT
Splatter Mask from Shadowhouse Creations
Image from Pixabay
BG from Dawn Chorus by DaisyTrail
1. Open Image
2. Using the rectangle marquee tool drag out a rectangle the size you want and holding down Ctrl+J (for a PC) Ctrl+Command (for a Mac) put your selection on it’s own layer. (You should now have 2 layers in the layers stack)
3. With the top layer selected - Go to Styles>Drop Down Shadows> and click on Soft Edge.
4. Click on the little fx icon at the end of the top layer in the layers panel to open up the Style Settings dialogue box and move the Distance slider to the left as far as it will go. Move the Size slider until you achieve the desired size of shadow. The opacity slider speaks for itself.
Image from Pixabay
BG from Dawn Chorus by DaisyTrail
Flowers from Victoria Nelson - Butterfly Meadow Kit
I have received a suggestion that an explanation of how I did this page might be helpful so here it is.
I did it as part of a challenge elsewhere with a tutorial provided for same.
1. Open the image you want to work with.
2. Using the rectangle marquee tool drag out a rectangle the size you want.
I did it as part of a challenge elsewhere with a tutorial provided for same.
1. Open the image you want to work with.
2. Using the rectangle marquee tool drag out a rectangle the size you want.
3. Use Ctrl+J (for a PC) Ctrl+Command (for a Mac) to put your selection on it’s own layer. Do this twice as you need 2 copies.
4. You should now have 3 layers. Your background layer, (your image) Your middle and top layers that are your smaller selection. (see my layers-01 example below)
5. Highlight the middle layer, Make sure Black is the top colour in your colour picker, use Alt Shift Backspace to fill your middle layer selection with black. (see my layers-02 below)
6. On your middle black selection layer. Go to Filter, Blur, Gaussian Blur. Move the blur slider to zero. Now move your slider up in number, until you like the effect. This should give you a shadow around your entire selection. If you feel the shadow is too dark, reduce the opacity to suit.
aaaaaaand you are done...
aaaaaaand you are done...
Another way to achieve this effect is as follows...
2. Using the rectangle marquee tool drag out a rectangle the size you want and holding down Ctrl+J (for a PC) Ctrl+Command (for a Mac) put your selection on it’s own layer. (You should now have 2 layers in the layers stack)
3. With the top layer selected - Go to Styles>Drop Down Shadows> and click on Soft Edge.
4. Click on the little fx icon at the end of the top layer in the layers panel to open up the Style Settings dialogue box and move the Distance slider to the left as far as it will go. Move the Size slider until you achieve the desired size of shadow. The opacity slider speaks for itself.
5. To change the colour of the shadow click on the black square to open up the colour options and pick one and click ok.
Image from Pixabay...click on image for larger version.
