Creative Effects Challenge No. 126 - Double Exposure
Jun 14, 2020 12:12:41 GMT
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Post by Lillias on Jun 14, 2020 12:12:41 GMT
Items Required: 2 images. A subject image and the image to be used to create the double exposure.
There are many ways of making a double exposure so if you know and prefer another way please feel free to do that ...
For this tutorial - As ever, I would advise looking at a run through of the video tutorial to help with anything you are not clear about in my written instructions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCp9oR_uayY
I will refer to the images I used for this tut as the subject image and the tree image. (Both images from Pixabay)
1. Open the subject image and make a selection of your subject and save to New Layer with Layer Mask.
You should now have two layers in the layers panel - the original BG layer and the new subject layer with mask.
2. Now bring the tree image into your document and place above your subject image in the layers panel.
If necessary resize the tree image to suit and then go to Layer > Create Clipping Mask OR right click on the tree image in the layers panel and choose Create Clipping Mask to clip this image to your subject image.
The features of the subject image are now hidden by the tree image so go to the blend modes and choose ‘screen’ to see the double exposure effect.
3. Now using the move tool move the tree image around to where you want it to appear within the subject image layer.
4. If you feel you want to bring back a little more of the detail of the original image then create a layer mask on the tree layer and using black and a soft brush at a very low opacity gently brush over the area where you would like to bring back a little more detail.
5. If you feel you would like more contrast you could use a levels adjustment.
6. Create a new blank layer just above the original BG layer and fill it with white.
If you are satisfied with the result, you could be finished right here (see image No 1 below)
OR you could take things one step further...(see image No 2 below)
In order to do that...
7. Create a copy of the trees layer by selecting that layer in the layers panel and holding down the Alt/Opt key drag that layer below the subject layer. Once there delete the layer mask and change the blend mode back to Normal.
8. Now we want to create a ‘black’ layer mask on that layer so holding down the Alt/Opt key click on the create new layer mask icon.
9. Make sure your have white as your foreground colour and using a soft brush at a very low opacity click on either side of your subject on your page to show a little more of the tree image in the background.
There are many ways of making a double exposure so if you know and prefer another way please feel free to do that ...
For this tutorial - As ever, I would advise looking at a run through of the video tutorial to help with anything you are not clear about in my written instructions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCp9oR_uayY
I will refer to the images I used for this tut as the subject image and the tree image. (Both images from Pixabay)
1. Open the subject image and make a selection of your subject and save to New Layer with Layer Mask.
You should now have two layers in the layers panel - the original BG layer and the new subject layer with mask.
2. Now bring the tree image into your document and place above your subject image in the layers panel.
If necessary resize the tree image to suit and then go to Layer > Create Clipping Mask OR right click on the tree image in the layers panel and choose Create Clipping Mask to clip this image to your subject image.
The features of the subject image are now hidden by the tree image so go to the blend modes and choose ‘screen’ to see the double exposure effect.
3. Now using the move tool move the tree image around to where you want it to appear within the subject image layer.
4. If you feel you want to bring back a little more of the detail of the original image then create a layer mask on the tree layer and using black and a soft brush at a very low opacity gently brush over the area where you would like to bring back a little more detail.
5. If you feel you would like more contrast you could use a levels adjustment.
6. Create a new blank layer just above the original BG layer and fill it with white.
If you are satisfied with the result, you could be finished right here (see image No 1 below)
OR you could take things one step further...(see image No 2 below)
In order to do that...
7. Create a copy of the trees layer by selecting that layer in the layers panel and holding down the Alt/Opt key drag that layer below the subject layer. Once there delete the layer mask and change the blend mode back to Normal.
8. Now we want to create a ‘black’ layer mask on that layer so holding down the Alt/Opt key click on the create new layer mask icon.
9. Make sure your have white as your foreground colour and using a soft brush at a very low opacity click on either side of your subject on your page to show a little more of the tree image in the background.
Experiment and enjoy the process.
