You must have seen a lot of "shampoo commercials" and "celebrity personal MTVs". Do you yearn for the flowing hair and the immersed and intoxicated expression of the heroine in it? In fact, you can easily create such magical photos yourself through Photoshop CS3.
In the production of elegant photo special effects, you need to use the comprehensive application of different filters. At the same time, combine the color adjustments of the layers to achieve the photo effects you are satisfied with. The author will explain the specific operation method in detail below. I hope netizens can use the following method to draw inferences and easily DIY their own digital photos to create elegant special effects.
Figure 1 Elegant photo effects
STEP1 Execute the "File" → "New" command, open the "New" dialog box, set the "Name" to "Gone with the Wind", "Width" to "8" cm, "Height" to "6" cm, and "Resolution" is "300" pixels/inch, the "Color Mode" is "RGB", the "Background Content" is "White", click the "OK" button. Execute the "File" → "Open" command or press the "Ctrl+O" key combination to open the material file: "Elegant Girl.Tif" file.
Figure 2
STEP2 Execute the "Select" → "Color Range" command, open the "Color Range" dialog box, set the "Color Tolerance" to "40", hold down the "Ctrl" key and click in the "Image Thumbnail" of the dialog box Select the background of the brighter pixels in the image and then hold down the "Shift" key to select the background of the darker pixels, as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3
STEP3 Click the "OK" button, and the system will automatically load the selection of specified color pixels, as shown in Figure 4.
Figure 4
STEP4 Press the "Ctrl+Shift+I" key combination to invert the selection, execute the "Select" → "Modify" → "Shrink" command, open the "Shrink Selection" dialog box, and set the "Shrink Amount" to "1" pixel.
STEP5 Click the "OK" button, and the reduced selection effect is shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5
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The "Shrink" command in Photoshop software can reduce the range of the selected area to varying degrees by equal distances through the parameters set in the dialog box.
STEP6 Select the "Polygonal Lasso Tool" in the toolbox, click the "Add to Selection" button in the property bar, and draw a selection frame at the location shown in the selection to select the unnecessary selection. The effect after adding it to the selection is shown in Figure 6.
Figure 6
STEP7 Select the "Move Tool" in the toolbox, drag the graphics in the "Elegant Girl.Tif" file to the "Floating Family.Psd" file, the layer panel automatically generates "Layer 1", press "Ctrl+T" Press the key combination to open the "Free Change" adjustment box, "flip" the graphic horizontally, and then adjust the size and position of the graphic.
STEP8 Create a new "Layer 2" and drag this layer to the next layer of "Layer 1". Click the "Set Foreground Color" button below the toolbox to open the "Color Picker" dialog box, set the color to: cyan (R: 21, G: 201, B: 202), as shown, click "OK" button.
STEP9 Press the "Alt+Delete" key combination to fill "Layer 2" with the foreground color. The effect is shown in Figure 7.
Figure 7
STEP10 Set the "Opacity" of "Layer 2" to: 25%. Select the "Pen Tool" in the toolbox and draw a path at the outline of the character's face, as shown in Figure 8.
Figure 8
STEP11 Select "Layer 1" and press the "Ctrl+Enter" key combination to convert the path into a selection. Execute the "Select → Feather" command or press the "Ctrl+Alt+D" key combination to open the "Feather Selection" dialog box, set the "Feather Radius" to "1" pixel, and click the "OK" button.
STEP12 Press the "Delete" key to delete the selected area. Press the "Ctrl+D" key combination to cancel the selection, execute the "Image" → "Adjustment" → "Color Balance" command or press the "Ctrl+B" key combination to open the "Color Balance" dialog box, select "Color Balance" as " "Midtone", set the parameters as shown in Figure 9.
Figure 9
STEP13 Select "Tone Balance" to "Highlight". Click the "OK" button.
STEP14 Hold down the "Ctrl" key, click the "Layer Thumbnail" of "Layer 1", and load the graphics selection.
STEP15 Select the "Polygonal Lasso Tool" in the toolbox, click the "Subtract from Selection" button in the property bar, and frame the character's hand, as shown in Figure 10.
Figure 10
STEP16 Execute the "Image" → "Adjustment" → "Levels" command or press the "Ctrl+L" key combination to open the "Levels" dialog box and set the parameters as shown in Figure 11.
Figure 11
STEP17 Click the "OK" button, the effect is shown in Figure 12. Copy "Layer 1", the Layer Panel will automatically generate a "Copy of Layer 1", drag this layer to the next layer of "Layer 1".
Figure 12
STEP18 Execute the "Filter" → "Blur" → "Motion Blur" command, open the "Motion Blur" dialog box, and set the parameters: angle is 0, distance is 180.
STEP19 Click the "OK" button. Select the "Text Tool" in the toolbox, enter text at the location shown in the image, and adjust the font, color and position of the text, as shown in Figure 13.
Figure 13
The final effect of STEP20 is shown in Figure 14.
Figure 14
At this point, all operations are completed, and the elegant photo effect is completed. You can also apply the above techniques to other photos, as long as they are hair-related. In this way, you no longer need to go to a photo studio to take artistic photos. You can easily install a software at your own home.
