Wednesday, May 29, 2013

How To Make A Vintage Style Double Image in Photoshop - New or Improved Skill Day 29

native climbing a balm tree in Hawaii
























I wanted to make a soft, vintage style double image.

palm tree



















I placed my photo of some palm tree fronds in Photoshop
Command j to duplicate the layer
Image > Adjustments > Channel Mixer > Monochrome

photoshop screen shot of palm trees



















Image > Adjustments > Variations
    Choose Midtones > More Yellow. OK. Save the image

palm tree

native climbing a palm tree in Hawaii



















I dragged my photo of a young man climbing a palm tree into Photoshop.
It was quite dark since his back was to the sun so I made a duplicate layer. Command j.
The Blend Mode for the new layer is Screen at 100% opacity. This lightens the image.

native climbing a palm tree in Hawaii



















I cropped the image to be square.

New layer.
Place the palm tree photo and when happy with the placement click the check mark.
Blend Mode Multiply. 28% Opacity

New layer.
Choose a gold tone that will be used to fill the square. Edit  > Fill.
Blend Mode Multiply. Opacity 13%

vignette around native climbing a palm tree in Hawaii
























Vignette
New layer.
Make sure the color selector for foreground /background colors is set for black and white.
If black is on top press Option Delete to fill the layer with black. If it's behind, press Command Delete to fill the space with black.
Make a circle with the Elliptical Marquee tool.  Feather set for 70 pixels.
Select > Inverse to choose the outer circle.
Click the Add a Layer Mask icon.
Blend Mode Soft Light. Opacity 75%.

screen shot of photoshop layers palette

native climbing a balm tree in Hawaii
























I placed my photo of some palm tree fronds in Photoshop
Command j to duplicate the layer
Image > Adjustments > Channel Mixer > Monochrome
Image > Adjustments > Variations
    Chose Midtones > More Yellow. OK. Save the image
I dragged my photo of a young man climbing a palm tree into Photoshop.
I cropped the image to be square.
It was quite dark since his back was to the sun so I made a duplicate layer. Command j.
The Blend Mode for the new layer is Screen at 100% opacity. This lightens the image.

New layer.
Place the palm tree photo and when happy with the placement click the check mark.
Blend Mode Multiply. 28% Opacity

New layer.
Choose a gold tone that will be used to fill the square. Edit  > Fill.
Blend Mode Multiply. Opacity 13%

Vignette
New layer.
Make sure the color selector for foreground /background colors is set for black and white.
If black is on top press Option Delete to fill the layer with black. If it's behind, press Command Delete to fill the space with black.
Make a circle with the Elliptical Marquee tool.  Feather set for 70 pixels.
Select > Inverse to choose the outer circle.
Click the Add a Layer Mask icon.
Blend Mode Soft Light. Opacity 75%.

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