2019-02-01_Practical_Photoshop

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James Paterson, Editor t [email protected] HIGHLIGHTS: WHAT’S INSIDE... http://www.digitalcameraworld.com THE BEST OF ...

DOWNLOAD THE PROJECT FILES HERE https://bit.ly/2FH3rIs ON YOUR PC OR MAC Five projects that showcase the finest elements of this ...

PROJECT 1: COMBINE TWO PHOTOS Here’s a fairly simple layer project to get you up and running. We’ll look at how to drop in a new ...

01 SELECT THE SKY Open both the start images, then go to Select Select And Mask. With the Quick Selection tool, paint over the ...

04 POSITION THE SKY Use the Move tool to drag the new sky into position. If you need to resize the layer, press Cmd/Ctrl+T for T ...

07 TONE THE IMAGE To finish off this image, press Cmd/ Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E to merge all the layers into a new layer at the top of t ...

PROJECT 2: GLITCH EFFECT In this project we’ll explain how to craft this old-school glitch effect, just like a freeze-frame from ...

01 TURN OFF CHANNELS Open the start image and duplicate the background layer twice (Cmd/Ctrl+J). Go to the Layers panel and doub ...

04 MASK THE EFFECT Go to Filter > Distort > Shear and skew the image a little more. Highlight the Smart Filter mask in Lay ...

PROJECT 3: BLENDED PAINTS Blending modes let you blend two or more images in all manner of creative ways. Here we’ve used an old ...

Layer Blending modes are a set of different algorithms that change how the currently selected layer will interact will the pixel ...

To change the color of a person’s clothes, begin by making a selection of the clothes – the Quick Selection tool is ideal for th ...

Unlike pixel-based layers that hold images – or parts of them – Adjustment Layers represent different tonal effects, which affec ...

In this project, we’ll look at how layers can be duplicated, reshaped, copied, grouped and reused to build up an effect. We’ll b ...

01 REDUCE THE SIZE Open the portrait then press Cmd/Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer. Grab the Move tool and check Auto-Select and ...

04 COPY THE PATTERNS Highlight the portrait layer again, then select some of the black lines on the dress and again copy them to ...

07 GROUP, COPY AND WARP AGAIN Cmd/Ctrl-click all three dress layers then press Cmd/Ctrl+G to group them into a Layer Group. Pres ...

10 FINAL TONING Highlight the top layer and press Cmd/ Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E to merge a copy of all the layers, then go to Filter > ...

Every image requires its own tailor- made treatment, but there are a few general edits you can apply to most, if not all, of the ...