Photoshop_User_-_February_2016

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Step Seventeen: Using

the Lasso tool (L), make a

loose selection around the

top two horizontal strokes.

Then, copy-and-paste these

selected strokes into the

main layout image. Once

there, press Command-T

(PC: Ctrl-T) to activate Free Transform. Hold the Shift key and

click-and-drag outside the bounding box to rotate the object

90°. Still holding the Shift key, drag a corner point to resize the

strokes, and then click-and-drag inside the bounding box to

reposition them on the left side of the subject as shown. Press

Enter when done, then drag this layer below the subject layer in

the Layers panel.

Step Eighteen: Switch to

the Move tool, hold down

the Option (PC: Alt) key, and

then click-and-drag a dupli-

cate of the strokes to the right

side of the subject. Go to

Edit>Transform>Rotate 180° to

rotate this duplicate layer so it

looks different than the original.

Press Command-E (PC: Ctrl-E) to

merge this duplicate layer with

the original brushstroke layer

below. Change the layer blend

mode to Multiply to make the

strokes blend with the wilder-

ness background.

Step Nineteen: Add a new

blank layer at the top of the

layer stack and grab the Gradi-

ent tool again. This time change

it back to a Linear Gradient and

press D then X to set the Fore-

ground color to white. Drag a

gradient from the bottom edge

of the image to above his belt to

add a white fade.

Step Twenty: Add another

blank layer at the top of the

layer stack and press Shift-Delete (PC: Shift-Backspace) to

open the Fill dialog. Select 50% Gray from the Contents drop-

down menu, set the Mode to normal, and click OK. Go to

Filter>Noise>Add Noise. Set the Amount to 400%, the Distribu-

tion to Gaussian, and check on Monochromatic. Click OK. Step Twenty

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