CREATIVE EFFECTS
BEFORE
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his surreal effect may look intricate and
complicated, but merely by making use of the
graphics and backgrounds that come with
Elements, it’s something that anybody can do,
and on any portrait they like. We’re using a simple graphic
called Brass Leaves, which you’ll find within the hundreds of
graphics, frames and effects that come with Elements, in this
tutorial. However, if you prefer, you could always use one of
the other graphics.
By duplicating and reshaping the leaves in different ways
you can build up an entire bush. Once that’s been done, all
you have to do is duplicate the cut-out face we’ve provided
and ‘clip’ it to each layer, before applying a Drop Shadow
Layer Style and changing the colours. To round things off,
drop in a suitably green leafy background, also taken from
the Elements graphics library.
Along the way we’ll repeatedly use one of Photoshop’s
most useful and underused shortcuts – the humble Alt
key. Let loose on the Layers panel, it enables you to make
speedy copies of layers, styles, masks and adjustments.
It also enables you to ‘clip’ a layer to the shape of the layer
beneath. Here’s how it works...Merge photos with graphics ....................................................
Create fantastic effects by merging your
photos with graphics using blending modes
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