A LIGHT BULB MOMENT
How many Photoshop tools does it take to change a light bulb?
There’s much fun to be had
in Photoshop by merging
two seemingly disconnected
images into an obeat montage.
The technique also calls upon
many of the most fundamental
tools and features in Photoshop,
such as layers, masks and blend
modes, so it’s a great way to learn
core skills. Here we’ll combine a
light bulb and a snowy tree into
a seamless scene.
One way to do this would be to cut
out the tree, but this would take a
while. Instead, we can get almost
instant results with the Multiply
blend mode. This multiplies the
darkness value of the blended
layer with those below, so because
the tree is a dark object against a
very light backdrop, lighter areas
are efectively eliminated. So why
not give it a go and make your own
fantastical montages?DOWNLOAD THE PROJECT FILES HERE http://tiny.cc/54oy4x ON YOUR PC OR MACPROJECT INFO
Yo u ’ ll l e a r n
How to create a
light bulb montage
and develop your core
Photoshop skills through
the use of layers, masks,
blend modes and ilters
You’ll need
Photoshop CC
It’ll take
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