Friday, August 12, 2011

A Glance of the Future


How i did this:   Experimenting make it possible... am not a professional photographer!


1. open image
2. copy background
3. make another copy
a. go to image - adjustment - black and white
b. then go to filter - other - high pass ( adjust to something that pop ups the details
c. then change the layer mode to overlay
4. go to channel tab load selection RGB ( hold cmd + click rgb )
a. make adjustment layer curve and move up midtones to 148
b. copy adjustment layer curve and invert selection from d mask by pressing ctrl I ---> adjust       midtones down to 138
5. make adjustment layer LEVEL ---> adjust accordingly.
6. make new layer ---> stamp visible or ctrl+shift+alt E
7. make a new copy of stamped layer and adjust shadows/highlights
( image - adjustments - shadow/highlights -- of your own choice )
8. again make another copy of adjusted shdows and HLights.
and go to filter - blur and gaussian blur...
a. adjust the blur amount of your own choice - just enaf to blur the background...
b. apply mask - go to layer - layer mask - hide all
b1. now use your brush using white color and paint it to the mask to reveal the blur background..
9. make adjustment layer --- hue and saturation and desaturate by 50%..
10. to exagerate details...
again make new layer.. stamp visible ( ctrl+shift+alt E )
and repeat #3 a-c.

Eyes...
1. use dodge and burn technique... to pop up details dodge tool: Range: shadow Exposure: about 30% and dodge dark areas of the eyes to reveal some details.


option: to have more dramatic look.. again make adjustment layer -- hue and saturation --- desaturate by 60%.

11. make new layer --- use gradient tool -- using circular gradient -- make your foreground white and background black -- drag your cursor from d center to outside the frame to have a circular gradient...
a. again apply layer mask --- go to layer - layer mask - and this time reveal all...
a1. now use your brush using black color and paint it to the mask to hide the gradient and reveal the subject..
a2. change layer mode to soft light to soften the vignette effect.
12. lastly if still you're not satisfy from the details... make another layer - stamped visible - convert to black and white -- go to filter - another - high pass --- then again change the layer mode to overlay..


13. stamp your watermark and we're good to go.. ((= enjoy!