photoshop design

Creating illustrative or abstract manipulations with multiple photographs and renders is a great way to make a explosive action packed piece of art. Blended properly, these can bring an awesome composition together, by creating depth and movement to what can be otherwise a really bland scene.
In this tutorial we will show you ways to adjust and blend multiple stocks together to create a seamless kaleidoscopic base for an artwork. We also cover basic etching ( extraction ) techniques, look at some new layer-masking methods and have a play with different kinds of blur effects. We will also show you a way to create some nifty brush effects and to Finnish off with some adjustment layer fun. Plenty to keep you busy!
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Step 1

The first thing we’ll need is a model lucky you, we have provided one ! free stock images are a great way to learn photoshop manipulation and you can find plenty at different websites (such as sxc.hu). This is a good shot in that the model is well lit and very obviously focusing on a point directly above her – a strong beginning that suggests a direction for the rest of the manipulation!

Step 2

This is a very dark shot that makes some edges hard to spot – a trick here is to add a Levels adjustment layer and drag he Midtones sharply towards the shadows.This will blow the highlights up and make etching much much ( did i mention MUCH) easier. Zoom in nice and close on the photograph – around the 400% mark should get you a nice accurate result.

Step 3

Now, pull out your Pen (P) tool and start tracing around the model carefully. The more anchor points you use the better. Once you have completed a perfect trace of the girl, complete your work path by re-clicking on the original anchor point.
Ctrl-click/right-click in the center of your path and hit Make Selection. Ensure the Feather Radius is set to 0 and that the New Selection radio button is checked.