How to Make Dance Photo Dazzling |Photoshop Tips

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How to Make Dance Photo Dazzling |Photoshop Tips

This Photoshop tutorial will make you earn how to combine photos and add special effects to turn a normal photograph into a stunning and dazzling artwork. Also learn several tricks to reduce your Photoshop document file size and number of layers and layer styles.

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Stock Photos

Here are the stock photos used for this website. You can purchase
the images through Dreamstime by clicking on the image below. We
used the highest resolution (unscaled) images available to write
this tutorial. If you would like to follow this tutorial using the
same settings we used, download the highest resolution (unscaled)
images available.

Step 1 – Open the image of the dancer

Load the image of the dancer into Photoshop.

Step 2 – Place the image of the clouds

Choose File > Place, browse for the image of the clouds, then
click OK. The image of the clouds will appear in your document window
with the transform tool activated. Resize and position the clouds
where you like it to appear then press enter on your keyboard to
apply the changes. The reason why we use the place command rather
than other methods is because the place command will place the image
as a smart object (if you are using Photoshop CS2 or newer) to help
keep the file size small if you save the document without the maximize
compatibility option.

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Step 3 – Blend the clouds

Now we’ll make the sky transparent so that only the clouds are
visible. Instead of using amask, we’ll use the blending options.
This will help keep the file size small and reduce the number of
layers in your document. Right click on the layer of the clouds
then choose Blending Options.

In the blending options, move the black input slider towards
the right until the sky disappears.

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Hold the alt key on your keyboard and drag the black input slider
all the way towards the right. The hard edges of the clouds should
disappear and the clouds should have some transparency. Don’t click
OK yet.

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In the same layer style window, click on the Color Overlay option.
Choose white as the color then set the blend mode to color. This
is a simple non-destructive trick to desaturate a layer using layer
styles. Click OK to apply the changes.

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Here’s what the image looks like right now. You have just blended
the cloud into the background without using any layer masks. We’re
not 100% complete with blending the clouds in but we’re going to
pause here and continue after we create a mask of the model.

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