In this tutorial, I will show you how to spice up a dull and flat photograph. It is simple and rapid! Go from flat picture to a uniquely lit style.
Editor's note: This tutorial was originally published on Psdtuts in March of 2008.
Source Photos
For this tutorial, we'll need images that I took. You can download them to follow along. These are my images: castle picture & clouds picture.
Step 1
Anyway, use the Patch Tool (J) to remove the automobile & the Clone Stamp Tool (S) to recreate the pattern of the bricks where it was.
First of all, my apologies for this step. I waited for a lovely twenty minutes but that automobile didn't move, so I had to take the picture with it!
If you have never used the Patch Tool, there's a couple of ways to make use of it. First, make a choice as you would in the event you were using the Lasso Tool, then click inside the area & drag together with your mouse. Depending on whether you are using Source or Location as your checked option you will either move the picture inside the choice, or move the whole choice around. The Patch Tool will blend-in the area you have selected when you let go. You can also use patterns & transparency. All in all, it is a great tool.
Step 2
Once the van has been removed, apply Filter > Render > Lighting Effects to make the light come from the top right.
Step 3
With the device that you prefer, generate a choice of the part that you need to hide. For example, I used the Pen Tool (P) to select the sky and the buildings around the castle. With the choice active, add a Layer Mask.
Step 4
Duplicate the background layer, desaturate it with Ctrl+Shift+U, apply Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur with 4-pixel Radius, and set the Blending Mode for the layer to Overlay.
Step 5
Now they require a photograph with clouds & the rays of the sun coming from the right. I used this photograph of mine that was ideal for this situation.
Send it to the back of the other layers.
Then duplicate it & set the copy layer Blending Mode to Lighter Color.
Step 6
Duplicate again the original background picture (Layer one) and put the this new layer below the Layer one copy.
Set the Blending Mode to Multiply.
Step 7
Now turn off the visibility of the castle layers, go to the Layer one copy, & merge the visible layers in to a new layer with Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E.
Then desaturate it with Ctrl+Shift+U, set the Blending Mode to Overlay, & the Opaqueness to 50%.
Step 8
Make a brand spanking new layer on the top of the other.
With a huge, white, soft brush that matches the size of the light of the sun, make a round spot.
This is an example with black background to demonstrate the effect.
Then apply the Luce filter that you can download free or use the earlier tutorial about Lighting Through Clouds here on Psdtuts+, to make this light coming through the clouds. Set the Blending Mode to Overlay.
Step 9
Just Burn the dark side of the castle and Dodge the light part of it with a large, soft brush. By doing this, they make it appear as if the light is coming from the clouds and hitting the right side of the castle, leaving the other side in darkness.
At this point we are done, but the picture is overall dark and our blur earlier has left it slightly blurry, so we'll fix that next.
Step 10
To finish the picture, generate a brand spanking new layer above the rest and go to Picture > Apply Picture, use the settings "Merged", "RGB" and "Normal" for blending. This will generate a brand spanking new layer above the rest holding a duplicate of the picture. Set this layer to Screen and about 70% Opaqueness. Then go through each layer and apply Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask and use the settings Amount: 250% and Radius .2px (Use a bigger radius for larger images). This ought to sharpen the picture back up to give us a lovely final result.
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