I hope that you enjoyed this tutorial and would love to hear your feedback on the techniques and outcome.OH NO. Gradient Overlay Adjustment Layer Settings: Do not apply clipping masks to these adjustment layers, as you want the adjustments to effect your entire canvas, not just the underlying layer: ![]() The images below show your dodge/burn layer at ‘normal’ blend mode and then ‘overlay’ blend mode: Use a soft black paintbrush at around 10% opacity for your shadows, and a soft white paintbrush for your highlights. This will hide your 50% gray fill, but will let you dodge/burn your image non-destructively. Then change this layer’s blend mode to ‘overlay’. Go to edit>fill and fill your canvas with 50% gray. ![]() Now create a new layer called ‘dodge/burn’. Now reduce this layer’s opacity to 15%, and change it’s blend mode to ‘overlay’: Now create a new layer called ‘overlay lighting’.ĭrag out a white to transparent radial gradient in the center of your canvas: You can see the settings for each of these below: You’ll need to apply a drop shadow, outer glow, bevel and emboss, gradient overlay and stroke. Now apply some layer blending options in order to achieve a gold like text effect. Reduce it’s opacity to 20% to make it more subtle: Paste this just to the bottom right of your bottom text. Then download the globe icon from the resources section for this tutorial. Use the same text settings as your top text, but obviously a fair bit smaller: You want to duplicate the credits found at the bottom of real life movie posters. Now add some text to the bottom of your composition. Then reduce this layer’s opacity to around 7%. Drag out a white to transparent radial gradient from the center of your canvas. Now create a new layer called ‘center lighting’. This should help draw the attention towards the center of your composition: Use a large, soft black paintbrush at a low opacity and paint round the edges and corners of your canvas. Now create a new layer called ‘vignette’. Now apply some text at the top of your canvas. Now apply a hue/saturation and levels adjustment layer (each one having a clipping mask): Now reduce this layer’s opacity to 90% and mask off the bottom of your man to blend him into the main background: Now paste in the ‘gangster man’ photo from the resources to this tutorial. Now reduce your light source layer’s opacity to 50%, and change it’s blend mode to ‘overlay’: Now create a new layer called ‘light source’.ĭrag out a white to transparent radial gradient from between the two men. Now repeat step 5, adding a second man to the right half of your canvas: Now apply a hue/saturation and levels adjustment layer: Apply a layer mask and use a medium sized, soft black paintbrush to mask off the edges of your man: Now paste in your photo of an elderly man, positioning it to the left of your canvas: Now repeat this technique, applying the brushes using a white paintbrush on a new layer called ‘watercolor brushes light’: Apply several brushes from the set, using a black, 20% opacity paintbrush: Now download the watercolor brush pack from the resources section for this tutorial.Ĭreate a new layer called ‘watercolor brushes dark’. This should add a subtle extra level of detail to your background: Then apply a hue/saturation adjustment layer: Paste it onto a new layer called ‘metal texture’. Now download the rust texture found in the resources section for this tutorial. Now repeat step 1, but add some cloudy sky (see the resources section for this tutorial) to the top of your canvas: Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer Settings: Now apply a hue/saturation adjustment layer to your cityscape layer (using a clipping mask). Now apply a layer mask, and use a large, soft black paintbrush at around 20% opacity to mask off the top of your city photo, blending it into your main background: ![]() Paste in your ‘foggy city’ photo, positioning it at the bottom of your canvas: Start by creating a new document (600X650px). Here is a preview of the image that we are going to be creating: Premium FanExtra Brush Set: Detailed Watercolor 2.
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