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• Creating Photomerge from Multiple image blending in CS3
  by Prasad

  Learn how to blend different pictures using layers, to create a digital montage : You don’t have to master every creative tool that Ph…

  Learn how to blend different pictures using layers, to create a digital montage : You don’t have to master every creative tool that Photoshop or Elements has to offer in order to make great images. In fact, just a basic understanding of the layers pallet and its range of Blending Modes can provide fantastic results. Here’s my methodology that created my gallery for Experimental & Alternative Process Photography. I have combined 4 images to create In her memories…...., two landscape photographs of Backwater Reflections #3, River Poems #1, a model portrait and a background image of land. Neither one is specifically shot for final resulting image. But with a little creativity and thinking I produced this image with increased significance and impact. As far what you put in your composite image ( digital photo montage ), that’s personal choice, but flat, simple subjects tend to work best. I suggest you to look around your home or nearby to find some interesting subject ( as for me in the background image of land which added a texture to final photograph ). Once you’ve got your images load them into Photoshop & let the fun begin! 1. Open start images with all desired images you want to blend. Ensure you have achieved desired level of processing with them, individually. / Now, make a NEW file ( Ctrl + N ). Input NAME, PRESET, WIDTH, HEIGHT, RESOLUTION, COLOR MODE, BACKGROUND CONTENT. Click OK. Your BLANK document will appear on screen. 2. Now, SELECT ( Ctrl + A ) the desired image for BACKGROUND IMAGE and COPY ( Ctrl + C ) on the clipboard. PASTE ( Ctrl + V ) on the BLANK document. 3. Follow the process with other images opened, to add TWO or THREE layers in the NEW file. 4. Pick the background image in the NEW file, then click all the “EYE” icons above it. It’ll deselect the layers. Press “D” to select as a foreground color. 5. Now, add another layer by ACTIVATING “EYE” icon the adjacent box, deselected earlier. 6. Start playing with BLENDING MODES, OPACITY and FILL. 7. First NORMAL and DISSOLVE you use rarely. DARKEN to DARKEN COLOR increase COLOR saturation and contrast. LIGHTEN to LIGHTER COLOR increase brightness, and make all black areas in the layer to disappear, allowing the layer below show through. This also helps you to select images with dark or black background. 8. As you come down one by one in the blending modes, intensity of the blending mode increases – Dark will be more darker and bright will be brighter. / 9. Use OPACITY and FILL to adjust blending composition to desired level. Don’t hesitate to use CHANNEL MIXER, HUE & SATURATION, SELECTIVE COLOR, LEVEL, CURVES tools as and when desired to get impact and toning with the desired layer. 10. To make the image more sophisticated try BLURR and DISTORTING some parts of it, because it is multi layered image it’s really easy to do, and it looks great. / 11. Now, FLATTEN the image finally. LAYER – Flatten Image. Save to desired file extention *.tif, *.psd, *.jpg. Usually, I prefer *.tif for original and then convert to *.jpg. I am thankful to my friend Sue for pushing me to write a tutorial for this image and making me to take a plunge in the deep ocean. I humbly say, I am not a Photoshop expert, I still have to go a lot distance but sharing this method will help many, as this form of art was one of my dreams and thought it might not be a reality for me. But it happened for me, and wish to happen it for many :) Prasad

• How to create Selective colour image in CS3
  by Prasad

  Learn How to create selective color image in Photoshop - Many times selective color images convey the message more strongly than just …

  Learn How to create selective color image in Photoshop - Many times selective color images convey the message more strongly than just a color or monochrome image. Photoshop has provided the freedom to work on a color image to get final desired result. Although, nothing is predictable or can be planned to get good result in photography, the best out come or result is still depend on basic skill of human being – i.e. Creativity. Here is my methodology for SC processing - There is no thumb rule for an image used for selective color processing. You can use Portraits, Landscapes, Stills, Candid images, Macro or any of your choice. Once you decide to work on any image real PS fun begins. I selected Colors of Life for SC processing. 1. Open an image as a new file or copy of original image. 2. Make a duplicate layer ( CTRL + J ) 3. Convert the image to Black and White using Desaturate command. ( Image > Adjustments > Desaturate OR just press CTRL + SHIFT + U ) or the Channel mixer ( Image > Adjustment > Channel Mixer ). Color information of the original image will be removed and image will appear B&W. 4. While the top layer is selected adjust image resolution to 100% or just press ALT + CTRL + 0. 5. Now select History brush tool to retrieve details from original image. 6. Adjust brush size, opacity and flow to the desired level. ( This can be done by experimenting ). 7. Start painting on the area you want to bring back for color. 8. Since, it is a brush you can literally “bring back” only certain parts of the image by painting them. 9. Finally just FLATTEN the image. LAYER – Flatten Image. Save to desired file extention TIF, PSD or JPG Usually, I prefer TIF for original and then convert to JPG. I got the final result in Intent . . . . . . . I humbly say, I am not a Photoshop expert, I still have to go a lot distance but sharing this method will help many, as this form of art was one of my dreams and thought it might not be a reality for me. But it happened for me, and wish to happen it for many :) PS : You can create a copy of original background layer and experiment with blending options to create perfection keeping upper most layer as described above untouched. Prasad