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New Tutorial: Energize That Photo

 

This week’s tutorial is really cool and really quick. The effect can be achieved in no time at all. In just a few steps we can turn a normal photo into an exciting design. Here we will utilize layers and filters to jazz things up a little. We will also make use of Photoshop’s powerful brush engine. Just by changing a few settings you can have a custom brush capable of creating a variety of different effects. Combine that with layers styles and you end up with some really cool results. Check it out.

2 Comments

  1. Bob Murray said on — October 8, 2008 @ 5:23 am

    Thanks for another hot tutorial. It’s a nice way to single out and highlight a subject in a group. I applied it to a few shots of musicians and bands and it livened up the images dramatically. You’ve taught me so much.

  2. Keith said on — October 8, 2008 @ 5:26 pm

    Yet another really easy but extremely cool effect. Corey….you are without doubt the most influential of all your peers in my creativity. Awesome!!!

    Cheers

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Create A Composite Layer

If you have a multilayer composition and you
want to apply an effect to all the layers at once, don’t flatten the layers–use a composite layer instead. Hide the layers you want excluded, and press Shift-Command-Option-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-E). A new layer will be created at the top containing a merged copy of all the visible layers.

Another option is to create a new layer at the top of the stack and make it active. Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) each layer you want to include to make those layers active, as well. Press Option-Command-E (PC: Alt-Ctrl-E).
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