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Step
1 – Find
the Stock Images
Open
a new document with the size 700 / 900. Now I will show you the
images used in this tutorial:
First
I need this photo
of a woman
from profile with an open mouth.
photo by mikehazelden
Another
photo is the
man with the gas mask
The
main background photo is the
industrial city landscape.
For
extra smoke effect I will use several photos :
Smoke
1
Smoke
2
Step
2 – Work
with the First Image - the Girl
I
will try and hopefully succeed to give a more dramatic look to the
girl photo. So copy the girl photo into your psd file. There is no
need to resize it. Go to Edit – Transform – Flip
Horizontal and place it on the left side of the image. Call this
layer Girl Layer
I
will need only the face of the girl so with the Pen Tool start to
draw the shape of the face. Change the opacity of this vector layer
to 50 % to draw exactly the shape of the face. Call this layer Girl
Shape Layer.
You
will obtain something like this:
Step
3 – Remove
the Girl Background
I
will now use the girl shape to remove the background. Press CTRL and
click the thumbnail of the Girl Shape Layer . Now return to Girl
Layer and select the Magic Wand Tool. Right click on the selection
and choose Select Inverse like in the image below. Press Delete and
the background is removed.
You
will obtain something like this:
Step
4 – Remove
Skin Imperfections
This
is a really beautiful profile but I will have to delete with the
Eraser Tool the parts of the face that were not cropped well. So I
will use in this part many of the tools that are used in the
retouching process: Spoat Healing Brush Tool , Clone Stamp Tool ,
Dodge Tool , Smudge Tool , Blur Tool and Eraser Tool.
Here
are the settings for the tools used:
Spot
Healing Brush Tool
Clone
Stamp
Blur
Tool
Dodge
Tool
Eraser
Tool
There
is no need to worry we will adjust the face later if it is not good
enough.
Step
5 – Beautiful
Skin Tone
Press
CTRL and click the Girl Shape Layer. Create a new layer and call it
White Effect. Set the blending mode of this layer to Soft Light 50%.
With the Brush Tool paint the selection. Be careful to avoid the
eyes, hair, eyebrows and mouth area.
Go
to Filter – Blur – Gaussian Blur
Now
return to Girl Layer and with the Dodge Tool lighten the skin.
Step
6 – Replace
Face Features
Now
I want to replace the face features; add another skin color, add
eyes, mouth color, etc.
For
this step I will use mainly the Pen Tool. Go to Layer – New –
Group and create a new group called Face Features. In this group I
will put all the layers created in this step.
As
you can see the face features are not very visible. I want to obtain
a nice doll porcelain look. So take the Pen Tool and create the
following shapes:
draw
a blue rectangle, color #819eab and place it in the eye area like in
the image below; change the opacity of this layer to 65%; go to the
Blending Options of this layer and add “Inner Shadow” ,
color for the shadow # 314255.
You
can see in the image below the exact area for the above layers.
with
the Pen Tool , this time select Path , draw a simple line like in
the image; now select the Brush Tool and make sure that the size is
2 and opacity 100%; set the foreground color to #4b3621 , than
create a new layer. And in this new layer right click and choose
Stroke Path… Now press delete 2 times until the vector shape
is deleted. Change the opacity of this layer to 55 %.
The
result is a little brown line on the bottom area of the eye.
Go
to Filter – Blur - Gaussian Blur , radius 26. You can see in
the image the result we have so far:
Step
7 – Add
the Background Image
Now
comes the hard part adding the background and blending all together ;
I am not an expert. I am just learning exercising.
The
background photo is this
industrial city landscape.
Copy
the image into your psd file and select the bottom are with the
houses and delete it. Move the image down. Change the opacity of this
layer to 40%.
Duplicate
the Background Layer. Go to the Blending Mode of this new layer and
change it to Luminosity 100%. You should now have something like
this:
Step
8 – Create
a Place for Every Item
As
you can see the girl’s face is to high and we have a white
empty space at the top of the poster. So I will create a new layer to
show you where to place the items(photo elements). As you can see our
poster has a shape now…the only thisng that we have to do is
to blend all together.
Step
9 – Blend
the Girl with the Background
I
have forgot to tell you to select all the layers of the Girl and put
them into a new gropu called Girl Group. So do it now! Now duplicate
this group and call it Girl Group Copy. The reason I do that is to
have an untouched copy of the girl layers if something goes wrong.
Hide the Girl Group Copy.
Right
click on the Girl Group and choose Merge Group. The result is an
image with all the girl layers merged. Call the new layer Girl Layer.
Go
to Edit – Transform – Scale 80%
The
first stept in the blending process is to lower the opacity of Girl
Layer to 65%
This
is the part where we can easily make mistakes
. Fortunately we have a copy. So take the Eraser Tool. Make sure
that you have Soft Brush Selected. Than with different sizes and
opacities delete parts of the Girl like in the picture.
The
idea is to create the impresion that the girl is behind the smoke and
that a part is inhaled.
Step
10 – Blend
the Gas Mask Man with the Background
Bring
the Man
with the Gas Mask
into the scene. Resize the image to 60% and place it like in the
image. Change the opacity to 50% and start blending with the same
Eraser Tool.
So
take the Eraser Tool. Make sure that you have Soft Brush Selected.
Than with different sizes and opacities delete the white background
of the man like in the picture.
Create
a new rectangle , color #8f7d67 that covers all the other images.
Change the Blending Mode of this layer to Overlay 100%. Call this
layer Filter. The image should look like this:
Step
11 – Add
Contrast and Light
As
it is now the image looks to flat for my taste so I will add it a
little contrast and depth. Create a new layer above all the others.
Go to Image – Apply Image :
Change
the Blending Mode to Overlay 100%. Call this layer Overlay Layer and
hide
the Filter Layer.
Go
to Image – Adjustments – Brightness/Contrast and bring
the contrast to 20. Now draw a black rectangle above all the other
layers. You shoul obtain this image:
Take
the Dodge Tool , size between 13 and 60 , range Highlights, exposure
60-65%; lighten the areas from the image below. You can also use Burn
Tool to darken some parts…don’t be afraid to experiment.
Step
12 – Add
the Text : Name of the Movie and Other Details
The
final detail is adding the name of the movie, producer, etc. You can
find in the images atached the settings for each group of letters:
INDUSTRIAL
NIGHTMARE , color # b33e15
Last
Days of the Planet Earth , colo #f7f2f0
A
PSD-DUDE.COM MOVIE , color #f7f2f0
PRODUCED
BY and BASED ON THE NOVEL BY , color #f7f2f0
The
final touch is to copy this
smoke clouds image.
Put this image over the text layers and change the Blending Mode to
Overlay 100%. Delete the part that exceeds the text black area and
this is it!
Final
Result! I hope this tutorial was useful for you!
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