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SERENE ANGELIC PHOTO EFFECT IN ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
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First off, when choosing a photograph to do this tutorial with, it's best if you use one with light colors (perferably with a lot of white like this one)
Open your file and put a colored background underneath your original picture.
I recommend light pastel colors, but not white, or else this technique won't work. Here I chose a nice pale yellow.
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Second, on your photograph layer, set it at Darken.
This will make the light parts of your picture transperant and the background color will show through.
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Next, you're going to duplicate your darkened layer. Go to your layer window and. . .
Right Click on Layer > Duplicate Layer
You'll notice that nothing will change, because your new layer should be set at "Darken" as well.
Then, on that new layer, you'll need to colorize it
ctrl + U > Colorize
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I recommend making it the same shade as your background.
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This is your result!
A nice tame picture with a serene quality. Perfect for making into backgrounds because the colors won't jump out at you.
But also great for headers ...
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