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Submitted: February 22, 2007
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Edit , since I uploaded this I have had quite a few :+fav: s and only 1 comment, if you want to fav it ( which I am very gratefull for ) could you please comment a few words to say what you like about it, how you would use the tutorial and if you found it helpfull so I can see what people like and in turn make more tutorials techniques similar. Also any techniques you would like to know will get a respose aswell... Thanks.



I wanted to create an image that separates the subject ( girl ) from the rest of the background without messy cut outs, with no portraits worth working on of my own I used this image here ~katayestyle :-)

Limitations

This tutorial is best used on an image with mid to strong colour contrast between the subject and background to start off with, if you need to put a bit more contrast in the subject then use the sponge tool set to saturate at 20% , it is also done using Photoshop CS2, no plugins are used and the tools, adjustments can be translated to other apps.

1> Open the image to be edited and goto Image>adjustments>;photo filter.

2> Change the filter to Cooling filter (80) or (82) to give the entire image a colder look ( tanslation for other apps that don't have this feature you can use something like Color balance )

3> Goto Image>adjustments>selective color. and under the red channel move the yellow or red slider to add more warmth to the subject ( translation this can also be done with Color balance in other apps )

4> repeat steps 2 and 3 if required to vary the strength of the color contrast between blues and yellow/red ( depending on the original contrast )

5> Goto the layers pallet and click on Channels, hold the CTRL button down and left click on the blue channel to select the blues in the RGB image.

6> Goto select>Inverse to change the selection so it selects everything EXEPT the blue in the RGB image.

7> Edit>copy Edit>;paste to copy the selection into a new layer then duplicated that layer so you have 3 layers, original layer and the 2 selections.

8> choose the middle layer and change it's blend mode to "Screen" then choose the top layer and change it's blend mode to "soft light"

9> select the original layer and Goto Image>adjustments>desaturate to make that layer B&W

If you have followed all the steps you will get an image that makes the subject look warm on a B&W background with a slight cold blue cast to it, once you get this you could do it again and add a lot more artistic effects to it.

Just remember that if you like the image then applause the Photographer here ~katayestyle and if you like the tutorial then comment bellow :-)
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well, I'm not completely sure I know what your going for, but its seems to have turned out well

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thanks for sharing this

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Una sonrisa endulza el Corazón y alivia el alma :D

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No problem and thanks for the :+fav: :-)

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you're wow XD
that u taught me more than the tutorial ..
thanx :)
no problem :-)

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Thanks for sharing! I didn't use the whole thing in its entirety, but I've used a tip here and a tip there in some different works, and this was helpful for bringing forward some of the photoshop tweaks I never knew about. Awesome!

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No problem :-) , I'm glad it came in usefull :thumbsup:

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perfectly done !

good execution :D
Thanks for posting this tutorial. I will give it a try when I get some decent picture! ;P I'll make sure to link back. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. :hug:

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No problem I hope it ends up being usefull :-) thanks for the :+fav:

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