Photoshop Tutorial 1: Replace missing part with Clone Stamp Tool
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Select the Clone stamp tool from the toolbox.
Point the mouse at a place where you want to copy the image from. Hold down “Alt” key and click one
time to mark the starting point.
Release the “Alt” key to start cloning using the clone stamp tool. When you paint, you can see a plus
(+) sign which is used to indicate the cloning source.
Photoshop Tutorial 2: Retouch photo with Patch Tool
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Select the Patch tool from the toolbox.
Draw to circle the areas that need to be patched. Once the circle is completed, point the cursor inside
the circle and drag it to the clear area to patch the hole. Repeat this step so that all holes are patched.
Photoshop Tutorial 3: Remove wrinkles with Spot Healing Brush tool
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Step 1: Remove wrinkle
Select the Spot Healing Brush tool from the toolbox.
Start brushing on the wrinkles from left to right (or right to left) one by one until all are removed. You
can switch to patch tool if the result is not so good. Use History panel or press Ctrl-Z to undo the step
Step 2: Make the teeth white
Select the teeth using Magnetic Lasso Tool
Go to Image menu > Adjustments > Replace Color
Select the Add the sample (the middle picker with plus sign) and click on the teeth area in the image
to highlight the entire teeth.
Once the desired area is highlighted, reduce the Saturation (-35) and increase the Brightness (+13)
Photoshop Tutorial 4: Change a picture’s tone with Match Color command
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Step 1: Open the files that you want to match color.
Destination image: Source image
Step 2: Click on the destination image. Go to Image menu > Adjustments > Match Color … option
Step 3: Choose the source image to match the color.
Image Options:
The “Neutralize” option is used to
remove color cast in the target image.
The “Luminance” slider increases or
decreases the brightness in the target
image.
The “Color Intensity” slider adjusts the
color saturation in the target image.
The “Fade” slider controls the amount of
adjustment applied to the image.
Photoshop Tutorial 5: Adding rainbow into a picture
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Step 1: Add a New Layer above the Background Layer
The Layer palette is showing the Background layer. To add a new blank layer above the Background
layer, click on the New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers palette.
Rename the new layer “layer 1” to "Rainbow".
Step 2: Select the Rainbow Gradient
Click the Gradient tool from the Tools palette, or press shortcut key G on your keyboard to select it:
Then, click on the Gradient Picker in the Options Bar at the top of the screen
This brings up Photoshop's Gradient Editor. By default, the rainbow gradient isn't in the list. We can
add more gradient. To do that, click on the right-pointing arrow in the top right of the Gradient Editor:
Then click on the Special Effects gradients to add the rainbow gradient. Click Append so you'll still
have the original gradients available while adding new gradient.
Next, select Russell's Rainbow, the last one at the bottom.
Step 3: Select "Radial Gradient" from the Options Bar
Go back up to the Options Bar at the top of the screen and click on the Radial Gradient option so that
the rainbow will appear in circle shape
Step 4: Drag Out a Rainbow with the Gradient Tool
In order to let the rainbow appear as an arc, position the mouse at the right edge of the image (slightly
below the tree), and click and drag all the way to the left as shown in the left picture below. Hold your
Shift key down as you drag to constrain your gradient horizontally. Release your mouse.
Step 5: Change the Blend Mode of the Rainbow Layer to "Screen"
With the "Rainbow" layer still selected, go up to the Layer Blend Mode options in the top left of the
Layers palette, click on the down-pointing arrow beside the word "Normal", and change the blend
mode to Screen by selecting it from the list that appears:
Step 6: Apply Gaussian Blur Filter to the Rainbow layer
To make the rainbow look more realistic, Blur filter is needed. To do that, go up to the Filter menu,
select Blur, and then select Gaussian Blur. This brings up the Gaussian Blur dialog box:
Set the radius to 25 pixels (The setting depends on the resolution of the image) and click OK.
Step 7: Add a Layer Mask to the Rainbow Layer
With the "Rainbow" layer still selected, click on the Add A Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the Layers
palette:
Step 8: Choose the Black-To-White Gradient and set "Linear Gradient"
Grab the Gradient tool once again from the Tools palette if it's not still selected and then click again on
the Gradient Picker in the Options Bar:
Select the Black, White gradient and set the gradient option to Liner Gradient
Step 10: Apply the Gradient in the “Layer Mask”
A real rainbow would normally appear to get brighter as it reaches higher into the sky. To do that, we
need to fade out the rainbow at the bottom. With Gradient tool selected, draw a straight line from
bottom up (hold down shift key when dragging) to add the masking.
Step 11: Duplicate the Rainbow Layer to Increase Intensity
Duplicate the rainbow layer by dragging the layer into the second last icon at the bottom of layer
palette. Reduce the opacity of the duplicated layer to 70%
Photoshop Tutorial 6: Add raining effect to a picture
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Step 1: Add Some Extra Canvas Space around the Image
Go to Image menu > Canvas Size
Change the width and height to percent and set them to 120 percent.
Step 2: Add a blank layer and fill with black
Add a new layer on top of the layer. Rename the layer to “rain”.
Select Paint Bucket tool
Reset the foreground and background colors to default colors by clicking the small icon
Foreground color set back to black
With the paint bucket tool selecting and “rain” layer highlighted, click the picture.
Step 3: Apply rainy effect to “rain” layer
With the “rain” layer highlighted, go to Filter menu > Noise > Add Noise
Set the amount to 150%, check the Monochromatic option.
After that, go to Filter menu > Blur > Gaussian Blur
Set the radius to 0.5 pixels
Then, go to Filter menu > Blur > Motion Blur
Set the angle to 60 degree, distance to 50 pixels.
Step 4: Adjust the tone using “Levels”
With the “rain” layer still being selected, hold down Alt key and click on the New Adjustment Layer
icon at the bottom of the Layers palette. Select Levels from the list.
A New Layer dialog box appears. Check “Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask” option and
click OK.
A Levels dialog box appears.
Set the Input Levels to 80, 1.00 and 180
Step 5: Change the blend mode to “screen”
Select the “rain” layer. Change the blending mode to “Screen”
Crop the image back to its original size.
Photoshop Tutorial 7: Add Sparkling effect to a picture
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Step 1: Create the stars effect with brush
Open a new document with 200 x 200 pixels white background. To do that, go to File menu > New
Select brush tool
Set the foreground color to black
Select the “Star 70 Pixels” Brush and click 3 to 4 random sports inside the document
Select the “Airbrush Soft Round 17” brush and click 3 to 4 random sports inside the document
Next, click on the arrow icon on the top right to append “Assorted Brushes”
Select the “Starburst –Small” brush and click 3 to 4 random sports inside the document
Step 2: Set the document as Brush
Go to Edit menu > Define Brush Preset
Enter the name “Sparkle Brush” into the Name textbox and click OK.
Step 3: Adjust star brush settings
Select the “Sparkle Brush” that you created just now
Select the Brush Panel
Check and select “Shape Dynamic” option. Set the Size Jitter’s Control to “Fade” and value to 25
Check and select the Scattering option. Set the amount of Scatter to 110%, 3 for the count option
and 35% for the Count Jitter
Click on the Brush Tip Shape and set the spacing to 50%
Step 4: Draw stars effect into destination image
Open the image that you wish to add the sparkling stars.
Add a new layer on top of the background layer and name it “Sparkles”
Select the Brush Tool again. Change the brush size to 80
Set the foreground to white
Select the “sparkles” layer. With the brush tool being selected, drag out your sparkle trail starting from
the magic wand.
Step 5: Make growing effect into the stars
Duplicate the “Sparkles” layer (Sparkles copy)
Apply Gaussian blur filter to “sparkles copy”. To do that, go to Filter menu > Blur > Gaussian Blur
Set the value to 4.0 pixels
Duplicate the “Sparkles copy” layer (Sparkles copy 2)
Click on the Layer style con (second icon at the bottom) in Layers palette and choose Outer Glow
Set the color to purple (R-255, G-0, B-255), Opacity to 60%.
Photoshop Tutorial 8: Adding effect to a picture
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Step 1: Create the spiky hair effect
Enlarge the canvas size of the image. To do that, go to Image menu > Image Canvas
Select the Smudge Tool from toolbox
Set the brush size to 25px and hardness to 0%. Point the pointer at the ducky head and start dragging
up using the Smudge tool.
Step 2: Create the eyelashes
Using the same tool (Smudge tool), set its brush size to 10px.
Starting drag from the black eye iris and slightly curve up to create a curvy eyelashes.
Step 3: Create the headband
Add a new Layer to the image and name it “headband”.
Select the Elliptical Marque Tool from Toolbox and make a selection from A (0, 1.5) to B (5.5, 4.75)).
You can turn on the Grids (View menu > Show > Grid) or use the Guides (select Move Tool, and
drag a line out from ruler) to help you to see the rectangle.
Next, with the selection selecting, right click inside the selection and choose Transform selection
Now, rotate the selection to 5 degree and press enter
Fill the selection (Choose Paint Bucket Tool and switch color to black) with Black color
With the selection still selecting, move the selection down (use Arrow down key)
And delete the selection to get a picture as shown below:
Next, remove the extra areas (left and right). To do that, select the “background” layer. Choose Magic
Wand Tool from Tool box and click on the white background.
Once you get the selection (as shown above), click on the “headband” layer and press delete to
remove selection area (as shown below)
Next, open the Styles Panel (Go to Window menu > Styles). Click on the small icon on the right top
to add extra styles. Select “Textures” from the list and append to the current list.
With the “headband” layer selected, choose “Blanket” style from the list
Step 4: Add the butterfly onto the headband
Choose Custom Shape Tool from the Toolbox.
From the panel option, you can click on the down arrow next to the custom shape to change to other
shape. The butterfly shape is not in the default custom shapes. To add extra shapes, click on the
right arrow located at the top right corner of the popup box. From there, select “Nature” from the list.
Append the extra shapes to the current shape list.
Next, select Butterfly shape from the shape list.
Set the color to black, draw a butterfly on top of the headband
Press Ctrl + T to rotate the butterfly shape to 15 degree. Press Enter after you are done to release the
transformation.
Lastly, select Color Target from the styles list and adjust the location using Move Tool.
