Design A Spectral Photo

Design a spectral photo-manipulation
52
17 November 2010
by Sebastiano
Photoshop

Today I gonna show you how to realize from scratch a ghostly scene in few steps. We will use a
couple of stock photos and modify them so they will look harmoniously combined. In particular we
will deal with the burn tool, layer masks and some Photoshop filters often overlooked.
Preview:
Click to enlarge
Step 1
The starting point of this tutorial is the photo of an abandoned castel room. This photo is spectral
even without any kind of photo-manipulation. Sometimes inspiration derives from a place, like in
this case. Each place has something to say, a story behind. Lets imagine how many things could
have happened into a castle bedroom
Open the photo in Photoshop.

Step 2
To darken the room, duplicate the layer (ctrl+J) and set the duplicated layer blend mode to Color
Burn with opacity 30%.
Step 3
Now I dont like this warm atmosphere. So go to Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Black & White
to play a bit with colors. Move the cursors to modify the room colors.
Step 4
To make the details of the room more evident, press shift+alt+ctrl+E to merge all the layers into a
new layer. Then apply the high pass filter (Filter>Other>High pass).
Then set the layer blending mode to Overlay. Below you can see the difference between the room
before and after the effect.
Step 5
You can notice there is a light coming from the left, there should be a window in front of the bed. I
want this light stronger, as if the entire left wall disappeared. To do so, we will use a filter that
allows you to manage and create light effects. As we made in step 4, merge all the layers into a new
layer. Then go to Filter>Render>Lighting Effects. Here you need to set up the style to omni blu
and then move the light to the left, in correspondence with the mirror.
Now press shift+ctrl+U to desaturate the layer and set its blending mode to screen. The light effects
looks perfect now.
Step 6
Its time to introduce the first character of the scene, a melancholy child. After downloaded the
image, extract the boy with the pen tool and merge him into the Photoshop document. Then press
ctrl+T to re-size the kid, and put him on the bed.
Step 7
Since light comes from the left of the scene, we have to create the shadow effect of the boy on his
left. Create a layer and move it below the kids layer. Grab a large soft (hardness 0%) black brush
and paint to create the shadow. Reduce a bit the layer opacity and create other layers with other
shadow effect. If you use several layers with different opacities the final result will look more
realistic.
Step 8
To darken more the boy and to make his color contrasts stronger, grab the Burn tool in Shadows
mode. Reduce exposure to around 50% and paint over the boy, in particular on his left (shadow
area).
Step 9
The kid is too mush saturated. So press ctrl+U and reduce saturation to -35.
Step 10
To create the ghostly presence, Ive used another beautiful shot of a child, realized by Angi Nelson.
Extract the child with the pen tool and paste her into the document.
Go to Edit>Transform>Flip Horizontal. Then re-size and rotate the child (ctrl+T) so she will look
oriented in the direction of the boy.
Add a layer mask and use a large soft black brush to gently eliminate the bottom of the child.
Step 11
To transmit the idea of a ghostly presence, duplicate the ladys layer by pressing ctrl+J. Then go to
Filter>Blur>Motion Blur and enter a distance around 80 pixels.
Then, using the mask, eliminate the head from the duplicate layer. In this way the head of the
original layer will appear without the blur effect.
Step 12
As we made with the boy, reduce the saturation (ctrl+U).

Step 13
Create a new layer an set its blending mode to overlay. Then grab a soft white brush and paint over
the child to create a light effect. Reduce the opacity of the layer if necessary.
Step 14
Select all the layers of the flying spectral presence and group them (ctrl+G). Then add a layer mask
to the group and eliminate another part of the child. Then reduce the opacity of the group to 80%.
Here is how my ghostly child looks at this stage:
Step 15
To increase the dark effect on the right, I created a new group of layers where Ive painted on using
black soft brushes.
Step 16
Its time for the last adjustment layers. Lets start with the Vibrance layer (Layer>New Adjustment
layer>Vibrance) to lower down saturation to -30.
Then use the Color Balance layer (Layers>New Adjustment Layers>Color balance) to modify the
colors of the entire scene. I played with the options to turn the atmosphere from normal to
spectral, with a blue cold room as result.
And here is the result:
Step 17
The last touch: merge all the layers into a new layer (shift+alt+ctrl+E), then switch the layer
blending mode to Color Burn with opacity 30%.
Finito! For every problem or suggestion, you can use the comments;-)
Related Posts
1.
Design a Surreal Photo Manipulation
2.
How to create a melancholy model photo manipulation
3.
Create a Surreal Landscape Using Photo Manipulation
2500+ premium design resources for only $7!
We do the best to provide high-quality products that you can use in your commercial projects.
You bet!
take a tour sign-up
Sebastiano
Howdy! I'm a self taught graphic designer who loves to create amazing stuff using every kind of
media. I'm currently living and working in Italy.
52 Comments
(+add yours)
1.
suresh
November 17, 2010 at 12:20 pm
useful to me
thank you so much
Log in to Reply
Sebastiano
Youre welcome suresh
Log in to Reply
2.
bakr
hey its cool Sebastiano

I like your works and your easy way to illustrating
Log in to Reply
Sebastiano
Thanks bakr!
Log in to Reply
3.
claire
very nice work on the background!
Log in to Reply
4.
Scott
I like it. The only problem I can see with it is the child on the bed seems to be weightless as
he is not creasing the blanket in any way. It looks like hes floating on top of it when he
needs to be sinking down into it. But other than that its great and very educational.
Log in to Reply
mameara
I see this tutorial from your eyes :)
Log in to Reply
5.
Amr Boghdady
Neat tutorial youve got there, great work !
Log in to Reply
6.
sam

I am a begginer and I never did photoshop before but as a spectator Ireally liked ur work
and please give me something useful for a begginer
Log in to Reply
Sebastiano
Hi Sam,
There a banner in the sidebar that links to Photoshop exercises for beginners
Log in to Reply
7.
MuNsYi~SaMa
Very cool. Im interested to explore photoshop but dont have the time. This tutorial is very
good. thanks
Log in to Reply
8.
christina maria vargas
December 21, 2010 at 5:35 pm
Amazing! I am learning cs5 and eeeer! wondering if I should just spend some $$$$$ and
take a class. Great image
Log in to Reply
9.
Cgbaran
January 8, 2011 at 5:18 pm
Nice tutorial a little bit spooky:D
Log in to Reply
10.
Hajar
thank u so much for this wonderful tutorial

this is my worck ^^
http://www5.0zz0.com/2011/01/17/16/638622822.gif
Log in to Reply
mars
February 9, 2011 at 8:26 am
cool!!!! dude.
Log in to Reply
11.
nivi
January 19, 2011 at 9:41 am
amazing work :)
Log in to Reply
12.
mars
how can i insert a picture?
Log in to Reply
13.
Lenie
March 30, 2011 at 11:09 am

Hello
Beautiful manipulation lesson,
I love it and I make the lesson in photoshop CS4.
amazing work.
Thank you
Lenie
Log in to Reply
14.
Laksmi
March 30, 2011 at 11:10 am
Esto es muy bello! Haha thanks! It is awesome, I absolutely loved it :)
Log in to Reply
15.
china
April 6, 2011 at 2:01 am
wow thank u
Log in to Reply
16.
martie
April 27, 2011 at 6:52 am
you are so cute hehe..

God bless
Log in to Reply
17.
hend
May 3, 2011 at 2:10 pm
would u please marry me !

Log in to Reply
18.
Jamie
May 19, 2011 at 6:51 pm
Hello, I was doing this tutorial just to try and learn some new things that I can do design
wise with photoshop. However I was wondering what version of photoshop you have,
because when I got to step 5, I could not go to filter>render>lighting effects. There was no
lighting effects option in render or even in any of the other filter options. Also do you know
if theres anything else that I can do to bypass this step. or another way to accomplish this
effect with CS5?
Log in to Reply
19.
Hotdog
July 16, 2011 at 2:01 pm
Nice tut, but like some one said thou the boy seems to stand out a to much, like he needs
to be blurred a wee bit or some thing. There again it could just be me thou. Jamie Im using
CS5 and it is in there bud.
Log in to Reply
20.
Plactos
October 23, 2011 at 8:12 am
Hi dude, nice tutorial, but the room photo was deleted.. ;Z
Log in to Reply
21.
ToNZ
February 2, 2012 at 11:53 pm
likes it so much,, very good tutorial.
Log in to Reply
22.
seda
Thank you been working really beautiful and instructive sebastian
Log in to Reply
23.
Shamim Ahmed Anik
May 30, 2012 at 2:39 pm
Very suite Design,
Log in to Reply
24.
paul
June 21, 2012 at 1:37 pm
great work!
Log in to Reply
25.
ss
July 12, 2013 at 6:51 pm
room photo is deleted can u please upload it again
Log in to Reply
26.
which protein shakes are the best for building muscles
December 16, 2013 at 4:10 am
May HGH Supplements Boost Trim Body Mass

HGH, human ggrowth hormone may be the hormone inside the human body accountable
for preserving its hdalth and integrity in addition
to escalating lean body mass. The scientific title for this hormone is somatotropin.
A lot of people seeem to misread the character of HGH while in the human anatomy and
dont
grasp just what this hormone does.
Individual growth hormone is capable of exciting the growth of lean body mass, repairs to
broken cells, and alternative of dead ones.
As time goes by we normally start to generate less of it on

the daily schedule. In the age of twenty the average generation
degree of somatotropin inside the human body will waver between four hundred and five
hundred
micrograms. This can be depending on activity level and in some
instances gender. This generation will decrease to approximately half that volume at age
forty.
However, by the period this person reaches era ninety
they will produce around twenty-five micrograms on the common.
Which means that the average person can generate twenty times
less HGH to the average at age eighty as they
can at age twenty.
Products for HGH arent really giving the body more human growth hormones.
These supplements providse important proteins the anterior pituitary gland employs
to create HGH. That does not indicate they are frauds or useless.
They are doing work, and work properly for the purpose of aiding inside the raise of
lean body-mass.
which proteion shakjes are the best for building muscles
Nonetheless, it must be noted that there is a peculiar concept that utilizing HGH
supplements will turn a typical prson in to a super-human muscle building machine.
This isnt true. An excellent, reliable, HGH product works well for
some individuals and be practically useless for
others. There are two main components that determine how well an effective supplement
works for you personally.
These elements are age and pastime.
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/23749508/derrick-rose-says-hes-gained-
10-lbs-of-muscle
An eighty year old male or female that works out every day will
find that an excellent product will help them out to
an amazing, practically staggeringly effective, stage.
A twenty year old male or female that sits around playing game titles all evening and eating
potato chips may barely
recognize any change at all. In most honesty a twenty-year old power
lifter will not be probable observe that much difference either.
The truth in this issue is that HGH supplements

will help increase lean body mass but only in folks
that need the boost. A new highly active individual previously produces the maximum
amount of HGH your body may use naturally anyway.
The others is squandered. For these individuals they would
be better supported by way of a straightforward multivitamin.
To drive the human body to construct significantly larger amounts of muscle mass using
HGH at a younger age
will require the utilization of injections.
This is a normally outlawed plan of action without
medical factors.
Log in to Reply
27.
Jeff
Great tutorial found lots of cool tips. Thank you
Log in to Reply
28.
league of legends rp hack
January 5, 2014 at 8:38 am
Whats up, after reading this amazing piece of

writing i am too cheerful to share my experience here with colleagues.
Log in to Reply
29.
http://radiologytechnicianseattle.page.tl/
March 9, 2014 at 12:14 pm
I use quotation marks because Im pretty certain that someone

accidentally filled his little jar of Novocaine with tap water, for
all the good it did me. Note: The story also precisely meshes with Intuits big, compelling
vision:
Our key goal is to revolutionize how people do financial work.
Then the doctor had Pretty April wheel in a 55-gallon drum of dye, and I swear
he injected every last drop of it into my shoulder, one little squeeze
at a time.
Log in to Reply
30.
luxury boots sale
March 23, 2014 at 12:04 am
Want product and industry knowledge for good use m ?

luxury boots sale http://www.heelsfirstclub.com
Log in to Reply
31.
outdoorcoatsoutet.com
March 23, 2014 at 12:05 am
6pm.com offers discounted prices on shoes, clothing, handbags, and accessories. Shoppers
can save up to 75% off retail on name brand styles for women, men, and children.
outdoorcoatsoutet.com http://www.outdoorcoatsoutet.com
Log in to Reply
32.
michael kors bag
March 23, 2014 at 12:05 am
michael kors bag http://baid.us/michael-kors-bag
Log in to Reply
33.
celine
March 23, 2014 at 12:06 am

celine http://baid.us/celines
Log in to Reply
34.
christian louboutin??
March 23, 2014 at 12:08 am
christian louboutin?? http://www.christianlouboutinforchina.com
Log in to Reply
35.
michael kors bags
March 23, 2014 at 12:09 am
michael kors bags http://126.am/GxBJw2
Log in to Reply
36.
monster headphone sale
March 23, 2014 at 12:11 am

monster headphone sale http://www.monsterforchina.com/headphones.htm
Log in to Reply
37.
sexy red shoes
March 23, 2014 at 12:12 am
Looking for quality cheap shoes? ShoeOcean is an independent online retailer committed to
provide great deals on women flat sandals, fashion boots, bridal shoes,
sexy red shoes http://redheelsstore.com
Log in to Reply
38.
Cheap Balenciaga
March 23, 2014 at 12:13 am

Looking for quality cheap shoes? ShoeOcean is an independent online retailer committed to
provide great deals on women flat sandals, fashion boots, bridal shoes,
Cheap Balenciaga http://www.topfashionsstore.com
Log in to Reply
39.
fashion heels
March 23, 2014 at 12:14 am
fashion heels http://www.fashionsheels.com
Log in to Reply
40.
supra??
March 23, 2014 at 12:14 am

supra?? http://www.suprachinashop.com
Log in to Reply
41.
pandora jewellry 2013
March 23, 2014 at 12:14 am
pandora jewellry 2013 http://www.Pandorajewellry2013.com
Log in to Reply
42.
supra shoes saled
March 23, 2014 at 12:17 am

supra shoes saled http://www.suprashoessaled.com
Log in to Reply
43.
Online Hotel Bookings
May 3, 2014 at 7:37 am
Hey There. I found your weblog the use of msn. That

is an extremely neatly written article. I will be sure to bookmark it and come back to learn
more of your helpful information. Thank you for the post.
I will definitely return.
Log in to Reply
44.
heterological
August 16, 2014 at 3:21 am
This person does not have to be a photographer,

but someone who can be there and carry any equipment
would like to bring with you. You might also need to advertise in news papers and
magazines to be able to draw a substantial number of clients that you can build on. Uses:
Medium Shots
are used to show things closer than the wide shot.
Log in to Reply
45.
domain
October 7, 2014 at 8:22 pm
Do you have a spam problem on this site; I also

am a blogger, and I was wanting to know your situation; we have created some nice
methods and
we are looking to swap strategies with others, please shoot me an email if interested.
Log in to Reply
46.
Dakota
October 10, 2014 at 11:36 am
that tutorial was amazing thanks for the help
Log in to Reply
47.
mavrick moon
March 18, 2015 at 4:19 pm
Hello people from a year ago, I doubt that anyone is going to see this, but my class might
see this. I really like this particular tutorial, thank you. You basically gave me an A.
Log in to Reply
Leave your comment
You must be logged in to post a comment.
categories
Articles
Inspiration
News
Tutorials
Photoshop
Illustrator
Photoshop for beginners
Web design
Wallpaper
Advertisement:
popular files
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
twitter updates
1.
About
WeGraphics is a creative studio specialized into the creation of graphic design resources. We do
the best to provide high-quality products that our subscribers can use in their commercial projects.
Follow us on Twitter
Get updates via email
Blog RSS Feed
Resources RSS Feed
Last Resources
Artist Square Business Card Template
Scattered Particle Brushes for Illustrator

Dark Stone Textures and Brushes
Menu
About
Affiliate
Blog
Contact
FAQ
Premium
Resources
Terms and conditions
back to top
Copyright 2015 WeGraphics.net - All rights reserved. Design and code by WeGraphics Team

Design A Spectral Photo

Загружено:

Сведения о документе

Оригинальное название

Авторское право

Доступные форматы

Поделиться этим документом

Поделиться или встроить документ

Параметры публикации

Этот документ был вам полезен?

Это неприемлемый материал?

Авторское право:

Доступные форматы

Design A Spectral Photo

Загружено:

Авторское право:

Доступные форматы

Design a spectral photo-manipulation

Open the photo in Photoshop.

As we made with the boy, reduce the saturation (ctrl+U).

Design a Surreal Photo Manipulation

How to create a melancholy model photo manipulation

Create a Surreal Landscape Using Photo Manipulation

2500+ premium design resources for only $7!

take a tour sign-up

November 17, 2010 at 12:20 pm

November 17, 2010 at 1:26 pm

Youre welcome suresh

November 17, 2010 at 7:27 pm

hey its cool Sebastiano

November 17, 2010 at 9:15 pm

November 19, 2010 at 3:09 pm

very nice work on the background!

November 19, 2010 at 5:52 pm

November 24, 2010 at 12:21 pm

I see this tutorial from your eyes :)

November 19, 2010 at 11:20 pm

Neat tutorial youve got there, great work !

November 20, 2010 at 4:12 pm

November 20, 2010 at 8:15 pm

November 24, 2010 at 2:09 pm

christina maria vargas

December 21, 2010 at 5:35 pm

January 8, 2011 at 5:18 pm

Nice tutorial a little bit spooky:D

January 17, 2011 at 5:42 pm

thank u so much for this wonderful tutorial

February 9, 2011 at 8:26 am

January 19, 2011 at 9:41 am

February 9, 2011 at 8:23 am

how can i insert a picture?

March 30, 2011 at 11:09 am

March 30, 2011 at 11:10 am

Esto es muy bello! Haha thanks! It is awesome, I absolutely loved it :)

April 6, 2011 at 2:01 am

April 27, 2011 at 6:52 am

you are so cute hehe..

May 3, 2011 at 2:10 pm

would u please marry me !

May 19, 2011 at 6:51 pm

July 16, 2011 at 2:01 pm

October 23, 2011 at 8:12 am

Hi dude, nice tutorial, but the room photo was deleted.. ;Z

February 2, 2012 at 11:53 pm

likes it so much,, very good tutorial.

February 9, 2012 at 9:54 am

Thank you been working really beautiful and instructive sebastian

Shamim Ahmed Anik

May 30, 2012 at 2:39 pm

Very suite Design,

June 21, 2012 at 1:37 pm

July 12, 2013 at 6:51 pm

room photo is deleted can u please upload it again

which protein shakes are the best for building muscles

December 16, 2013 at 4:10 am

May HGH Supplements Boost Trim Body Mass

As time goes by we normally start to generate less of it on

The truth in this issue is that HGH supplements

January 1, 2014 at 10:44 pm

Great tutorial found lots of cool tips. Thank you