Add Eye Shadow to a Photo with Photoshop - Photo Editing Lesson

There are many times when a photo you have taken needs editing.  If you are dealing with portraits, you might find that the best editing touch to give the model the look you were going for is to add some more makeup.  This tutorial will show you how to add eye shadow to a photo, giving the model greater depth in the eye area.

Step 1. 

Open the photo and zoom in on the model’s face.  You will want to see the eye area easily.

Step 2. 

Click on New Layer (located in the bottom right) Double click the new layer so that you can give it a name.  Keeping track of layers as you work will ensure that you can easily undo any mistakes that might be made along the way.  Give your layer a name that will help you easily identify it, such as Eye1 or any name you choose.

Step 3.

Click on the color swatch (located on the left side of the screen) and begin choosing your color for the eye shadow.  Once you’ve selected a color click on the brush so that you can paint the color over the eye with the brush tool.

Step 4. 

Adjust the settings for your brush to make sure that the color is not too hard, you will want a soft look.  Also, play with the settings to ensure that the brush is an appropriate size.  You can click on the right and left bracket keys as a shortcut to make the brush size smaller and larger.  Choose 100% opacity for your color settings.

Step 5.

Apply your color over the eye.  It’s okay if it doesn’t look natural as you will be blending the color in later.   Brush the color over the eyelid, above the pupil and under the eyebrow.  Make sure to repeat this step on both eyes, keeping the colors located evenly. 

Step 6. 

Select the blend mode for the layer you are working on (located at the lower right hand portion of your window) and choose overlay.  This will help your new layer pick up some of the colors that were in the previous layer.  Use these colors to create a more natural look. You can create a natural look by adjusting the opacity.  Continue adjusting the opacity until you have a natural yet beautiful eye shadow that blends with the skin tones present.

Step 7. 

Now that your colors are blended, you might want to soften the edges a bit.  To accomplish this go to Filters, Blur, then select Gaussian Blur.  For greater blur, scroll over to the left.  If you want less blur, scroll over towards the right.  Adjust the Gaussian blur until you are satisfied with the appearance of the eye shadow as it appears in the corners of the eye.  Save your image. 

Add Decorative Borders to Photos in Photoshop - Photo Editing Lesson

A border can be a great addition to any photo, and with Photoshop, there are several ways to add borders.  When used creatively, a border will enhance your photo and cause it to pop off the screen.  Whether printing your photos or displaying them online, you’ll find that knowing how to add borders to photos is a great skill that will come in handy.

Step 1.
 
Open up your photo that you are going to add a border to.  Once it is opened, you will use the Lasso selection tool to draw a shape around the perimeter of your photo.  This shape doesn’t need to be symmetrical. To ensure that your border is creative and decorative, keep it as close to the edge as possible, but make sure that it is drawn freehand and a bit asymmetrical.  This will give it more character when finished.

Step 2.

After you’ve finished drawing your border click on Select and then Save Selection. This will create your selection as a new channel.  Give your selection a name that will help you identify it.  Click OK after you have given your selection a name and deactivate the selection.
 
Step 3.

Now you will go to channels and activate the Alpha Channel by clicking on it.  This will cause your photo to temporarily disappear, leaving only your border.

Step 4.

You are going to use the Diffuse filter to reshape the border until it has the appearance of crumpled paper.  Go to Filters, then Stylize, and select Diffuse. Double check that Normal mode.  Always remember to use your zoom tool to see your work clearly.  Zoom in now so that you can easily determine the shape and width of your border.

Step 5.

Enhance the appearance of torn paper by using Command combined with the Control and F keys. This will give your border a more torn appearance.  Continue repeating the process until you are satisfied with the appearance of the border.

Step 6.

Now you will give the border a soft look.  This will ensure that the border will not contrast too greatly with your photo, but give it a softened background.  Select Filters then Blur and then choose the Gaussian Blur.  Make sure that the Radius is set at 1.0 pixels.  This will give the border a blurred or soft appearance.

Step 7.

Now you are going to bring your photo back and view it with the border around it. Under Channels, select the Alpha 1 channel and place it at the bottom of your palette, where it says Load a Channel as a Selection.  Then select the RGB channel and you will see your photo.

Step 8.

Choose Select and then Inverse.  After it has inverted, press Delete.  Save your new photo with its border.

Correcting Image Colors in Photoshop - Basic Photoshop Lesson

Masks are an important aspect of adjusting colors in Photoshop.  If you have an image that needs colors adjusted you’ll want to take advantage of the masks option.

Step 1 - Choose the tool

Choose between the Image Adjustment Tool and the Adjustment Layer option.  Go down to the bottom of your layers palette and select adjustment layers menu.  It looks like a circle that is half black and white.  It has many similarities to the Image Adjustments tool located at the top of your program.  However, when you use the Image Adjustments tool your changes are applied to the entire photo. 

When you use the Adjustment Layers menu, you have the ability to correct color while working in layers, thus giving you greater flexibility.  If you need to correct the color on the entire image, then by all means, choose the Image Adjustment tool.  However, if you would like to correct color in certain areas of your photo, you will need to use the Adjustment Layers located at the bottom right of your Photoshop program.  Just keep in mind that changes made through the Image Adjustment tool are permanent.  Changes made through Adjustment Layers can be edited and changed.

Step 2 - Choose Hue Saturation

Click on the Adjustment Layers that is half black and half white (if you haven’t already). Choose Hue Saturation.  Determine which hue you need to correct and select it from the drop down menu.  If your image has too much green, then select green.  If it is too red, select red.  Adjust the hue saturation and lightness sliders until the image has an appearance that you are pleased with.  Since you are working with Adjustment Layers, you can easily view between the various layers to see a before and after effect while you work. 

Step 3 - The Masks

Your Adjustment Layer has masks.  You can activate your mask to create any selections on the image that you like and apply your color corrections to those areas.  To activate a mask, you can use a shortcut in Photoshop by clicking on the Quick Mask Mode, by clicking on Q on the keyboard.  Select black for your background color and then use the paintbrush tool to make your selection, or choose the area you would like to work on.  You can paint over the area where you will work. Choose invert to make sure that the area is selected.  The area will turn red indicating that it is ready for adjustments and editing.  By working with masks you can easily correct color on your images.

How to Superimpose People using Photoshop - Superimposition Lesson

Ever since the new technology had begun, creating endless possibilities with the impossible can already be achieved. This is because the new technology, also known as information technology, had vastly created an array of interconnections with the different aspects in life in order to create concrete results.

One of the most remarkable creations that this technology has made is the production of programs or software that is designed to uplift and enhance the visual arts and images.

Thus, the creation of Photoshop software has definitely bridged the connection between and among photographers, artist, and subjects.

Photoshop is, basically, a software program especially designed for the image editing of the graphic artists, producers, photographers, and professional designers.

With this device, along with the utilization of personal computers, people can enhance, modify, change, alter, or simply adjust the settings of an image or graphics.

The ultimate function of Photoshop is to provide viable tools for the different activities of print and video production, digital photography, and web designing.

Among these areas, digital photography is the most commonly used section in Photoshop. In this manner, images taken from a digital camera can be corrected or enhanced using this software. Certain areas of photography, prior to its printing process, like color correction and tonal modifications are included in Photoshop software.

In image enhancements, there is a closely related technique called superimposition, in which, the first image is deliberately held so that the two images appear on the photograph at the same time. In this way, the photographer or the graphic artist may indicate to his viewers that this is not a mere breaking point but that the two images are somehow linked together in the story.

The idea of superimposition is confined to two main reasons. It is either the photographer or the graphic artist is trying to hide something or enhance the total image effect. Whatever the reason is, this technique can definitely create remarkable impression on the part of the viewer.

With the use of Photoshop, photographers can create a superimposition on people. This can be done through the detailed procedure that can only be applied when using Photoshop. Here is how to do it:

1. Choose your camera

Creating superimpositions on people do not literally start on the software at once. It has to begin with the capturing of the image. Whether you will be using a digital or the typical camera, it is best that you use one that has 35mm lens.

2. Take your best shot

When taking pictures, try to take a shot of the object at about 50’, 15’ and 6’. This technique will supply distinct spaces among the objects.

Next, you have to take a second shot of the same object or person, but this time, you should move the camera to about 2 ½ inches to the right. Keep in mind that you have to maintain the focus of the line in a similar manner to that of the original shot.

3. Start the process

Once printed or transmitted to the computer, open the images using the Photoshop software. Start with the left picture, then, adjust the saturation by clicking on the following pattern: IMAGE — ADJUST — SATURATION/HUE. From that tab, change the saturation range into 60, and then click OK.

Repeat the process for the other image.

4. Eliminate the colors

Once the saturation is changed, the next thing you have to do is to remove the red, blue, and the green color of the images. Though, be very careful when doing this because it does not apply to all of the images.

For the right image, you have to remove the red color, while for the left image; you have to remove the blue and the green color. This can be done by clicking: IMAGE — ADJUST — LEVELS

Then, select red, if it is the red color that will be removed, or blue, and green respectively, in order to remove them from the left image.

After choosing the appropriate color, change the output levels to “0.” This is applicable for the red, blue, and green colors.

5. Transport

After doing this process, it is now time to place the two images in a larger screen. However, keep in mind that they should be on discrete layers.

Then, copy the right picture into the clipboard in this process: SELECT — ALL — EDIT — COPY. From that point, create a new file with the size in conformity with the size of the picture that is still available in the clipboard.

Change the number of pixels and modify it to 200 pixels. Then, click on the transparent — Ok. After which, paste the object in the new layer.

The process for the left image is still the same as that of the right picture. Just remember to paste the left image to the previous layer.

At this point, the “layers palette” is activated, displaying the two images, with the right image as the first layer, while the left image is the second layer.

In order to superimpose the two images bearing the same picture, the blending options should be changed from the normal mode to the screen mode.

As final changes, flatten the image by clicking the tab on the “layer” menu and trim the images so that the pictures will not overlap with each other.

Indeed, superimpositions can be very tricky at first but once you get the hang of it, you will eventually succeed in this kind of venture.

How to Remove Red Eye from an Image - Photoshop Photo Editing Lesson

An excellent picture can be destroyed by a red eye effect. Good thing it can be repaired by using the Red Eye tool in Photoshop CS2 from Photoshop Elements 3. This particular tool is very effective in various red eye images without affecting or causing changes to the default settings. It is done simply by clicking on the affected eye in the photo, so that is one click on each eye. The red eye tool in Photoshop CS2 and Photoshop Elements 3 are just the same.

A special Red-eye Brush tool comes in Photoshop Elements, although, using this may not all the time provide excellent results. The following is a red-eye removing method that applies to almost every situation.

1. Click to open the file photo.

2. Click the View menu, then open a new copy of the window by clicking New View.

3. Focus one window to have a bigger view of the eyes and the other window having the normal view or the actual size.

4. Make sure the layers palette is visible. Click on Window then Show Layers to have a visual.

5. At the lowermost part of the layers palette, click on the button “create a new layer”.

6. Make use of the blending mode menu found at the upper part of the layers palette to switch the blending mode of the new layer to Color.

7. Choose the replacement eye color on the foreground color swatch found in the tool box.

8. Choose the paintbrush tool.

9. Select a soft-edged brush from the options bar that is somewhat smaller than the part with the red eye. Click the opacity to set it to as low as thirty percent.

10. Slowly paint over the red part of the eyes, making sure not to overlap with the white part of the eyes or the skin part. Increase the zoom to view the area better and have more control.

The following steps can be followed on the other hand using any version of Photoshop.

1. See the Image.

2. Make a copy of the image and keep the first.

3. If you are using Photoshop 6 or below, click on “View” and then “New View”. If you are using Photoshop 7, drag the cursor and click on “Window”, then “Documents” and then “New Window”. The result will be the opening of a copy window of that image.

4. Focus one window to have a bigger view of the eyes. Adjust the second window view to 100 percent.

5. Adjust both windows so you can check on both the bigger view and the 100 percent image together.

6. Make another layer.

7. Utilize the eyedropper to capture a color from the eye’s iris. The color should be in gray tint with a shade of the color of the eye.
 
8. On the red portion of the eye, paint a new layer. Be sure to avoid painting on the eyelids.

9. Click “Filters”, then “Blur”, followed by “Gaussian” and allow one pixel to make the edges have a soft effect.

10. Adjust to “Saturation” the blend mode of the layer. The result will be taking out the red eye but not affecting the highlights. Although most conditions leave the eyes much more gray and looking hollow.  

11. In this situation, make a copy of the saturation layer and revise the mode blend to “Hue”. The result will be the color returning for a while and at the same time retaining the highlights. 

12. In case the result is a very strong Hue after putting on a layer of “Hue”, set down the Hue layer’s opacity.

13. If you are contented with the output, you may now combine the added layers.

Tips:

• The Burn tool can be used to make the pupil area dark.
• The Eraser tool can be used to remove excess spray.

How to Change the Hair Color and Make it Look Completely Natural - Demonstrative Photoshop Lesson

You are doing an ad campaign wherein you are promoting a hair dye. So, for example, a model who is originally a brunette will be transformed into a blonde, then to red, then to green then to ala-X-Men Storm’s black hair with a gray streak.  Facing all these requirements in your print, magazine and billboard ad, what should you do to the original brunette hair of your model? Simple, use Photoshop and your model can change her hair color and still make it completely look natural. 

This step by step instruction will demonstrate ways of transforming hair color to whatever color that you want.

1. Select a picture in which you like to change its hair color.

2. Put on a Solid Color by clicking “Layer” then “New Fill Layer” then “Solid Color”. From here, choose your desired new hair color.

3. After selecting color mask, click “Invert” which is “Control” button plus “I” button then select another blending mode of the present color by clicking “Soft Light”.

4. While the color is still chosen, utilize Brush tool by clicking “B” to apply the new color on the hair.

5. Then apply the chosen layer mask by clicking “Control” plus “Click” on the mask.

6. As the choice is loaded, utilize the tool “Apply Image” by clicking “Image” then “Apply Image” to utilize these properties:

• Merged Layer
• RGB Channel
• Unchecked Invert
• Normal Blending
• One Hundred Percent Opacity

7.  As the choices are loaded, utilize the tool, Brightness/Contrast by clicking “Image”, then click “Adjustments”, then click “Brightness/Contrast” in order to change the magnitude of the hair color.

8. If the altered hair is white, gray or black, move on to step number ten. Reproduce the present layer by clicking “Control” plus “J” and drag the latest layer over the background layer.

9. After selecting the layer in the middle, transform the type of the layer into “Hue/Saturation” layer by clicking “Layer”, then click “Change Layer Content”, then click “Hue/Saturation” then adjust the saturation to minus one hundred.

10. Flip the picture to check the image if this Photoshop technique is not applied.

11. Flip the picture to check the image using the usual process of hair dying being done.

Now you know that transforming the color of the hair does not simply mean dipping one’s hair into a container full of hair dye. You can avoid this messy step through Photoshop. Here now are simple instructions on how to transform a brunette to blond.

As shown in the first part of the article, transforming the color of one’s hair digitally is as simple as putting on a “Hue/ Saturation” on the layer that needs adjustment. Although, when it comes to making the hair color lighter, like changing a brunette to a blond, it will be more effective to use the command, “Selective Color”.

Beginning with blond, an easy “dye effect” can be given through the adjustment layer, “Hue/Saturation”. Review the colored boxes and select the color that you desire.

Changing from a darker hair to a lighter one may give more challenges. There are times that the slider’s Lightness of the Hue/Saturation is enough. But there are times when better results come with the adjustment layer, Selective Color.

When the dialog box for the Selective Color opens, press on the radio icon “Absolute” below then, move to the top, change the pop-up menu. This will transform the color from Reds to Neutrals. Lessen the content of the Magenta and Cyan appropriately then compare the look of the Black and Yellow sliders. Change from Neutral to Black then go over the process again.

The right color all depends on both the initial picture and your desired final output. An authentic black hair can be transformed into a wide array of lighter shade through this Photoshop hair coloring technique.
 

How to Create a Header or Banner in Minutes - Easy Photoshop Lesson

Here is an easy instructional article regarding the steps in making a website logo and banner using Photoshop.

A header or banner can be seen at the topmost portion of a website. Most of the time, this contains the logo and name of the company it represents. A banner or header is important because it gives an initial impression on the company or a person that the website represents.

The color mixture should immediately catch the attention of people, it should be compelling, easy to use and has the capability to make the readers stay and visit your website again.

The color of the banner should be easy and cool on the eyes. The design should also match the nature of the website.

Here are the ways by which you can make a banner:

1. Making the size of your banner.

Make an original file by pressing on “File” then click “Open”. Maintain the size of the file as 780px in width and 120px in height. You can also try 140px in height. A banner can be adaptable based on its design. 

Open a new file by clicking on File>Open. Make the file size width of 780px and height of 120px. You can go till 140px for the height. You can make a banner flexible according to your design.

2. Setting the color of the background.

Make an original layer. Coin it as “bgcolor”. Now the color of the background can be done by doing these steps.

• Revise the color of the foreground to #E4D1B8.
• Press on the Tool, “Paint Bucket” which can be clicked on the panels for tools at the right side.
• Using your mouse press on the canvas. The color of the background now has another color.

3. Setting the inside color of the background

Make a fresh layer. Give it a filename “insidecolor”.  Click on “Rectangular Marquee Tool” which can be viewed on the right side of the panel for tools. Set the width of the rectangle at 760px and make the height of the background from the inside at 100px. Paint it with hue number C64866 utilizing the tool for paint bucket.

4. Making the logo of the background.

Set a fresh layer. Give it the filename, “logobkg”. Click on the tool, “Rectangular Marquee”. Set the width of the rectangle at 120px and 100px in height. Place the rectangle on banner’s leftmost part. Paint it with black hue #000000.

5. Making a logo through the tool custom shape

Make a fresh layer. Give it a filename, “logo”. Pick the tool, “custom shape” which is located on the right side of the panel. Press on the menu, “Shape drop down” located above the toolbar. Press on arrow and choose “Ornaments”. Find the ornament inside the banner. Move it the space for the logo and place it at the center of the background logo. This momentary ornament logo is interchangeable with the logo of the company.

6. Making the banner’s vertical lines

Make a fresh layer. Give it a filename “band”. Choose tool, Rectangular Marquee”. Set rectangle width at 7px and 120px height. Place the rectangle at the banner’s center. Paint it with hue #E8BOBD.  Create four layer copies by right clicking the layer and press “duplicate”. 
Input the layer “band copy”. Press “OK”. Repeat for band copy 3 up to 4. Place them on the banner.

7. Making the Border of the Logo

Make a fresh layer. Filename it “border”. Choose tool, “Rectangular Marquee”. Set rectangle width at 20px with 100px height. Paint it with #A63D56. Place it at the right of the background. Duplicate and place it on the left of the logo.

8. Dashed Lines

Click tool, “Horizontal Type” and set it on top. Duplicate and put it at the bottom.

9.   Company Name

Using text tool, input name of company using hue #FCF3E5.

How to Add Motion to a Photo - New Photoshop Lesson About Realistic Motion Effect

Do you want to know how to create a photo containing a high speeding car using Motion Blur of Adobe Photoshop? If you do, read on!

This article about Photoshop will inform you on the steps in which you can make a real fast effect motion. Through this, you can make a normal looking car that is parked turn into a race car that you always dreamed of. This article will teach you how to make a realistic motion blur. You will also learn how to do a radial blur together with the smoke billowing out from those fast wheels.

1. How to make a blur motion by using Photoshop

Grab an image of a car that you like. To make the process simple, maintain your settings the same with this instructional article. Keep the size of the car to one thousand pixels in width. Also, try to increase the saturation for added effect. Make a duplicate of the background and save it as “motion”. A selection will now be created which will be utilized in this instructional article. 

Using the tool polygonal lasso set in radius one or zero, choose the whole car with its wheels and mark it. Click “Select” then click “Save Selection” and filename it as “car”. The next step is to de-select your choice.

From the layer motion, move to “Filter”, then to “Blur” then to “Motion Blur”. Its angle set as zero and two hundred fifty pixels.

To make a mask layer on the layer motion, input the “car” by clicking “Select”, then press “Load Selection”. Put the color black to the selection to make the car appear. You can also use a little brush to get back on details that you may have passed. You can also paint into blurs where there are reflections on the car.

2. Smoking and Spinning

For our race car to be believable, its wheels should turn as fast as it runs. To do that, we will use Photoshop spin. The initial thing to do is make a copy of the car we can work on. Move the rectangular shaped tool to select the whole wheel. Then move to “Edit”, then click Copy Merged, then make a new figure and paste the choices to it.

Then click “Filter”, then press “Blur”, then click “Radial Blur set at fifty, spin and highest quality.

Copy-paste the figure to the primary car figure on a new layer. Also lessen the opacity to line up the figures with each other. Perform the process again to the other image and combine them. Next, put on a mask layer and mix the figures with each other.

3. Putting on Smoke and Final Processes

To make your race car complete, we need to make your tires smoke. First, put on a layer above. Then, add black to it and put the blend setting to light pin. Maintaining your background and foreground in black and white, move to “Filter”, then click “Render”, then press “Clouds”. Do this up to the point that you view interesting billows of smoke coming out of the speeding wheels.

Now put on a mask layer to take out too much smoke. After selecting the layers of smoke, press “Filter”, then click “Blur”, then click “Motion Blur” with a length of twenty pixels.

Lastly we will adjust the figure to something like that of a car commercial. Choose a motion layer. Load the choice of car that was saved at the beginning with the reverse checked for our background choices. Put on Photoshop Hue and Saturation layer and examine the color box. Drag the sliders until there is a good color mixture between the background and car. Now you have just turned a normal looking parked car into a hot high speeding car.

How to Make a Photo Look Old - Photo Editing Photoshop Lesson

Photographs capture the moment and intensity of any given event.  It also catches how a person is and how that person looks at a given moment in time thereby eliciting a certain kind of emotion and feeling when that picture is looked upon years and years after.

Currently, there are various hi-tech programs that could enhance, modify, put special effects on a particular photograph as needed and as wanted minus the hassles of subjecting it to a darkroom or denying it the exposure from any available light. 

Thanks to the magic of Photoshop,  there are a lot less worries now when handling photos.  All one has to do is to make a few clicks on the mouse and viola, an instant masterpiece is created.

When one has a desire to make a particular photograph look a bit old than how it really is, there are specific directions to go about it when using the program called Photoshop. To have that - sort off - worn out look and feel that old yellowed photographs have, the following are helpful tips to get that picture the way you just want it.

Apply sepia

Applying sepia to a photograph to make it appear a bit aged is an effective way to achieve that old look.  What is sepia then?

In Photoshop, sepia is a tone that basically consists of a reddish shade of brown tint in monochrome. Once this specific color is applied to a particular photograph,  the result is immediately a picture perfect look of warmness and an actual feeling that one is looking at an antique visual artifact.  One simply cannot help but feel sentimental towards a picture that looks older than one’s grandmother. 

The following are the steps that one could take to change a current picture to one that would appear more mature than you.  Believe it or not, this skill could be learned by anyone and everyone.  All it takes is a little tweak here and a little tweak there in as little as five short minutes courtesy of the ever reliable Photoshop.

The first step is to open the file image or picture using the Photoshop program.  Check to see the image opened.  Is the picture taken in color?  If it is taken in color,  click the tab where it says Image,  then go over the tab that says Adjust and then choose Desaturate.  After doing this,  immediately go to the tab that says Image, then choose Adjust, then choose Variations. 

Then, there is a slider that says Fine on one end,  Coarse on another.  Go move this slider a notch lower compared to the middle.  After which, carefully click on the button that says More Yellow.  Do this only once.  Then, go click on the button that says More Red.  Do this once also.  After this, click OK. 

Drum rolls please, take a deep breath and then, tadaaa!  You have officially made a photograph look old using Photoshop. 

However, if the image that is to be changed is in grayscale,  do the following steps.  After opening the picture file using Photoshop,  go to the tab that says Image, then choose Mode, then choose RGB Color.  After doing this,  immediately go to the tab that says Image, then choose Adjust, then choose Variations.  The next steps are similar to the steps listed above as when a picture is in color.  Follow the same directions and you are clearly on your way to achieving a picture-perfect  image. 

In summary, it is extremely easy to modify a picture using the current programs available.   All it takes is a little bit of patience and skill plus a lot of practice and surely almost everyone can do it.

How to Remove the Background behind People in Images - Interesting Photoshop Lesson

This will illustrate how to take out the green or blue key screens or take out the plain backgrounds through Photoshop 5, 6, 7, CS and CS2. 

Often green screens were used in films and to place backgrounds that are difficult to actually make or go to. “Green screening” is very advantageous in various ways. It does not only make changing the background easy,  but it can also create distinct background portraits or grab an object which can be re-designed.

These are the steps to be done using Adobe Photoshop CS which can also be applied to other versions like CS2, 5.0, 6.0 and 7.0.

1. Select the picture wherein you would like to take out the green screen.

2. Choose “Color Range” on the Select menu.

3. When the Color Range shows, press in tool, eyedropper. Slide the “Fuzziness” to 30. See the checkbox “Invert”, pick “Grayscale” on the “Selection Preview”. See to it that the “Selection” key is clicked.

4. Using the tool, “eyedropper”, press on the green part of the picture. This can be found on the original canvas or in “Color Range”. Most of the green part are colored white while the rest of the picture is black. In case there are locations due to unbalanced lighting that are not white, press “Shift” and click using eyedropper. Stop when all the green area is chosen.

5. These choices will work fine, but in case white pixels remain, set down the Fuzziness up to the point when it’s simpler to press on the areas. You may also press “shift” and drag the mouse to choose different points compared to pressing per point. For higher accuracy, press “Control” then “+”.

6. When you are already sure with your choice, press “OK”.

7. Now you can view the image you have chosen. In case there are problems such as ants scrolling in and out of your choices, utilize “lasso Tool” by holding down “Shift” for Mac or “Control” for Windows to subtract or add from your choices.

8. You are now set to take out the blue or green screen. Double check if you are on the right layer. Once on the “background”, double click then press “OK” to go back to normal, then choose “Inverse” from the menu “Select”. Now your choices are reversed.

9. Click “delete” or choose “Clear” from menu “Edit” to take out the selection. Now, the borders of the image have a touch of “halo” that encloses it. Remove it by clicking “Layer” then click “Matting”, then press on “Remove White Matte” or by pressing “Layer”, then click on “Matting”, then click on “Defringe”.  Most of the time one to three pixels are enough.

10. Lastly, any background that you choose can be placed at the back of the image. For example, if your image is King Kong, you can set him on the forest background, or with New York City as his backdrop. You can even locate him in the Himalayas, in the Sahara desert or in the middle of the ocean. You can choose any background as long as you have an image of that. Just double check that you put the background on a layer underneath the present layer.

An easy way to do a fast and dirty portrait background is to pick a set of colors in the color selection box then choose “Filter”, then click “Render” and then press “Clouds”.

Now that you removed the background behind people in images you can just adjust the blur and noise to make it perfect.

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