The new lesson we'll see how to represent a stylish illustration from several pictures, use different textures and create the effect of the luminescence. We'll learn also to make the colors more intensive.



Open in a new window the photo of a girl: File - Open (ctrl+o).



Copy this layer to make it easier for processing by moving it on the corresponding icon in the Layers window. The previous layer must be erased. Separate now the girl from the background and if it is of black color, we may just use Magic Wand Tool.



Apply the following command: Select - Modify - Expand of 2 px (it depends on the picture's sizes) and erase the background.



Open in a new window the photo designed for the background to be (ctrl+o).

 

Mark it out with Rectangular Marquee Tool and make a copy of it: Edit - Copy (ctrl+c) . Get back to the girl's window and insert the picture in a new layer: Edit - Paste (ctrl+v). Select the Crop Tool to increase the dimensions of the picture and correct the background's placement: Edit - Free Transform (ctrl+t).



Create now a new layer, under the girl's one and select a standard brush (Brush Tool) of "star" shape and big size to insert a dot behind the girl.



Make it look fluffier by copying the layer (??trl+j) and flipping it vertically: Edit - Transform - Flip Vertical. We also may increase a little the "star"'s sizes: (ctrl+t).



Merge down these layers: Layer - Merge Down (ctrl+e) and blur out the new layer by applying the next options: Filter - Blur - Radial Blur.



Make the "star" look yellow, using the next command: Image - Adjustments - Hue/Saturation (ctrl+u).



Make the necessary corrections on the background's colors: Image - Adjustments - Selective Color.