Autumn Wallpaper - Photo Effects
- By Anastacia Sholik
- Published 01/29/2007
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Make the leaves look a little more orange than they are
(Selective Color):
Apply on the compass's layer first a photo filter: Image - Adjustments - Photo Filter.
Then Image - Adjustments - Levels (ctrl+l).
Make invisible the compass's edges by choosing the following options: Layer Mask and Gradient Tool. Change the layer's type on Hard Light.
Change also the color of the eye's layer (Selective Color).
Then change the color of the eye itself. For this operation we need to paint firstly the eye, using the Brush Tool with smooth edges, and then blur out a little the layer, selecting the next command: Filter - Blur - Gaussian Blur. Finally change the layer's type on Multiply.
Merge down all the layers: Layer - Merge Visible (shift+ctrl+e) and make a copy of that new layer (??trl+j). Blur it out a little (Gaussian Blur).
Minimize the intensity of this layer's colors, using the command from here: Image - Adjustments - Hue/Saturation (ctrl+u).
Change the layer's type on Darken:
Merge down the layers (ctrl+e) and make one more copy of this new layer (ctrl+j). We should apply on it the following option: Filter - Render - Lightness Effect, just to change the lightness:
Apply on this layer the other filter: Filter - Noise - Median.
Change the layer's type on Overlay and make the necessary corrections on the brightness, the contrast and the saturation of the layer:
Make the eye look lighter by
outlining the eye's half circle
with white color on a new layer (Brush Tool), blurring it a little and
changing the layer's type on Soft Light.
Select after that the Gradient Tool and insert on the picture a cold nuance, especially on those places we want to make them lighter:
Change the layer's type on Screen:
Select the same Gradient Tool on a new layer and change a little its adjustments to insert our picture in a frame:
Change the layer's type on Overlay:
Create now a new layer and use on it this combination: Image - Apply Image, choosing in the Channel option the most in contrast version:
Using the Selective Color in the Black and White options, we should change the colors firstly, and then change the layer's type on Soft Light:
Continue by inserting the last texture. On the top layer we should place the picture of the sky:
Change the layer's type on Hard Light and make the necessary in the colors too, applying Image - Adjustments - Channel Mixer.
Choose the Layer Mask and the Gradient Tool to give back the visibility to the eye:
Blur a little the layer containing the sky just to get rid of the layer's noises:
Merge down all the layers (shift+ctrl+e) and use finally on this new layer the next shown possibilities: Filter - Sharpen - Sharpen to increase a little the layer's sharpness:
The wallpapers are finished!
+ View full size image
Made by Sigma
Apply on the compass's layer first a photo filter: Image - Adjustments - Photo Filter.
Then Image - Adjustments - Levels (ctrl+l).
Make invisible the compass's edges by choosing the following options: Layer Mask and Gradient Tool. Change the layer's type on Hard Light.
Change also the color of the eye's layer (Selective Color).
Then change the color of the eye itself. For this operation we need to paint firstly the eye, using the Brush Tool with smooth edges, and then blur out a little the layer, selecting the next command: Filter - Blur - Gaussian Blur. Finally change the layer's type on Multiply.
Merge down all the layers: Layer - Merge Visible (shift+ctrl+e) and make a copy of that new layer (??trl+j). Blur it out a little (Gaussian Blur).
Minimize the intensity of this layer's colors, using the command from here: Image - Adjustments - Hue/Saturation (ctrl+u).
Change the layer's type on Darken:
Merge down the layers (ctrl+e) and make one more copy of this new layer (ctrl+j). We should apply on it the following option: Filter - Render - Lightness Effect, just to change the lightness:
Apply on this layer the other filter: Filter - Noise - Median.
Change the layer's type on Overlay and make the necessary corrections on the brightness, the contrast and the saturation of the layer:
Make the eye look lighter by
Select after that the Gradient Tool and insert on the picture a cold nuance, especially on those places we want to make them lighter:
Change the layer's type on Screen:
Select the same Gradient Tool on a new layer and change a little its adjustments to insert our picture in a frame:
Change the layer's type on Overlay:
Create now a new layer and use on it this combination: Image - Apply Image, choosing in the Channel option the most in contrast version:
Using the Selective Color in the Black and White options, we should change the colors firstly, and then change the layer's type on Soft Light:
Continue by inserting the last texture. On the top layer we should place the picture of the sky:
Change the layer's type on Hard Light and make the necessary in the colors too, applying Image - Adjustments - Channel Mixer.
Choose the Layer Mask and the Gradient Tool to give back the visibility to the eye:
Blur a little the layer containing the sky just to get rid of the layer's noises:
Merge down all the layers (shift+ctrl+e) and use finally on this new layer the next shown possibilities: Filter - Sharpen - Sharpen to increase a little the layer's sharpness:
The wallpapers are finished!
+ View full size image
Made by Sigma
5 Responses to "Autumn Wallpaper - Photo Effects" 
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said this on 16 Nov 2008 3:15:12 AM CDT
Beautiful !!! Thanks for sharing. Wish I could get even more on this business of laying images and objects down onto or into things.
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said this on 22 Nov 2008 9:40:09 AM CDT
Absolutely stunning image; I love it!
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said this on 18 Dec 2008 5:28:05 PM CDT
Most excellent display of using layers and blending modes. Maybe some day I could do so good. You are a master at what you do.
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said this on 18 May 2009 3:00:38 PM CDT
Excelent tutorial, I am going to use this technique on a magazine cover I am designing.
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