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Nicole Young is a full-time photographer and author who thrives on inspiring and encouraging photographers to improve their craft and grow as artists. She teaches photography and post-processing through her blog, articles, videos, interviews, and training materials. Nicole also has an online store, where she creates post-processing tools, such as preset, actions, and textures, along with several books and eBooks.
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I agree with Derek, this tutorial is the first thing I looked at here as a new visitor to TWIP Photo. I like how it is nice and easy, not requiring any prior knowledge of photoshop, as I have little idea how to use photoshop.
I’m coming back for more!
Great! I’m always very intimidated by photoshop. Tutorials like this make it much more approachable. Thanks, Nicole!
I agree with Derek, this tutorial is the first thing I looked at here as a new visitor to TWIP Photo. I like how it is nice and easy, not requiring any prior knowledge of photoshop, as I have little idea how to use photoshop.
I’m coming back for more!
Great stuff! Would it be possible to do this in Photoshop Elements 7?
Great! I’m always very intimidated by photoshop. Tutorials like this make it much more approachable. Thanks, Nicole!
wicked stuff, great to hear a female voice. not that the guys are bad but hey im baise.
Great stuff! Would it be possible to do this in Photoshop Elements 7?
wicked stuff, great to hear a female voice. not that the guys are bad but hey im baise.
Yes, that’s basically what it does. It takes the masked areas (black areas on the mask) and reduces their opacity, but all areas that show the layer in the mask (white) remain unchanged.
Yes, that’s basically what it does. It takes the masked areas (black areas on the mask) and reduces their opacity, but all areas that show the layer in the mask (white) remain unchanged.
Thanks and welcome to our family. Don’t be a stranger. And thanks to Nichole for doing an awesome job. It was her first such tutorial. And you’d never know it judging the high-quality job she did!
Thanks and welcome to our family. Don’t be a stranger. And thanks to Nichole for doing an awesome job. It was her first such tutorial. And you’d never know it judging the high-quality job she did!
amazing! thanks for sharing this :)
amazing! thanks for sharing this :)
Thanks for the instructions. I’ve seen it done, but needed to replay the video at a larger size to get all the right moves. My first attempt is here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28706302@N00/3227320230/
Thanks for the instructions. I’ve seen it done, but needed to replay the video at a larger size to get all the right moves. My first attempt is here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28706302@N00/3227320230/
Thanks Nicole, that’s a very nice tutorial… now if I only had CS4! I took a look at your iStockphoto photos and WOW!
Nice tutorial Nicole, keep it up!
Nice tutorial Nicole, keep it up!
Hi Randy … I did some research for you and yes, it looks like you can but there are a few work-arounds since PS Elements doesn’t have all the same features: You need to duplicate the background layer, and then change that layer to B&W (the one on top). Then, making sure that the BACKGROUND LAYER is selected, add a LEVELS adjustment layer but don’t actually change anything on the adjustment layer … just click OK. (The reason you do this is because you can’t directly add masks to regular layers in Elements, only to adjustment layers.) Next, take your… Read more »
Hi Randy … I did some research for you and yes, it looks like you can but there are a few work-arounds since PS Elements doesn’t have all the same features: You need to duplicate the background layer, and then change that layer to B&W (the one on top). Then, making sure that the BACKGROUND LAYER is selected, add a LEVELS adjustment layer but don’t actually change anything on the adjustment layer … just click OK. (The reason you do this is because you can’t directly add masks to regular layers in Elements, only to adjustment layers.) Next, take your… Read more »
Really enjoyed Nicole’s tutorial I really liked the end result, though I always thought the density tool was just to lower the masks opacity.
Niki, this was awesome! Thanks for the information, I’m sure I’ll be trying this today.
Niki, this was awesome! Thanks for the information, I’m sure I’ll be trying this today.
Nice! I’m in CS3 so couldn’t do the last step, but just seeing that I can push the values around in the Black & White adjustment layer like that was cool for me.
~ben
Nice! I’m in CS3 so couldn’t do the last step, but just seeing that I can push the values around in the Black & White adjustment layer like that was cool for me.
~ben