Tutorial : Glossy & Smooth

Hey guys! This will be my first time teaching you stuffs using photoshop & photoscape.

Many of my friends, asked me on how i edited my blog banner, so I've decided to teach you guys.

So the photo on top will be the final outcome of today's tutorial.

STEP 1

turn on your photoshop with the original photo

Okay as you can see the backdrop of this photo is very harsh, with like uneven painted surfaces.

STEP 2

Duplicate a new layer on top of the original one then head down to blur it.

Method:

Filter ---> Blur ---> Gaussin Blur

Radius -------> Magic number (12.5)

STEP 3

So Now you need to make your image clear as the layer on the top is very blurry

Method

1) Add a layer of mask over the blurred image, yes not the layer on the bottom (original)

2) Use your brush tool with a soft brush (not the hard brush) and start painting on the surface that you want to be CLEAR.

* Your brush colour must be BLACK in order to colour

STEP 4

Now you have a soft image, so you need to blend the colours.

Method:

Image ---> Adjustments ---> Selective Colour

Colour - RED

Cyan (+50)

Magenta (-30)

Yellow (-40)

Black (-48)

STEP 5

*This step only applies if your backdrop is still very harsh. So you need to Smooth it Down.

Method:

Use your Clone Stamp Tool at the tools bar. (Shortcut Key -S)

Click Alternate to select the part you want to use and left click the area you want to cover with.

STEP 6 (Optional)

Now you want a more professional look. head down to save your file in Jpeg, and open your Photoscape

Method:

Filter ---> Film Effect

Any effect you want. in my case i click on

Cross Proccess - low

So here is the BEFORE

And AFTER

So here are some more examples that i did:

Okay. Hope if helps! Byebye!! ^^

Here will be the download link for

http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/download.php