The original image.
Let’s get started!
Step 1: Duplicate The Background Layer
The first step in creating our “painterly glow” effect is to
duplicate the Background layer so that we’ll still have access to the
original, unedited image when we’re done. To duplicate the Background
layer, go up to the
Layer menu at the top of the screen, choose
New, and then choose
Layer via Copy:
Go to Layer > New > Layer via Copy.
Or, for a much faster way to duplicate a layer, simply press the keyboard shortcut
Ctrl+J (Win) /
Command+J
(Mac). Either way duplicates the Background layer, and if we look at
our Layers palette, we can see that we now have two layers. The
Background layer, which contains the original image, is sitting safely
on the bottom, and a copy of the image, which Photoshop has
automatically named “Layer 1″, is sitting above it. We can see what’s on
the layer by looking at the
preview thumbnail on the left of each layer. In this case, both layers are showing exactly the same image:
A copy of the image appears above the original in the Layers palette.
Step 2: Convert For Smart Filters
To use Smart Filters on a layer, we first need to convert the layer into a
Smart Object.
Smart Objects were first introduced in Photoshop CS2 and Smart Filters
are essentially an extension of them. You can’t work with Smart Filters
without first converting a layer into a Smart Object, so to do that,
with “Layer 1″ selected in the Layers palette (selected layers are
highlighted in blue), go up to the
Filter menu at the top of the screen and choose
Convert for Smart Filters:
Go to Filter > Convert for Smart Filters.
Photoshop will pop up a warning box telling us what we already know,
which is that we’re converting the layer into a Smart Object:
A warning box appears telling us that we’re about to convert the layer into a Smart Object.
Click OK to close the warning box. Nothing will appear to have
happened to the image in the document window, but if we look again at
the Layers palette, we can see that the preview thumbnail on “Layer 1″
now shows a small icon in the bottom right corner. This icon tells us
that the layer is now a Smart Object:
A small Smart Object icon appears in the bottom right corner of the preview thumbnail for “Layer 1″.
Step 3: Apply The Motion Blur Filter
Applying a Smart Filter to a Smart Object in Photoshop is no
different from applying a normal filter to a normal layer, except that
when you apply a filter to a Smart Object, Photoshop automatically
converts the filter into a Smart Filter. To see what I mean, let’s apply
our first Motion Blur filter. With “Layer 1″ still selected, go up to
the
Filter menu, choose
Blur, and then choose
Motion Blur:
Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur.
This brings up the Motion Blur filter dialog box, which allows us to
control both the angle and distance of the motion blur. For this first
blur, I’m going to set the
Angle to
90°, which gives me vertical blur streaks. Then, to adjust the distance of the blur, I’ll click and drag the
Distance slider
at the bottom of the dialog box. Dragging the slider towards the right
increases the length of the blur streaks, while dragging to the left
decreases their length. There’s no specific value to enter here since it
will depend on your image and the intensity of the effect you want to
achieve, so keep an eye on your image for a preview of the results as
you drag the slider. I’m going to set my distance to a value of around
452 pixels, which gives me nice, long streaks. Since we’re using Smart
Filters, there’s no need to worry about getting things right at this
point since we can go back and change the filter settings as often as we
like without harming the image in any way:
Set the Angle of the motion blur to 90°, then adjust the length of the streaks with the Distance slider.
Click OK when you’re done to exit out of the dialog box and apply the
filter effect. My image now appears as a series of vertical color
streaks:
The image now appears as vertical streaks of color.
Step 4: Change The Blend Mode To Hard Light
Currently, the blur streaks on “Layer 1″ are completely blocking the
original image on the Background layer from view. What we need is for
the streaks to blend in with the original image. For that, all we need
to do is change the layer’s
blend mode. You’ll find the
blend mode option in the top left corner of the Layers palette. By
default, it’s set to “Normal”. Click either on the word “Normal” or on
the arrows to the right of the word, which brings up a list of
additional blend modes. Choose
Hard Light from the list:
Change the blend mode of “Layer 1″ from Normal to Hard Light.
If you recall from our
Five Essential Blend Modes For Photo Editing tutorial,
the Hard Light blend mode is part of the Contrast group of blend modes,
meaning that not only does it blend the layers together, it increases
image contrast at the same time. It also happens to boost color
saturation. Here’s my image after changing the blend mode to Hard Light:
The Hard Light blend mode blends layers together while also boosting contrast and color saturation.
You can also try the
Overlay blend mode for a slightly more subtle effect, but for the image I’m using here, Hard Light gives me better results.
So far, everything that we’ve done with our Smart Filter seems no
different from a normal filter, but here’s the big difference. With
normal filters, once we’ve applied them to a layer, we’ve made physical
and permanent changes to the pixels on that layer. There’s no way to
edit the filter settings once the filter has been applied, other than
undoing your steps and re-applying the filter again. With Smart Filters,
that’s not the case. We can easily go back and make changes to the
filter settings any time we want, as often as we want! If we look below
“Layer 1″ in the Layers palette, we can see the Motion Blur Smart Filter
that we just applied. To bring its dialog box back up at any time,
simply double-click on the filter’s name:
Double-click on the name of a Smart Filter in the Layers palette to bring up its dialog box and edit the filter settings.
The dialog box will instantly pop open, allowing you to make any
changes you like to the settings. Click OK when you’re done to exit out
of the dialog box and apply the new settings to the layer. With Smart
Filters, we’re free to experiment with different filters and settings
without worrying that anything we’re doing is permanent. Even when we’re
done creating our effect here, you can always go back and try different
Angle and Distance settings for the Motion Blurs to compare different
results!
We’ll apply additional motion blur streaks to the image next!
Step 5: Duplicate “Layer 1″
Just as we did with the Background layer, let’s create a copy of “Layer 1″. Again, you can go up to the
Layer menu, choose
New, and then choose
Layer via Copy, but you’ll find that the keyboard shortcut for duplicating a layer,
Ctrl+J (Win) /
Command+J
(Mac), is much faster and is one of the shortcuts in Photoshop you’ll
definitely want to memorize. We can see in the Layers palette that we
now have a copy of “Layer 1″ sitting above the original:
Quickly duplicate a layer in Photoshop by pressing Ctrl+J (Win) / Command+J (Mac).
Step 6: Edit The Motion Blur Smart Filter Settings
There’s two things to note with the copy of “Layer 1″ that we just
created. First, if you look at the blend mode option in the top left
corner of the Layers palette, you’ll see that it’s already set to Hard
Light for us, since that’s what “Layer 1″ was set to. More importantly
though, if we look below the layer, we can see that our Motion Blur
Smart Filter has also been copied! Currently, the filter is using the
exact same settings we applied to “Layer 1″, but as we learned a moment
ago, to edit the settings for a Smart Filter, simply
double-click on the filter’s name:
Double-click on the second Motion Blur in the Layers palette to edit its settings.
The Motion Blur dialog box pops open and this time, I’m going to set the
Angle to
-45°
which gives me diagonal blur streaks running from the top left to the
bottom right. I’m going to reduce the length of the streaks this time by
dragging the
Distance slider a little to the left, but
feel free to experiment on your own by keeping an eye on the image in
the document window as you drag the slider:
Smart Filters allow us to edit filter settings at any time without making permanent changes to the image.
Click OK when you’re done to exit out of the dialog box and apply the
second Motion Blur settings. Here’s my image now with two Motion Blurs
applied, each set to a different angle:
Both layers now have their own separate copy of the Motion Blur filter, each using different settings.
Again, if at any time you want to try different settings for either
Motion Blur filter, simply double-click on its name in the Layers
palette to bring its dialog box back up and make your changes.
Step 7: Create Another Copy Of The Layer
Let’s add one more Motion Blur to the effect. First, press
Ctrl+J (Win) /
Command+J
(Mac) to create a copy of, well, the copy we created back in Step 5.
You should now have four layers in the Layers palette, with the newest
layer (“Layer 1 copy 2″) sitting at the top. Normally, I would recommend
renaming the layers to something more descriptive, but in this case,
since we’re only working with a few layers, it’s not really necessary.
Just as we saw back in Step 6, both the blend mode and the Motion Blur Smart Filter have been copied with the layer:
The Layers palette now contains the original Background layer plus three copies sitting above it.
Step 8: Edit The Motion Blur Smart Filter Settings
Double-click on the latest Motion Blur filter in the Layers palette to bring up its dialog box:
Each of the three copies of the Background layer now has its own Motion Blur Smart Filter.
For this third Motion Blur, I’ll set my
Angle to
45°
which gives me diagonal streaks once again but this time running from
the bottom left to the top right. I’ll also reduce the length of the
blur streaks a bit further by dragging the
Distance slider towards the right, but again, feel free to choose the settings that work best for your image:
Edit the third Motion Blur settings.
Click OK when you’re done to exit out of the dialog box. Here’s my image after applying the third Motion Blur:
Three Motion Blur filters have now been applied to the image and can be edited at any time.
Next, we’ll finish things off by grouping layers together and masking away some of the blur effect!
Step 9: Group The Top Three Layers Together
I’m going to finish off my “painterly glow” effect by masking part of
it away to reveal the original photo underneath. Since the effect is
spread across three layers, the easiest thing to do is group the three
layers together and then add a
layer mask
to the entire group. First, we’ll need to select all three layers at
once, so click on the top layer in the Layers palette to select it if it
isn’t selected already. Then hold down your
Shift key
and click on “Layer 1″ directly above the Background layer. This will
select both layers as well as the layer in between. You should see all
three layers above the Background layer highlighted in blue:
Click on the top layer, then hold Shift and click on “Layer 1″ to select all three layers above the Background layer.
With all three layers selected, go up to the
Layer menu and choose
Group Layers:
Go to Layer > Group Layers.
Nothing will seem to have happened to the image in the document window, but we can see in the Layers palette that we now have a
layer group
named “Group 1″. Layer groups are represented by a folder icon, and all
three of the layers we selected a moment ago are now inside the folder
(the group):
Grouping layers in Photoshop is an easy way to mask multiple layers at once.
Step 10: Add A Layer Mask To The Group
With the layer group selected, click on the
Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the Layers palette. It’s the icon that looks like a rectangle with a circle cut out of the middle:
Click on the Layer Mask icon.
This adds a layer mask to the group. Even though we can’t actually
see the mask in the document window, we know that the mask has been
added because we can see a
layer mask preview thumbnail between the folder icon and the group’s name in the Layers palette:
The layer group now shows a mask preview thumbnail in the Layers palette.
Step 11: Select The Gradient Tool
Grab the
Gradient Tool from the Tools palette, or simply press the letter
G to select it with the keyboard shortcut:
Select the Gradient Tool.
Step 12: Select A Black To White Radial Gradient
With the Gradient Tool selected, the
Options Bar at
the top of the screen will change to show options for working with
gradients. Click on the small down-pointing arrow to the right of the
gradient preview area, which opens a gradient selection box, and select the
black to white gradient, third gradient from the left, top row:
Select the Black to White gradient.
To the right of the gradient preview area is a series of icons that
allow us to choose between different gradient shapes. Click on the
Radial Gradient icon, second from the left, to select it:
Choose a Radial Gradient from the Options Bar.
Step 13: Draw A Radial Gradient On The Layer Mask
Make sure the layer mask preview thumbnail is selected in the Layers
palette. You should see a white highlight border around it, indicating
that it’s selected. If not, click on the thumbnail to select it. Then
click and drag out a black to white radial gradient on the layer mask.
The spot where you first click will become the center point of the
gradient. At this spot, the “painterly glow” effect will be completely
hidden from view, allowing the original image on the Background layer
below it to show through. As you move away from the center point in all
directions, more and more of the glow effect will be visible, becoming
100% visible at the outer edge of the gradient.
In my case, I’m going to click near the center of the image, which
will become the center point for the gradient, then I’ll drag towards
the edge of the flowers to set the gradient’s size:
Click and drag out a radial gradient to set the transition area between the original image and the glow effect.
When I release my mouse button, Photoshop draws the gradient on the
layer mask. If we look at the mask’s preview thumbnail in the Layers
palette, we can see the radial gradient that was created:
The gradient itself is visible in the mask’s preview thumbnail.
And here, after masking away part of the effect to allow some of the
original image to show through, is my final “painterly glow” effect:
The final effect.
And there we have it!
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