Artistic dreamy effect
by Admin on Aug.15, 2010, under Tutorials
Artistic dreamy effect
Make a soft dreamy effect using simple techniques to give fantastic and artistic look to your picture.

Stock:

1. Duplicate your pic. Use any method you like to soften the skin ( if you use portrait photo). I use Blur Tool because my model skin is pretty fine .

2. Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E. If your portrait has dark tone, use your favourite choice to brighten it.You can use curves, Level and Brightness/contrast. I use new layer filled with white, set to Overlay 10%.

3. Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E. Apply Gaussian Blur with 4px, then set this layer to Darken 100%. Add a layer mask to eraser the eyes and lips.

4. Ctrl+Shift+Alt+ E again. Apply Diffuse Glow, make sure that background color is set to white. Lower opacity to 70%.


5. Create a new layer and set to overlay like that:

Use Dodge and Burn tool to set off the eyes and lips.

We’re done!
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