I have been requested to post a tutorial that involves use of the Color Range in Photoshop. I will show you how to acess it. It is simple enough. There are other features of Color Range which I will deal with later. Step 1 : I have opned this photo in Photoshop. It is a free stock image which I have also used before. Step 2 : Go to Select>Color Range. Step 3 : The Color Range dialogue box opens. By default Selection is selected. Leave it at that. Step 4 : Drag your cursor over the image keeping the SHIFT key pressed. Look at the preview window. Step 5 : This is how the image looks in the preview window in the Color Range dialogue box. Drag till you are satisfied. Step 6 : Click ok in the Color Range dialgue box. You might see this dialogue if the image you are using is a high resolution one.
Step 7 : A selection forms.
Step 8 : Press CTRL+J. The selection is copied and pasted into a new layer -- Layer 1.
Step 9 : Look at the Foereground Color. It has changed to the shade that the Color Range has picked up.
Step 10 : Now with Layer 1 active or it is the layer you are on press CTRL and click the New Layer icon. A new layer -- Layer 2 -- forms below Layer 1.
Step 11 : Now click on the Foreground Color. The Color Picker opens. Look at the panel at the right. The cursor points to the current Foreground Color.
Step 12 : Now click on a darker shade. Notice that the 'New' at the top changes to the color you pick i.e. the new Foreground Color.
Step 13 : Press ALT+Backspace. Layer 2 fills with the Foreground Color picked.
This is how the image looks. This is basically how this effect is done.
Step 14 : Click the New Layer icon in the Layer pallette. A new layer -- Layer 3 forms over Layer 2.
Step 15 : Go to Filter>Render Clouds.
This is how the image looks after applying Render Clouds.
Step 16 : reduce the Opacity of the layer to 15 %.
Step 17 : Go to Filter>Distort>Twirl.
Step 18 : The Twirl dialogue box opens. Drag the Angle slider to the extreme left. Click ok.
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