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Description Edit , since I uploaded this I have had quite a few s and only 1 comment, if you want to fav it ( which I am very gratefull for ) could you please comment a few words to say what you like about it, how you would use the tutorial and if you found it helpfull so I can see what people like and in turn make more tutorials techniques similar. Also any techniques you would like to know will get a respose aswell... Thanks.



I wanted to create an image that separates the subject ( girl ) from the rest of the background without messy cut outs, with no portraits worth working on of my own I used this image here ~katayestyle

Limitations

This tutorial is best used on an image with mid to strong colour contrast between the subject and background to start off with, if you need to put a bit more contrast in the subject then use the sponge tool set to saturate at 20% , it is also done using Photoshop CS2, no plugins are used and the tools, adjustments can be translated to other apps.

1> Open the image to be edited and goto Image>adjustments>hoto filter.

2> Change the filter to Cooling filter (80) or (82) to give the entire image a colder look ( tanslation for other apps that don't have this feature you can use something like Color balance )

3> Goto Image>adjustments>selective color. and under the red channel move the yellow or red slider to add more warmth to the subject ( translation this can also be done with Color balance in other apps )

4> repeat steps 2 and 3 if required to vary the strength of the color contrast between blues and yellow/red ( depending on the original contrast )

5> Goto the layers pallet and click on Channels, hold the CTRL button down and left click on the blue channel to select the blues in the RGB image.

6> Goto select>Inverse to change the selection so it selects everything EXEPT the blue in the RGB image.

7> Edit>copy Edit>aste to copy the selection into a new layer then duplicated that layer so you have 3 layers, original layer and the 2 selections.

8> choose the middle layer and change it's blend mode to "Screen" then choose the top layer and change it's blend mode to "soft light"

9> select the original layer and Goto Image>adjustments>desaturate to make that layer B&W

If you have followed all the steps you will get an image that makes the subject look warm on a B&W background with a slight cold blue cast to it, once you get this you could do it again and add a lot more artistic effects to it.

Just remember that if you like the image then applause the Photographer here ~katayestyle and if you like the tutorial then comment bellow
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Comments: 99

behindcrimetape [2008-05-23 07:12:18 +0000 UTC]

nice picture.
the tutorial was really helpful. thank you!

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mahgnitton In reply to behindcrimetape [2008-05-26 14:07:24 +0000 UTC]

no problem I'm glad it helped, thanks for commenting and not just Faving

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EffigyIllusions [2008-05-13 06:56:10 +0000 UTC]

This is a very lovely picture :]

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Synthetic6 In reply to ??? [2008-04-15 09:31:29 +0000 UTC]

the tutorial works great. It has some great tips regarding tones which is great, and I'll definitely use it for future portraits/modelshots. Thank you for posting!

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mahgnitton In reply to Synthetic6 [2008-04-16 20:41:09 +0000 UTC]

no problem and thanks for the comment to go with the

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Marywesela [2008-01-16 19:09:07 +0000 UTC]

Perfect picture!!!

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mahgnitton In reply to Marywesela [2008-01-25 18:16:04 +0000 UTC]

hope you find the tutorial helpfull

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Marywesela In reply to mahgnitton [2008-01-26 12:22:28 +0000 UTC]

which tutorial ?

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mahgnitton In reply to Marywesela [2008-02-01 20:02:53 +0000 UTC]

the tutorials in the description

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Yoonah [2007-12-13 15:20:43 +0000 UTC]

I think although the picture has a great effect, there's something bout the background not conving, if you look at it more than once, it seems it doesn't look that natural after all, perhaps you should work on it a bit more

I like the message of the photo though, it's a beautiful scene

congrats

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mahgnitton In reply to Yoonah [2007-12-17 19:32:37 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the comment + , I don't know what you mean about the background though, this tutorial was made using a stock image by ~katayestyle it wasn't put together by using 2 images.

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CrinaPrida [2007-12-11 11:10:09 +0000 UTC]

nice - and helpful indeed.

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mahgnitton In reply to CrinaPrida [2007-12-17 19:53:48 +0000 UTC]

glad you like it

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timbermoonkiss In reply to ??? [2007-11-12 02:38:02 +0000 UTC]

all i hav to say is...

lovely



*favs n hugs ya*

.::timbermoonkiss::.

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mahgnitton In reply to timbermoonkiss [2007-11-14 13:04:27 +0000 UTC]

thanks + for the

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BurningOn [2007-11-11 12:32:51 +0000 UTC]

Really cool effect

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hana-no-ren [2007-11-05 22:15:52 +0000 UTC]

Wow, thank you so much for sharing this! It was very helpful!

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mahgnitton In reply to hana-no-ren [2007-11-07 18:49:11 +0000 UTC]

No problem I'm glad you like it , also thanks for the

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hana-no-ren In reply to mahgnitton [2007-11-08 17:35:56 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome

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kioreo [2007-10-25 06:39:22 +0000 UTC]

so beautiful

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sevZr In reply to ??? [2007-10-16 11:28:43 +0000 UTC]

Very nice, Very nice.

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Pinkroses-819 In reply to ??? [2007-09-30 03:53:11 +0000 UTC]

Yes yes! easy to follow and I am happy with the results! Thanks a bunch.

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mahgnitton In reply to Pinkroses-819 [2007-10-02 18:58:02 +0000 UTC]

not a problem I'm glad you found it helpfull

thanks for the and the comments that came with it, soo many people have faved this and didn't comment to say if they found it helpfull or not so thanks for taking the time

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Pinkroses-819 In reply to ??? [2007-09-30 03:39:20 +0000 UTC]

I am just looking for some helpful hints because I am getting bored and need some new techniques. I like the look of this photo and thought I would give it a shot. Thanks for the help and inspiration.

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chathurank [2007-08-12 10:17:37 +0000 UTC]

Very useful tutorial. Thanks for sharing

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mahgnitton In reply to chathurank [2007-08-13 18:37:54 +0000 UTC]

no probs and thanks for the

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mahgnitton In reply to chathurank [2007-08-13 18:37:09 +0000 UTC]

no probs and thanks for the

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ifiam [2007-07-24 02:03:47 +0000 UTC]

I will definitely use this

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ambrosiastar In reply to ??? [2007-07-20 04:30:49 +0000 UTC]

this is beautiful! i will use this soon!

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mahgnitton In reply to ambrosiastar [2007-07-20 20:14:17 +0000 UTC]

thanks and also for the

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mahgnitton In reply to ambrosiastar [2007-07-20 20:13:49 +0000 UTC]

thnaks and also for the

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xethos [2007-07-04 16:20:24 +0000 UTC]

Very useful! Thanks!
+Fav

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mahgnitton In reply to xethos [2007-07-09 21:00:59 +0000 UTC]

No problem Glad it's usefull for you , + thanks for the

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Katerina-Photography [2007-06-05 07:05:35 +0000 UTC]

Really nice work! I am sure I will use this at some point

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mahgnitton In reply to Katerina-Photography [2007-06-08 19:15:43 +0000 UTC]

Thanks + for the

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CrinaPrida [2007-06-05 06:06:29 +0000 UTC]

useful! thanks

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Aerovista [2007-05-02 12:37:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for sharing

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mahgnitton In reply to Aerovista [2007-05-02 20:44:17 +0000 UTC]

no problem

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WkedAthena In reply to ??? [2007-05-01 03:52:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for posting this tutorial. I will give it a try when I get some decent picture! I'll make sure to link back. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

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mahgnitton In reply to WkedAthena [2007-05-01 19:51:24 +0000 UTC]

No problem I hope it ends up being usefull thanks for the

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Zzus In reply to ??? [2007-04-03 14:46:37 +0000 UTC]

perfectly done !

good execution

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LikeGravity [2007-03-26 01:17:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for sharing! I didn't use the whole thing in its entirety, but I've used a tip here and a tip there in some different works, and this was helpful for bringing forward some of the photoshop tweaks I never knew about. Awesome!

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mahgnitton In reply to LikeGravity [2007-03-26 19:55:04 +0000 UTC]

No problem , I'm glad it came in usefull

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SalEh3 [2007-03-14 10:14:40 +0000 UTC]

you're wow XD
that u taught me more than the tutorial ..
thanx

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mahgnitton In reply to SalEh3 [2007-03-14 22:29:14 +0000 UTC]

no problem

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Osox [2007-03-12 07:30:41 +0000 UTC]

thanks for sharing this

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mahgnitton In reply to Osox [2007-03-12 23:38:20 +0000 UTC]

No problem and thanks for the

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LobotomizedGoat In reply to ??? [2007-02-23 02:50:57 +0000 UTC]

well, I'm not completely sure I know what your going for, but its seems to have turned out well

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