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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

Reveries-Art [2011-12-07 17:59:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tutorial! I used it here [link]

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mahgnitton In reply to Reveries-Art [2011-12-12 17:21:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for picking out my tutorial I'm glad you found it usefull

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Icepict [2011-11-09 21:14:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tutorial!.
I might be using this for a calendar I'm doing for my school.

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mahgnitton In reply to Icepict [2011-11-29 08:28:34 +0000 UTC]

cool I hope it comes in usefull

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WizardOfUnseen [2011-06-29 08:55:28 +0000 UTC]

I have featured this work in my journal. link

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Freygang [2011-04-12 17:53:40 +0000 UTC]

Great stock picture...

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b0rnk1ll3r [2010-08-21 05:39:38 +0000 UTC]

Nice and easy thanks for share

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b0rnk1ll3r [2010-08-15 18:16:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanx

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adevilsdare [2010-07-14 21:14:08 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for this.
I credited you here:
[link]

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adevilsdare [2010-07-14 03:04:04 +0000 UTC]

THANKS!

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mahgnitton In reply to adevilsdare [2010-07-31 19:58:24 +0000 UTC]

no probs

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tejman [2010-01-23 22:52:46 +0000 UTC]

will certainly try and use ur way.. thx for making the tuti

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tejman [2010-01-23 22:51:36 +0000 UTC]

its a really good pic. the original is also a gd one. M a newbie so dnt knw much about editing and photoshop's magic.. One thing i like which is in this pic is its a soft bright pic with i guess cold effect. i love blue..
still learning how to do these kinda stuffs u guys do.. Hats off to u.. Gr8 editin.

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mahgnitton In reply to tejman [2010-01-26 18:01:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot for the comments, I hope this tutorial comes in handy and helps

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MyAssIsOnFire [2009-10-06 16:23:02 +0000 UTC]

Helpful.Thank You for this.

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Anne264 [2009-09-14 05:56:46 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial! Helps me put emotion into my pictures.

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GreenFurball [2009-09-13 11:38:35 +0000 UTC]

Great tut! Heped me a lot ((: Thanks!!

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Little-Miss-Classy [2009-08-22 23:30:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!

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mahgnitton In reply to Little-Miss-Classy [2009-08-26 19:21:56 +0000 UTC]

No probs and thanks for the

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angelitonegro [2009-08-06 03:45:31 +0000 UTC]

This wonderful work has been featured here [link]

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mahgnitton In reply to angelitonegro [2009-08-07 00:20:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the feature

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angelitonegro In reply to mahgnitton [2009-08-07 00:48:14 +0000 UTC]

You deserve it

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x-missworld-x [2009-07-04 21:05:04 +0000 UTC]

thank you for the tutorial.. I'm sure it will come in handy

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mahgnitton In reply to x-missworld-x [2009-07-07 21:08:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the comment, I hope it does

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E-Eclipse [2009-04-18 21:51:07 +0000 UTC]

I feel an unexplainable shiver due to the emotion that is brought out in this picture
Beautiful .

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mahgnitton In reply to E-Eclipse [2009-04-21 19:51:07 +0000 UTC]

thanks I hope the tutorial comes in usefull

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E-Eclipse In reply to mahgnitton [2009-04-23 00:00:01 +0000 UTC]

No problem,

I'll let you know how it goes =]

Bye

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kaymarie00 [2009-03-05 05:05:47 +0000 UTC]

gorgeous! Glad to finally learn the REAL way how to do this, instead of pretending.

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mahgnitton In reply to kaymarie00 [2009-03-07 14:42:28 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the comment and watch

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snazzyjasmin [2009-02-13 13:12:07 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou so much! This has made my pictures look very proffesional and beautiful! Thanks again

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mahgnitton In reply to snazzyjasmin [2009-02-13 18:35:45 +0000 UTC]

No problem I'm glad to hear that it's come in usefull, thanks for telling me and not for just faving like most do

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Whimsical-Dreams [2009-01-11 00:26:06 +0000 UTC]

Brilliant work!!

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mahgnitton In reply to Whimsical-Dreams [2009-01-24 00:45:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks + for the adition to your collection

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jay-walker [2008-11-29 18:49:51 +0000 UTC]

oh wow, thanks! this was really useful; having only just got cs3 i'm only used to selective coloring and not photo filters. thanks!

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mahgnitton In reply to jay-walker [2008-12-09 18:11:18 +0000 UTC]

No problem, Glad that it's been usefull for you and thanks for the comment and

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LVAMPAR [2008-11-16 13:16:59 +0000 UTC]

really nice!!!!

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vidyasagar [2008-08-13 14:26:12 +0000 UTC]

Good job. I will try and mail to you. Thanks

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djdaruwala [2008-08-01 14:32:19 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot...
great tutorial..

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mahgnitton In reply to djdaruwala [2008-08-11 12:36:41 +0000 UTC]

No probs thanks for the comment and

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st-3ph [2008-07-28 18:30:11 +0000 UTC]

I really like this effect Thanks!

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mahgnitton In reply to st-3ph [2008-08-11 12:36:53 +0000 UTC]

No probs thanks for the comment and

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emseviltwin [2008-07-25 03:30:33 +0000 UTC]

Fav-ing this for future reference. I hope to be able to try it out.

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mahgnitton In reply to emseviltwin [2008-07-27 15:17:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I hope it comes in handy

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supah11 [2008-07-13 09:24:28 +0000 UTC]

I love this one! so simple and yet presentable

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mahgnitton In reply to supah11 [2008-07-17 09:23:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks and cheers for the

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macurti [2008-07-10 22:12:34 +0000 UTC]

this is wonderful!

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anguaji [2008-06-16 18:59:35 +0000 UTC]

fantastic tutorial! really helpful - couldn't find a decent one like this anywhere else on t'internet!

-- beth x

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mahgnitton In reply to anguaji [2008-06-29 13:04:48 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the comment and , glad to see it was usefull and not just faved

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sketcherstud [2008-06-03 20:29:44 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tutorial, it was just what I was looking for.

My only suggestion would be to have the tutorial be a part of the JPG itself, maybe off to the right side. It's much easier for someone to save a picture from the internet and then open it up when they want to try out the technique, rather than trying to find the page they bookmarked or copy and save the text into a notepad file. Just an idea though.

Keep up the good work!

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mahgnitton In reply to sketcherstud [2008-06-14 14:22:24 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the advice, yeah I usualy do a html tutorial ( when I rarely do a tut ) and sub it to download if it's a little lengthy, also I didn't have much time to write one up on a jpg at the time and it was a lot quicker just to add it in the description.

I'm glad it was usefull for you and thanks for commenting aswell instead of just a without saying what you liked about it ( as most people do )

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