2. Step 1:
The first stage of this technique is
to open up the image which you
will want to used. For example I
have opened up a picture of
people walking which I found on
Google images.
With the background image right click
on the background layer and a table
should scroll down. With the options
to choose from select the choice
“Duplicate Layer”. This will create an
identical layer of the image.
3. Step 2.
With the layer called
‘Background copy’, make
sure it is selected in the
layers column. Go to the tab
called ‘Filters’ and click on it
and a table will scroll down.
Move the mouse curser
down to the word ‘Blur’.
Another table will appear
and it will show different
options of the effect called
blur. The option I had
chosen to go with is was
‘Motion Blur’. Once selected
adjust the effect depending
on how strong you want it.
Once you are happy with it,
click ‘OK’.
4. Step 3.
With the image which had the blur
effect on it, you can then work into
the image to bring out features.
The way this is done is by using the
‘Rubber Tool’. This removes parts
of the top layer which has the
effect on it and it brings out the
background image from
underneath depending on what
you have rubbed out.
5. Step 4.
Step 4 is to create another layer on top. However, with this layer changed the mode to the setting ‘Hue’. It will appear invisible on the layer column.
Nevertheless, if you click on the colour changer and use the ‘Pipette tool’ and pick out a colour from the image. Once selected click ‘OK’. Press the
‘Paint Bucket tool and click on the image. This will tint the image as the colour which you selected from the picture. To make parts of the image stand
out from that tint use the ‘Rubber tool’. This will bring out the colours from the layer underneath. Once you are happy with the outcome you can
‘Merge’ the image together, so it becomes one whole picture. The final stage is to save it as a ‘JPEG’ to your documents.
