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1. Intro: Hey guys, and welcome
to this crash course. In this crash course, we're
going to learn how to create a stunning double exposure
effect in Photoshop. And double exposure effect have a popular design technique
that involves planning two or more images together to create a unique and
striking visual effect. It's a technique that's used in a variety of design fields, from graphic design to
photography and beyond. In this tutorial, we
will be walking through the entire process step-by-step, from selecting the right
images to adjusting the levels and saturation
to make them work together, to using layer mask
and blending modes to create a seamless and
eye-catching design. By the end of this
course, I guarantee you, you have all the
skills you need to create your own stunning
double exposure effect. So what are you waiting for? Are you excited to
join this course? Let's get started. Grab your
images. See you in class.
2. Concept and finding relevant images: Before creating the
double exposure effect, you need to understand why we
use it in the first place. Its main purpose is to
deliver a deep message. Many advertising agency use this effect to emphasize
on a specific concept. So first step is
to have a concept. For this, I have
already prepared a line like nature is beauty. And keeping in mind the concept, we need to find images for it. So step two is to
find the resources. It's important to
have a visual idea of your final output. It will make your work a
lot more easier because you know exactly what kind of
images you are looking for. There are many free
stock websites where you can find
images you want. One of them is pixabay.com. Google it. And you can see here it's a free stock photography and royalty-free stock
media website. Similarly, there is another
website called pexels.com. It took some time, but I
already found for images that we're going
to use to create a double exposure effect. When you have the concept ready with the images
you are going to use than almost 60%
of your work is done. If you want a better
understanding of the goals, first, see the whole
course, and second time. You can watch it slowly
and follow along with me and all the images
used in the schools. They're download link is
mentioned in the description. So we will first focus
on the goal image, select the image and drag
it inside Photoshop. See you in the next class
where we will learn how to remove the
background effectively.
3. How to remove background: In this part, we
will learn how to remove the background
of an image and also learn about the major tools used to remove the
background effectively. Next, we will take the
object selection tool. And you know what I
really like about a tool. It's a Select Subject
feature in the header. When we click on Select Subject, it will automatically
create the selection. Next we will add a mask on
it so the background will be removed and only the main
subject will be there. Right now, there's no
background behind the image. So we will add an adjustment
layer of solid color. Choose the color white,
and just hit Okay. It's also important to
give naming to each layer, so we will just double-click on the layer name and
rename it as background. Because it's a background,
we will drag this layer to the bottom so that we
can see the girl image. Let's also rename this layer
as cold because it's a girl. Next, we will zoom
in to see whether the object selection tool did the work like how
we want it to be. Like here you can see
the edge is not smooth, but the top portion is smooth. And rest of the hairs as well. We only need to work on the
chin and the neck part. And for that, we need to disable the mask while holding shift. When you click on the mask, you can see a red
cross on the mass. That means it's being disabled. And again, by holding Shift, when you click on the mask, it will get active. And if you are wondering why
am I disabling the mass? Because some of the neck
portion is heights, we need to reveal the
part so that we can use any other tool like pen
tool to reveal that part. So take the pen tool and make
sure in the header options, select a path, zoom in, and start creating the
path with the pen tool. I know it takes a lot of time. But seriously, this tool is the only one that gives
the precise selection. Make sure your path
should be smooth. I think we can just end it here, zoom out and create
the rest of the path. You don't need to be precise, and it just ends here. Now we will convert this
part into the selection right-click and select,
Make selection. We don't want any kind of feather radius here,
so zero is good. Hit. Okay? Then again
while holding Shift, click on the mask
to make it active. Now we will pan on the part
where we want to edit. Here you can see
some of the part is revealed and some of
the part is height. So before going further, if you don't have the
knowledge of masking, let me tell you an
important thing. In masking, there are two
colors that are very important. First with the Black
Death, hide the layer, and second is the white
reveals the layer. Let's see it in action. It will make more sense
like this blue square, half the mask applied on it, selected mask, choose
the brush tool. Next we want to hide
the layer so we will choose black color
and just paint on it. And when we switch it
to the white layer, it will start
revealing the layer. That's how masking works. Let's move back to our
main project, e.g. here we need the black color to hide the part inside
the selection. So take the brush
tool and press T for the default colors where the background color
will be white in the foreground color
will be black. And before brushing
inside the selection, make sure your mask is
selected because we're not working on the layer via
working on the mask layer, but brushing black color
inside the selection, we will hide the object
by right-clicking, you can decrease the hardness, make sure the hardness is zero. Also reduce the size of the
brush so that you can get a good control and brush
it over on the face edge. Did you notice here the
chain part is missing, so we need to reveal it. But before that, we're going
to inverse the selection because it's outside of
our selection right now. Zoom out, go to Select
and click on Inverse. Now the outer portion is
selected and we can work on it. Zoom on the chain part. And remember we have to reveal the parts
so we will choose a white color and simply
paint over it here as well. Now let's deselect
the selection, go to Select and
click on de-select. And look at the difference
how smooth result we get. So this is how we effectively
removed the background. See you in the next part.
4. Adding Secondary image: In this part, we
will learn to add a secondary mesh to create
a double exposure effect. But before doing that, it's important to have
the placement right? Also, we need some space to
add the secondary image. So let's do first thing
first to get a good output, we will flip the image. Let's go to Edit, Transform
and click on Flip Horizontal. Next we will scale the
image, take the Move tool. Make sure in the
header you take on Show Transform Controls
so that we can see the bounding box and click and drag from the
corner to scale it down, scale the image until
it is in Central. This much space is perfect. Click on taking the header. Next we want landscape
size documents, so we will crop the
top and bottom part. Take the crop tool. And in the header set the weight 3,500 pixel and
height will be 2,500. Click on the art
board onetime to see the crop preview and take on hairdryer to
crop the outer part. Next we will add the image. So take the Move tool and from the reference folder
we're going to use these three image, drag it inside Photoshop, and change its layer blend
mode to lighten with this darker color of
the image will be hired and blend with
the bottom color. So that's why we are
seeing the base layer, whereas the lighter portion of the image will not get affected. Let's add some rotation
from the right side so that the trees angle can be aligned with the phase angle. You can also directly move it. I think we can scale it
up more from the corner. All we want to create
harmony between the girl image and this image. If you think you
want more rotation, just add some rotation and place it where it seems perfect. I think displacement is
good when you are done, click on taking the header. Here. The head part looks amazing. The Middle River part
doesn't go with the image, so we need to remove it. So instead of
freezing the image, we can add a layer mask
on the tree layer. And I know, you know
the basics of masking. Take the brush tool
and choose the color black because we want to hide
the portion from the layer. Right-click, let's
increase the brush size and paint on the potion
you want to remove. You can also use
right bracket key from your keyboard to increase the brush size and also remove the lower
part of the image. When we zoom in, you can see this part is looking quite odd. Finishing is very important. So we will select the
bottom layer mask and remove the hairs from here. Also, the head portion needs to be blend with the background. So first, we will take the brush tool and
remove this portion. And if you're thinking it's not blending with
the background, we can simply change
the background color according to the image. So double-click
on the background color to change the color. Pick the color from the image. It's blending with
the background. Now, hit OK. And for the
part that it's not blending, select the layer mask and remove the portion that is creating the color difference. It's looking much better now. Now here I don't want the
feather effect on the quiz. I want a full query. For this, we will create
a duplicate layer, right-click on the tree layer
and create a duplicate one. Rename it as three outside. Here we don't want this mask. Drag the mask on the
Delete icon to delete it, and set the blend
mode to normal. So first we will hide
this layer completely by adding a negative
mask while holding Alt. When you click on
the layer mask, it will add a negative
mask on the layer. This layer is not
seeing anymore, but when we take the brush tool and choose the white color, this painting over the
trees will show the image. Let's brush here as well. So for the output, it's looking good. To add more clarity. Let me show you what
is happening on each layer while holding Alt. When you click on the
View icon of the layer, it will show only this layer and rest of the
layers will be hide. This layer only have
some priest portion. Let's check trees layer here, a lot of DOE image
portion is visible. Next, the girl layer. Here, the background is removed, but we also need to
remove the portion of the here so that it can
blend with the image. This is so far what we did. Let's create a group
while holding Control, select all three layers
and drag it to the group. I can rename this layer
as photo manipulation, or you can also rename it
as double exposure effect. It's your choice. In the next part, we will be adding the birds to make it 50.
5. Adding Birds: Next we will add some birds on the head portion to make
it more three-dimensional. Drag the bird's image
inside Photoshop. Zoom out and scale it
down from the corner. Please sit on the head portion
and change its blend mode to multiply so that it will blend with
the background image. Let's move it slightly
to the right and scale it down from the
corner and take on header. Right now the bird image is not blending with
the background, so we will add an
adjustment layer of levels and make sure to click on the clip button so it will only affect
the birds layer. When we increase the lightness, the bluish color of
the image will vanish. This is looking much better now. While only control select both layers and drag
it to the group, I can rename it as Burt's. This part. Have too much words. We're going to remove it, expand the group, and
select the birds layer. Add a layer mask on it. Then choose black color. Make sure your
brush is selected. And we have the black
color to hide the image. And just paint over the portion where you don't want the words. Now this is looking nice. In the next part,
we will learn to add color tones and
effects on the image.
6. Adding effects and tone: So far we have created
double exposure affected very minimal efforts. But now it's time to
add some effects on it and add an adjustment
layer of black and white. Image is black and white,
but it lacks the contrast. So we will add another
adjustment layer of curves. In the grid portion. We will add two points. Slide the top portion to the left and down
point to the right. It will create an S
curve where we have intensify the contrast between the lightness and the darkness. You have the freedom
to adjust according to your need by hiding and
unhide in the layer, we can see the difference. You can also add
back in bike layer to get a colored version of it, but I choose not to. Instead, we will use
our own color palette. So add an adjustment
layer of gradient map. Click on the gradient to edit. Scroll down and expand
the red gradients. We're going to use this one. Hit, Okay? Make sure to reverse the color because right now it
looks too negative. Let's also change
the blend mode to lighten and set its
opacity to 60%. While holding Control, select all adjustment layers and
drag it to the group, I can rename it as effects. So right now we
have all the groups except for the background, so we will turn it one. Grouping is important.
It makes your file looks very structured layer
and very easy to edit. And let's also add some
colors to the layers. So this is how we create a double exposure
effect in Photoshop. So that's it for this course
of double exposure effect. I hope you found this
course interesting and you're inspired to
create your own designs. Remember, practice
makes perfect. So don't be afraid to
experiment more and try out new things that will make your design even more
unique and eye-catching. If you have any question
or suggestion for me, be sure to leave a comment down. And you can also find me on
differential media channels. Thank you so much for taking this course and don't
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courses like this one. Until then, keep creating. See you in the next class. Bye.
Shubham Vashishtha, Graphic designer + Youtuber
