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Ethereal Effect

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Added: Mar 21, 2005 Rating:  Average Rating: 3.25 Votes: 12 Position: 5720 of 13021Average Rating: 3.25 Votes: 12 Position: 5720 of 13021Average Rating: 3.25 Votes: 12 Position: 5720 of 13021Average Rating: 3.25 Votes: 12 Position: 5720 of 13021Average Rating: 3.25 Votes: 12 Position: 5720 of 13021 Level: Experienced Software:  Photoshop

Make your photograph look like a long exposure photograph taken with a soft focus filter. Lighter areas are softened and darker areas remain sharp.
image 1 1. Open the image for editing.
image 2 2. Duplicate the layer "Background" (Ctrl+J) and apply an image mask to the new layer (Layer> Add Layer Mask> Reveal All).
image 3 3. Select the new layer's layer mask and use the "Apply Image" tool to apply the following properties:

Source: filename
Layer: Merged
Channel RGB
Blending: Normal
Opacity: 100%

Click OK.

image 4 4. Set the current layer's blending mode to "Screen" and duplicate the layer (Ctrl+J).
image 5 5. Select the middle layer's layer mask and open the "Levels" tool (Ctrl+L). Move the black input slider under the white input slider. Click OK.
image 6 6. Apply a "Gaussian Blur" (Filter> Blur> Gaussian Blur") with a radius that will soften the edges. Click OK.
image 7 7. Select the top layer and apply a "Brightness" of "50" and a "Contrast" of "50 using the "Brightness/Contrast" tool (Image> Adjustment> Brightness/Contrast).
image 8 8. Duplicate the layer "Background" and move it to the top layer. Set the new layer's blending mode to "Overlay".
Ethereal Tutorial: Final Result 9. Adjust the opacity of the middle layers to reduce the strength of the effect. Rollover the image on the left of this step to see the original image before this technique was applied.


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