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Fairy Dust

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Added: Mar 14, 2005 Rating:  Average Rating: 3.09 Votes: 81 Position: 7365 of 13090Average Rating: 3.09 Votes: 81 Position: 7365 of 13090Average Rating: 3.09 Votes: 81 Position: 7365 of 13090Average Rating: 3.09 Votes: 81 Position: 7365 of 13090Average Rating: 3.09 Votes: 81 Position: 7365 of 13090 Level: Experienced Software:  Photoshop

Fairy Dust appears in random patterns on the highlights of your image.

image 1 1. Open the image for editing.
image 2 2. Create a new layer (Ctrl+Shift+N) and fill it with the colour black.
image 3

3. On the new layer, use the "Add Noise" filter (Filter> Noise> Add Noise) to apply the following properties:

Amount: 5%
Distribution: Gaussian
Monochromatic: Checkmarked.

Click OK.

image 4 4. Apply an "Auto Levels" (Ctrl+Shift+L).
image 5 5. Use the "Threshold" tool (Image> Adjustment> Threshold) to adjust the amount of fairy dust that will appear in the image. Make sure that the "Preview" checkbox is activated. Click OK.
image 6 6. Use the "Magic Wand" tool (W) to select the black area of the current layer. Press "Delete" to erase the selected area and deselect (Ctrl+D).
image 7 7. On the current layer, add a "Outer Glow" layer style (Layer> Layer Style> Outer Glow). Set the "Size" to the size of the fairy dust glow and set the "Spread" to half of the "Size". Select a colour for the fairy dust glow. Click OK.
image 8 8. Add a layer mask (Layer> Add Layer Mask> Reveal All).
image 9

9. With the layer mask selected, use the "Apply Image" tool (Image> Apply Image) to apply the following properties:

Source: filename
Layer: Background
Channel: RGB
Invert: Uncheckmarked
Blending: Normal
Opacity: 100%

Click OK.

image 10 10. Use the "Brightness/Contrast" tool (Image> Adjustment> Brightness/Contrast) and increase the "Contrast" to "+100". Lower the "Brightness" to remove most of the areas you do not want the dust to appear.
image 11 11. Use the "Eraser" tool (E) to erase the areas you do not want the fairy dust to appear.
Fairy Dust Tutorial: Final Result 12. Rollover the image in this step to see the original image before this technique was applied.


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