Photoshop Tutorial: How to Make a Beautiful, Watercolor Portrait from a Photo

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hi this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV

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I'm going to show you how to create

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beautiful watercolor portraits from

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photos using your own brush strokes

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because the your own brushstrokes it

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allows you to create your own subtle

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nuances open a photo you'd like to use

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since every photo has its own unique

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characteristics such as lighting

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brightness contrast in color the results

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of the watercolor effect will vary if

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the subject has very light skin it may

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be necessary to darken the mid-tones you

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can achieve this by pressing ctrl L on

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Windows or command L on a Mac to open

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your levels window slide the input

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mid-tones to the right I'd also

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recommend using a photo that doesn't

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have a dark background if it does just

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lighten it its size and resolution will

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ultimately determine the setting amounts

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for the filters and brushes this photo

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is 1550 by 870 pixels with a resolution

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of 150 pixels per inch unlock the

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background by holding down alt on

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Windows or option on a Mac as you click

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on the lock will name it base make a

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copy of it by pressing ctrl or command J

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name it smart ler go to filter blur and

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smart blur for the size and resolution

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of this photo I'll make the radius 10

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the threshold 20 the quality is high and

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the mode is normal depending on the size

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and resolution of your photo you may

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want to adjust the amounts for the

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radius and threshold to get a similar

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result as this click on the thumbnail of

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the base to make it active and make a

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copy of it drag it to the top and name

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it pencil lines go to filter and filter

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gallery open the stylized folder in it

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you'll find glowing edges if you have an

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early version of photoshop go to filter

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stylize and glowing edges make the edge

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with one

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the edge brightness between 14 and 17

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and the smoothness 15 then click OK

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invert the image by pressing ctrl or

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command I then remove the color by

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pressing ctrl or command shift you

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change the blend mode to multiply make

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the smart blur layer active and make a

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copy of it will name it brush invert the

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layer and change its blend mode to color

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Dodge open your brush tool and press D

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on your keyboard to make your foreground

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and background colors black and white

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respectively click the arrow next to the

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brush size and click the gear icon to

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open your list of brush presets click

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reset brushes and click OK to replace

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the current brushes with the default

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brushes click back on the gear icon and

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choose small list scroll down and click

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dry brush reduce its opacity to ten

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percent to increase the size of your

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brush press the right bracket key on

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your keyboard I increased it to 200

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pixels now brush across your image open

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your gear icon again and click wet media

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brushes click OK and choose watercolor

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textured surface press Enter or return

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to close the brush panel and increase

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your brush size I made mine 300 pixels

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now selectively brush over areas of your

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image it's ok to leave lighter areas

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untouched I'll make my brush smaller by

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pressing the left bracket key continue

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to brush over your image to bring out

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contrast and color if you want to

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lighten or remove some pencil lines make

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the pencil line layer active

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and click the layer mask icon to make a

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layer mask next to it increase the

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opacity to eighty percent and lightly

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brush over the pencil lines you'd like

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to lighten or remove next will darken

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the input levels of the brushstrokes but

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leave the pencil lines as is to do this

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hide the pencil lines and make the brush

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layer active press ctrl shift alt e on

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windows or command shift option e on a

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mac to make a composite snapshot of your

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image press ctrl or command l to open

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your levels window and then drag the

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input darks to the right until it's at

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the point where the histogram starts to

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rise make the pencil lines visible and

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go to filter and filter gallery open the

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texture folder and click texturizer

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choose sandstone the scaling is a

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hundred percent the relief is two or

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three and the light is from the top then

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click OK this is Marty from Blue

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Lightning TV thanks for watching

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you