Photoshop Tutorial: How to Transform a Photo into a Stained Glass Window!

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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 a

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beautiful stained glass window from a

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photo first choose a photo you'd like to

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use for your background this will be the

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scene that you see through your window

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then choose a colorful photo you'd like

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to use for the stained glass I

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downloaded this image from

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shutterstock.com we'll work on the

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background first let's protect it by

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making it into a smart object so

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anything we do to it will be

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non-destructive click on the icon at the

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upper right of the layers panel and

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choose convert to smart object go to

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filter blur and Gaussian blur blur it 5

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pixels then click OK or press Enter or

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return make a new layer above the

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background by pressing ctrl shift and on

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windows or command shift n on a Mac when

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you see this window type in glass pane

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letting then click OK or press Enter or

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return we'll fill the empty layer with

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white and since white is the background

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color press ctrl or command + delete

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click on the foreground color and for

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brightness type in twenty percent this

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gives us a dark grey color which will be

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the color of the lead strips then press

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Enter or return go to filter and filter

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gallery open the texture folder and

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choose stained glass the cell size

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creates smaller or larger cells and the

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border thickness makes the letting

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thinner or thicker I'm choosing 46 for

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the cell size and eight for the border

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thickness however depending on the size

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and resolution of your background photo

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you may need to adjust these amounts to

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get a similar result go to select and

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color range

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choose highlights make the fuzziness a

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hundred percent and the range 255 then

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click OK press the Delete key to delete

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the white shapes and deselect it by

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pressing ctrl or command D you may see a

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subtle white fringe surrounding the

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letting to remove it go to layer matting

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and d fringe make the width 1 pixel

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notice the white fringe is now gone next

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we're going to give the letting some

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dimension by giving it a bevel click the

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FX icon and choose bevel and emboss the

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style is inner bevel the technique is

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smooth the depth is a hundred percent

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and the direction is up the size is five

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pixels and soften its zero pixels the

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angle should be anywhere between 120 to

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135 degrees and the altitude is 30

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degrees the highlight mode is screen

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with an opacity of 75 percent and the

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shadow mode is multiply also with an

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opacity of 75 percent then click ok now

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we're ready to begin adding the stained

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glass to our window pane first click off

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the eyeball of the leading to hide it

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we'll make it visible again after we

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create the colored stained glass open

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the photo of your image we need to

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separate the subject from its background

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by making a selection around the subject

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there are many ways to do this so choose

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the method that's the easiest and most

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effective for you for this example I'll

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use the quick selection tool if you're

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using this tool as well just drag your

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cursor over the subject to select it and

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to add a selection over an inside area

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hold alt or option as you drag over it

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since white areas will ultimately become

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white pieces of stained glass it's not

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necessary to fill in all of the white

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areas if they're small

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press Q to see it as a quick mask if

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there are areas you need to retouch open

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your pencil tool and keep the hardness

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at a hundred percent to reduce the size

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of the pencil tip press the left bracket

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key now we touch those areas press Q

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again to revert it back into a selection

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press ctrl or command J to cut the

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subject from its background and copy it

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to its own layer press V to open your

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move tool and drag your image onto the

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tab of your stained glass document

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without releasing your mouse or pen drag

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it down onto your document and release

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to reduce or enlarge your image to fit

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in the document open your transform tool

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by pressing ctrl or command T if your

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image is too large as in this case you

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may not be able to see the transforms

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bounding box to see it press ctrl or

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command 0 go to a corner and when you

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see a diagonal double-arrow hold down

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shift and alt on windows or shift +

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option on a mac as you drag it in once

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you're happy with its size and position

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press Enter or return to fit it back

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onto your screen press ctrl or command 0

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convert it into a smart object and

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ctrl-click or command click on it to

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make a selection of its shape click the

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layer mask icon to make a layer mask of

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the selection click the thumbnail of

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your stained glass subject to make it

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active go to filter and filter gallery

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this time we'll choose a smaller cell

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size and border thickness change the

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blend mode to multiply next we'll

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surround the stained glass contours with

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a LED strip to do this click the FX icon

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and choose straw

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make the size 8 pixels and the position

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is outside then click OK or press Enter

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or return as you can see the stroke is

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too thick and bumpy so we need to fix it

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click the layer mask to make it active

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and go to select and refine mask drag

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smooth all the way to the right as well

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as the contrast then click OK now that

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the surrounding LED strip is smooth we

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still need to make its thickness match

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the thickness of the letting in the

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stained glass pieces to do this double

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click on the stroke effect and for the

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size type in an amount that matches the

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thickness of the letting in the stained

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glass write down the amount because

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we're going to refer to this number

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later then press Enter or return the

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next bunch of steps will give the

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letting dimension click the background

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to make it active and make a new layer

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above it type in white then click OK or

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press Enter or return we'll fill the

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empty layer with white and since white

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is the background color press ctrl or

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command + delete next we need to

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temporarily remove the colored pieces

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leaving just the letting to do this

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double-click on your smart object to

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open your original image we're going to

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fill it with white assuming your

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background color is still white press

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ctrl or command + delete then press ctrl

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or command s to save it however do not

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close the document normally we would

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close the smart object to affect those

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changes however in this case don't close

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it open back up your stained glass

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documents and you'll see that the color

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is now gone open your channels panel if

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you don't see it go to window and

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channels ctrl-click or command click on

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the RGB thumbnail to make a selection of

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its shape then invert the selection by

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pressing ctrl or command

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I open back up the layers panel and make

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a new layer name it letting fill it with

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your foreground color by pressing alt or

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option + delete these select it and

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click back on the tab of the smart

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object to open it go to the history

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panel if you don't see it go to window

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and history there should be only two

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levels in the history panel open and

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fill layer click open and your smart

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object reverts back to its original

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state click the small X on the right

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side of the tab to close the smart

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object and when you see this warning

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click yes to save the changes

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immediately the stained glass colors

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reappear because the smart object has

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been updated from a white background to

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the original fish now let's add the

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bevel to the letting click the FX icon

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and click bevel and emboss we'll keep

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the same settings as before then press

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Enter or return hide the white layer and

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under the smart object hide the stroke

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effect this instantly cleans up your

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stained glass place your cursor on this

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icon and double-click it to edit the

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filter blending options of the smart

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object this window will appear change

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the blend mode to screen then click OK

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next we'll increase its contrast and

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vibrancy to make the stained glass

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really come alive click the adjustment

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layer icon and choose brightness

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contrast go to your subjects layer mask

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hold down alt or option and drag a copy

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of it on top of the adjustment layers

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layer mask if you see this warning click

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yes click the adjustment layer icon next

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to the layer mask and adjust the

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brightness and contrast I'll increase

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the brightness to 20 and the contrast to

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100

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click the adjustment layer icon again

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and this time choose vibrance as before

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go to the layer mask hold down alt or

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option drag a copy on top of the

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vibrance layer mask and click yes click

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the vibrance icon and slide the vibrance

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and saturation all the way to the right

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the final steps we'll place our stained

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glass onto the clear glass panels make

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the top layer active on top of this

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layer will place a composite snapshot of

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your image to do this press ctrl shift

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alt e on windows or command shift option

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e on a Mac ctrl click or command click

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on the layer mask to make a selection of

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its shape go to select modify and expand

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expanded by the same amount of pixels

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you wrote down earlier for the leading

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that surrounds your stained glass image

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in my case it's 4 pixels then click OK

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the selection should be flush with the

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outer edge of the letting press ctrl or

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command J to cut your stained glass from

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its background and copy it to its own

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layer now we can Trash the composite

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snapshot since we don't need it anymore

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make your glass pane letting visible

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again to complete your stained glass

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window this is Marty from Blue Lightning

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TV thanks for watching