Photoshop Tutorial: LEGO! Transform a Photo into a LEGO Portrait

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hi this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV

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I'm going to show you how to transform a

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photo of someone into a fun colorful

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Lego portrait you can apply this effect

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to virtually anyone open a photo that

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you'd like to use I downloaded this one

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from shutterstock.com the first step is

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to convert it into a smart object so we

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can modify it non-destructively click

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the icon at the upper right of the

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layers panel and click convert to smart

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object you know it's a smart object when

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the thumbnail has this icon if you want

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to crop your photo

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open your rectangular marquee tool and

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drag a selection across the area of your

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image that you'd like to keep then go to

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image and crop to deselect it press ctrl

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or command D to get the best results we

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need to adjust the size and resolution

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of the image go to image and image size

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make its resolution 72 pixels per inch

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and its height two thousand pixels the

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width will automatically default to

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another amount since it's linked to the

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height then click OK to make sure the

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entire image fits onto your canvas press

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ctrl or command 0 even though the smart

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object is cropped remember the original

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photo is still intact to see the

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original photo just double-click the

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thumbnail of the smart object to open it

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to close it click the small X on its tab

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go to filter pixelate and mosaic make

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the cell size 50 pixels square and click

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OK next we'll create the shape that

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we'll use to build the Lego pattern go

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to file and new make the width and the

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height 50 pixels each since that size is

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the same as the cell size of the mosaic

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then click OK press ctrl or command 0 to

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fit it onto your screen fill it with

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fifty percent gray to do this press

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Shift + the f5 key at the top of your

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keyboard to open the fill window choose

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50% gray and click OK

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click the new layer icon to make a new

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layer open your elliptical marquee tool

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go to the center and press and hold alt

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or option + shift as you drag out a

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circle approximately this size fill the

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selection with a color it doesn't matter

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what color it is since we won't be

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actually using the color I'll press ctrl

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or command + delete to fill it with the

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background color which is white then

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deselect it to make sure the circle is

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centered on your document open your move

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tool press ctrl or command a to select

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it all and then click the align

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horizontal centers icon and the align

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vertical centers icon then deselect it

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double-click the thumbnail of the circle

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to open its layer style window reduce

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its fill opacity 20 percent this makes

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the circle itself invisible however this

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won't affect any other layer style

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effects that we add to the circle click

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bevel and emboss keep the structure at

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their default settings change the angle

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to 90 degrees and the shadow opacity to

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50 percent click drop shadow make the

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opacity seventy percent the distance

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three pixels and the size four pixels

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then click OK

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click on the lock icon to unlock the

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grey background and double-click the

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thumbnail to open its layer style window

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click bevel and emboss make the size 4

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pixels and the shadow opacity fifty

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percent then click OK

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go to edit and define pattern will name

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it Lego and click OK or press Enter or

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return click the tab of the Lego file to

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open it click the adjustment layer icon

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and click pattern the pattern fill

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window will open showing the most recent

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pattern you saved click OK change the

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blend mode to linear light

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click the adjustment layer icon again

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and this time choose poster eyes

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make the levels anywhere between 4 to 8

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i'll make mine 8 since Legos are

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brightly colored let's increase the

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color saturation click the adjustment

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layer icon and click hue/saturation

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increase the saturation to an amount

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that looks good to you

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lastly drag the pattern adjustment layer

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to the top of the layers panel we're

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doing this so that the pattern won't be

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affected by the other adjustment layers

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as I toggle back and forth you can see

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the difference this is Marty from Blue

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Lightning TV thanks for watching