Photoshop Tutorial: How to Quickly Transform Photos into Beautiful, Romantic Images

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hi this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV

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I'm going to show you how to give your

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photos a dreamy romantic effect and then

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add text to it to personalize them this

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effect also works especially well on

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portraits I provided this image of Boca

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lights that will use later in this video

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it's link is located in a video

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description or project files open a

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photo you'd like to use I downloaded

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this photo from shutterstock.com the

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size of this document is 1550 pixels

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wide by 870 pixels high and has a

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resolution of 150 pixels per inch in the

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layers panel click the adjustment layer

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icon and choose gradient map change the

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blend mode to screen click the gradient

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bar which opens the gradient editor

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click the violet orange preset these

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colors work well on most photos but for

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this example I'll tweak them a bit click

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the lower left stop the color box and

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type in 32 2 24 c then click OK or press

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Enter or return click the lower right

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stop the color box and type in f8 a 658

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then press Enter or return on both the

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color picker and a gradient editor click

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the adjustment layer icon again and this

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time choose levels drag the input blacks

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a little left of where the histogram

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starts to rise this will slightly darken

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the darkest colors drag the input

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mid-tones to the left to lighten them

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adding a soft warm color next to the

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subjects face or shoulder is an

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effective way to add an illuminating

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naturalistic light effect to do this

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click the new layer icon to make a new

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layer and open your brush tool

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choose a large brush for this document

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I'll choose a brush size of 800 pixels

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depending on the size and resolution of

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your photo you may want to adjust the

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amount of your brush size make the

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hardness 0% and press Enter or return

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make sure the opacity is a hundred

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percent press the f5 key at the top of

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your keyboard to open your brush panel

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and make sure the only setting checked

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is smoothing press f5 again to close the

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panel click the foreground color and

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type in FF d for 3d then click OK or

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press Enter or return press B to open

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your brush tool make sure your caps lock

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key is turned off otherwise you won't be

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able to see your brush on your screen

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now left-click once next to your

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subjects head and change the blend mode

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to screen next we'll add the bokeh

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lights to further enhance the overall

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effect open the bokeh file I provided

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press ctrl or command a to select it and

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ctrl or command C to copy it open back

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up your photo and press ctrl or command

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V to paste the bokeh lights into your

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document let's say your original photo

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is vertical and much larger to transform

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the bokeh lights to a vertical angle and

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to increase its size press ctrl or

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command T to open your transform tool go

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to a corner and when you see a curved

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double-arrow hold down shift as you

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rotate it 90 degrees then go back to a

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corner and when you see a straight 45

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degree double arrow hold down shift and

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drag it out until it completely covers

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your document then press Enter or return

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if you need to zoom out press Z to open

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your zoom tool and hold down alt or

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option as you click on your document

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press ctrl or command 0 to fit your

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document back on your screen

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change the blend mode to screen as I

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toggle back and forth you can see the

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difference we're ready to set our text

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open your horizontal type tool and pick

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a handwritten font for this example I'm

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using a font called Jenna sue if you'd

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like to use it I provided its link as

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well I'll type in 72 points for the size

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smooth and left alignment click on the

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color box and pick a dark color that

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complements the colors in your photo for

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this image I'll type in 5706 to be then

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press Enter or return type out your main

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text with this font you can type out a

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heart shape by pressing Shift + the

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number 6 to reposition it open your move

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tool and move it click the FX icon and

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click outer glow the blend mode is

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screen and the opacity is seventy-five

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percent click the color box and pick

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white I'll make the size 27 pixels keep

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in mind you may want to adjust this

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amount depending on the size and

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resolution of your photo as I toggle

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back and forth you can see that the glow

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makes the text stand out a bit more

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click on your document to make your

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secondary line of text if it's a long

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line reduce the size and type out your

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text open your move tool to reposition

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it will copy the outer glow effect to

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your secondary line of text to do this

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hold down alt or option as you drag the

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effects copy to the top layer double

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click on outer glow to open it in the

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layer style window change the opacity to

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fifty percent for the size and

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resolution of this photo I'll make the

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spread seven

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sent and the size 57 pixels this is

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Marty from Blue Lightning TV thanks for

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watching