Photoshop Tutorial: How to Create a Double-Exposure Image in Photoshop

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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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double exposure image from two photos if

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you'd like to use this image I provided

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its link in my video's description or

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project files for the second photo

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you'll get the best results if the

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person you choose has deep shadows on

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one side like these examples that I got

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from shutterstock.com it doesn't matter

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if the color or black and white however

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if your photo has general lighting like

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this one I'll show you how to transition

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it into deep shadows if you'd like to

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use this photo I provided its link the

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first step is to create a selection

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around your subject for this example

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I'll use the quick selection tool I'll

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make the tool size 10 pixels

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and drag over the subject to select it

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I can click either the refine edge

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button or go to select and refine edge

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I did an in-depth tutorial on refine

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edge so if you'd like to watch it I

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provided that link as well i'll click

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smart radius

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and adjust its size to make the brush

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big enough to cover the edge of the hair

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I'll output it as a new layer and click

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OK

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remove all its color by pressing ctrl

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shift you on windows or command shift

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you on a Mac to adjust its brightness

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and contrast open your levels window by

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pressing ctrl or command l

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drag the white and black input levels to

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the point just before with a histogram

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really starts to rise and click okay

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to make room for your tropical trees

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make sure your subject is positioned to

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one side of your document just press V

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to open your move tool and drag it over

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make a copy of it by pressing ctrl or

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command J

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click the FX icon and click gradient

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overlay

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change the blend mode to multiply

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and click the gradient bar

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click the black white gradient and click

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okay

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make the angle minus 180 degrees and the

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scale forty percent then click OK

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to restore some of the brightness

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face

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click the layer mask icon to make a

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layer mask next to the active layer

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open your brush tool

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and brush picker will adjust the size in

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a moment make the hardness 0% and the

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opacity and flow a hundred percent then

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press Enter or return

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to make your brush larger or smaller

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press the right or left bracket keys on

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your keyboard

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now brush over your subject in areas

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where you'd like to restore its original

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brightness

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click the bottom layer to make it active

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and click the new layer icon to make a

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new layer above it will fill the empty

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layer with white to do this press Shift

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+ the f5 key at the top of your keyboard

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to open the fill window or you could go

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to edit and fill

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open the flyout menu click white and

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click ok

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open the image you'd like to blow

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and into the person you can use this one

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but feel free to use anything you want

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as long as its bottom is relatively dark

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and dense and ends up somewhere at its

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top ultimately we want the top of the

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image to be pure white if you're using

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this image to

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open your Dodge tool

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foreground color isn't white press D on

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your keyboard to make your foreground

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and background colors black and white

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respectively and then press X to invert

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them make the range highlights and the

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exposure a hundred percent

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adjust the size of your tool

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the sky

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to place the trees onto your subject

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press V to open your move tool and drag

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it up onto the tab of your subject

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without releasing your mouse or pen drag

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it down onto the image and release we

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want to place the trees on top of the

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person to do this just drag the trees

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layer to the top of the layers panel

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go to edit

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transform and rotate 90 degrees

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clockwise

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let's temporarily reduce its opacity so

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we can see the subject under it

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to resize and position it open your

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transform tool by pressing ctrl or

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command T go inside the transform and

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position the trees or what else your

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image is over your subject you can

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always reposition and resize it later if

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you want press Enter or return to accept

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it

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increase its opacity back to a hundred

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percent

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click the layer mask icon to make a

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layer mask next to the active layer

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presb to open your brush tool increase

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your brush size a bit and brush over the

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left side of the trees to mask them out

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to restore back areas of the trees

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press X to invert your foreground and

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background colors and adjust the brush

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size if you need to now brush over those

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areas of the trees that you want to

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restore back continue to finesse your

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image brushing in and restoring back

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areas until the two images create a

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double exposure this is Marty from Blue

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Lightning TV thanks for watching