Pop Art

Seperate the Colors

The first thing we`re going to do is to remove all shades from the image. The result will be solid shapes of color. Follow the steps below to learn this technique.

Step 1

Open a photo you would like to edit. Resize (Image> Image Size) the image to the output size you would like. It is fine to upscale a low resolution image before using this effect.

Step 2

Duplicate the layer (Layer> Duplicate Layer or Ctrl+J) and change the blending mode of the new layer to Luminosity.

Step 3

With the top layer selected, Invert (Image> Adjustments> Invert or Ctrl+I).

Step 4

Reduce the opacity of the current layer to 50%.

Step 5

Press Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E to create a new layer of the visible and delete Layer 1.

Posterization

Now well add a posterize effect to the image.

Step 6

Activate the Background layer and duplicate the layer (Layer> Duplicate Layer or Ctrl+J). Move the new layer to the top.

Step 7

Change the blending mode of the new layer to Multiply.

Step 8

Select the top layer and open the Threshold tool (Image> Adjustments> Threshold). In the Threshold tool, drag the input slider towards the left or right to adjust the effect. Or if the default value of 128 is good enough, simply click OK.

Increase Saturation

Finally, we’ll increase the saturation as the final effect to create this pop art.

Step 9

Select the middle layer and use the Hue/Saturation tool (Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation or Ctrl+U) to increase the saturation.

Final Results

Rollover the image below to see the before and after effect

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Digital Star Effect

Digital Star Effect Photoshop Tutorial

Creating the Dots - Part One

First, we'll transform a photo into a series of circles. This is done by combining several filters.

Step 1

Open an image to edit.

Step 2

Duplicate the layer (Layer> Duplicate Layer or Ctrl+J).

Step 3

Select the new layer and apply a Mosaic filter (Filter> Pixelate> Mosaic) with a Cell Size of 8 square.

Step 4

Apply a Find Edges filter (Filter> Stylize> Find Edges).

Step 5

Apply a Median filter (Filter> Noise> Median) with a Radius of 2 pixels.

Step 6

To reduce the size of the dots, we'll use the Maximum filter (Filter> Other> Maximum) to enlarge the white areas. Use a Radius of 1 pixel.

Step 7

Invert (Image> Adjustments> Invert or Ctrl+I).

Creating the Dots - Part Two

Now we'll create the outline of the circles. This layer will also be reused to create the star effect in the next page.

Step 8

Duplicate the top layer (Layer> Duplicate Layer or Ctrl+J) and change the blending mode to Screen.

Step 9

Apply a Find Edges filter (Filter> Stylize> Find Edges).

Step 10

Invert (Image> Adjustments> Invert or Ctrl+I).

The Star Effect

In this section, we'll add the star effect. This is done using the motion blur filter.

Step 11

Duplicate the top layer twice (Layer> Duplicate Layer or Ctrl+J).

Step 12

Activate the top layer and apply a Motion Blur filter (Filter> Blur> Motion Blur). Set the angle to 45º and the distance to 100 pixels.

Step 13

Apply an Auto Levels (Image> Adjustments> Auto Levels or Shift+Ctrl+L).

Step 14

Now we're going to do the same steps againusing a different Motion Blur angle on a different layer. Activate the layer below (Layer 1 copy 2) and apply a Motion Blur filter (Filter> Blur> Motion Blur). Simply type a "-" sign in front of the 45º and click OK.

Step 15

Apply an Auto Levels (Image> Adjustments> Auto Levels or Shift+Ctrl+L).

Step 16

Add a Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer (Layer> New Adjustment Layer> Brightness/Contrast) and adjust the settings to get the results you want.

Final Results

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Diffusion

Adding the Diffusion Effect

Many experienced Photoshop users may already know about this popular effect. For those who don't know, you can apply a quick version of this effect by duplicating the layer, changing the blending mode to Screen, and applying a Gaussian Blur to the new layer. This tutorial goes further by showing you how to filter out the effect from dark areas and how to restore edge sharpness.

Step 1

Open a photo to edit.

Step 2

Duplicate the layer (Layer> Duplicate or Ctrl+J) and change the blending mode of the new layer to Screen.

Step 3

Add a layer mask to the top layer (Layer> Add Layer Mask> Reveal All).

Step 4

Make sure the layer mask is activated. The thumbnail of the layer mask in the layers window should have a white border around it. If it doesn't, click on the thumbnail to activate the layer mask.

Step 5

With the layer mask activated, open the Apply Image tool (Image> Apply Image). The default settings should be fine. Simply click OK to continue.

Step 6

Your image should now have a similar glow effect:

Step 7

Click on the thumbnail of the top layer to deactivate the layer mask. With the top layer selected, open the Gaussian Blur filter tool (Filter> Blur> Gaussian Blur). Make sure that the preview checkbox is checked and increase the radius slider until the desired effect is achieved.

Restore Edge Sharpness

In this portion of the tutorial, you'll learn how to restore the edge sharpness. This portion of the tutorial is optional but we recommend that you follow it on your first try so that you'll be able to see the difference.

Step 8

We need to add another layer mask but Photoshop will only allow one raster layer mask per layer. To get around this, we'll simply group the layer (Layer> Group Layers or Ctrl+G) and add a layer mask (Layer> Add Layer Mask> Reveal All) to the new group created.

Step 9

Click on the thumbnail of the new layer mask. With the layer mask selected, use the Apply Image tool to apply the entire image to the layer mask. The default settings should be fine.

Step 10

Apply a Find Edges filter (Filter> Stylize> Find Edges).

Step 11

Use the Zoom tool (Z) and zoom in around 300-400% to an a edge. If you look closely at your image, you may be able to notice a thin black outline on the edges. The line is caused by the Find Edges filter.

Step 12

To remove the outline, we'll simply blur the layer mask with the Find Edges filter applied just a tiny bit. Open the Gaussian Blur filter tool (Filter> Blur> Gaussian Blur), set the radius to 3 pixels and click OK.

Step 13

Hold shift and click on the thumbnail of the top layer mask to view the image without the layer mask and undo to revert. You'll notice that the layer mask increases sharpness but reduced the diffusion glow effect. If you want to keep the diffusion glow effect, simply disable the layer mask by holding the Shift key and clicking on the thumbnail of the top layer mask.

Final Results

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Lomography

Creating the Vignette

Lomo photos have a strong and noticeable vignette. We'll start off by adding a strong vignette to the photo.

Step 1

Open a photo to edit.

Step 2

Follow the steps below according to the version of Photoshop you're using:

• For Photoshop CS2:
  1. Choose Filter> Distort> Lens Correction.
  2. Inside the Lens Correction filter, adjust the settings in the Vignette section to create the vignette.

     

• For Photoshop CS or older:
  1. Create a new layer and select the new layer.
  2. Use the Lasso tool and create an oval selection. It doesn't have to be perfect.
  3. Inverse the selection (Select> Inverse or Shift+Ctrl+I).
  4. Press Shift+Backspace to open the Fill tool. In the Fill tool, set the contents to Black and click OK.
  5. Deselect (Select> Deselect or Ctrl+D).
  6. Open the Gaussian Blur filter tool (Filter> Blur> Gaussian Blur). In the Gaussian Blur window, ensure that the Preview checkbox is checked and adjust the Radius to blur the edges so that a vignette is created.
  7. Reduce the opacity a little. An opacity around 75% should produce good results.

Adjusting the Color

Now we'll change the colors to match those produced by lomo cameras. We won't be using any color adjustment tools. Instead, we'll be modifying individual channels.

Step 3

Inside the Channels pallet (Window> Channels), select the red channel.

Step 4

With the red channel selected, use the Brightness/Contrast tool (Image> Adjustments> Brightness/Contrast) and increase the contrast. The higher you set the contrast, the stronger the color effect will be. I found that increasing the contrast by 50 produced the most realistic results.

Step 5

Now select the green channel and use the Brightness/Contrast tool (Image> Adjustments> Brightness/Contrast) to increase the contrast by the same amount you did in the previous step.

Step 6

Select back the RGB channel (Ctrl+~) to view the final results.

Final Results

Roll your cursor over the images to see the before and after effect.

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