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Its relatively easy to spice up your photos inPhotoshop. But how about taking it one step further? The key tosuccess is to fix your colours and enhance them. That way youll be sure to achieve eye-catching results

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Okay, so youve grasped thetechniques, but you need more thanthat if youre to produce a range of original

eye-catching work. Dont underestimate

the power of composition or theimportance of balance.

This tutorial will teach you to create

stunning effects using glows, loads of

Colour Dodge, and lots and lots of neon

hot pinks and lemon yellows are prominent

here. Youll also learn how to utilise white

in all the right places, so that white areas

look less like negative space and more like

the result of added energy and light.

The finer details are very important, too.

The small glowing dots used throughoutthis image may be small, but they add so

much. Always pay attention to detail in

anything you create simplicity is good

but there are always details that, when

added, make all the difference.

This tutorial stresses the importance of

strong colour. The background of this

piece contains a faint floral pattern, which

is key, but very subtle. It does not call your

attention or stand out on its own. Rather, it

serves its purpose as a background

correctly. In addition, another dimension isadded using flowers and scanned imagery,

giving the image a truly organic feel. So

keep in mind the importance of strong

colours and solid composition in all your

work and youll see instant results.4Now select a default circle-shapedBrush with soft edges and make thesize roughly 550. Using bright pinks, yellows,greens and blues, brush lightly on the girlsskin using single clicks to add subtle colourto the shadows already present.

1Open Model1.tif from the cover CD. Adjustthe Brightness/Contrast to -50 and +30,respectively. Now go to Filter>Sharpen>Sharpen to ensure that the whole imageappears as crisp as possible.

2Using the Pen tool, draw an outlinearound the girls body. Do not worryabout the finer details around the hair, butdo make sure that you outline inside the areawhere her arms bend upwards. Save thisPath and label it Outline.

3Create a new layer named Colour Fades.Set the Blending style to Colour Burn.Select the Path you made in step two andclick on Load Path as a Selection.

Photography by Paul&Paul

www.paulandpaul.co.uk

Illustration by Chuck Anderson

www.nopattern.com

ON THE CD

You will find all thefiles you need to

complete this tutorialin the folder namedTutorial\Photoshop

TIME LENGTH

1.5-2 hours

ChuckAnderson,who worksunder the

name NoPattern, is afreelance artist fromChicago. He hasworked with dozensof magazines and ahuge range of clients,including Sony andMcDonalds. Seemore of his work atwww.nopattern.com

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13Open Design.tif from the cover CD,Select All and then Copy. Paste thisinto the main image and rotate it to fitaccurately into the curve of her arm. Moveto her chest, and set the Layer to Screen.

7Duplicate and move the BackgroundDesign layer until you have enough tofill the background. Then merge all of theseduplicated layers into one and again labelit Background Design. Finally, set theOpacity to about 15-20 per cent whateverlooks good to you. 10Choose a default soft edge circleBrush with the Airbrush turned on at

or around size 12. Click randomly all over thebackground to create a galaxy of stars. Tryclicking and holding to utilise the Airbrushfeature and create a larger star.

11Using the same brush, make longstrokes across the girls body, workingfrom the bottom left to the top right to createthe wires/lines. Repeat this process until youhave dozens. You could change the size of thebrush to produce a thicker wire.

12Create a new layer named WiresBehind. Select the Outline path,click Load Path as a Selection and thenSelect>Inverse. Use the technique used instep 11 to make the wires again, only thistime you should make them behind thesubject. This adds dimension to the image.

8Next, make a new layer and label itDiagonal Lines. Using the Polygonalselection tool, create diagonal lines goingfrom the middle of the left edge to themiddle of the top edge. Then, with the Brushtool, paint inside using the same techniqueas you did on the girl, using pink and yellow.

9Create a new layer and label it Stars,Wires. Next, choose Layer>LayerStyle>OuterGlow. Set the Blend mode to ColourDodge, the Opacity to 100 per cent, noise to0 per cent, and use a solid pink colour(#F19AC2). Ensure that Technique is set toSofter, Spread to 0, and Size to 18.

5Make a new layer and label it ColourFades Background. Again, click onLoad Path as a Selection before choosingSelect>Inverse. Repeat step four, but addthe soft colour to the background, mostlyaround the girls body.

6Open BackgroundDesign.tif from thecover CD, Select All and Copy. Go backto the main image, click on Load Path as aSelection and then choose Select>Inverseand then Edit>PasteInto. Rename thislayer Background Design.

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If you use the Pen toolto outline a subjectwithin a photo, you canadd elements in frontof and behind thesubject to make yourdesign/illustrationappear as though itspart of the photo.

Outline the subjectwith the Pen tool, thenchoose Load Path as aSelection in the Pathspalette and choose

Select>Inverse.Create a new layer anddraw/paste into theselected area. Yourdesign will then go onto the background only.



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22Finally, flatten the image so that youhave just one Layer and go to Image>Adjustments>ColorBalance. Set Cyan to -50

to remove the hot colours and give it a crisperfeel. You can now adjust any of the othercolours until you reach your desired hues.

19Duplicate this Layer. Choose Edit>Transform>Flip Horizontal and then

Edit>Transform>Scale and make the new

layer about one-third the size of the first. Tobalance the composition, place this on theleft-hand side, next to her other hip.

20Go back to the Stars, Wires layer,right-click on it and select Copy LayerStyle. Create a new layer named Beauty.Right-click this new Layer and choose PasteLayer Style. Now, using the default soft-edgeBrush tool at size 10, write the word Beauty.

21On the main Layer, the original photo,use the Burn tool on the Shadows at100 per cent and go over the girls face oncewith a size 100 soft-edge Brush. This addsgreat shadow and definition to her face.

17Open Fireworks.tif from the cover CDand Copy and Paste it into the mainimage. Set the Blending mode to Lighten,the Brightness to -30 and the Contrast to+30. Position the fireworks near her ear.

18Now open Flowers2.tif and again,Copy and Paste into the main image.Set the Blending mode to Screen. Movethese flowers to the bottom-middle areanear the girls hip so that the stems followthe curve of her body.

16Duplicate that Layer. Next, chooseEdit>Transform>FlipHorizontal andthen Edit>Transform>Scale and make it a

little smaller, ensuring that you keep it inproportion. Place this alongside her other arm.

14Duplicate this Layer before choosingEdit>Transform>FlipHorizontal.Move the Layer to her left-hand side so thatit aligns correctly with the first and, finally,set this layer to Screen.

15Open Flowers1.tif from the cover CDand then Copy and Paste it into themain image. Set the Blending mode toScreen and place it on the left-hand side,near her right arm, as shown.

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When you create anew layer, you canimmediately set itsstyle. Take OuterGlow, for example everything done in thatLayer will obtain theOuter Glow settingsyou choose from thestart. When on a darkor black background,setting the Blendingmode in the Layerstyle to Color Dodgewill provide you with avibrant, neon glow the same style usedto give the glow effectsto the stars and wiresin this tutorial.

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