Decorate a photo in Photoshop

For a photo to be unique and unrepeatable, you will have to use photoshop.

Wedding photo decoration

As a visual example, we decided to decorate a wedding photo, therefore we need a suitable source material. After a short search on the web, the following snapshot was obtained:

Before starting work, it is necessary to separate the newlyweds from the fund.

Lessons by topic: Toolbar in Photoshop

Next, we need to create a new document of a suitable size, in which we will place our composition. Place the trimmed pair on the canvas of the new document. This is the way it is done:

1. Being on the layer with the newlyweds, select the tool "Move" and drag the image to the tab with the destination file.
2. After waiting a second, the desired tab will open.
3. Now you need to move the cursor to the canvas and release the mouse button.
4. With "Free transformation" ( CTRL+T ), reduce the layer with the pair and move it to the left side of the canvas.Lesson: free transform function in Photoshop
5. Also, for a better view, flip the newlyweds horizontally - we get a blank for composition:

Background

1. For the background, we need a new layer, which should be placed under the image with the pair.
2. We will fill the background with a gradient for which we need to match the colors. Let's do this with the tool Dropper .
   • We click on the « Dropper « in the light beige area of ​​the photo, for example, on the bride's skin. This color will become the main one.
   • Use the key X to swap the foreground and background colors.
   • We sampled from a darker area.
   • Change the colors in some places again ( X ).
3. Continue with la tool Degraded . In the top bar, we can see a sample of the gradient with the adjusted colors. In the same place, you need to enable the setting "Radial" .
4. Stretch a ray of gradient across the canvas, starting with the newlyweds and ending in the upper right corner.

Textures

The following images will act as an addition to the background:

1. Place the stamped texture on our document. Adjust its size and position using "Free transformation" .
2. Desaturate the image with the keyboard shortcut CTRL + SHIFT + U and lower the opacity to 50% .
3. Create a layer mask for the texture.Lesson: Masks in Photoshop
4. We take a brush in black.Lesson: Photoshop Brush Tool.
5. With the brush set this way, erase the sharp edge between the texture and the background. The work is done on the layer mask.
6. In the same way, place the curtain texture on the canvas. Desaturate and lower the opacity again.
7. We need to fold the curtain a bit. Let's do it using the filter "Deform" of the block "Distortion" from the menu "Filter" .Adjust the flex of the image as shown in the following screenshot.
8. With the help of a mask we erase the excess.

Trim Items

1. Use of  la tool Oval framecreate a selection around the newlyweds.
2. Invert selection with Ctrl + Shift + I hot keys.
3. Go to the layer with the pair and press the key DELETE , erasing the area beyond the edge of the "marching ants."
4. We do the same procedure with texture layers. Note that you must remove the content from the main layer and not from the mask.
5. Create a new empty layer at the top of the palette and take a white brush with the settings shown above. Using a brush, carefully paint over the edge of the selection, working at some distance from the latter.
6. We no longer need the selection, remove it with the CTRL + D keys keys.

Decorate

1. Create a new layer and choose la tool Ellipse In the parameter settings, select the type "Outline" .
2. Draw a large figure. We focus on the trim radius made in the previous step. Absolute precision is not required, but there must be some harmony.
3. Active la tool Brush and press F5 for open settings. Set the hardness to 100% , move the slider "Intervals" counterclockwise to the value of 1% , select the size (point size) 10-12 pixels , put a check box in front of the parameter "Dynamics of forms" Set the Opacity of the brush to 100% and the color in white.
4. Select la tool Feather .
   • We click on RMB on a path (or within it) and click on the element «Trace route» .
   • In the Stroke Type settings window, select la tool Brush and check the box next to the option Simulate pressure .
   • After pressing the OK button, we obtain the following figure:

   Pressing the key ENTER it will hide the unnecessary outline.

5. With «Free Transform» we place the element in its place, we remove the excess areas with the help of a normal eraser.
6. Duplicate the arc layer ( CTRL+J ) and, by double-clicking on the copy, open the style settings window. Here we go to the element "Color overlay" and we choose a dark brown shade. If you want, you can take a photo sample of the newlyweds.
7. Applying the "Free transformation" usual, move the item. The arch can be rotated and scaled.
8. Let's draw another similar object.
9. We continue to decorate the photo. Take la tool Ellipse again and adjust the screen as a shape.
10. We draw an ellipse of a fairly large size.
11. Double click the layer thumbnail and select white fill.
12. Reduce the opacity of the ellipse by 50% .
13. Duplicate this layer ( CTRL+J ), change the fill to light brown (take a sample of the background gradient), and then move the shape as shown in the screenshot.
14. Duplicate the ellipse again, fill it with a slightly darker color, and move it around.
15. Move to the white ellipse layer and create a mask for it.
16. Staying in the mask of this layer, click on the thumbnail of the ellipse above it while holding down the key. CTRL , creating a selection of the corresponding shape.
17. Take a black brush and paint over the entire selection. In this case, it makes sense to increase the opacity of the brush by 100% . When you are done, remove the "marching ants" with the CTRL + D keys keys.
18. Go to the next ellipse layer and repeat.
19. To remove the unnecessary section from the third item, create a helper shape, which we will remove after use.
20. The procedure is the same: create a mask, select, paint with black.
21. Select the three layers with ellipsis using the key. CTRL and put them in a group ( CTRL + G ).
22. Select the group (the layer with the folder) and use the «Free transformation» for place the created decoration element in the lower right corner. that the object can be transformed and rotated.
23. Create a mask for the group.
24. Click on the curtain texture layer thumbnail while holding down the key CTRL . After the selection appears, take a brush and paint it black. Then we deselect and remove other areas that interfere with us.
25. Place the group under the bow layers and open it. We need to take the texture with the previously applied pattern and place it over the second ellipse. Desaturate the pattern and reduce the opacity by 50% .
26. Hold down the key OTHER and click the border of the layers with the pattern and the ellipse. With this action we will create a clipping mask, and the texture will be shown only in the layer below.

Create text

For the writing of the text, a font called "Catherine the Great" .

Lesson: How to change your face in Photoshop

1. Go to the top layer of the palette and select la tool Horizontal text .
2. Select the font size, guided by the size of the document, the color should be a little darker than the brown bow of the decoration.
3. Create an inscription.

Toning and vignette

1. Duplicate all the layers in the palette using the key combination CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + E .
2. Go to menu "Picture" and open the block "Correction" . Here we are interested in la opción Hue / Saturation Move the slider "Tone" clockwise to a value of +5 and reduce the saturation to -10 .
3. In the same menu, select la tool curves Move the sliders towards the center, increasing the contrast of the image.
4. The last step is to create a vignette. The easiest and fastest way is to use the filter correction of In the filter settings window, go to la flange Custom and darken edges of the photo by adjusting the corresponding slider.

This completes the decoration of the wedding photo in Photoshop. The result of the work is as follows:

As you can see, any photo can be made very attractive and unique, it all depends on your imagination and editorial skills.