Author: Bob Lin

There are many ways to blend images in Photoshop. One easy way is using Select Tool. Here is how.

1. Match the Foreground image color with Background image color.

2. Move the Foreground image into the Background image.

3. Use the Select Tool to select the Object. You may also want to use Select and Mask to adjust the selection.

4. Add the new Layer Mask.

5. Do the final adjustments such as color, light and may use Brush Tool to paint Foreground or Background.

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1. With the image open, go to Filter>Distort>Polar Coordinates.

2. Keep the default settings, and click OK to generate the Polar.

3. Use the Brush Tool to edit the image.

4. This is the result.

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1. With the photo open, duplicate the layer.
2. Go to Hue/Saturation to create a new layer.

3. Adjust the Saturation to -100.

4. Highlight the original image, change the Blending mode to Color Dodge.

5. Hold Ctrl+I to inverse.

5. Go to Blur>Gaussian Blur and set Radius around 40.

6. Create another Levels layer to adjust the white and black balance.

7. Now, add another layer and use the Brush tool to remove or add more black and white.

These are two images.

This is the result.

1. With both images open, move the foggy image into original image.

2. Blur foggy image using Gaussian Blur, Radius 45 in our example.

3. Hold Ctrl+T to select foggy image and adjust the size.

3. Add a Mask.

4. Use Gradient Tool>Linear Gradient to gradient the foggy.

5. Use the Brush to add or remove the foggy. Note: highlight the Mask, use black for removing the foggy and use white to add more foggy. Start with 15% both Opacity and flow. Then add more.

6. Add another foggy image layer. This time make it line.

7. Add a Mask. Then use Reflected Gradient.

8. Use the Brush to add or remove the foggy. Note: highlight the Mask, use black for removing the foggy and use white to add more foggy. Start with 15% both Opacity and flow. Then add more.

please review the step by step video:

1. With the image open, create a Layer.

2. Hold Alt+Delete to convert it to black background.

3. Go to Filter>Render>Cloud.

4. Go to Filter>Convert to Smart Filter.

5. Go to Filter Blur>Gaussian Blur.

6. Setup Radius to 8.

7. Go to Blur>Motion Blur and set Distance 20.

8. Change Blending Mode to Screen.

9. Hold Ctrl+T select the foggy image.

10. Right click and select Perspective.

11. Make the bottom width and move top lower because the foggy can’t be high. .

12. Hold Ctrl+I to inverse.

13. Select Brush tool to brush. Hardness setup to 0%, Small size with white color. Opacity and Flow around 50%.

14. Repeat 12 with large brush size and low Capacity and Flow one or two times.one more time

1. With the two images open, move one image into another one

2. Unlock the original image and move the inserted image to the bottom of the original image so that the original image is foreground and inserted image is background.

3. Highlight Foreground image, and select the object you want. You may want to go to Select and Mask to refine the Edge. Make sure the Output To is Layer Mask.

4. Click OK to create a new Mask.

5. Note: to move foreground image, highlight the new Mask and use Move tool to move it. To move the background image, highlight the background and use the Move tool to move it.

6. Also you may want to use the Match Color to match the color by going to Image>Adjustment>Match Color.

Please review the step by step video:

1. Always adjust White Balance first. You can do it manually or use White Balance Tool.

2. Vibrancy and Saturation. Note: don’t do too much on Saturation.

3. Calibration. Pay more attention to Blue Primary, Blue Hue.

4. Split Tone or Tone curve.

1. Adjust the image more contract using Levels.

2. Desaturate by going to Image>Adjustments>Desaturate.

3. Duplicate the layer. Go to Filter>Stylize>Find edge.

4. Go to Image>Adjustments>Curve to make more contract make the edge more clear.

5. Go to Filter>Stylize>Diffuse.

6. Go to Blur>Box Blur, Radius set 25 in our example.

7. Change the Blending mode, Soft Light in our example. You can also adjust Opacity.

1. Open both images.

2. Move the glass image into flower.

3. Change the blending mode, Soft Light in our example.

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In LAB color, there are two color channels and two light channels. Use light to sharpen an image is better than color sharpening. Here is how.

1. With the image open, add a layer.

2. Convert the image to LAB color from RGB color by going to Images>Mode>Lab color.

3. In the Channel pane, highlight the Lightness channel only (other are off). The image turn into black and white.

4. Go to Filter>Sharpen>Unsharp Mask. Adjust Amount and Radius. In the first time, Radius can be higher, for example 5.

5. Then repeat Unsharp Mask once more time to set Radius little lower, for example 1 or 2.

6. Switch back yo RGB color and compare before and after.

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