In this tutorial I will show you guys some simple but efficient techniques that will help you make great movie posters.

Step 1

In this tutorial we are going to use only 2 stock images that I found on SXC.

Here are the links:

http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=912717

http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=1047566

Step 2

First thing you need to do is to cut the soldier out of the background using the Pen Tool (P) and delete the background. Leave only the soldier visible and a transparent background. Name the layer Soldier.

Step 3

Next I want you to make a new layer and place it under the Soldier layer.

Using the Rectangular Marquee Tool (M) make a selection and fill it with black as I did. Name the layer Ground.

Step 4

Next I need you to bring on the project the other image stock and resize it and maybe remove the pigeons using the Clone Stamp Tool (S). Also name the layer Sky.

Step 5

Duplicate the sky image and then go to Image – Adjustments – Black & White and play with the settings a little. If you are not using Photoshop CS3 you might not have this buttons. In this case use the Desaturate button.

Step 6

Now set the Black & White sky layer to Multiply.

Step 7

Again repeat step 5 but this time, apply the technique to the Soldier.

Step 8

Now duplicate the Soldier layer that you just made Black & White to make the soldier darker.

Step 9

Make a new layer and place it above all the layers. Using the Brush Tool (B) simply brush with black over the soldiers feet.

Step 10

Repeat step 9 but, this time make a selection of the soldier and brush as I did.

Next set the layer to Multiply and Opacity 33%.

Step 11

Make a new layer over the soldier. Fill it with white and go to Filter – Render – Clouds. Now go to Filter – Sketch – Chrome. Set the Details to 10 and Sharpness to 10.

Step 12

Transform the chrome layer. Next you need to mask it to be visible only around the soldier. Last set it to Multiply and 78% Opacity. This will make the soldier look like he is wet.

Step 13

In this step we will make the rain.

Make a new layer, name it Rain and place it over all the other layers. Fill the layer with white then go to Filter – Noise – Add Noise.

Step 14

Next go to Filter – Blur – Motion Blur and set it to 24 pixels and angle -63.

Step 15

Now go to Image – Adjustments – Levels and use my settings:

Step 16

Last thing you want to do is to set the Blending Options to Screen.

Step 17

Now you need to start adding you text. Use my settings for the Blending Options.

Step 18

Next make another rain layer just as you did with the first rain layer you made. But this time you will leave the rain to be more intense and also mask the rain layer into the WAR text as I did.

Step 19

Set the layer to Multiply and Opacity 62%.

Step 20

Next you will need to add your own text. For the rest of the text I did not used any effect. Just made the text grey #9f9f9f.

Final

In the end you will be able to add more detail to the soldier by brushing some white over him as I did.

Keep experimenting and use what you learned here with your own techniques.

Hi there guys. I have prepared a new tutorial. In this tutorial we will be learning some more photomanipulation but this time different than the first one I did.

Step 1

First of all I need you to look at the stock we will use for this tutorial. Also you will see there an image that I have created “finish” image.

Here are the links:

http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1026758

http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1012586

http://www.sxc.hu/photo/788012

http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1011828

Step 2

First open up the highway image.

Step 3

The first thing we’re going to do is change the light of the sky to heat up the atmosphere. In order to start editing we must make the background layer editable.

Using the pen tool make a shape of the sky as I did.

Step 4

Set the opacity of the layer to about 25% so you can see the line of the road. Then, using the add anchor point tool, make the shape to match the road.

Step 5

Set the foreground color to #FF7200 and the background color to #F5CB08.

Step 6

Now go to Filter -> Render -> Clouds. Click yes when asked to resterize the layer. Change the Opacity back to 100%. The result should look something like this:

Step 7

Change the blending mode of Shape 1 to linear burn and then rename the layer “sky”.

Step 8

Open the image snail1.jpg and make a path of it using the Pen Tool than Ctrl + Enter to select it.

Step 9

You can see that the snail has a different light than the road, and we need to adjust it. We do that by using the Match color option. Set the luminance and color intensity to 100 and fate to 23. On the source select highway.jpg (make sure it is open), and on the layer dropdown select merged.

Step 10

Now copy the selection of the snail by pressing Ctrl+C and paste it in the document we are working with the highway. Because the selection is very large we need to resize it. Do that by pressing Ctrl+T (Free transform tool). Make sure you press the Shift key when resizing to keep the proportions.

Resize it to a size similar to the one in the picture below and arrange it in the same way.

Step 11

You can see that the snail looks not that good than should be. Adjust this by using the Auto levels option (Image -> Adjustments -> Auto levels) or play with the levels yourself.

Step 12

Now go to Image -> Adjustments -> Brightness/Contrast and set the brightness to -50%.

Step 13

Now we need to put some shadow to the snail. Rename layer 1 to snail1. Select layer transparency and duplicate layer. Press D on the keyboard to switch to default colors then fill the selection with black. Move this layer below snail1.

Press Ctrl+T for Free Transform tool then right click the snail and select distort. Now play with distort option until you get something like this:

Rename the layer to shadow.

Step 14

Make sure you still have selected the layer transparency and go to Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur and use my settings.

Step 15

Now lets create a brake tail. Using the pen tool create a shape similar to the one in the image below.

Than change the Blending mode to Overlay, then apply the Gaussian Blur to a 7.3 px.

Step 16

Next we need to create some smoke rising up from the brake. First make a selection using polygonal lasso tool along the brake tail similar to the one in the image below.

Step 17

Then fill the selection with ABA4A4. Use the dodge tool around the corners with the brush size set to 50, and Range highlights.

After that switch to burn tool with the same brush size and range set to shadows and you should get something like this:

Step 18

Then go to Filter -> Distort -> Wave, and Edit -> Fade wave to 50%.

Step 19

Repeat this (Wave, fade wave step) until you are satisfied with the result. Then use the free transform tool if necessary and adjust the smoke along the brake tail. Duplicate the layer.

Step 20

To add the smoke behind the snail, just copy the smoke along the tail, fill it with black and play with free transform tool until you get something like the image below.

Step 21

Now it’s time to make the Slime trail left by the snail. Using the pen tool draw a shape similar to the one in the image below.

Step 22

Press D to set the default colors. Then apply the clouds filter on the selection.

Step 23

After that apply the chrome filter. Go to Filter -> Sketch -> Chrome.

Step 24

Set the blending mode to Hard Light, and the Opacity to 60%.

Step 25

Use the free transform tool to arrange the slime in a realistic way. Load the selection and using the blur tool, blur a little bit around the edges to blend the slime into the road.

Select the snail and blur a little bit on its lower part just above the slime.

Step 26

Now it’s time to add the other racers to the scene.

Open Snail 2. Select the snail with the Pen Tool.

Step 27

Match the color with the other document, just as you did with the first snail.

Paste the snail into the document and resize it using free transform tool. Place the third snail similar to the image below.

Also duplicate the slime layer and move it behind each snail. Then, using free transform tool distort the slime and shape it as you like. Last you need to add shadows, blur and light to the slime to make it look different and more realistic. Do this using the burn, dodge and brush tools.

Step 28

Next open sign.jpg.

Make a selection of the sign, and use match color with the document you are working with. Copy paste the selection into the document, resize it and place it on the middle left part of the image, just above the smaller column, then use the free transform.

Rename the layer to sign, move it under the layer sky and apply a 0.3 Gaussian Blur on it. The result should be similar to the one in the image below.

Step 29

Now all we need to do is add the finish line.

I have created an image using adobe illustrator and called finish line.jpg. This image could also be easily created simply in Photoshop just by using some shapes and guidelines.

What you need to do with this image is to import it into the document, transform it and place it as I did in the image below.

Step 30

Set the Blending Mode of the Finish line to Soft Light and you are done.

Final

In the end add your favorite light, colors or vintage effects and you are finished.

This tutorial will be a little different than all the other tutorials I wrote. Here I will teach you some basic things about Photomanipulation.

Step 1

Photomanipulation stands for working with images and manipulating them in all the possible ways you can imagine.

To start making a photomanipulation you will need first to make a sketch or at least order things up. The images I will use for my work will be:

http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=650992

http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=509215

http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=730796

Step 2

Now open up the first image. This will be the image that we plan to manipulate.

Step 3

What I want to do next is to remove his eyes. How do I do that? It is actually a simple process but you must work hard and be careful to the details.

Using the Lasso Tool, make a selection over the guy’s forehead and copy the piece you just selected to a new layer (Press Ctrl + J). We will use this piece to hide the eyes. Name the layer left patch.

Step 4

Place the piece you just copied over the eye on the left and add a mask layer to it by pressing the Add layer mask button.

Step 5

Now select the Brush tool set to 0% Hardness and set to Black. Also make sure you have selected the mask thumbnail of the piece. Now simply paint over the piece. This will hide it. This is better than deleting the image because you can always come back and repair if you make any mistake.

Step 6

Repeat from Step 3 but this time select a piece from the right side of the forehead and also name the layer right patch. Mask it the same way you did with the other side.

Step 7

Now it is time to make the eyes. First make a new folder on top of all the other layers and name it Eyes.

Import the last image from the images we are going to use.

Step 8

Make a selection over his left eye, copy it into a separate layer and name it Left eye. Repeat this for the Right eye.

Step 9

Move the 2 eyes in the Eyes folder. Resize them and fix them into position.

Step 10

Now we need to make the eyes look like they belong to this scared little fellow.

Have the Left Eye selected and then go to Image – Adjustments – Black & White (If you not using Photoshop CS3 then you will not have this. In this case use Desaturate). Try and play with the settings there to make it look darker.

Step 11

Now go to Image – Adjustments – Hue/Saturation and try to make the patched eye the same tone as the man.

Step 12

Repeat Step 10 and 11 for the Right Eyes this time.

Step 13

Now Add a layer mask for both eyes and start masking them to make the guy look through his fingers. When you finish set both eyes to Multiply.

Step 14

Next I want to make this guy to look very scary, not only scared.

What I want to do it make his fingers large. To do this we will use the same technique as we did when we covered the eyes.

Use the Lasso Tool to select the fingers you want to make longer, copy the selection into a new layer and move it into position. Than start masking it to make it blend in nicely.

Step 15

Repeat Step 14 for all the fingers or for a few of them as I did.

Step 16

Now it is time to make the guy look very scared. To do this I will make 2 mouths on his hands.

Import the last image.

Step 17

As we did with the eyes use the same technique with the mouth.

Select it and copy it into a new layer. Put in into position and transform it as you want. Than go to Image – Adjustments – Black & White and play with the settings until the mouth looks close to your object. Than go to Image – Adjustments – Hue/Saturation and play with the settings there until the mouth will blend in with the man behind. Also make a folder and name it Mouth. Move the mouth layer in that folder.

Step 18

Now you need to mask the mouth. Use the Add layer mask button than brush away the unwanted parts of the mouth.

Step 19

As you can see the mouth does not blend in too well with the rest of the image. We need to play with the Hue/Saturation some more.

Step 20

Copy the mouth to the other hand and rotate it. Than transform it and warp it carefully to make it look good.

Step 21

The image looks great. But I want to make some details that will give the image a boost.

Make a new layer and using the gradient tool and black color, try to make some shadows over the mouth. Then mask the layer and brush away some parts that are not necessary.

Finally set the layer to Soft Light.

Step 22

Now repeat Step 21 but this time make the shadow for the other mouth.

Step 23

To make more details I will use a part of the guy.

To do this you can do it using the brush tool or the Burn and Dodge Tools, but in this example I will use the Lasso Tool and only the Burn tool.

Select the part that I selected and copy it into a new layer.

Step 24

I will move this piece of the hand into position and mask it. Then set the layer to Hard Light.

Step 25

Using the same shape I will make some more wrinkles around both mouths.

Step 26

Finally using the Dodge Tool we will lighten some parts of the image. Start with the eyes.

Step 27

Now finish with the Dodge Tool on both mouths. Lighten in the spots I have specified in the preview:

Final

In the end you can finish the work with a nice texture. In my case I like it as it is.

Thank you for reading.

In this tutorial I will show you guys how to make a very interesting and sleek Phone Advertising wallpaper.

Step 1

Start with a new document. My document is 741×1000 and I used this color: #000412.

Step 2

Create a new layer and name it Dust. Now select your brush and set it to 0% Hardness and 250 size. Also you need to use this color: #0b4690.

Now that you have everything set just paint with the brush as I did or maybe some other way you like. Than set the Dust layer to Screen.

Step 3

Set you foreground to White and background to Black. Make a new layer and call it Clouds and go to Filter – Render – Clouds. Then set the Opacity of the Clouds layer to 28% and set it to Multiply.

Step 4

Now you need to bring your product in this document. The phone I will use I got it from http://www.sxc.hu/photo/855196. And then cut the phone out.

Step 5

Next you need to resize your phone to the desired size and also rotate it a bit. Name the layer Pocket PC. Also I will need you to select the mobile pen and copy it into a separate layer and name it Pen.

Step 6

I will deactivate the Pen layer for now, as I will get back to it later. First use these settings for the Pocket PC layer Blending options:

Step 7

Ctrl + Click on the Pocket PC layer to make a selection. Create a new blank layer and fill the selection with black. Then set the layer to Soft Light.

Step 8

Create a new folder and name it Screen. Make a shape as I did, name it Screen and fill it with a gradient from up to down using the colors black and #001f4e.

Step 9

Double click on the layer to enter the Blending Options and use these settings:

Color used is Black.

Step 10

Make a new layer over the one is step 8. Use the brush set to 0$ Hardness and size 100. Also use this color: #47c0ef.

Using the brush draw as I did on the new layer you just created.

Step 11

Next Ctrl + Click on the Screen Layer in Step 8 to make a selection. Make sure to click on the mask not on the layer thumbnail. Than click on the Add vector mask button to mask away the part of this dust you don’t want. Then set the layer to screen.

Step 12

Make another layer and the same as with the one on step 10 and 11 using the same color draw as I did. (I have hidden the other one so you can see how I draw over this layer.)

Step 13

As you did with the layer in step 11 mask this one using the same steps.

Now set it to Opacity 40% and Screen.

Then I will activate the other layer back.

Step 14

Make a shape as I did using the Pen tool set to Shape layers. Than set the shape to Opacity 7% and Overlay. And last simply mask it to show only on the screen. Use the same technique in step 11 to mask it.

Step 15

In this step you will duplicate 2 times the shape you just made and move them a little so that you get something similar to what I have done.

Step 16

Make a new folder and name it Round Ring. In this folder make a selection as I did and fill it with black.

Step 17

While you still have the selection go to Filter – Render – Difference Clouds. Than press Ctrl + F until you get the look you want.

Step 18

Now go to Distort – Twirl and use my settings. Also keep in mind that when you do this you have to have the clouds layer selected.

Step 19

Now you can finally deselect the layer and chose the Elliptical Marquee Tool and make a selection as I did. Than go to Select – Modify – Feather and use a 20% Radius. Next you need to inverse the selection by clicking Ctrl + Shift + I. And last step is to simply erase the part of the twirl that is not needed.

Step 20

Same as in step 19 make a selection in the center of the ring this time. Again go to Select – Modify – Feather and use the same 20% Radius. Than erase using the Eraser Tool.

Step 21

Now go to Image – Adjustments – Brightness and Contrast.

Step 22

Next go to Filter – Noise – Add noise. Use a 10% Radius.

Step 23

Now go to Image – Adjustments – Levels. Use my settings.

Step 24

Next go to Image – Adjustments – Hue/Saturation and again use my settings:

Step 25

Now you need to transform the ring.

Step 26

Next you need to set the ring to Linear Dodge (Add) and erase the part that is over the phone.

Step 27

Duplicate the layer.

Step 28

Activate the Pen layer again and also move in into a Folder that you will name Stick. Also make a new layer, Ctrl + Click on the Pen to make a selection and fill that selection with black. Then set it to Soft Light.

Step 29

Create a new layer below the Stick folder. Again make sure you have the foreground set to white and background set to black. Go to Filter – Render – Clouds. Make a selection like I did then go to Filter – Distort – ZigZag. Use 100 for the Amount and 5 for the Ridges. For the Style use Pond Ripples.

Step 30

Now go to Edit – Transform – Distort. Distort the layer until you get the right perspective. After that, change the Blend Mode to Soft Light. Again, as we are using Render Clouds, the results may vary. So, you might need to erase some parts to make it more realistic.

Step 31

Go down to the Clouds layer. Above that make a new layer and name it light. using the brush tool draw with white as I did. Then set it to 51% Opacity and Soft Light.

Step 32

Make a new folder above that and name it Dots. In this folder we will brush some nice dots that will go in the back of the Phone.

Use these settings for the brush.

Step 33

Your brush color needs to be black.

Make a new layer and start brushing something close to what I have done. Than set it to Opacity 30% and Soft Light.

Step 34

Ctrl + Click on the layer to make a selection. Then create a new layer and with the Lasso Tool Right Click on the screen and select Stroke. Use my settings. Then set the layer to Opacity 40%.

Step 35

Repeat step 34 but this time make white dots.

Step 36

Making the movement is simple. Make a new folder above the Dots folder and name it Movement.

You need to copy the phone and merge all the layers you copied into a single layer. Also move the copied Phone in the Movement folder.

Step 37

Next you need to transform the copied phone.

Move it into position and rotate it.

Step 38

Now go to Filter – Blur – Motion Blur. Use my settings:

Step 39

Copy the phone again 5 more times. Repeat step 37 and if needed step 38 to add more blur. Also Change the opacity of all the layers so that is fades out.

Step 40

Make a new layer and place this layer on top of all the layers. Name the layer Sparkles. Now go to Brush settings and use these settings:

Step 41

In the Sparkles layer draw as I did. Use a white color. You might not have the same results. I use a tablet and this gives me better handling. Also when you finish drawing use my settings for the Blending Options.

Step 42

Last thing we will do is to make a new folder that will sit on top of all the other layers. In this folder make a new layer.

Make a selection and using the Gradient Tool just click and drag from left to right. Make sure you use a white color for this.

Step 43

Using your Eraser Tool simply erase the gradient so it fades out perfectly.

Next set the layer to Soft Light and rotate, scale and move it into position.

Step 44

Next use the Line Tool set to 1px. Click and drag on the shape you just made like so:

Step 45

Use the Eraser Tool and erase sides so it will fade out nicely. And last set the line to Soft Light and Opacity 50%.

Step 46

Now that you know how to make this you will need to make a lot more. Before you start you can take a break and come back when you are ready.

All you need to do is to duplicate this shape as many times you want and change it’s settings for each different shape or redo each of them from scratch.

Final

Before you are finished with the design you need to work more on the details and add some more things to it.

Use what you have learned here and create your own designs, as there are so many more ways to achieve what I have taught you in this tutorial.

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How fun will it be to have a iSight camera incorporated behind your iMac? Photoshop makes everything possible. This tutorial will teach you guys how to see behind your iMac screen.

Step 1

First of all you need to take two photographs of your computer.
Move the monitor away and take a shot. Put the monitor back and position it as you want. A stand will be very useful for this.

Step 2

You need now to open both images and put the one were you moved the monitor away over the other image.

Step 3

Now make the image were you took off the monitor invisible by clicking the eye icon in her left and select the second image.

Here you need to make a path using the Pen Tool over the monitor screen.

Step 4

With that path made press Control + Enter (Command + Return on a MAC) to make a selection. Go to the image with the monitor moved and copy the piece you just selected by pressing Control + J (Command + J on a Mac).

Step 5

Use these settings in the blending mode for the screen layer:

Step 6

This should be the result:

Step 7

Next you can delete the image were you moved the monitor away. We don’t need to anymore. This is how the image should look.

Conclusion

You can also work more on it if you like but this was just a little example to show you how to achieve this effect.

Did you find this tutorial useful? I would love to see your transparent monitors

I have seen something really interesting on the net a few days that was made by Nik Ainley but I found the tutorial too small. So here is a more detailed one for those who think of using this great technique.

Final Image Preview

Step 1

First of all you need your image. I found my image on sxc.hu. There a ton of free images there so keep on searching. Here are a few: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/956170, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/829826, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/604619 and I also bought this one from istock: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/object/3907033_water_splash.php?id=3907033.

Step 2

Next you need to take the man out of that background. Use the Pen Tool for this and draw a path around the guy. Don’t worry about the hair because we don’t need it and the same for the hands and shows.

Step 3

Now that we have the path around him press Ctrl + Enter (Command + Return on a Mac) and that will select the man.

Now open up a new document. This will be the final file. Fill it with black. After you open up the new document move the selected man on that new document by dragging it on the workspace. It should look like this.

Step 4

Next I want to bring a nice background for this because I want to finish with the easy stuff before we start. I have used a texture and applied a gradient over it. Also textures can be used for free from the same site I mentioned before.

Step 5

It is time to make the water effect. First you need to find your images of water splashes. There are a ton of them. I reccomend you look for those images that are very clear and have a nice water splash. Also you need to find lots of them. I found the ones I used on free stock images like sxc.hu or fotolia.com.

Step 6

Next cut the part of the image you don’t want.

Step 7

Go to the channels of the image and select the channel you consider that has the best contrast between the splash and the background.

Next duplicate this channel, make it visible and make the Blue channel (in my condition) invisible by pressing the eye icon.

Step 8

Now go to Image – Adjustments – Curves. In this case we have nothing to change for the image but there are a lot of images where the contrast between the water and background is not that visible.

Step 9

Now Ctrl + Click on the channel you just duplicated. This will make a selection around the water splash.

Step 10

Now select the RGB channel by clicking on it’s thumbnail and go to the layers palette. And click Ctrl + J to copy the selection to a new layer. After you do this drag the copy of the splash to your workplace.

Step 11

As you can see the water is transparent. I will use this on the right hand. What you need to do now is to resize it so that will look good over the right hand.

Step 12

As you can see it does not look that good and it needs some retouching. First move the layer in the back of the boy and activate the layer mask for this splash and brush away the parts of the splash we don’t need.

Step 13

This looks real great… I know. But I would like to make it little bigger. Or long. To do this just duplicate the splash 2 time, and mask away the part that splits. Here is what I mean:

Step 14

Next you can merge the layers together and try to get away that blue look of the water. To do this play with the settings of the Color Balance till you get it to look white and something like this:

Step 15

Now make the other hand. Same technique and same steps I used. You can use the same image but I thought I would use a different one and the lower part of the first one. Here is how I did this hand:

Step 16

It is time to make the bottom of the boy next. This time use a splashier water image. Also don’t use just one image. Use more. And again same technique.

You will also need to move these splashy images that you will create on top of the guy layer. They will not be over the shirt because you will carefully mask them till you get something like this:

Step 17

Next are the legs. Again use the same technique. I will show you images after each change. First is the left leg.

Step 18

Now the right leg. Use the same images as we used for the left leg.

Step 19

Next is the head. Remember that I only used water images. No effects or 3D stuff. Also the head is a simple image of a balloon getting blown with a dart.

Step 20

Congratulations. You managed to make this effect. Here is a bonus that will make this work look better. Just a few retouches and some more splashes behind the object you are trying to apply the effect to and we are done.

I was playng arround with Photoshop these days and discovered a great effect that I think you guys will find usefull.

Final Image Preview

Step 1

First of all you need your image. I found my image on sxc.hu. I found this image perfect for what I want to do here. .

Step 2

What you need to do now is to make the image black and white. For those who use Adobe Photoshop CS3 you must go to Image – Adjustments – Black & White. Also you can play a little with the settings till you get the result you want.

Step 3

Now you need to add some lights. Select the Gradient Tool and select this color: #05edfc. Also from the Gradint settings make sure you select the Radial Gradient and for the color effect to be Foreground to Transparent.

Create a new blank layer over the image. Click and drag.

Step 4

Next name the light Blue and set the blending option to Screen. You can move it wherever you want. I allready have an idea where to put my lights.

Step 5

Do this again but this time use this color: #fc05dc. Name it pink.

Step 6

And finnaly the same effect but this time use #fcf905 and set the Blending Options to Color Burn and name it yellow.

Step 7

Now I want to make something that will give this image some extra applause.

Create a new layer and fill it with Black. Make sute this layer is lower than the lights and over the actual image.

Step 8

As you can see I have applied some effects to this black layer. Use my Blenting Options.

Step 9

Now set the Fill to 0%. You should have something like this:

Step 10

Add a vector mask to this layer and mask away some parts of this patern. Here are my results:

Step 11

Now we will make the same thing but but this time make a different pattern. Make a new layer, fill it with black and use these settings. Also set the Fill to 0%.

Step 12

Now as we did with the first pattern, make add a vector mask and mask away some parts you don’t want. Here is my result:

Step 13

Ok. We have the basic of this image. Now we need to set the brush tool to match our needs because we want to make some sparcles. Go to Window – Brushes. This will bring out the brushes settings. Use my settings or experiment with your own.

Step 14

Make a new layer and make a few sparkles. Also make different layers and make sparkles with different size. Here is somethins I have done. Also there is how I organised my layers pallete.

Step 15

We will ad some more sparkles later. Now I want to make something new here. Make a new folder, name it Big Cirles and in this folder we will create a new layers. Make a selection like mine using the Eliiptical Marquee Tool.

Step 16

Now using the Gradient with a white color selected and Linear Gradient click and drag like me. After you make it you can set the Ocapity lower.

Step 17

Now we need to duplicate these circles and try to make a small mozaic with them.

Step 18

Next do the same thing but this time smaller circles. Also put them into a separate folder.

Step 19

It is time to ad more sparkles to the image. First make a new folder and name it around light. Here make a new layer and draw with the brush around the boy. After that mask away some parts and leave this light only exactly at the edges of this boy.

Step 20

Set it to Screen and also duplicate it. Make the duplicate Opacity lower.

Step 21

As I instructed you before make some sparcles in a new layer. We want to make these sparkles look like they come from that light around the boy so mask away some of them.

Conclusion

You are finished. Keep experimenting.